About 1408

Adah 2022-01-25 08:06:39

By the way, <1408> shown in this issue is adapted from the work of Stephen Jindi, a horror writer that Mao Mao likes very much. SO, before the film was released, the cat had already read the original work, and SO's enthusiasm for the film has not diminished. Of course, the adapted films have never disappointed Mao Mao. .
In other words, the film doesn't actually have too many terrifying and bloody scenes, but after the sound of Carpenter's music We've Only Just Begun, the film gradually shrouded in the aura of despair.
In fact, it is not ghosts and evil spirits that despair, nor does it come from external threats, but from the shadows in the heart, which may also be called inner demons.

However, before we understand the protagonist's inner demon, let's introduce the murderous realm that children's shoes are curious about.
In fact, fans have different opinions about this room. Some people say that this room is haunted, some people accept that Mike was drugged, and some even think that Mike is actually dead, and this room is just a part of the afterlife world. But Mao Mao felt that, according to Stephen King's original work, Mao speculated that 1408 itself is a room full of evil spirits. It can gain insight into the most vulnerable place in people's hearts, and use this as a fantasy to let people keep repeating what they have said. The most unwilling event scene! As for why the room has this ability, Maomao thinks that this point does not need to be studied, because there is no clear answer in the original work and the movie, SO is not the key to the work, so if you think this question is too tangled Children's shoes can be ignored, or children's shoes with ideas can also be kept separately.
In fact, the room itself does not seem to kill people, but just hits the weakest link in the hearts of the people who stay in it with various fantasies. In other words, Mao Mao often said that the most frightening thing in the world is what he is most afraid of, because only he knows what he is most afraid of. SO, based on the principle of who has a shadow in the heart of this world. . If the basic countdown starts, then the people who check in have actually bought a one-way ticket to face death for themselves.
But then again, in fact, this is not the most disappointing drop! In fact, Mao Mao felt that the most frustrating part of this room was the endless hour of reincarnation! If it's just such an hour of experience, maybe for some people, forbearance will be over. In other words, our classmate Mike has also endured an hour. Although it is painful, he is also reborn from the ashes. However, all of this is just one part of the cycle. SO, to put it bluntly, you won't stop playing if you can't die in this room. . SO, in the end, classmate Mike still couldn't escape the ending of death, but he was more awesome than the others, because he dragged the room to be buried with him, and in this more than an hour of experience, he made a lot of sense for the past. , and were able to share their visions with their daughter's soul. .
Well, it seems that there are already too many explanations on the Internet about the meaning of the film. Mao Mao will no longer be unavoidable. However, Mao Mao feels that if you want to understand the role of the murderer on the protagonist, you may still need to understand the inner shadow of the protagonist first.
John Cusart's shoes is one of Mao Mao's favorite actors. Speaking of which, Mao Mao thinks that Cusart's children's shoes are very good in this film. He plays a self-proclaimed atheist in the film. He is a little neurotic and selfish. , and the stubborn, uninspired and lesser known writer Mike. . And from the many fantasies in the room, we learned that, in fact, this seemingly cynical writer actually has some unsolvable entanglements suppressed in his heart.
The first is that the daughter's terminal illness makes the protagonist unwilling to face the eventual separation from her daughter. SO, Mike is very resistant to the beautiful fantasy of his wife and daughter about the world after death. SO, in the film, you can see Mike accusing his wife of instilling unrealistic concepts of ghosts and gods in his daughter. In fact, this is just some kind of outbreak of the conflict between Mike's heart and reality. In the end, the death of his daughter made Mike selfishly choose to escape. Mike left his wife without telling him, just because every time he saw his wife, it reminded him of his daughter, which aroused inner pain. He was reluctant to consider the harm caused by such selfish behavior to others, and in fact, his father had pointed out to him directly, but it led to a dispute between the two.
In fact, for his father, it seems that Mike has more entanglements in his heart. Maybe some children's shoes will think that Mike's abandonment of his father stems from the dispute between the two caused by Mike's escape from his wife. In fact, Mao Mao felt that Mike couldn't face his elderly and demented father, but also because of his horror. There is a scene in the film that reflects this very well. In the vision of the murderous time, Mike saw his father in a wheelchair, and his father said strangely, "I used to be like you (young), and you will eventually be like me (old and weak)." Mike finished listening" The flowers are pale." SO, it can be seen from this that Mike's abandonment of his father is also based on his consistent behavior of "what I don't want to face, that is, escape from it."
In other words, as a writer, Mike is keen to write some exploratory experiences. However, through the mouth of the manager of the Dolphin Hotel and the scene of Mike's signing ceremony, we can see that Mike's works are actually full of "cynicism and conceit." Only second-rate works. However, the film mentions Mike's early work "The Long Way Home" with the theme of family love in two places as a comparison. Well, let's recall what the amazing MM who pulled out such a long-forgotten work had to say about this book: "This is this, an excellent book, very unique and inspiring, The language is sincere~" In other words, I believe that such an evaluation is what every author dreams of, but when MM asked: "Will you write another similar style of work?" And our Mike children's shoes gave the answer without hesitation: "No." Why, in fact, the director gave a suspense here skillfully. Why, Mike would rather write some less popular works than touch those subjects that can really touch the hearts of readers? Later, we finally got the answer slowly. Because he is afraid, he is afraid to honestly face his true feelings.
And writing novels with atheistic viewpoints is actually just to deny death and people's fantasy about the world after death, so as to deny the impact of a woman's death on him. SO, in fact, we can see in the film that Mike is not really afraid of ghosts and gods, but he deliberately denied this first point of view, plus he has not really encountered supernatural phenomena for a long time, SO repeatedly subconsciously Strengthen, own point of view, there are no ghosts in this world!
SO, when the countdown to the room started, after a few mild "jokes" Mike also suspected that someone was playing tricks on him, but after overturning this possibility and getting injured, Mike also tried to escape from the room. Unfortunately, it's already too late~ SO, I can prove here that Mike is not afraid of ghosts, it's just that he doesn't believe in ghosts.
However, in the middle and late stages of the film, we can still see that Mike is not insensitive to all this, but the reason remains the same, and he is unwilling to face it all.

Well, although the cat is reluctant to explain too much the meaning of the film, but maybe it can be a little bit smaller, as the end of the article. To put it simply, in fact, the film wants to tell us that when we have a tangle, we must think that it is a good choice to escape or rot it in our hearts. In fact, suppressing bad emotions does not mean that they will hear the news, and the pain of being forgotten by memory does not mean that they will disappear. . . In fact, everything we repress or deliberately forget will be like a ghost, suddenly appearing and stabbing us at some inadvertent moment. SO, Mao Mao feels that we should try our best to face the painful emotions and solve them as soon as possible; otherwise, when the pain becomes a shadow, then you will also bury an undetermined outbreak time in your heart. bomb.

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Extended Reading
  • Randy 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    The former Cusack was not Cage II.

  • Jaime 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    It's been a long time since I watched a horror movie, I was really scared

1408 quotes

  • [last lines]

    Mike Enslin: [on tape recorder] I've got you now, Katie. Oh my God. I'm not gonna let you go.

  • Mike Enslin: Is 1408 a smoking room?

    Gerald Olin: As a matter of fact, it is. Yes.

    Mike Enslin: Good, one less worry in the watches of the night.

    Gerald Olin: Care for a cigar?

    Mike Enslin: No thank you, I don't smoke.