Chapter 1302 1302 Deafening

This review by Nicholas in the Los Angeles Times uncharacteristically occupies the entire page, which is very abnormal for the Los Angeles Times. First, this is a comprehensive newspaper, not a professional media like "The Hollywood Reporter" or "Variety"; second, Nicholas is not a professional film critic, he is a reporter. Although he often criticizes professional films, more It is still written as an industry person, so the professionalism will not be too strong.

But this time is obviously not the case. Nicholas's film review not only added his analysis from his perspective as a reporter, but also was professional and in-depth enough to explain and analyze the entire "Seven Deadly Sins" in combination with recent hot events. Such a novel perspective has received the full support of the Los Angeles Times, giving it an entire page and sparking a series of heated discussions.

"The main character settings in the 'Seven Deadly Sins' movie obviously have profound meanings and mysteries!

Samose was reluctant to accept the case from the very beginning, because the indifference of the society made Samose feel tired, he chose to escape, but his indifference and hesitation made the whole case reveal the first darkness, its fear Not from its cruelty, but from the torture of the heart and the society.

Therefore, in the whole process of detection of the case, Samose was in a position of self-reflection. Although the murderer's actions were absolutely unapproved and supported, the murderer's trial and redemption of the society made Samose unable to refute . It is precisely because of this that Samoseh hates this society and this city even more, and at the same time, he is even more powerless.

Because he hoped to change the society, but was so powerless that he eventually gave birth to martyrs like murderers to complete it. On the one hand, Samose didn't want the murderer to kill innocent people, and he tried his best to prevent it; on the other hand, Samose sincerely hoped to change this social status quo, and this conflict made him sad and sad. Complicated, this also makes him a bystander from a savior, and he is also the person closest to the audience's perspective.

Mills, on the other hand, was a fledgling detective full of desire and drive—the desire to make a name for himself, to become famous overnight, to achieve success. Hope keeps him in a positive attitude, but he does not see the essence and darkness of society. What he hopes is not to rely on his own strength to fight against the whole society, but to become a hero, to be born as a savior, and to realize his self-worth.

Mills' unswerving belief in the existence of justice is a hope in the darkness of society. His persistence in justice, loyalty to love, and belief in life are the only light in the whole story. But this light is destined to not be able to save the movie, let alone the society, because Mills's starting point is not the society, but the self. His desire for fame and fortune itself is a part of the darkness of the society, and he can't get rid of the entanglement of the seven deadly sins at all, which makes him Not only the rescuer, but also the victim and the perpetrator.

The murderer undoubtedly embodies the core idea of ​​the whole film. He is not only a social rebel, but also a martyr of extremism. He is also the epitome of social despair, and also an actor of social redemption.

The film does not tell the ins and outs of the murderer and the background story, but the dialogue at the end of the story shows the murderer's criticism of social indifference, rejection of social degeneration, and mockery of social darkness. The murderer feels that this society has begun to decay, He felt dissatisfied with this status quo, so he carefully planned the martyrdom of the seven deadly sins, and used his method to wake up the world.

The murderer did not hide his pleasure and enjoyment when killing, but he firmly believed that he was punishing those sins for God, using bloody sins to make people clearly aware of the horror and filth of the seven deadly sins, and hoped that Bringing light back to society in this way. In the eyes of the murderer, he is the savior; in the eyes of the victims, he is the perpetrator; in the eyes of Samose, he is the martyr and the victim.

The positions of Samose, Mills and the murderer are intertwined and contradict each other, which has also become the biggest issue for us to think about in the film.

Both Samose and the murderer are dissatisfied with the indifference of society. They are both representatives of negative emotions. The former chooses to escape, and the latter chooses extremes. Both Samose and Mills believe that justice must overcome evil, which is a positive emotion. Glory, the former is calm and meticulous, the latter is heroic and vigorous; both the murderer and Mills are one of the seven deadly sins, the product of social indifference and cruelty, lust. Wang led them to the end, but the former was a conscious leader and the latter was a confused follower.

In addition, Neil Postman also expounded a point of view in "Entertainment to Death" that the emergence of new media has changed the way people perceive the world, which also determines that society is becoming more and more impetuous, more indifferent, and more getting colder.

The three protagonists represent three generations influenced by different media. Samose grew up in a print media environment. He should have been born in the 1920s, when television was not yet popular; Mills was obviously a generation who grew up watching TV; as for the murderer, he represented the prosperity of print media and television. The transition generation of the media's rise. This also shows the differences in the personalities of the three people.

