亚瑟王的故事，是一段历史，也是一段传奇。抛开沉重的不一的历史与宗教学说，单从影片所展示出的故事，我们可以看到人性与宗教神学之间的联系与冲突，看到宗教神学背后的光明和阴暗面。
全片以亚瑟的姐姐摩根的一生为线索，通过不同代表性的人物为枝蔓展开，而影片的内涵也隐藏在人的身上。
薇薇安，湖泊女神，阿瓦隆最高女祭司。在我看来，她对神母却有着病态的尊崇，为达目的不择手段，甚至可以说六亲不认，代表着一种对宗教的盲目崇拜。她妄图通过控制皇室维护阿瓦隆的地位，却适得其反，神母逐渐被遗忘。宗教，只是人们的一种信仰，是个人的事情，不是控制人们的一种手段更不是政治手段，宗教之间的斗争其实是毫无意义的。只有人们认识到一种宗教的优越性，从心底里信奉，才能使之永存。举个不太美好的例子，清朝时的太平天国运动，领带人洪秀全创立拜上帝教，开始时受到广大人民群众的信奉，就是因为它的均田思想深入人心，人们便自发支持他信仰他。后来教义改变，变成为掌权者说话，失败接踵而至。再如基督教，传教士向民众传播它的思想，从而广为流传。梅林临终前对薇薇安说的话，就是想告诉她不要再妄图以人力控制人们的信仰。时代在变化，宗教也在不断进化演变，阿瓦隆的消亡只能说明她已经不适应新的社会，她的思想已经不被新时代的人们接受。那么，消亡不过是一种必然。
摩根，亚瑟同母异父的姐姐，从小背负着母亲害死父亲的事实，被设计与弟弟乱伦产子，被设计嫁给心爱的人的父亲，最后目睹弟弟与儿子的死亡，见证阿瓦隆的消亡。但命运的磨难并没有打倒她，她的心中装满了对亲人的爱，选择自己承担一切来保护弟弟，是一个坚强、智慧并充满纯真的女子。从母亲嫁给乌瑟潘龙到姐弟两个被梅林和薇薇安带走，中间这段天真烂漫无忧无虑的时光，是摩根心中渴望的东西，是她沉重的一生中少有的欢乐，但也衬托了后来的悲剧。坚强是她留给我的最深印象，不管遇到什么事情，甚至很多在我们看来根本无法接受的，她都默默承受了。很多时候，她会哭，或默默流泪，或嚎啕大哭，但从来不曾寻死觅活，不曾放弃爱放弃自我，而是一直在苦难背后寻找道路，在打击中磨练智慧。这种坚强，是很多男儿都不曾达到的，我甚至觉得亚瑟不过是生活在她的保护伞下的君王。她对神母的信仰才是一种真正的信仰，她曾对薇薇安大喊“我侍奉的是神母不是你！”。影片最终以“神母不过换了一个名字存在于人们心中”结束，正是揭示了宗教存在的意义，所谓宗教，所谓信仰，只是人们的心而已，她替薇薇安理解了什么叫做“all god is one god”。
摩葛丝，薇薇安的妹妹，从头到尾，其野心都不曾掩饰。这让我想起了一句古话，贪心不足蛇吞象。她与薇薇安本质上是一样的，起码在我看来是的，只不过一个为了宗教一个为了自己。贪婪，是人之常情，是人的一种劣根性。贪婪不可恨，可恨的是为达目的不择手段。原著中有一句话，“女神还有第四张脸，让我们祈祷摩葛丝不要戴上”。很显然，她戴上了。人无完人，每个人背后都有黑暗的一面，女神也不例外，就看你是否能够战胜它。有人说，人之初性本善，也有人说，人之初性本恶。其实我们本就是善恶矛盾的综合体，辩证法不只对事还对人，只是大多数时候我们都希望光明战胜黑暗，也确实需要这么做。
最后，让我们看看亚瑟，不客气的说，影片中的是我看过的最不欣赏的亚瑟，透过他我认识到，我命由我。总的来说，他不过是一个傀儡，懦弱、遵从。也许正因为如此，薇薇安才选择了他。王位是在阿瓦隆的帮助下得到的，妻子是为了维护宗教平衡娶的。他的命运一直都在由别人控制，遇到喜欢的女子也不去追寻只在心底留念。得知事情真相也只是选择了逃避，任由儿子为非作歹，最终还是在摩根的劝说下觉醒。命运真是个奇妙的东西，总会有人控制它，不是你就会是别人，与其做一个傀儡受别人摆布，不如努力抗争，自己选择前进的道路。正如西汉武帝，尽管从小没有实权一直受祖母控制，却不曾屈服，一直想办法抗争，最终成功夺得实权，创造了汉王朝的辉煌。最近刚看了一部影片，Invictus，讲述了曼德拉不向命运屈服的故事。是的，我命由我不由人，不管是高贵还是低贱的出身，命运的齿轮只能由自己转动。
我还是给这部影片冠以“沉重”的标签，也许是因为它讲述的是历史与宗教，也许是因为它是一个悲剧，看完之后心里面就像有东西堵着，不禁想到自己是多么幸福，不曾被这些沉重的内容压迫和束缚。平静下来，会发现其实影片中的每个人都能给你思考，他们本身就是一部部启示书，正如上面提到的，拨开萦绕阿瓦隆的迷雾，宗教的自发信仰，人心的坚强，贪婪的邪恶，命运的控制，纯正的爱情……这些迷雾背后的内容，才是值得我们深入思考的。
The story of King Arthur is a history and also a legend. Without regard to heavy mixed history and religious doctrines, only from this film, we can see the connection between the human nature and religious theology and conflict. We can also see the religious dark side behind the light.
