Go back to god

Will 2021-12-12 08:01:07

A very interesting movie. The widowed black old lady met five thieves who planned to steal casino money. A story full of black humor unfolded in the church hymn "Go back to god": Professor Goldthwait, who was a swearing tongue, was lazy and full of swear words. Gawain, the custodian of the hippie casino, Ganth Pancake, the neurotic prop designer, the idiot football player Lump with low intelligence, and the Japanese "The general" who rarely speaks and pretends to be cool. They borrowed the old black lady Mrs. Munson in the name of the band rehearsal. The basement and the tunnel from here to the cash storage room of the casino. Explosions, IBS, accidents came one after another, and after the implementation of the plan was completed, Mrs. Munson also discovered the truth about the "band". During the five-person plan to kill Mrs. Munson, they killed each other or died bizarrely. The bodies all fell into the garbage boat on the river, and the stolen money was in Mrs. Munson's basement. Mrs. Munson reported the matter to the sheriff, but was not believed, Mrs. Munson was able to decide to donate all the money to Bob Jones University.

Obviously, this is a movie full of religious meaning, and a lot of hymns are used as background music, making the actions of these thieves even more ironic and funny. Go back to god, this is the final outcome of these thieves. The film also uses repeated shots to deepen the interpretation of the theme. For example, the Pixar cat, which is always staring at the thieves, may symbolize the God who is watching the world; the junk boats that repeatedly pass by under the bridge may symbolize go back to god's channel.

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  • Preacher: I smite, you smite, he smites, we done smote!

  • Gawain MacSam: Motherfuck!

    Professor G.H. Dorr: Yes. Unfortunately, Mrs. Munson has rather complicated the situation.

    Gawain MacSam: Yeah, well, I know how to decomplicate it. You bust a cap in that old bitch's head, everything be simple.

    Professor G.H. Dorr: Not easy to do. Many reasons. Practical ones. Quiet neighborhood, sleepy town. Reasons of moral repugnance. A harmless woman, a deed conceived and executed in cold blood. Oh, no, Gawain, would that it were simple.

    Gawain MacSam: Well, fuck, man! What we gonna do? Give the money back and go to church?

    Professor G.H. Dorr: I shudder. I quake. You, sir, are a Buddhist. Is there not a "middle" way?

    The General: Mm. Must float like a leaf on the river of life... and kill old lady.