This movie felt a bit weak when I first watched it, because the subjects of the experiments in the original book are all college students, graduate students, and other people who have higher education and who behave well on weekdays. This can be compared with the brutality that follows, but in the movie, all walks of life are Yes, so the contrast between human nature before and after is not strong. But I also think that this film is an extended prediction of the actual experiment of the year. It assumes how people from all walks of life will react in terms of the role. In terms of the experimental possibility, it arranges the professor to travel and leave it uncontrollable. Let’s see what it will develop into, instead of stopping when Professor Zimbardo finds that the experiment is uncontrollable in 4 days. These adaptations are all explorations, not all for the good-looking plot.
I see that the overall score is only 8.1, which may be caused by a big gap between the mentality of the viewer and the viewer. Because if it is regarded as a thriller movie, it is obviously not scary enough. If you look at it as a war movie, there are no big scenes and no bullets. If you look at it as a prison story, it is not a real prison but just an experiment.
To truly understand this film actually started with Zimbardo’s experiment that year, and Zimbardo did this experiment to answer a question he asked, "How do good people become bad?" In this experiment, no matter what these people What identity is it? When they put on uniforms, they are jailers and prisoners. In this situation, everyone seeks more dignity for their identity, and contradictions arise. Regardless of whether they knew it before, how noble their character, and how gentle their temperament, as long as they were substituted into this identity, they would be swayed by this identity.
The only flaw in the film seems to be the actor's girlfriend. She always looks like a dispensable role. Just to cater to the taste of the audience, a bit of lingering love must be added to a film that explores the truth.
If you don’t have time to read the big book "The Lucifer Effect", you can also find the eight-minute video Liang Wendao that has a detailed introduction, which is enough to help you understand the book. Watching this film based on understanding will make you more involved.
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