Born a demon

Maia 2021-11-28 08:01:20

Text/Zhang Lida

Compared with the original work, the expression of the film is narrow. In such a minor injury incident, it is unfair to put the blame on anyone. The film concentrates all the contradictions between the mother and the son, while bypassing the father who is often absent and blindly indulgent, the sickly and sickly born sister, and those hidden in the family, school and society cannot be ignored. And problems to avoid.
The movie reminds me of Zomi Silla's "Orphan". Although the latter is a pure thriller, the fear they bring is the same. East is a 30-something old virgin, and her distortion and viciousness may be excusable, and Kevin, a good son born in a middle-class family, can only understand all his behavior from childhood to youth as— —He is a demon by nature.
It is normal for a woman, especially an intellectual with a little ability, personality, and ambition like Eva in the film, to face a life that is not in the plan. Where did it come from? Pregnancy in October for a mother, apart from the gradual enlargement of the belly, is the accompanying pregnancy reaction and the discomfort caused by the growth of the embryo. The true feelings can only be slowly cultivated from the communication between the child and the parents. Take a look at Kevin and ignore his stubborn temper that has been crying since he was a child. That is the nature of a baby. From an early age, it seems that Kevin has not done anything to make his mother feel comfortable. Under the condition of normal hearing, intelligence and all sensory abilities, he refused to call Mama Eva, and did not respond to mother's throwing play. He almost deliberately pulled the stool in his pants, just to make the trouble facing his mother even better. Floors. On the contrary, in front of his father, he pretended to be a good son who was obedient and obedient. His two-faced performance was tantamount to setting the fuse for the estrangement of the relationship between husband and wife. Eva, who loves to travel, happily posted the wall of the room into a mini globe to make up for her soul imprisoned by the family. Kevin used an air gun to destroy the room on the other side. The walls contaminated with red paint and The floor indicates Kevin's sinister intentions, and it also indicates the tragedy that is destined to be decorated with blood. This was the biggest and most direct conflict between mother and son, because Eva’s bad premonition was confirmed-what Kevin did was not as a child, trying to attract attention by making mistakes, but with a The attitude of being equal to Eva, naked|naked|naked mocking and trampling on Eva's unintentional life and unrealistic dreams. If you can classify them as the naughty of a child, then you must be a man.
That's right, man. Like the father in "Orphan", the father in this film is also a Martha. When the women were about to be tortured by the little devil and were on the verge of collapse, the men still smiled naively and said the immutable line: "You think too much, he is still a child." I don't know. This is due to male optimism or insensitivity, and more importantly, it is inseparable from the estrangement between the father and the family. In the whole film, the father's role is very few, and only when the secret contradiction is detonated in a conflicting way, the father will appear as a peacemaker. In the end, his father paid the price of his life for his neglect and connivance. Ironically, it was the bow that took him to his son that took his life.

Like Eva’s neighbors, many people have planted the main fault on Eva. Her alienation and indifference to Kevin, her missed hand wounded Kevin, in the movie, we see these, but in What's more, she was raising Kevin until the days of adulthood, repeatedly changing his dirty diapers, and enduring his obvious sinister intentions. She never gave up the bad relationship between herself and her son. Relationship, but to do everything possible to make up for her mistakes. Even after Kevin committed the crime of murder, she did not want to believe that her son was born a demon. She silently shouldered all the hardships and responsibilities, and visited Kevin every week and asked him to answer one question— —WHY? Why? Kevin himself didn't know why, because he was born this way. If he transferred the hatred of his mother to school and society, then before he hated his mother, he grew up with hatred, and before he grew up with hatred, he was born with hatred.
Eva is at fault, she is at fault in her weakness. Should not be obedient to unsatisfactory life, should not be unwilling to give birth to Kevin. When Kevin can only splash around on trivial things like peeing on his pants and spitting up milk, he should be fattened and beat him up. Maybe he will be able to discover his conscience again under the prestige; when the neighbors will be privately angry. When venting on her, she should give a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. My son is a devil, then I am the devil's mother. It's a pity that Eva just endured it again and again, didn't break out in silence, only died in silence.

Director Lynn Ramsey sincerely did not make the audience feel good, smashed tomatoes, overflowing red paint, deliberately magnified red alarm clocks and signal lights, plus a close-up of a mother described as haggard. Of course, Tilda Swinton's acting skills needless to say, when her appearance was a torture for me, she succeeded. Kong Kong’s lens was printed with her empty face, and every minute of silence echoed with deafening despair. Together with the "Ambush on Ten Sides" that sounded from time to time, the violation was full of anxiety.
After watching the movie, what I know best is not WHY, but, in Kevin’s eyes, what is the world he lives in, the family he destroyed, and the father and mother he hates?

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We Need to Talk About Kevin quotes

  • Celia: Me and Kevin were playing Xmas kidnapping.

  • Eva: [standing at the counter of the miniature golf course, the mother sees a group of obese people and rails to her son] Whenever I see fat people, they're always eating. Don't give me any of this... 'slow metabolism, it's my glands' crap.