Printed matter is composed of characters and images. Reading requires the brain to continuously decode, memorize, echo, and summarize. It is a typical thinking process. Good at discovering details, using clues for logical reasoning, and solving cases calmly and cautiously.

TV is a combination of light, shadow and sound. You don't need to use your brain to watch TV. People can easily understand the popular language and vivid pictures on TV. Personality, when solving the case, he turned over and over the pictures at the scene. Even if Samose gave him relevant books and materials, he was impatient.

The murderer has inherited these two advantages. He is calm, but at the same time, he is not lacking in flexibility; he is finely conceived, but at the same time, he is not lacking in the grand overall situation; he maintains the classic and retro of classicism, but at the same time absorbs new life The advancement and innovation of modern cultural knowledge. Thus, the martyrdom of the seven deadly sins was born; and thus, the murderer played Samosa and Mills in the palm of his hand.

It is this vague contradiction and entanglement that makes the film more ambiguous. Ambiguous, the meaning is more profound.

In the movie, Mills and Samosa are the judges, and the murderer is the judged with bloody hands. But in fact, the murderer's elegant and quiet appearance and steady and calm words made Mills's vigorous, exaggerated and wanton performance and Samosey's deadly and hesitant attitude look pale, as if the murderer should be all-knowing, omnipotent, calm and gentle. God, and Samosa and Mills are ignorant and ignorant humans.

The audience is like Samosa, it is difficult to agree with Mills, who represents justice, and it is difficult to reprimand the murderer who represents evil. This kind of hesitation and hesitation wandering in the blurred boundaries makes the judge and the judged. The roles are ambiguous and in a trance, as if the murderer is the detainee, and Samose and Mills are the criminals, and God will ferry mankind to the other side of redemption.

This is also the biggest question and reflection that "Seven Deadly Sins" brings to all audiences!

The city in the movie, gray, damp, dirty, chaotic, with a series of murders, indifferent and hurried residents, and freezing cold weather, is simply hell on earth.

The whole movie is showing the world that human nature has fallen, and the guilty must be punished. The development of society is becoming more and more rational and materialized, but at the same time, it has become the shackles of people binding themselves. Money and commercial value have become the means of measuring all values, and the relationship between people has also changed because of interests. increasingly indifferent. And the attitude of 'entertainment to death' pushes all this to the top, so justice is no longer just, morality is no longer moral, evil is no longer evil, cruelty is no longer murderous, only indifference is still indifference.

In the story, the seven deadly sins are connected in series, and the seven victims constitute the seven deadly sins and become the bell to wake up the world. But in the story, there is an obvious "failure". The representative of anger still survived at the end of the story. Does this mean that the murderer's plan failed? I once suspected that this was a loophole and failure of the screenwriter, but after I calmed down and thought about it carefully, I suddenly realized that the survival of anger is the most thought-provoking finishing touch of the film.

Anger, the very existence of this emotion is to remind people who are numb because of indifference, they need to be angry with this society, they need to be angry with the society where money is supreme and entertainment to death, they need to be angry with this society that has lost vitality and justice anger. So, in the end what remains is anger.

And the identity represented by anger is the biggest mockery of the whole story and the whole society. When the anger broke out at the end of the story, he proved the correctness of the murderer's belief with his actions. He was pushed to the altar by his own emotions. All beliefs and persistence were destroyed, so when the anger broke out, the anger was empty-eyed and withered like a walking corpse, because the beliefs he pursued were shattered by his actions, and at the same time proved the beliefs he had always resisted, He also accomplished the martyrdom of the object of his contempt, so the meaning of his life was destroyed. That's what 'incomprehensible' and 'indisputable' mean.

Survival of anger, this is the most tragic, profound and terrifying moment among the seven people who were tried for the seven deadly sins.

This is a work full of despair. From the first second of the story, the gloomy and gray tones have laid the foundation of despair. It shows people the sin and indifference of the world, but does not tell people how to avoid it. deterioration of the situation. The murderer confronted the society in the most extreme, cruel and bloody way and completed his martyrdom, but it left everyone with the biggest problem: what should they do?

The movie doesn't give the answer, but it lets everyone know: they can't just do it, they need to resist, even if they don't know how to resist.

It can be said that every character setting in the story has a profound meaning, and the final trend of each character also has a profound meaning. Samose, who represents every outsider, finally looked at the tragedy in front of him and said nothing. , just whispered, 'The world is beautiful and worth fighting for. I only believe the second half of the sentence. ’ The profound reflection and echoes sounded quietly in the hearts of every audience and outsider. "