Child's Malice, Adult's World

Andreanne 2022-11-20 14:53:23

When I first saw the name "Hunting", I didn't expect what kind of story the film would tell. However, when I saw the middle, the story surfaced, and the whole story was very clear. The more I watched later, the more sad I felt. I felt sad for the protagonist. I watched his forbearance of tears in his eyes, but Claire, who was dealing with the source of malice, remained the same. Tolerance, the more worthless for him. He once thought that he was about to commit suicide in depression, but the adults who didn't believe the truth gave him a shot of despair.

The film "Hunting" itself is actually very simple, but it is not a simple film, you can feel the restraint of emotions, implicit and profound. After watching it for a long time, I still remember it.

Although Claire is hateful, I think about the things I did when I was a child. Those things were not judged at that time. For myself, the biggest difference between my childhood thinking and now is whether there is a moral judgment. As a child, in order to get something, you must want it, and if you can't get it, you will destroy it with the worst malice. In fact, it is not as good or bad as adults think.

However, I think the human nature revealed by this film is not only there. Malevolence among adults is constant. Adults believe their own guesses and are less likely to believe the truth, even when the truth is in front of them. They will speculate on others with the worst malice, and in order to make up for this shortcoming, they will think of children as a substitute for the other side—the representative of beauty and kindness, which is actually the opposite of the adult world. However, the fact is that there is no essential difference between the adult world and the children's world. The biggest difference is that the adult world knows how to restrain.

However, restraint is not a good thing. They always apply malice to their so-called villains to show their maintenance of goodness. However, while maintaining goodness with malice, it is doing evil in itself.

Can you hit anyone? Of course, because he's the bad guy.
Can you just kill a dog? Of course, because it's the bad guy's dog.
Can you just kill someone? Of course, it's because he's the bad guy.

You see, that's the logic of adults, they isolate him, kick him with the worst malice, and then hurt him, even if he's wronged.
But children don't lie? really?

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The Hunt quotes

  • [subtitled version]

    Lucas: What are you saying? Have you got something to tell me?

    Agnes: Stop it, Lucas.

    Lucas: You want to tell me something?

    Theo: Relax, Lucas.

    Lucas: The whole town is listening. Tell me! What do you want to say?

    Agnes: Stop it, you fucking psychopath!

    Lucas: I want a word with Theo. Look into my eyes. Look me in the eyes. What do you see? Do you see anything? Nothing. There's nothing. There's nothing. You leave me alone now. You leave me alone now, Theo. Then I'll go. Thank you.

  • Marcus: Bunch of bastards! Bunch of fucking bastards!