The film begins in a world full of water, and the quiet atmosphere is filled with a bit of mystery under the proclamation of the violin. This also has a mutual mapping with the ending of the film, except that at the beginning, she was alone, a slightly tired dumb girl. She has two good friends, one is a gay painter who is unwilling, and the other is a man who has nothing to do with life. Looking forward to talking to black female colleagues. They all have one thing in common, they are all losers and marginalized in life.
I think the appearance of love at the beginning should be curious, just like the first contact of the dumb girl to the mermaid. She gently put her hand on the glass fiber reinforced plastic, but the mermaid responded with a violent impact, and the dumb girl was scared out. A cold sweat. Slowly, the dumb girl became interested in this unknown creature, and she slowly touched it again and again, and she saw emotional fluctuations in the eyes of the mermaid, as if she was the fragile and sensitive self in her heart. She brought eggs to the mermaid, listened to music, and ate together. When she danced, the mermaid could enjoy it quietly. However, the good times did not last long, and the tough director and general decided to dissect the merman for research. At this time, the dumb girl already had feelings for the mermaid that she couldn't give up. Just as she expressed angrily to the painter, the mermaid also had feelings. Neither she nor the mermaid could speak, but apart from their appearance, what was the difference between them? Not saving the mermaid is inhuman!
The painter who was hit by life finally agreed to the mute girl, because he only had the mute girl as a friend. After a series of plans, the merman was rescued. However, the mermaid who was provoked by the cat ate the cat and inadvertently hurt the painter and escaped. The mermaid found by the dumb girl in the theater, the two of them looked at the screen and slowly became quiet. The overseer with the whip is in contrast. From the beginning till now, the dumb girl has treated the sensitive mermaid in a tolerant and warm way, comforting his injuries. From the look in the eyes of the mermaid when she stroked the kitten, that kind of softness is real, and he is warmed by love. , assimilated by love. The surprise is that the mermaid really has special abilities, it is a kind of healing, it seems to be the embodiment of love, what is love, love is like a filter, it softens the irritability and ill-will and makes you Calm and peace of mind.
At the end of the film, under the monologue of a piece of water, two people who used to be lonely embrace each other. No matter what outline you are, love is like a tide and surrounds you tightly. Although you don't know what love is, you can feel it. shape, that's the shape of water.
This is a beautiful fairy tale with a happy and romantic ending for the two protagonists. But I feel that this ending lacks some tremors. After watching it, I feel a very depressed feeling. The director left this contradiction, the contradiction between fairy tales and reality. A particularly great success of this film is that each character is three-dimensional, and there is a symbol behind each person, but it seems that everyone is a tragedy. For example, a scientist, he is a patriot, but he is also a scientist. He is a Soviet agent, kind and conscientious. His life has always been walking on thin ice, but in the end he was ruthlessly abandoned by his superiors. After being shot all over, he was rescued by the director. Pulling the wound on his face and dragging it all the way, he couldn't die, and the pain was unbearable. I'm watching another villain, the director who doesn't wash his hands when he goes to the toilet, because he thinks washing his hands means a man is weak. In fact, he is the most failed and pitiful character in the film. Under the sifting of time, he has become accustomed to this cruelty and perverted ruthlessness, because as the general said to him, if you can't clean up the mess, then get out of the way. The better way to say it is to leave this civilized world and have nothing. The luxury car that symbolized the future was also destroyed. Under the tremendous pressure, two fingers were also necrotic. In order to obtain information, he tore off two of his fingers alive in front of the chattering aunt. He was cruel to others. , but the general was kind to him, this series of behaviors was his job, just like the sentence said: either be ruthless or get out. He couldn't afford to lose, he did not hesitate to take medicine, self-harm, and became the pervert in the eyes of others. He was under a lot of pressure, he was so nervous, he couldn't afford to lose, but in the end he lost and lost everything, leaving behind his wife and two children. There is a feeling that in bad times, every little person is lonely and difficult. Fortunately, there is love to heal. The poor one is like never had it. The surface is bright and beautiful, but it is actually dressed in a fairy tale. Tragedy, all the wounds were hidden on the stage, the lights ended, and it was just to deceive myself.
Everyone will find a balance between living and existence. Too much sinking on the other side is not good. Too much of the former will make you numb, and too much of the latter will cause you to get lost. I used to think that existence is more important, because I didn't understand the importance of life at that time.
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