Those massacres in the name of love are just deceiving themselves

Anne 2022-04-21 09:01:51

From a movie story perspective, I really like this story. A biographical story can reflect so many social figures, and the angles are even gratifying. However, because of the fact that the biography is limited by the authenticity of the story, the director's attitude towards the heroine Irene is a bit ambiguous, which is also disrespect to the victim.
Vonos is a prostitute, with thick arms, disgusting skin, and a pair of teeth under her surly eyes, but she has a better face. This is also what the director wants to express: she used to be an ordinary beautiful girl. She hated men because she was a prostitute, and she hated gays, but she needed love. So when a weak and cowardly gay sister-in-law Liang expresses her love to her, she begins to let go of her inner defenses, she needs love, even if it comes from the gay she hates. For the first time, she felt the pleasure of protecting others. This was an unprecedented feeling. Before that, she was just a vent for men when they were tired and bored, and she always existed in a passive position. After that she thought it was love, she stopped being a prostitute, she got a job for Shelby, she was rejected, she yelled at her, she ostentatiously told Shelby about her victorious attitude when she scolded the manager, she Keeping it on all the time, she's also exaggeratingly tossing her hair back before giving oral sex. As a prostitute, she is not willing to show her charm and weakness, instead she is more willing to tell the stupid reason why she needs money and is forced to do this for money. She would even nod awkwardly when accepting money. She has always loved being a protector rather than a weakling. She is willing to fight with the boss because her girlfriend can smoke in the hotel, although she is afraid of heights, she is willing to ride the Ferris wheel with her girlfriend.
Shelby is a homosexual. Judging from the attitude of her parents, her upbringing is very strict. She has been instilled with mainstream social values ​​since she was a child, but on the other hand, she desperately longs for freedom and what the family cannot tolerate. Deformed sex, at the beginning of the bar, she was looking for her own goal, and Vornos was just a stranger who was willing to chat with her in an unaccompanied environment. They fell in love, Vornos found a job, but Hilby couldn't stand the loneliness, and started a conversation with Vonos' story. Then they argue, they make up, and they start to get scared.
Vonos used anger to cover up his helplessness and panic. She desperately needed to find a reason to explain her madness, and she found what she thought was love for Shelby. At the end of the call she called Shelby, from Shelby's tone of shirk responsibility, she suddenly knew everything, she knew that Shelby was just a playful and cowardly little girl, she was looking for love, but Can't bear the heavy responsibility behind it. And they are more like two social freaks warming each other.
Warnos didn't even realize that what she was doing was not love at all. The reason behind her love was just a reason for her insane and inhuman slaughter, as lame as the reason she made up when she was hitchhiking.
Because she is a Monster after all, and the world is like what she said at the end: "Love wound always run away."

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Extended Reading
  • Celine 2021-11-17 08:01:28

    At the end of the court, I felt a little bit

  • Ewald 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    After watching the documentary of the real event, I was shocked once again. Not to mention Theron's acting skills and spirit of sacrifice, the important thing is not the difference between the director's subjectivity and real events. Because no matter what the truth is, there are always so many desperate people in this world who are pulling their guns and shooting hard at the world. Combined with the recent bombings, the controversy is nothing more than a matter of position. Where you stand determines whether you sympathize or hate.

Monster quotes

  • Aileen: Everybody just thinks I'm this bad shitty fucking person, and all I'm fucking tryin' to do is survive, you know?

    Thomas: I know. I know what you do for a living. It doesn't bother me. I know you didn't dial it up on a goddamn telephone. That's where you landed. That's what you had to do. What you're feeling right now is just guilt, over something you had absolutely no control over. You know how many of us came back from the war? And almost killed ourselves because we felt exactly the same thing you do, right now.

    Aileen: Yeah?

    Thomas: Yeah. And they'll never get it. They'll never get it now, they never got it then, and they sure as hell won't get fucking circumstance!

    Aileen: Fuck, man, circumstance, that's exactly it, that's exactly it. You know I feel like I never even had a fucking choice.

    Thomas: You never did. But you gotta live. You gotta live.

  • Aileen: [points to the bartender] You owe me change!

    [pause]

    Aileen: Fuck it. I'm outta here!

    Selby: Oh, are you sure-

    [touches Lee's shoulder]

    Aileen: [rises from chair and pushes Selby off] GET YOUR FUCKIN' HANDS OFF ME, YOU DUMB DYKE! I'm not gonna fuck you for a fucking beer, alright? So, stop wasting your fuckin' time!