I watched this film because the actor is the brother of Harry Potter and Little Girl Sunshine. But I didn't expect that "Swiss Army Knife Man" turned out to be the most peculiar zombie movie I have ever seen.
The beginning of the film is a scene where modern Robinson (Hank), played by the little beautiful sunshine brother, is about to hang himself. When he cheered himself up while humming a song, he suddenly saw Harry Potter stranded on the beach not far away. (Manny). Hank seemed to see the hope of life, gave up committing suicide and ran to Manny, only to find that he was nothing more than a corpse. Disappointed Hank was about to go back and commit suicide again. Suddenly the corpse began to fart (what? Black question mark face) and rowed into the sea like a speedboat along the waves. Hank gave up suicidal thoughts completely, sang a song and ran to the beach, picked up the reins of the horse harness (the rope that was broken when hanging), mounted the speedboat Harry Potter, and charged towards the sea. In just ten minutes, the story unfolded like this...
Hank rides the zombie Harry Potter speedboat
Later, while Hank taught Manny about the world, Manny gradually resurrected and showed 18 martial arts: automatic water dispenser (press the chest, tap water spouting from his mouth), navigator (here really shamefully shoot ), lighter (Fart Goro methane ejector) shaving knife (teeth), machine gun (injecting foreign objects in the mouth), pile driver (the body hardens skill is turned on) and so on. And Hank also took the Swiss Army Knife to survive in the wild happily, and played with a love house pretending to be a crush girl. Later, it turned out to be a fake act. Hank and Manny gradually fell in love with each other. They kissed in the water and pulled the cork of the "jetter" to rush out of the water together, planning their future life in the wilderness together... until the end Hank did it too. In the eyes of everyone who did not understand, including the father and the former crush girl, he confessed to the "dead" Manny loudly.
Seeing this, I really feel that this is Brokeback Mountain in a zombie movie, a zombie version of Brokeback Mountain, which makes people feel moved. But after another thought, I felt that this film must have profound meaning. Looking back again, there really isn't a hole in the sky: this is not a zombie gay movie, but a self-love movie. Manny the zombie is actually Hank himself. The whole film tells the story of how Luthor who thinks he was abandoned by the world and even abandoned by himself re-accepts himself, loves himself, and reintegrates into society.
I personally think that the program of decoding this film lies in the key node from death to life, from life to death to life. The transition from death to life here not only refers to Manny's gradual resurrection from the corpse, but also refers to Hank's escape from death. Based on these key nodes, a true story can be pieced together.
Key node 1: Hank and Manny meet, Hank gives up suicidal thoughts.
The real world: Hank, who was so desperate, was about to hang himself to end his life, but the rope was of poor quality and he attempted suicide. But during this process, I realized that there was still a trace of obsession in my ashen heart, so I regained my spirit and prepared to try life again. (Here, Manny is used as a metaphor for Hank's dying heart)
Key node 2: Manny's resurrection opens the tap water and speech functions.
The real world: Hank tried to contact the outside world (society), but ended in failure. He felt that he might just die in this way. But on the other hand, I sang to cheer myself up "There is gotta be a better way to get out of here." So the courage in my heart gradually ignited and I started to take care of my daily life. (Manny is resurrected, spitting out tap water, and talking)
Hank sang to cheer himself up
Key node 3: Hank teaches Manny to understand the
real world of the world: Hank begins to sort out the meaning of his existence in this world. Where is the house? What is life? who am I? (Is it rubbish or special, and I finally conclude that I am like a Swiss Army knife man, creative, strong in hands-on ability, and full of survival skills) What is the meaning of life? (Looking for your own happiness, looking for love) Why did you escape home to the "wilderness"? (Because I feel no one loves me, I am worthless, I don’t love myself)
Hank combs his life
Key node 4: In order to avoid the beast, he stumbled and fell into the valley. After nine deaths, he saw the photo of the girl who had a crush on the phone.
The real world: Hank continued to sort out his life, recalling that the best moment in his useless life was when he met the girl on the bus. The power of love further ignited Hank's vitality. He began to modify his appearance, and reconstructed his confidence in the process of fantasizing about the encounter with the girl, trying to become more confident and charming. (The saber male avatar Hank reproduces the encounter scene with the girl, and functions such as shaving are further opened.) He may also participate in some social activities and get some positive feedback, and he is beginning to be understood. This allowed Hank to gradually accept and love himself. But at this time, he has not been able to face himself completely, and the shadows of the past are still lingering. After some estrangement, go further out of the wilderness)
Key Node 5: Fall into the water in distress, and get out of danger with a kiss.
The real world: Hank further forced to face his own knots, and finally after breaking through a series of difficulties, he really faced his true self and accepted him. (Exciting kiss~) For the first time I feel cute, just as happy as I can breathe out of the deep sea.
Kiss in the water
Key node 6: Encountering a brown bear, almost dying.
Real world: When Hank renewed his mind to be a human being, when he plucked up the courage to face his lover, he found that she was already married as a woman. This heavy injury caused Hank to be almost beaten into the prototype again, his heart was ashamed, and the thought of death rose again. (The saber man's function is ineffective, Hank is taken away by the bear, giving up his desire to survive, and the evidence that the two are one is that Hank can flash the saber man's thoughts and thoughts in Hank's mind, and Manny said to Hank that maybe It’s your brain that created me to prevent you from suicide, thinking wildly, not blinking your glasses, and not eating). But recalling the past, Hank still found that there was something in his heart that he couldn't let go of, so he was unwilling to leave. Perhaps out of rebellion and anger against the fucking life, the idea of life ignited again. (Manny was fully resurrected, his limbs were able to move, and the brown bear was dismissed)
Key node 7: When I saw my first love, Manny died.
Real world: Going back to society, seeing my beloved, and discovering that he is totally unaccepted by the other party. Perhaps for the purpose of integrating into society, Hank concealed his true side and lived as a normal person or even someone else's face and identity. (Manny dies, Hank pretends to be Manny). But then Hank discovered that this is not the real self, this is not the happiness he wants, pretending that others are not happy, he wants to be the real self, even if the people around him think he is a freak. In the end, he learned not to care about the eyes of others, be loyal to himself, and truly accepted himself completely and gained freedom. (Hank admitted his true identity in the interview. Regardless of his first love, his father, and the eyes of others, he took Manny away and confessed that Manny was finally resurrected because Hank fart in public and went away. This represents Han Ke completely accepts himself and his personality is truly independent, so the imaginary Manny can also "go away" contentedly.) It
is in this back and forth failure and struggle, Hanke from a heart-dead person (Manny) Learned to accept the hardships and imperfections in life, learned to cherish those beautiful memories, and the most important thing is to learn to love yourself, gain personality independence, and resurrect (Hank).
The above is my interpretation of the Swiss Army knife men's watch world and the inner world. Welcome everyone to discuss together.
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