Discuss the plot

Earnest 2021-12-18 08:01:03

Many places are not very clear, and my memory is not very good, so I want to start with, and sort out the interesting places that I can remember.

Julian's sexual behavior appeared three times. For the first time, Mai tied his hands and masturbated to him. Here, there was the illusion of Chang cutting off his hands. The second time, Mai was sitting behind the bead curtain in the corner of the private room and led his hand between his legs (it feels like it was earlier, the first time I met?). For the third time, Julian saw the dead mother, cut the body with a knife, and put his hand in. Julian's hand is a very important symbol in this film. It appears many times, at least in sex, almost as a substitute for the penis (Julian has sexual dysfunction?).

Julian is obviously Oedipus, not just being obsessed, saying that attachment may be better. Crystal is very strong, and at the same time encourages his son's fascination with her (I don't know if she has an indecent relationship with Billy). Several details have appeared. When the mother and son met for the first time, he was obedient like a child and kissed his mother. The way was very sensual, Crystal stroked his arm with her finger; after the dinner broke up, Mai angrily said that he shouldn't let his mother treat him like this, causing Julian to furious.

Julian's father killing, if I remember correctly, the original words were with his bare hands, so Julian used these hands to kill both his father and her mother. Maybe after his father killing, these hands became his penis that he could really erect, even when he had a relationship with Mai. (Billy is both the mother's lover and "has a bigger jb". It should have more or less replaced the role of the father, making Julian a little boy again, but the film did not say about this, and it is not important.)

Chang chopped off his hand once during the ruling, and then dug out his eyes and cut his ears when torturing Crystal's men. Chang is not just killing people, it is really a kind of judgment and redemption. In this way, only God can forgive, and this God is Chang. (Is this God God in the Western context, Buddhism, or God in a broader sense? Is it an extreme patriarchal symbol?)

Finally, a close-up of Julian's hands was given. God castrated Julian, or the trial forgave Julian. As repeated before, Julian’s deepest fear is being chopped off/castrated, but the final chopped hand seemed to be very calm (meaning to be forgiven?) In

the end, Chang sang pretty well.

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Extended Reading
  • Gerhard 2022-03-22 09:01:57

    Closer to musical or sci-fi movies, I dare say that Gosling's talent for dancers and androids was first discovered by NWR, and later copied by mainstream Hollywood movies (La La Lan, Blade Runner 2049...NWR did not let high The commander showed his upper body naked, and he just stared at the ktv's mechanical rotating light, and then he understood the body and will of the high commander. The male protagonist is like a android who can punch (or dance), and because he is not a human, he is sculptural The face is very strong, and because it is too human-like, the face is very fragile. The forearm muscles are too beautiful (like his unexposed yang tools), but how useless they are... So we have to use "shattering" and "chopping hands" to deal with As a android and boxer, he exorcised to sacrifice to the real god

  • Kiera 2022-04-23 07:02:25

    The heavy mouth style is not acceptable to everyone...most of the time playing tricks

Only God Forgives quotes

  • [first lines]

    Julien: [in Thai] Go.

  • Billy: I'm looking for a girl. A young girl. I want to fuck a fourteen year old.