Embark on a journey or go to destiny

Hayden 2022-10-14 15:41:39

Is it loneliness to be a real self who is out of tune with the world around you, or is it lonelier to forget your name and play someone you like?

Sick sheep are to be shot. Loneliness is also contagious.

Everyone has gone through the process of not being understood in adolescence, torn between self-awareness and the identity of others. That feeling of suffocation that there are thousands of words to express but there is no way to say it. Sensitive people experience it. This painful and lonely journey, even if you want to cry while walking, you still have to go on alone.

Imitation, after all, is not a way out. Chaplin couldn't hide his jealousy and cruelty, and Monroe eventually went down the same path as Monroe. You like him, you think you are like him, and you want to imitate him to make others like you and gain the world's approval for you. Maybe at a certain moment you are satisfied in this imagination, but you are not him after all. .

You can only cut off the long hair that gives you a sense of security, walk into the chaotic crowd, and let the crowd tell you who you are. Accept yourself and love yourself.

The journey is hard, but only through the pain can you realize your full potential and find your true self. Michael can't play table tennis well, he says he can't do anything well. In fact, he can dance very well, but on the street where people come and go, no one throws coins into his jar. The world can be cold sometimes, and it won't always surround you with warmth and love like your parents. But that should not be a reason to give up. If you want a lot of love, you have to work hard to be an irreplaceable person worthy of being loved. Escape and fantasy can bring temporary warmth, but like drug addiction, they can only bring about distortion and destruction in the end. The ideas of humanism and psychoanalysis are well articulated in the film.

The Bible says that man is born weak. A nun flying in the air, with faith, pure as a baby. In God's eyes, we are no different from sheep being driven and shot. But the nobility of man lies in his resistance to original sin.

Life is hard, but you have to go on bravely. The world is not as beautiful as we imagined, just like each of us. Gradually, we can accept this imperfect world and our imperfect self. In this way, it is to become strong.

Of course, there is no need to blindly tolerate this world. If you don't like some dirty, you can let the priest and nun die on the muddy beach like the director did.

PS. The soundtrack is great. Always sounding just right, grabbing people but not overwhelming, deserves a star.

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Mister Lonely quotes

  • Michael Jackson: It's hard to always laugh when you don't know what people find so funny.

  • Marilyn Monroe: [to Charlie Chaplin] Sometimes when I look at you, you seem more like Adolf Hitler than Charlie Chaplin.