It's hard to choose between true and fantasy

Pamela 2022-06-27 08:31:31

"The Mists of Avalon" is based on a legend rewritten from a female perspective by a famous female magician, and it is not so much an epic masterpiece as it is a history that is both true and fictional. The whole film feels like the melodious and majestic sound of Scottish bagpipes and the tragic drum beat, which arouses a long-lost sentimentality in my heart, pure, thorough and distant.

The whole film revolves around Morgan's memories slowly, with her pregnancy as the dividing line. The first half is light and beautiful, and the second half is solemn and sad. Avalon and Camelot from prosperity to decline symbolize the process of conflict between native religions and Christianity in England. Lady Lake once brought Morgan as a child to the wall. The mural on the wall shows the reindeer on the left, the beast on the right, and a smiling woman standing in the middle - she said: "The goddess guards both sides, she is the balance point of all things, without the existence of this balance point, the world will fall into In an endless strife."

But don't forget the Romans, who brought war and domination, and Christianity. Even after they had withdrawn from England, the seeds of Christianity continued to flourish in the land. There is this dialogue in the film:
"What are they doing?" Little Arthur asked his sister.
"Pray for the goddess to give them a good autumn harvest."
"Is that the goddess that Father Cosper hates?" Arthur was a little puzzled. "These people don't believe in Christ?"
"Some people believe, and some people still worship the goddess." Morgan smiled. answer brother.
"Can God and Goddess exist at the same time?" Little Arthur inadvertently asked a question that was rejected by the church.
Morgan replied, "Certainly. Just like us, we have a father and a mother."


The two gods coexist harmoniously, and in Morgan's eyes, there is no conflict. But in fact, during the reign of King Arthur, it was a period of unity between Old and Protestant, and this combination was fragile and dangerous. Everything seems to have ended because of Guinevere's arrival. This devout Christian queen can't tolerate the existence of pagans, and she can't get along with Morgan. In the end, the angry Queen Bro married Morgan to the old king of Wales, the father of Morgan's new lover. , keeping her away from Avalon. I still remember the Queen pointing at Arthur's nose and complaining, "You are neither a devout Christian nor a good heretic!"

But in the end Morgan returned to Avalon and escaped after the death of the old king of Wales. Attacked by the Saxons, he traveled back to his homeland alone in a canoe. As a priest, Morgan has the magic power to disperse the fog in the lake. Through the fog, he is the Avalon, the beautiful Avalon.

Morgan and the Queen, the last meeting of these two women is full of symbolic meaning. The Queen is like the lily Virgin, blonde and blue-eyed, and the serenity of the blue dress; while Morgan is black hair and black eyes, and the red dress is as flamboyant as the flames. Two women, two religions, two civilizations. They hug and the world becomes quiet.

The May Day, which is repeatedly played back in the film, is a passionate and fascinating moment: in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, and in the Norse legends, there are May Day when mountain spirits and banshees revel. People become mysterious and mighty when they put on a mask, and people become sexy and frank and natural under the mask. That part is the most beautiful and seductive story in the movie, unforgettable and poignant. The people under the mask became mysterious and sexy, and they didn't know who the other was - one was the hero who appeared at the entrance of the cave, and the other was the goddess waiting in the cave.

As a hunter, Arthur wears a mask to hunt down prey wildly in the original exciting rhythm in order to obtain the qualification to win the maiden; Morgan also wears a richly decorated mask, with green leaf-like patterns painted all over his body, waiting for the warrior who sleeps in the same bed with the warrior. moment. The incestuous relationship left only the temptation and the indulgence of May Day without the knowledge of both parties. Morgan secretly hoped that the May Day hunter was Lancelot, but in the end he found out that it was his own brother Arthur. However, she couldn't forget the eyes behind the mask, just like Arthur couldn't forget the eyes that "looked at him forever" behind the mask. Although the story is not intended to be a disgusting incestuous love, it still has to make the May Day scene appear once in a while. Please don't think of this ceremony as an ugly fleshly intercourse, and don't discuss the high-sounding concepts of desire, sin and morality. Who else today holds the ancient belief that sex is a sacred union? Such beauty and devotion, I do not feel the slightest disgust.

