The unique ingenuity of this movie's sequences make it stand out as thrilling and highly entertaining. The first few episodes might leave you confused but it all comes together towards the final episodes like a huge climatic 'wait for it' moment. Little wonder the show's rating were up on Netflix.
Thank you and welcome to yet another issue of your favorite movie review blog as we unravel meanings behind the scenes that are sure to stir up your consciousness and give you ample food for thought. Enjoy reading the subliminal messages listed below.
- The Price Of Trust
Luke (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) trusts Joey (Anna Enger Ritch) who is a fellow recovering addict from his rehab. He steals money and tries to get her off the street. The result is that he loses his own place in the rehab, she abandons him in the cold and he gets mugged and beaten up.
It is the heavy price of trust given to an undeserving person. In reality, trust in itself leaves you vulnerable and dependant. First of all, Luke is also recovering from addiction and being burdened himself, he tries to unburden another person. You cannot give what you don't have because in order to help someone else, you first have to help yourself. Just like we reviewed in the movies; No Hard Feelings and Four Letters of Love.
- Exploiting Tragedies
Tempers fly at Nelly's (Victoria Pedretti) funeral and Steve (Michiel Huisman) is put in the spotlight for exploiting the events at Hill House to create a fortune in book sales.
Like we reviewed in the movie, Little Brother, our world is marred with people who exploit other people's misfortune for their own gain. There are people who laugh at the occurrence of an unfortunate accident, people who profit from the spoils of war and the propagation of violence, and people who reap fortunes from getting others addicted. Humanity seems to be working in reverse. But then again, who better profit from a misfortune than one who was involved in it. Steve does well after-all by offering royalties to members of his family.
- The Price Of Addiction
Luke's addiction to heroine leave him less successful in life compared to his siblings.
In reality, most people who try drugs for the first time, do so out of peer pressure or societal stress. However, they lack true knowledge and insight. If they knew the truth behind addiction and enslavement to drugs, they would take a step back and they wouldn't even feel bothered about rejecting it. Especially if they had a perspective that the person offering was purposely out to ruin their life, enslave them, or make them less capable of competing in society. Addiction is a bond to keep you enslaved and you must come to a decision within yourself to be free. It would do addicts a lot of good if they read our review of 'Four Good Days' to see what they were losing to drugs.
- Careful, Your Crew
Shirley's (Elizabeth Reaser) outburst at Theodora (Kate Siegel) for taking Steve's money ends in embarrassment as her partner, Kevin (Anthony Ruivivar) admits he also received royalties from Steve.
In reality, be careful when you draw allegiances and take sides to commit to a cause, especially when such commitments is not wholly in your favor. Be sure you're not the only one making an unnecessary sacrifice to stay committed while others just laugh at your struggles. This holds true for both fraternal societies and romantic relationships.
- When Its Too Good
'We are gonna be rich, once we sell it, we are gonna be swimming in it', Hugh shouts exuberantly at his wife and kids. The mansion they had acquired was magnificent and cheap. Well, it turned out to be a huge price on the family.
In reality, when something seems too good to be true, ask yourself; 'What's the catch?', 'Why hasn't anyone else done it?' If you are honest with yourself and not blinded by an opportunity to amass wealth, you'd usually see the truth behind 'really good offers' and you would hardly fall for frauds.
The lure for wealth as a route to happiness is a snare trap often used by the sinister to wreak havoc on your joy. Therefore, it's important to learn to be happy in simplicity. This way you wouldn't be ruled or ruined by wealth when it does come and it would help you overcome agitations and anxiety on the route to wealth.
- The Ignored
Luke is paranoid about the ghost sightings, but Steve and Hugh (Timothy Hutton) suck it up and try their best to ignore the sightings. Both of them equally try to convince Luke that it's insanity not real. At the end, Luke almost loses his life to going after the ghosts.
In reality, apparitions, glitches, and ghosts are almost like the mirage of water in a desert. They often lead you on to no fruitful end but a torment on your soul that leaves more questions than answers. Like we reviewed in the movie, 6 Souls, be careful how you react to things you can't explain. Some of such things are better left ignored. Your continued attention only adds substance to the manifestation. Like we also mentioned in the movie review of The Great Flood, think of what you can do now to make life better, not what you could have done in the past. We should develop a mentality and orientation towards fixing things rather than exploiting them.
- The Greatest Of These
'I loved you completely and you loved me the same, that's all. The rest is confetti...' Nelly's ghost says to her siblings as they revive Luke. This statement carries a lot of weight in the true light of things.
In reality, everything else we try to achieve is trivial compared to how much love we can share amongst ourselves, because our human race journey can only be completed with love in our hearts. Therefore, until we see ourselves as one huge family, regardless of race, religion, or cultural differences, would we overcome the bottlenecks that keep us bond in failure and uncivilized brutality towards one another. As it is written in the Christian bible; For the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13). Please download our free eBooks to learn more about our human race journey and the divine DNA programming of man. You should also read our review of Wednesday for more understanding of human failure related to the appearance of ghosts.
A most entertaining and revealing miniseries that's sure to keep you glued to your screens. Definitely binge worthy and quite scary too.
Thank you for reading through our review and enjoy the rest of your week.
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