The life of Arthur's sister Morgan is the clue. And the story is stated through different typical characters and the connotation of it is hidden in the human nature.
Vivian, the goddess of lakes, the highest priestess of Avalon, in my opinion, has a morbid respect to goddess. She represents a kind of blind worship of religion, machiavellian and indifferent. She wants to control royal to maintain the status of Avalon. On the contrary, the Avalon goddess gradually is forgotten by people. I think Religion is only a kind of faith and a personal thing. Therefore, it is not a way to control people, or politics. Religious conflict between different religions is meaningless. Only the advantages of a religion was realized, can it exist forever. For example, not too good, when the Tai Ping movement burst in Qing dynasty, the leader Hong Xiuquan created a religion called “Baishangdi” and it was embraced by the masses of people. At the beginning, the Juntian thought was deeply rooted in the hearts of people, spontaneous to support his beliefs. Teachings later changed, becoming the speaking for the ruler, and failure followed. Besides, such as Christianity, missionaries spread it to the people, thus it widely circulated. Merlin said to Vivian when he died. Do not control people's beliefs by her power. Times are changing with evolution of religion. And the death of Avalon just means she has not been adapted by the new society. Her mind is not accepted by people in a new era. So, disappearance is a necessity.
Morgan, Arthur's half sister, burdens the fact that her mother participated in killing his father since childhood, designed with brother incest, designed to marry her lover’s father, finally seeing brother and son's death, witnessing the death of Avalon. But fate doesn't beat her. Her heart is full of love. She chooses to undertake all to protect the younger brother. From my perspective, she is a tough, wise and pure woman. From mother married Uther to she and Arthur were taken away by the Merlin and Vivian, the middle period of childlike carefree time, is her rare joy in heavy life. But it is also the foil of later tragedy. Strong will is what she left me the deepest impression. No matter what things, even those we cannot accept a little, she silently bears. Most of the time, she would cry, or tears, or cry, but never attempt to suicide, never give up love or herself. She suffered them and found the future roads, using intelligence to fight. Lots of boys would never achieve this kind of strong will. I even think Arthur is a king under her umbrella. Her faith in god mother is a true belief. Once she yelled to Vivian "My service is god mother not you!" Film ends with "the goddess does not disappear but changes a name". It reveals the meaning of religious existence. The religion is just the hearts voice of people. She understands what is called "all god is one god" replacing Vivian.
Morgause, Vivian's sister, from beginning to end, her ambition is never hidden. This reminds me of the old saying, “greed has no limits”. She and Vivian are essentially same, at least, in my opinion, just one for religion one for herself. Greed is one of human nature. And it is a deep-rooted bad habit. Greed is not a hate. But Machiavellian is. There's a phrase in the book, "the goddess has the fourth face, let's pray the Morgause will not wear it". It is obvious that she wear .No one is perfect, everyone has a dark side. The goddess is not exceptional. What is important is whether you can overcome it. Some people say that people is good at the beginning, but others say we are bad at the beginning. Actually we are the complex of conflict between good and evil. And dialectics is not only suitable to the thing but also to people. And most of the time we hope that the light can win darkness and we really need to do so.
Finally, let's take a look at Arthur. I have to say the Arthur in the movie is the most inappreciative I have ever seen. Through him I realize that my life should be arranged by myself. Generally speaking, he is just a puppet, coward, and only following. Perhaps because of this, Vivian chooses him. His throne is with the help of Avalon, and his marriage is to maintain religious balance. His fate has been controlled by others, even won’t to pursue his lover only missing her at the bottom of heart as a souvenir. Found the truth about his son he just chooses to escape, letting the son do bad things. Eventually Morgan awakes him. Fate is a wonderful thing. Someone will control it, your will or other’s. Rather than become a puppet at the mercy of others, why not fight? Choose the future way on your will. For example, Han emperor Liuche, though real power has been controlled by his grandmother , never yielded. He struggled to find a way to, managed to obtain power, creating the brilliance of the Han dynasty. Recently I saw a film called “invictus”, telling the story of Nelson Mandela who refused to bow to the fate. Obviously, my fate is controlled by myself. Whether someone is noble or humble, the gear of his fate turns only by himself.
I still give the film a "heavy" label ,perhaps because it tells the history and religion, perhaps because it is a tragedy. After watching it, something stuck in my heart. I can not help but think about I am how happy without the content of these heavy oppression and bondage. Calm down, you will find that in fact every characters in the movie can drive you to consider something. They produce many apocalypses, as mentioned above. Through the mist around the lingering Avalon , you can touch the spontaneous religious beliefs, the heart of the strong will, the greedy evil, and the control of fate, the pure love...Behind these mists of content, is worthy of our deep thinking.
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