Still, as if to make it a sin, Morgan became pregnant and had a son with his own brother. Thinking of Modri ​​(son) when he just learned that King Arthur, whom all the people support, is his father, he smiled sadly: "I would rather love him like countless people than destroy him!" Missing, loving, how many stormy waves have stirred up in his heart? In addition to being brainwashed by the evil Morgause for many years, his nature is no longer pure. Then the dark castle, the empty round table, the heads of those round table warriors were carried high on spears, and this was Modri's way of taking revenge on his father. He seems to be the representative of evil in the film.

And Arthur learned that he and his sister actually had a son. As a Christian, he felt guilty and huddled in the castle alone. At this time, the queen and Lancelot had eloped, the queen entered the monastery, and Lance Lott did not give her happiness in the end. Thinking of the round table meeting in the castle, the brave round table warriors, the king Arthur supported by the people, the loyal friend, the beautiful queen, how high-spirited, looking at now, the hero is dying, I can't bear to watch it, it's a sigh, a sigh...

At this time, Morgan was like a determined female warrior, awakening Arthur: We made mistakes, but don't forget your responsibility! Your duty is to lead your subjects and protect them! Drive away the intruders! However, in the final battle, Arthur and his own son Modly called each other on the battlefield full of corpses, and died under each other's sword in each other's slaughter. It is unforgettable that the eyes with infinite regrets, and the hoarse roar of Arthur "Why do you want to be my enemy?" does not make people move.

The ethereal music of NewAge sounded, Morgan leaned over to kiss the dead Modri, Arthur looked at their mother and son with his last strength,

the last two venerables of Avalon in my tears: Merlin's death means the power of the old religion The decline of the world, I was moved by what he said to Vivian. We have dedicated our lives to our faith, and our lives are full of responsibility, but is this joy? He lets Vivian pursue her own happiness in her final days. When Merlin died, the fog that covered the sky was spectacular. However, Mrs. Lake soon fell under Modri's sword, the darkness blocked the light of the sun, and the sad spiritual song sounded, representing the decline of an era. Our helpless

mother goddess inhabits the water and the earth, the lake in the mist, and the stone pillars standing tall. In that pious age, they were all objects of fascination and worship. If the worship of the goddess is regarded as a symbol of the matriarchal clan, it is inevitably biased. They appeared earlier than the Greek gods, appearing as mothers, just as we sing the earth, sing the sea, and always be mothers. And the sky is brand new, there will be later Greek gods, later Yahweh.


In such a tragic collision of old and new civilizations, the goddesses inevitably declined. In the movie, Mrs. Lake tried her best to maintain the last dignity of the goddess, but she was powerless. In the end, the fog shrouded Avalon, and everything was silent. Avalon's disappearance is inevitable, not caused by the rebellious Morgan, nor the ambitious Modrid. When Lady Lake dies, a beauty disappears.

"Arthur, Arthur, we're home." Morgan embraced his beloved brother and cast magic in vain, but he could no longer unravel the fog of Avalon. Arthur died and his era was over. The mist of Avalon rose and spread. Afaron is gone, only the bell of the monastery, forever ringing not far away.

The beauty of the whole film is very ethereal, like Avalon in the fog. Natural pure beauty. Christianity brought morality and order, but also the wild beauty of nature. The progress of human civilization is so thrilling.

The following is the introduction of several main characters in the film:

Morgan (Morgaine): the heroine, Arthur's sister, Avalon's last priest. The whole story revolves around her recollection, from the prosperity and decline of Avalon and Camelot, to the final hope of finding the goddess in the statue of the Virgin. Morgan has always been a villain in previous legends, but here she is a strong woman with flesh and blood who walks according to the wishes of her soul. I liked her dimpled smile very much, and also liked her strong and calm face. When she was injured and rushed back to Avalon alone, how I wished to hug the woman in the canoe with pity.

