Destiny is not the butterfly effect

Josefa 2022-12-07 12:48:54

In this film, reality (real people) and fantasy (animated characters) are intertwined, and the short shots from the beginning to the end depict the past and present of the characters in parallel time and space. There is only one reality, maybe it is Mi Hexi who successfully got on the subway, maybe it is the old man who lay on the boat at the end, maybe neither; but there are thousands of fates in the mental game.

Destiny is determined by choice, and choice is determined by psychology. Momentary courage may be able to avoid the calamity of death, and a momentary spirit may lose lifelong freedom. There are countless paths in the future, follow your sensibility, succumb to the sins of human nature, and eventually you will reach a desperate situation: long-term weakness and escape led to Xi's tragic death, and the spirit and impulse after rebirth caused Xi to lose his freedom.

A momentary wrong choice will bring a heavy price, however, fate is not a butterfly effect. If we are in a desperate situation, we have a time belt, can see God, and have the opportunity to come again, and the road to new life will be extremely difficult. Xi was reborn twice. The first time was that he seemed to meet God after death. After painful struggle and reflection, he overcame weakness and fear, and finally changed the fate of death; the second time was almost completed in the belly of a whale. Impossible to escape, Xi used his feet that should have been broken but not broken, stepped on the bugs he released, stepped on water molecules, stepped on the high-rise buildings of airplanes and tanks, reversed time, and flew to the real world.

The cause of fate can be seen from the reversal of fate. Chronic cowardice has made West a ghost at the gun. However, the factors that prompted Xi to escape successfully were just like the long rush, and there was no less than one step: the mother's care, the usual kindness, some accidental or inevitable experiences in real life, and so on.

We cannot predict fate, however, we can choose to be active players in mind games!

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Extended Reading
  • Glennie 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    It presents a feast of thought through video, complemented by stunning conceptual descriptions and sharp editing. In addition to being shocking, this is what differentiates animation from other types of films. What is embarrassing is that director Yuasa Masaki went to play serials after giving birth to this masterpiece.

  • Crawford 2022-01-22 08:03:28

    Both the sex scene and the escape scene are amazing in style and editing. The director gave people a feeling that "the thoughts in my mind are going to explode, even if you can't understand them", but the plot is not at all cold and very positive. For the visualization of abstract concepts such as psychological feelings, all kinds of tricks are not important? Think about it this way, I don't know if Inside Out has borrowed from him.

Mind Game quotes

  • Nishi: Fear takes the shape we're willing to give it.

  • Nishi: We've gotta leave. It's that or drown.

    Yan: But how?

    Nishi: The boat, of course!

    Myon: The cops'll be looking for us.

    Nishi: So?

    Myon: The Yakuzas'll come after us!

    Nishi: So what! I wanna get out! 'Cos there's so much out there! So many different people, living different lives! Incredibly good guys, bad guys... Folks completely different from us! It's one huge melting pot! See, it's not about success, dying in the streets, who's better, who's not! I just want to be a part of it! I realized that even if I've no connections, no talent, even if I'm one big loser, I want to use my hands and feet to think and move, to shape my own life! We can just die here or we can try, see what we've got!