Very smart but evil

Jettie 2021-10-22 14:34:49

As soon as I read about 500 comments, I knew that I couldn’t read them all in order to find friends who had the same idea as me. I should write something by myself and wait for others to find me. I also doubted my ability to write things... .

it was recently seen the most interesting, the most intelligent dialogue.
The identities of a few people who talked have bluffed everyone. They were all professors at Harvard....The content itself has been said a lot in other posts, and what I am more interested in is that a few people talk about the topic. 1) The content of the response; 2) What questions are raised by myself.

The content of the topic is nothing special. The only thing that is special is to use a historical witness, a living person to string together, to give a sense of reality. The climax of the conversation is religion. This is also what is often said, "Apart from death, there are no more serious (philosophical) issues." Death is the witness of time, and time uses death to show its existence: in fact, time is just an illusion (in an absolute sense) all the time (please don't ask if there is such a thing as "absolute"... .).

Some of the details are interesting (probably other friends have mentioned them).
1) The response of the lady who upholds the sanctity of Christian doctrine;
2) The blacks have maintained a relatively more open attitude;
3) The woman who eventually left with John seems to imply that women's ability to grasp the truth is much better than others (Almost all men and all other women except her)
4) As a psychiatrist of John’s son, his professional level is indeed good, but he still can’t solve his own problems.
5) Beethoven’s music

challenges big topics at a small cost , This film was very successful. The topic itself is incomprehensible, and it is too heavy and difficult. It is best to slip away (like those people in the play finally chose) and stop in time (like the film and what I am about to do). Choices: 1) If you talk too much, you will lose 2) If you go too far, you can keep the impression of being smart and the cost.

The song at the end is good...
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Supplement: I thought it was written above The place is over, but I am still thinking about this movie on the way home. There is always a feeling, a feeling that nothing has been said.

Now I want to say: Be careful with this movie, it may make you
1) become nothingness;
2) plant the seeds of loss of faith (as long as time is taken).

In this regard, I even want to say that this movie is evil.
The consequences of vain interpretation or deconstruction of religious meaning are terrible (the movie title "The man from Earth" is just a simple direct correspondence and attack on "The God from Heaven": "There is no God, he and you and me Same, not from heaven, but born in this land").


Compared with Bergman's "The Sixth Seal", the difference is huge. There is a difference between real thinking and peddling ideological poison fast food. "12 Monkeys", "Blade Runner" and "The Sixth Day" are all more sincere. And this film iu is blindly playing clever.

Of course, it’s persuasive technique can be learned, including
saying that John will also get sick, avoiding the possibility of people asking him to show miracles (of course, this cannot escape the problem of the probability of death mentioned by a certain netizen, but only afterwards, similar There will be doubts. But such doubts seem to be a little bit off the point.)
There are many others, please look for them yourself.



My suggestion is: treat it as a fun and clever conversation, don’t take it seriously, if you are addicted to analyzing its various meanings, I want to say, stop, go and ask your girlfriend to eat something. The food is probably more reliable!

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Extended Reading
  • Shanie 2022-04-23 07:01:32

    Maybe it's because I can't get the point of this movie, I think it's okay

  • Mercedes 2021-10-26 03:30:45

    Rewatching this film after 6 years, thinking about life

The Man from Earth quotes

  • John Oldman: I had a chance to sail with Columbus, only I'm not the adventurous type. I was pretty sure the earth was round, but at that point I still thought he *might* fall off an edge some place.

    The Group: [incredulous looks all around the room]

    Art: Look around John, we just did!

  • John Oldman: Every 10 years or so, when people start to notice I don't age, I move on.