Because of the film elective course, I watched an extended version of "Kingdom of Heaven" that I didn't understand, but it suits my taste. I thought I watched a lot of movies, so I went to the next day's panel discussion with a complacent mood. Just when I was about to discuss the profound aspects of human nature reflected in this film, I found that our lovely British teacher and Spanish classmates had thrown up the dust on the way to discuss religion, and they will never return~~ I came back and watched several films in succession. A film that reflects Western history and religion, and then, when I came to this film bravely, I finally had to admit that this is the cultural difference, which cannot be crossed, but in fact it is absolutely unnecessary.
Unlike Chinese where religion serves politics, Westerners seem to like to sacrifice politics and everything else for religion. The victors preach, the losers convert, and the ultimate goal is to unite under the banner of the same faith. All infidels are bitter enemies, thorns in the eyes and thorns in the flesh. Obviously the teaching is to be benevolent and kind, but it can be done to give alms to the poor and cut off the heads of pagan elements, but maybe the other party is also a brother of the working people. This is the result of a series of n films. I am confused, confused, what are the directors, screenwriters and filmmakers going to show? Praise benevolence? Encourage resistance? Sincerity of faith? Doubt about religion? Contradictory unity of opposites?
Going back to this film, I still firmly believe that the purpose of the film should not be to express religion, but to express people's instinct to pursue truth and freedom. Hypatia was attempted to be a true wise man, the last defender of a great age. However, in the whole film, I can't feel the wisdom, tenacity, helplessness, and sadness that she should be shown. She is simply a typical science woman who only lives in her own world. Maybe MIT is more suitable for her than Alexander. The last result of her life is a great miracle, and it is a great regret, and the history of mankind may be changed because of this. I have to say that, although we curse the movies like McDonald's in Hollywood, if this plot is shot for Americans, it will definitely make the audience excited, heartbroken, and chest-beating... But the unrestrained Spaniards, Even if the subtitles explain, can you put more effort into the soundtrack? This soundtrack is very exciting, but why is it a little familiar? After listening to it, I feel numb, but not excited. Like the tone of the whole movie.
This movie is full of things that make me wonder. The director always likes to look down on the tiny city of Alexandria, but what does he want to show? Is it God looking at the world mercifully, or Hypatia's unfinished astronomical dream, or is it the director who thinks that doing this can express the fierceness of looking back at history? What kind of Hypatia does the heroine want to show? What did she want to express when she looked at the sky at the end? Is it the regret of not being able to pursue the truth, the fear of death, or the fact that she wanted to show everything but in the end was rendered pale? A little more brilliant is the slave davus. I don't know about this history, but I think it's the only fictional main character in the whole film. But it is this character that may not exist originally, and it is for Max Minghella that he played the only bright spot in the whole film. The struggle between faith and true love is not bad for this age. Hey, maybe he is really a scumbag, and he can't help but miss his father a little bit.
Anyway, this is a decent movie. It's a good movie, but it's not amazing. But I don't deny that I may be numb to these large pieces of Western history, blinded by one leaf, and unable to find the north~
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