Horror Master Stephen King is famous for his unique perspective on the horror and thriller world. The reasons for each of them are not only his infinite enthusiasm for horror themes, but also come from the literary authors who inspired him: Lovecraft who wrote "The Myth of Cthulhu", Tolkien, and others.
However, after taking off the cloak of "The Shining", "The Witch Carrie", "The Joker Returns", what is left of Stephen King? Let me take you to find out.
1, " Green Rise Miracle "
"Green Rise Miracle" The movie tells the moving story of a miracle between Paul (Tom Hanks) who guards the death row prisoner and a terrifying rape murderer John Coffley, who is a raider and murderer who is intimidating but kind-hearted.
"Miracle in Green" continues Stephen King's fantasy style, but is not used to create a frightening or creepy worldview, but hopes to serve as a symbol and symbol to reverse this seemingly sinful rape and murderer.
People always tend to "preconceive" and are unwilling to let go of their stereotypes at any time. Therefore, facing John Coffley with a black identity and a huge body, witnesses would "sent him to death" without considering it. The image in prison has never been reversed until Paul realized that the innocence and cowardice displayed by the person in front of him was really unsuccessful with the "rapist murderer".
John Coffley clearly has the superpower to cure diseases with bare hands and perceive the future. Why didn’t he become a respected idol and end up like this? I think this ability has never existed for himself, but for his efforts and help.
, and John Coffley, who knows the meaning of it, has never had evil thoughts and always uses this ability in the gentlest and most thankless way. However, people have always quickly forgotten goodwill and favors when faced with malice, and have no mercy in the face of malice. Such a world is really like hell to John Coffley.
I think, what "Green Miracle" wants to convey is not just "good people are framed" and "bad people are punished", nor is it just simple propositions such as "law and morality", but "how to live in life". Faced with every topic given by life, how do you want to answer? Is it to sacrifice yourself as a saint like John Coffley and bear all the sins in the world; or is it like Percy who has privileges and advantages, and lives smoothly but lives disgusting; or is it the same as Paul, who can live a long life but feel tired and painful for endless time. Everything is your choice, live a wonderful and brilliant life, live a life of chaos, or is it wasted time.
2, " with me "
"Walk with me", this movie describes an era that does not yet have modern technology. Four teenagers, Goddy, Chris, Teddy and Wien, spent a summer vacation that they would never forget for life through the adventure of finding the bodies of missing boys in the town.
This movie has no fantasy or surreal elements, but through the personality and growth background of each character, it brings out the prototype before they become "complete", and through the emotions and interactions between the characters, as well as the influence exerted on them by this adventure, it explains how the teenagers at that time transformed into men today, and thus brought out warm and profound propositions such as life, death and memory.
people are bound to experience birth, old age, sickness and death. However, transforming from a boy to a man requires an opportunity to grow up. I think for these four teenagers, "death" is the biggest opportunity! Whether it is the beginning of the adventure, the search for the boy's body, or the shadow of Goddy's brother's death, their childhood is full of death.
Although they have the appearance of a teenager, when they see boys of the same age lose their warmth and no longer able to run or play, they probably have died in their hearts. This death is the death of childhood, symbolizing that they have witnessed the cruelty of the world and will become men early.
In addition to death, childhood is also one of the main themes of this movie. Childhood is an indescribable emotion. It cannot be described in such a flat way as naive, pure, happy, fulfilled, or miserable pain. It has a slightly warm nostalgic memory in the heart, and it is also arbitrary melancholy from the perspective of a teenager. It is more about the depth of spending time with friends. Even if the simple and flawless friendship may eventually part ways, those emotions and memories are long-lasting, and the childhood that accompanied me like the title is eternal.
3, "Shawshank Redemption"
"Shawshank Redemption" is adapted from Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayvas and Shawshank Redemption" in "Hida Seasons ". The Frank Derabont HTML, who is also a fan of Stephen King's world, is no wonder he adapted this early non-horror novel so vividly that he became an undefeated masterpiece in the hearts of movie fans, and has always been ranked first in the 250 classic movies in IMDb film history.
There are countless crime dramas on the market, but the reason why "Shawshank's Redemption" stands out is, in addition to the basic structure and narrative that are clear and smooth, the distinctive character of the character is of course also indispensable, and Reed is the representative of it.
As a masterpiece in prison, he can always smuggle various contraband for his inmates, and as if he has insight into the big and small things in prison. The interpretation by Morgan Freeman can make people feel his wisdom and macro vision, and the narration with a magnetic voice adds a lot of points to this movie.
The biggest proposition of the movie is nothing more than "freedom", freedom taken away and freedom to be regained. Because there is no freedom, people fall into despair. Because of freedom, people regain hope. On the other hand, hope can also bring freedom to mankind.
"There is a kind of bird that will never be locked up because every piece of its feather is covered with the glory of freedom."
If one day your freedom is taken away, do you have the courage to fight for it? I think this is the biggest life question this movie raises to the audience.
"Everyone is his own God. If you give up on yourself, who else will save you?" The system will always exist. Greed, malice and selfishness will not disappear, but they are not inconsistent. The key is whether you have the courage to stand up and fight. Life is chosen by yourself.
As a contemporary horror master, Stephen King has nothing to say about his strength, but just as an actor doesn’t want to be stereotyped, a writer has never only one style. Horror can be his representative, but it won’t be his whole body. If you have time, you might as well take a look at the non-horror type creations written by Stephen King, and carefully savor what he has left after taking off the cloak of "Horror Master".
