How did I understand this ending? At first, I was "shocked" or a bit disappointed at least. But after giving it some thought, the ending became quite simple to me.
Don't try to change the world! You can't. But you can still live in a (sort of) "peace". But how?
Well, the world surely isn't a "happy place", but sometimes we have a chance to make our small "universe", our micro world by enjoying life in small portions of what makes us happy.
The movie leads us exactly to this conclusion. Allow me to elaborate further...
You don't know who the enemy is, you don't know how to fight them, you have nothing to fight with (no weapons, roads blocked ...), but you are at the same time (at the present moment) also at the distance from actual fights, you are away from the battle itself.
Animals say it too... "We don't want to hurt you. We are here, a lot of us". Furthermore, this proves that you will have food if you run out.
I understood this movie in a way, that we are always trying to find a deeper meaning to everything or get an exact answer to every situation. It is what makes us angry, bitter, scared. But we need to learn to accept the reality.
We also look for battles even when we don't have to. Yes, it sounds strange, but it is true. We need to learn to distance ourselves from things. Why do we even bother sometimes?
They had safe homes, they even danced and drank wine, and no one attacked them... Many of us live like this. We are safe in our micro-world, but we go out and look for problems.
And what about son's situation? What is the message there? How did I understand that? I understood it as a message; even away from war and battle, you still need to be careful, you need to take care of yourself so you don't become dependent.
I know I might be terribly wrong about the movie, but this is how I understood it.
Don't try to change the world! You can't. But you can still live in a (sort of) "peace". But how?
Well, the world surely isn't a "happy place", but sometimes we have a chance to make our small "universe", our micro world by enjoying life in small portions of what makes us happy.
The movie leads us exactly to this conclusion. Allow me to elaborate further...
You don't know who the enemy is, you don't know how to fight them, you have nothing to fight with (no weapons, roads blocked ...), but you are at the same time (at the present moment) also at the distance from actual fights, you are away from the battle itself.
Animals say it too... "We don't want to hurt you. We are here, a lot of us". Furthermore, this proves that you will have food if you run out.
I understood this movie in a way, that we are always trying to find a deeper meaning to everything or get an exact answer to every situation. It is what makes us angry, bitter, scared. But we need to learn to accept the reality.
We also look for battles even when we don't have to. Yes, it sounds strange, but it is true. We need to learn to distance ourselves from things. Why do we even bother sometimes?
They had safe homes, they even danced and drank wine, and no one attacked them... Many of us live like this. We are safe in our micro-world, but we go out and look for problems.
And what about son's situation? What is the message there? How did I understand that? I understood it as a message; even away from war and battle, you still need to be careful, you need to take care of yourself so you don't become dependent.
I know I might be terribly wrong about the movie, but this is how I understood it.