Thoughts after watching the movie "King Kong"
I heard from my friends that the movie "King Kong" was very good and shocking, so I walked into the cinema out of curiosity.
During the Great Depression of the United States, Karl, a director who was unsuccessful but dedicated to his film career, decided to shoot the masterpiece in his heart without hesitation. So he took the unemployed actress Ann, the talented playwright Jack and his own film crew, and they embarked on a voyage to "Skull Island". Skull Island is a mysterious island near the Sumatra Peninsula. It is said that there is a "King Kong". Under Karl's deliberate concealment, everyone on the ship thought it was going to Singapore. When I saw huge spiders and centipedes crawling around in front of me, and heard the sound of chewing corpses in my ears, I felt my heart beat faster and my hair stood on end. When the scene of a group of dinosaurs running on people's heads and falling down the valley was presented in front of me, I was so scared that I couldn't close my mouth for a long time. I was completely conquered by the imagination and technical level of the producer. When I saw the final scene where King Kong was repeatedly shot at the top of the Empire State Building in New York, and finally reluctantly fell off the tall building to his death, I cried heartbrokenly.
Faced with the tragic ending, I felt a little at a loss, but looking back, what kind of ending can we expect? Stories about beasts turning into handsome men only appear in fairy tales. Could it be that the cruel human world cannot tolerate a fairy tale? Perhaps it is because tragedy is more profound and unforgettable than comedy.
King Kong is a chimpanzee, and a gorilla that refuses to settle for mediocrity. He was born with big arms, long legs, and a thick neck; he cannot speak, but he can express himself with his eyes; he is somewhat bossy. , but he has a gentle heart; he is strong and mighty, but behind the strong man there is deep loneliness; he has a pair of eyes that recognize beauty, but he can't find anyone to share happiness with in this dangerous Skull Island And the sad soulmate... When the film expresses King Kong's emotions, almost all of them use close-ups of his eyes, so that the audience can clearly see every fluctuation of his emotions, and transcends the limitations of language, directly connecting the audience's hearts with him. hearts connected together. When King Kong finally clung to the roof of the building and was about to fall, he looked at An sadly, his eyes full of tears and reluctance, and he used his last strength to hold on there. Although the camera only lasted a few seconds, it revealed what he was feeling in his heart. A burst of intense emotion and an epic and tragic separation.
"It was the beauty killed the beast." This is the last line of the movie. Who killed him? Is it true that "men create everything, and women destroy everything" as people say?
In fact, An is just a beautiful woman with a noble heart but a poor background. She lives in troubled times but has a very pure and lovely heart. After losing her job, she refused to dance, but in embarrassment she stole an apple. She has romantic thoughts and worships idols. At first glance, she looks like a little girl who has never experienced emotional ups and downs. When she came back from Skull Island, she brought back a lot of confidence on her face. This kind of confidence brought about by experiencing hardships is not something that can be learned from books, but the glory that comes from the intertwining of love and pain. I believe that after King Kong dies, An will live stronger. Because the power King Kong's attachment brings to her is far greater than the pain his death brings her.
When I walked out of the cinema, I even felt as if I was still hanging on the top of the Empire State Building in New York, looking down, looking forward to King Kong climbing up again. There are many scenes in this film that left a deep impression on me. When An first met the chimpanzee, An's clown-like performance added a bit of humor to the already tense atmosphere, and then the chimpanzee's cute actions created more communication between them. After the chimpanzee rescued Ann again from the monster, there seemed to be trust between them, and Ann was no longer afraid of the chimpanzee, and even cried sadly after being rescued because of the harm done to the orangutan by her companions. In the city, Ann met the chimpanzee again. The chimpanzee gently pulled Ann and ran into a frozen river. They were very happy, gliding on the ice, and brisk, happy music played along with the picture... Movie At the end of the film, the chimpanzee seems to know that he will definitely die. He is less resistant and more quiet, waiting. At this time, only An's cry for help allowed us to vaguely see the kindness of human beings.
Why did King Kong do that? Is he pursuing fantasy or reality? There is always a kind of beauty in the sad ending, incomplete beauty, but who would be willing to be with sadness? Things in the past are like a dream, and the future is even more so. Only what we have now is the most real, so what is now? What? The moment the orangutan was shocked by the beauty, his destruction was already doomed. We learn many creators’ answers to the meaning of life from movies. That kind of meaning, that kind of touching, is so real; but for that orangutan, death makes everything a dream and a lie.