I guess not many people will actually like this movie, most of Quentin's films are themselves rebellions against movies, and only someone who knows and truly loves movies can subvert and deconstruct movies so brazenly. The deconstruction of Hong Kong production can often only lead to entertainment, while the deconstruction of Quentin can often lead to speculation.
For such a movie that is nothing but a car crash, I think that's what most people are concerned about. First of all, it's about life, isn't that how most people live? In fact, there is not much drama in real life. Drama is an art extracted from life. Most people's lives are inherently dull and disturbing, but when we are in it, we can't really feel it all the time. And when we experience the lives of others in cinematic form, we finally fully understand. In this way, the courage and wisdom to directly present life without refining it are not possessed by every director.
Since the nature of life is disturbing and tiresome, in turn, people tend to go to the other extreme to get rid of such boredom - to feel the pleasure of life in the extreme experience. The so-called extreme experience is essentially violence (including sex). After all, human beings evolved from animals. If violent struggle does not bring pleasure to people, then human beings will not move towards civilization in the form of violence. The character of the express killer in the film looks ferocious and evil, and from another angle, it is also a pure product, and feels the dripping pleasure of violent destruction in the extreme killing experience. In fact, everyone has such an impulse, including the group of crazy girls in the back, but such a liberation from the reins often leads to violent out-of-control. They have gone from the initial victims of violence to the final leaders of violence. This shows how fast people's transition in a state of madness is, and how huge and far-reaching the abyss of violence in human nature is. People, in fact, are very cruel, whether it is a man or a woman. All I can say is that Quentin has grasped two essential life states that are difficult for ordinary people to grasp: boring and thrill. Under the aesthetic conditions we have become accustomed to theatrical films, such an essential presentation and transgression of film conventions are bound to be punished enormously by the audience. What does it matter? A master is still a master, and a mediocre is just a mediocre.
The two poles of life lack a soft transition zone, so most of the time people can only be anxious. Freud said that such a soft transition zone exists in art, let us believe him and appreciate the real movie seriously.
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