Philip never expected to be like other children, wearing all kinds of fancy clothes and knocking on the door for candy. He didn't know his identity as a Jehovah's Witness, only that his mother said it, and his mother was Perfect. Butch grew up in a singing and dancing hall. His father committed a crime and was imprisoned. He could only rely on his mother because of his lack of fatherly love.
Maybe it was because of the hardships on the road and the cruelty of reality. He had already seen the ugliness of this world, and he didn't want to let Philip, who also lost his father, lose his expectations for this world. As a result, Butch would reveal the gun on his belt when Philip failed for the first time in a happy ghost costume to ask for candy. Butch would say yes when Philip asked him if he was in love with the bartender, and didn't want him to know that people who didn't love each other could kiss. Some people say that Butch is acting as a father, creating a perfect world for Philip and encouraging Philip to face the days ahead. In fact, I prefer to believe what Butch himself said, they are good buddies. Butch, the eldest brother, is just trying to cover his younger brother, and he is carrying the name of a fugitive to accompany little Philip on a trip, doing things that he cannot do under the care of his mother.
It is not difficult to see that Philip is a very obedient child. At a young age, he has never been rebellious and obeyed orders. However, after being with Butch, he may have really grown up.
First of all, Philip made himself a lot of choices and taught him how to be independent. After killing his escape accomplice who tried to hurt Philip, Butch made little Philip decide not to follow him. Similarly, when the police blocked the entrance of the friendly store, Butch asked Philip to choose again. What is even more unbelievable is that the obedient little Philip actually took the Halloween costume that Butch said he would buy next time from the friendly store. Similarly, at the end of the film, he also chose to kill that store in Butch. When they were black, took the gun and pointed Butch as Butch had taught him at first, until he shot later, protecting them. Some people say that Butch's atrocities along the way have negatively affected Philip. In fact, I believe more that when little Philip faced the accusation of the clerk with the stolen items, he felt more of a kind of grievance for his childhood. He hadn't celebrated Halloween for so many years, and he no longer wanted to listen to his mother's words. Honestly eat at home and refuse to treat or trick children who knock on the door. When little Philip, holding a gun, pulled the trigger clumsily and hit Butch with tears in his eyes, he was more concerned with upholding the justice in his dictionary. He wondered if Butch would be shot in the end. The family, but he only knew that they were innocent. These two scenes really shocked me. Growth and independence always complement each other. Perhaps in this imperfect world, growth will always be accompanied by factors that are not recognized by everyone.
Just like at the end of the film, when Butch staggered to the grass, looking to avoid his brother Philip, he said, I only killed two people in my life. One hurt my mother. One hurt you. I like this sentence very much, it's beautiful , also subverted my understanding of Butch. In fact, Butch himself has not stopped believing that the world is perfect. When the police were looking for this heinous fugitive, he was still telling the world that he murdered for a reason, and he didn't want to be cast aside by the world. Perhaps, in the end, the reality and imperfection of the world defeated him.
Is Butch a thug? Yes, but he's a principled thug. Is Butch a murderer? Yes, but he has only killed two people, one for his relatives and one for his brother.
In fact, I prefer to believe that the first scene of the film is the real ending. Butch lies asleep on the grass, surrounded by dollars blown by the wind, with the mask of a happy kid next to him, and Butch is wearing a dazzling sun. , slowly open your eyes. He never left this perfect world.
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