It's also a disaster movie

Lura 2022-03-27 08:01:01

I haven't written a movie review for a long time, and today this movie suddenly gave me the urge to move the keyboard. Because of the confusion, and also because it is the kind of film that requires sitting in a chair for a long time after watching it, and then suddenly realizes what the film is about, and then recalls each scene one by one that felt unnecessary at the time, and found that each paragraph has its purpose, it should be said, This is a good movie!

But the real reason I decided to write this review is this: Director Jonas Pate was able to make a disaster movie like this! Yes, I think it's a disaster movie, certainly not because of the asteroid falling from space in the script, I'm referring to the disaster that happened in the city we live in.

In the chaotic world of the city, gluttony, greed, laziness, jealousy, pride, lust, and anger, the "seven deadly sins" that Catholics say are flooded in the crowd every day, look at the concentration of lewdness in the film, you can imagine this is our life? However, there are always some people who are sober, so a profession called "psychiatrist" is born, shrink. It seems to me that psychiatrists and church pastors are similar in nature. They both hope to lead the "patient" to happiness by listening and making the other person speak out about their distress and predicament. The status of this profession in society is getting heavier and heavier, but it just means that more and more people in the society are entering into dilemmas, entering various urban chaos, and deviating from "happiness".

But what if even a psychiatrist fell into such misery? That's what this film is going to show us. With his wife's suicide, psychiatrist Carter begins to feel sad and confused. This one once wrote "The first step towards the happiness is always the hardest.", "Happiness is a word for feeling. Feelings are rarely understood in the moment. They are quickly forgotten and always mis-remembered." The famous psychiatrist began to doubt his theories, and publicly tore up the pages of his writings, he told all the people who put their trust in him: These are all lies! You are being tricked! This book is what I used to deceive myself!

Oh! Isn't this a disaster? Different from the crustal movement in "2012", the destruction of the continent, and the reappearance of Noah's Ark; here, people continue to live boring lives, more and more mental illnesses are integrated into the city along with steel and cement, and even the spiritual Doctors can only use marijuana to numb themselves to escape pain: I don't know which of these two disasters is faster, more dangerous and more real, if I have to choose, the latter.

It is true that at the end of the story, with the death of the dog August, Dr. Carter and all his patients have a sudden change of heart, and everyone finds their own happiness together. But do you believe it? Carter said, "What she needs is someone who can tell her that the future is bright," which is also the writer's view of the audience. But at least for me, I still haven't been able to get out of the shadows. The abrupt ending made me automatically cut it off, and then re-imagined it in my mind: it's all a tragedy!

This kind of disaster movie makes me terrified!

I wish a bright future!

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  • Kellie 2022-03-27 09:01:23

    just because of you kevin spacey

  • Yolanda 2022-03-27 09:01:23

    The first step towards happiness is the hardest

Shrink quotes

  • Henry Carter: It's grief. They want you to have some kind of normal response to grief, you know, so they don't have to watch. But it's *mine*.

  • Jeremy: The first step toward happiness is always the hardest.

    Henry Carter: Who said that?

    Jeremy: *You* did.