I know it, flies fall into the milk, black and white at a glance; I know it, I know it. I know that I know my identity by the way I dress; I also know that the weather is good or bad, I know that; I know that I can recognize an apple when I see an apple tree; I know that the diligent and the lazy can see everything Everything is clear to me, except myself. All in all, I know it all. There is a big difference between a healthy face and a pale face, and I know it; death brings an end to all things, and everything is clear to the heart, except itself. ” —— "Mediocre Talents"
Set against the background of the Great Tokyo Earthquake in Japan, the tsunami and nuclear leakage that followed, the story lines of Sumita and Chazawa constitute the whole story. The seemingly loose web is tightly woven by the guns at the beginning and end, Sumita and Chazawa's "May 7" game, and the Tokyo Earthquake.
【①】Barrage, common TV series or movies can increase the popularity through the barrage. From a personal point of view, this is a movie that you can turn off the bullet screen and slowly taste the finely crafted film by yourself.
【②】The most thought-provoking is Sumita and Chazawa's parents. As a Chinese saying goes, tiger poison does not eat its cockroaches, but in "The Mediocre", it truly shows us the picture of a tiger's poison and its cockroach. It was his parents who really pushed Sumita into the abyss. His father went from the first kicks to the constant reminders that Sumita should have died from a previous drowning incident to get his insurance premiums safe, to the last conversation encouraging him to commit suicide. Such a step-by-step approach to the straw definitely crushed Sumita's heart, prompting him to finally lift the stone firmly and smash at his father. Cha Ze, his parents did more than that, and even showed Cha Ze the "hanging platform" they carefully prepared. Someone born in a honeypot might see this behavior as cinematic art, but after reading the reviews carefully, you have to be surprised that it is also part of real life.
[③] Among the factors that prompted Sumita to pick up a stone and smash it at his father included the murderer of the random road killings broadcast on TV. His simple words ignited Sumita's thoughts that he had always had in his heart but did not act. Sumita's few conversations with him are like a butterfly, stirring up the hearts of both people, causing a hurricane on the other side of the world, killing innocent people on the streets, and sinking Sumita into the abyss.
[④] Sono Ziwen skillfully used the abyss of Sumita to show us the various forms of people living at the bottom (a woman who was chained to her feet by domestic violence, an uncle who did not know who she was and where her future road was, and a bus who was kidnapped by morality and stimulated to kill) man), and finally sent him back to the rented houseboat through the teachings of the loan shark uncle to Sumita to convey that "no one is completely good and completely bad" the world police.
[⑤] Pull back to the beginning with the plot of the loan shark putting the gun that he sent to the washing machine into the washing machine, echoing the plot in which Sumita dreamed that he found the gun of the washing machine after the big earthquake and committed suicide, making the plot interlocking. The final redemption also ends with this gun.
【⑥】If everything that Sumita experienced was the disappointment and hardship of director Sonoko Wen towards real life, then Chazawa and Ye Ye are Sonoko Wen's hope for life. Chazawa is Sumita's hope that kept flashing in his despair. Her unyielding companionship and enthusiasm, in stark contrast to his parents' abandonment and indifference, brought him warmth in a life of despair.
【⑦】Yano, who has no blood relationship with Sumita, but keeps worrying about him, stealing and murdering for his future. Even though Sumita scolded him and cut off the relationship, he was still grateful. The person who, along with several other victims, continued to care about the life of Sumita, and he did not give up until the end, who decorated Sumita's boat rental house.
[Continued] The ending of "Mediocre Talent" ends with Sumita to surrender. This has to be reminiscent of Reid in the "Zodiac Redemption" movie: After being released from prison, he chose to leave because of the alienation of life and the worldly vision. Behind what seems to be redemption, there is another end that can't be seen, which is the most desperate place. What is the future path of Sumita?
[About Yuan Ziwen] The man who "is on the line between genius and lunatic", known as "Japanese genius", the films he created challenge people's three views and bottom lines, and tell what he sees and thinks through movies of. This world should be exactly what he expected: even if it is swallowed by darkness, there will be sunlight coming in.
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