Arthur (Arthur) male protagonist, the legendary king of England. Contrary to the image of the majestic emperor in the past, Arthur is a more real man here, from a boy to a fall on the battlefield. In addition to fighting the Saxon invasion, his life seems to have been more important in trying to combine the old teachings of Avalon with the Protestant teachings of Christ.

Viviane Lady of the Lake, goddess of the lake in the Arthurian legend. In the film, she appears as the Venerable, the highest priest of Avalon. She worked hard all her life to protect Avalon and the ancient goddess belief in the land of England, but she had to die with the beauty of Avalon.

Merlin, the first wizard in England, enjoys a very high status in both Avalon and Camelot. Like Lady Lake, she is also a Venerable who devastated and died for Avalon.

Lancelot, Camelot's first knight, Arthur's cousin and a lifelong friend. Morgan's first love (secret love) object, fell in love with the queen. In the legend of King Arthur, he was the most valiant knight.

Guinevere, Arthur's queen, met Lancelot in the lost Avalon experience before she married Arthur, and was troubled by cheating and violating Christian teachings throughout her life. In the end, she entered the monastery halfway through her elopement with Lancelot, and finally got a balance in her soul. Therefore, in addition to being overly loyal to the teachings and fighting against the pagan Morgan in her eyes, the queen is still worthy of sympathy.

Mordred is the crystallization of Morgan and Arthur's May Day cave ritual. The poor big traitor Mordred, who didn't love his mother and his mother since childhood, was carried by Mogos for brainwashing and use, no wonder he ended up psychopathic ~~ He was the culprit who broke the Knights of the Round Table, but Avalon disappeared and the decline of Camelot was not caused by Modri ​​alone. It was the irresistible social change that caused the helpless changes in history.

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  • Shakira 2022-06-27 20:08:46

    The knight and the queen are a pair of dog men and women, and the king and sister are very nice. The most disgusting thing is that incest. Oh, the British Saint Seiya and the Secret History of the Qing Palace...

  • Lurline 2022-06-27 16:17:30

    6/10. King Arthur's text that preaches chivalry turns into a struggle between nascent Christianity and pagan religions, Vivian forces her married sister to marry Usher to a compromise between goddess blood and secular kingship, but Arthur and Guinevere's freedom Love destroys the meaning of Christ's asceticism. In order to obtain God's forgiveness to be able to conceive, Arthur forced Arthur with tears to bring down the pagan dragon flag that his father Uther held high on the battlefield, abandoned the goddess belief, and finally threw the sword in the stone into the air. Shaped into a cross by lightning, the earth goddess represented by Avalon in the middle of the lake is hidden in the mist along with the somber bells of the Christ Church. The costumes are sloppy, and the special effects seem ridiculous now. The frequent switching of scenes (Morgan becomes a priest and Igreen misses his daughter Morgan, Arthur and Morgan have sex and bonfire dance scene switching) does not avoid the flattening of emotions. The witch Morgan re-turned the case into a poor woman who lost her father, incest, gave birth to a child and was married by mistake, and put King Arthur and his knights in a puppet position and victim in a religious struggle. Arthur seems to be dealing with women and forced to kill each other. The Fool, lost the legend of the grand adventure narrative.

The Mists of Avalon quotes

  • Ambrosius: Woman, are after all, carriers of Original Sin.

    Bishop Patricius: That's not quite how we advance it, sir.

    Igraine: Do you not say that women are the means by which evil came into the world? There is in your bible a fantastic tale about an apple and a snake.

  • Igraine: Think, before you strike me, Gorlois. Or I will teach you that a daughter of the holy isle is a servant of no man.