The courage to watch patiently: Monster (2003) (February 2014)

Briana 2022-04-23 07:01:47

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Sometimes I divide writers into two categories, novelists and non-fictionists. The difference lies in which layer the life sacrifice is placed on.

There is no shortage of sincere non-fiction writers in the world, the sense of responsibility and mission is so strong that the sense of mission is so strong that the morality has changed from being shoulder-to-shoulder to sneaking into the bosom, making you feel like a pot of faith is pouring out of the thick juice in your heart, to lead you to a bright place A mission to inspire myself.
There is also no shortage of excellent novelists. In their works, they will try hard to resist the temptation of the moral high point of commentary and exhortation, low-key, humble, deaf and dumb, like a competent professional killer, a perfect driver, a servant, and conscientiously complete the work. Minor work.
In addition to possessing the former blue-collar qualities of being sensitive and cautious, the latter should be like the heroine of the gatekeeper in the novel "The Elegance of the Hedgehog", even pretending to be a mediocre scene of a boring TV show. , for passing voyeurs to observe, in order to form a vulgar feeling of the female concierge, so that a misunderstanding can safely build a rich spiritual world in it, waiting to be discovered by those who are destined to index.
Therefore, novels like "Eraser", like Faulkner's novels, novels that do not take plot as their number one signboard are inevitably more lonely and niche. Likewise, reading them is also exploratory, and it takes time to get rid of the thorns, so that you can be included in the possibility of being scattered.
And commenting on them, as if telling their secrets, are the frame-by-frame pictures and thick atlas of the N exits of the forest castle. It is very likely that they are taking pictures and projections somewhere in the forest.
Therefore, commenting requires intimate courage.

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I wrote these, firstly to write them, and secondly because of the movie Monster (2003) I watched today. This is a film that I can't comment on at once. If you want to watch it critically, it is not without loopholes. For example, when the last dead person saw a pistol, why didn't he drive away at a high speed? However, there is a more obvious emotional imperative, not intended as a logical exercise.
The difficulty comes not only from its authenticity (real events), but also from the richness and complexity of the plot or human nature. The difficulty in evaluating lies in the whimsical and momentary dreams of this marginally disadvantaged heroine. When the suffocation is about to end, because the "parasite" smiles attached, he instantly strengthens himself, and sees the real swamp as full of the possibility of blooming camellias.
It's not too hard to comment casually, but if you're going to stomp through it, I find that I'm out of control. Just like the heroine sitting on the side of the road in the middle of the night overlooking the world, I think how powerless ordinary people are.

"In the future, you will never meet someone like me again." Do people who
were cheated on in love always spit out this sentence and leave in anger?
This is the heroine's self-knowledge, but there is no sense of existence that is confirmed by the right eye, and the self-knowledge is extremely desolate.
Therefore, as soon as there is a hint of shy glances to strike up a conversation, kindness opens her heart.
But if you want to talk about love, stay away from girls 18 and under.
This is a passionate and selfish girl who just defies her parents by her sexuality. Eager to make a wide range of friends, but also hope to sit back and reap the benefits for nothing. This is another Lolita-esque seduction.
Do you and I have such a moment of suffocation? Such a smile is greeted shyly, do you and I desire it? Suddenly I thought it was possible to see camellias. Have you and I suddenly hoped?
The heroine is in love with this girl and can die for her.
However, the one who hooks up first is always betrayed first, the one who is enthusiastic first is always indifferent first, and the one who pays more is always the worst loser.
For Charlize Theron's self-destructive heroine, the good man in life is either too old or too late.
Of all these, ordinary people can be free from the vulgar in all aspects of love, marriage, communication, politics, work, and beliefs, and who can be hard-hearted and indestructible? Translated as a female devil, it seems that there is a feeling of Sun Wukong under the curse.

The real event was published in the newspaper, a serial murder of a prostitute. She is like a bullet fired by seven prostitutes, and she is not shooting into this world.
The last killing in the movie, her panic revealing the pistol, their dialogue, from the beginning of the operation to the final completion of the operation, director and screenwriter Patty Jenkins is very patient with the details, such a film The following (77th Oscar) award-winning film "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) talked about a pair of socks to complete the character's characterization.
Sometimes patiently facing this film, looking at the impossibility of this world, and watching it, it is a kind of courage.

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

    Charlize Theron’s makeup is so...

  • Lexus 2021-11-17 08:01:28

    It takes a lot of sacrifice to get the queen.

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!