Once again thinking, once again confused

Delmer 2022-04-19 09:01:19

The devil's test is not uncommon. Among the masters and Margarita, even so, he did not set a trap, but set up a stage for people to appear on their own, representing mankind's new ideas of judging right and wrong and resolving disputes in the new century , Law, how to judge the so-called justice and condescending sympathy? How exactly do you distinguish noble ideals from human desires?

The first question is the rule of law and the rule of man. In fact, in the movie, the male protagonist has enough ability to control the result of a judgment in his own hands. The so-called rule of law has become the rule of man, and the so-called judicial judgment has become an exploration of individual humanity. , Li Gou hi, more or less avoiding this question, every time after the search for the truth, there will be wonderful coincidences, which will end with perfect values. But in the face of the molestation and murder cases in the movie, the reason for the unjust verdict in the end is the human nature of the male protagonist, or the lack of the judicial system, which leads to the weakness of the rule of law.

The second question, desire, in the movie, the male protagonist sharply rejected the invitation of the devil again and again, but he also made up excuses one after another, succumbed to vanity and went into the abyss. In another reincarnation, he just did the right thing When you think about something you think is right, and you are once again led by desire, is desire the ultimate contradiction? If there is no desire, what are we humans? It's interesting that the expression in the movie, God, makes a set of rules that go against human instinct?

The third question, the devil himself is more like a joke. He seems omnipotent, but he uses omnipotent means to seek to start writing his own Bible to fight against FREE WILL. As the last "humanitarian", he Never judge desire, just watch. The contradiction is transferred to the devil and free will, rather than the free will and human nature in real life, which makes the meaning contained in the film vague and difficult to get.

I just watched it, it's really shocking, but after a painful thought, I'm lost again

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  • John Milton: Now with this? Now that you're down? I'd get ready for one of those, Class-A, New York-style pigfucks.

  • John Milton: Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon. Hah! Oh, I nursed him through two divorces, a cocaine rehab, and a pregnant receptionist. Heh. God's creature, right? God's special creature? Hah! And I've warned him Kevin, I've warned him every step of the way. Watching him bounce around like a fucking game, like a windup toy! Like 250 pounds of self serving greed on wheels. The next thousand years is right around the corner, Kevin, and Eddie Barzoon-take a good look, because he's the poster child for the next millennium! These people, it's no mystery where they come from. You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire, you build egos the size of cathedrals, fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse, grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own god, and where can you go from there? And as we're scrambling from one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the planet? As the air thickens, the water sours, and even the bees honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity. And it just keeps coming, faster and faster. There's no chance to think, to prepare. It's buy futures, sell futures, when there is no future! We got a runaway train boy, we got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future. Every one of 'em getting ready to fist-fuck god's ex-planet, lick their fingers clean as they reach out toward their pristine, cybernetic keyboards to total up their billable hours. And then it hits home! You gotta pay your own way, Eddie. It's a little late in the game to buy out now! Your belly's too full, your dick is sore, your eyes are bloodshot, and you're screaming for someone to help! But guess what? There's no one there! You're all alone, Eddie. You're god's special little creature. Maybe it's true, maybe god threw the dice once too often. Maybe he let us all down.