People still love themselves a little more, even if they turn into lobsters and go to the sea to live for a hundred years

Wendell 2022-12-14 14:20:35

A bizarre movie, from the soundtrack to the style of painting, is dull, depressing, lengthy, uncomfortable, and a little disappointing. It could be excellent, but it didn't do it.

When the male protagonist comes to the hotel, the people here will turn into animals if they don't find a mate for 45 days. He combines with an indifferent woman, kills her later, and flees to the forest of the celibate.
Halfway through the film, a completely opposite perspective is changed.
Some of the details are set in place, making people worry, for example, the hotel has the law of the hotel, the person who masturbates has to put his hand in the toaster... The forest has the law of the forest, "the blood kiss" , "Death by blood", the literal meaning is enough to be perverted...
The way people dance with headphones is simply crazy, it is the ultimate loneliness. About this kind of loneliness, the movie goes to great lengths to mention a lot, which is a bit too much.

It is normal to find common ground to become a couple. The same living habits or hobbies need to be somewhat similar. An extreme example is used in the film. In order to "love nosebleeds" like a girl, the one who hit his head on the table... In order to have something in common with the "blind" heroine, he tried to poke his own eyes...
The one in front It is to find a mate so as not to become an animal. Poke the eye, holding the banner of "love", hesitating for a few seconds, but silently put it down.
It turns out that no one is stupid.

The open-ended debate in the ending lies only in two types of audiences -
believing that the power of love can blind people to seek the same, or believing that people still love themselves a little more even if they turn into lobsters and go to the sea to live for a hundred years.
I believe the latter.
The heroine is not blind, and the hero is not blinded, and finally becomes a lobster.

Off topic, if you also had to choose to become an animal, what would you choose?

- I choose seagulls.

I just saw the seagull a few days ago and thought of it. At four or five o'clock in the morning, the sky was bright, and the seagulls flew to the sea from nowhere. They hovered at a low altitude, looking for breakfast, and when they were full, they landed on the sea to swim upstream. It was very pleasant.

Seagulls like the sea, the sky, the distance, and freedom, and they don't live long enough to lose their meaning.

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Extended Reading
  • Myron 2022-05-19 21:01:09

    In fact, it may be more interesting to reverse the two paragraphs. It would be more disillusioned to escape from the single jungle and enter the world of two. Xiaoben's fake nosebleed pairing is an insinuation of gay marriage cheating.

  • Frank 2022-05-19 22:51:19

    The hotel does not allow single dogs, the city pays attention to matching families, and the extreme couples in the woods (countryside) die together... It's a true portrayal of the world. The narrative and soundtrack are quite retro... Actually, I think a soundtrack with a minimalist impression like "Into the House" should be used.

The Lobster quotes

  • Short Sighted Woman: [narrating] You carefully filet the rabbit with a sharp knife, and cut off its head. You then slice open its belly and stuff it with well washed red and green peppers, not too spicy, and little garlic and mint. You then soak it in lemon juice and leave it a while to marinate the flesh before you skewer it on a stick and roast it over the fire for about an hour. That's my favorite food. Rabbit.

  • Hotel Manager: Now have you thought of what animal you'd like to be if you end up alone?

    David: Yes. A lobster.

    Hotel Manager: Why a lobster?

    David: Because lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives. I also like the sea very much.