The film review "Doomsday", between life and death, should children keep a kind heart?
Film review "Doomsday", selfishness or sharing, a series of choices on the way of life and death doomsday escape
Introduction: The film, released in the United States in 2009, tells the story of the end of mankind after a catastrophe: the whole world is shrouded in gray smoke, animals and plants have long died, and there are few human beings left. A strong father protects his young son, fleeing all the way to danger, and finally his father died on the gray seaside, and his son was taken in by another survivor.
The following brief review:
1. Whose doomsday
The beginning of the film does not introduce how the world perished, is it a meteorite or a war? But the consequence of the disaster is that nature is destroyed, and human beings, as a part of nature, must gradually disappear into the gray world like extinct animals and plants.
We don't really know animals and plants, maybe we know a little bit about animals, but we are limited to what human cognition is capable of, which are often introduced in scientific exploration columns, mammals that love their cubs, smart dolphins, etc., but do we know about butterflies? ? Do they have no feelings? African bullfrogs also kick up dry rivers and let tadpoles go to watery places. Do they have any thoughts? Is instinct enough to explain it? Not to mention Leek, Xihong City, and Rose, are they completely ignorant?
If we think that they don't care about the life and death of animals and plants, they are ignorant and emotionless, and they don't even care about life and death, then why does nature care for the most destructive human beings alone? So, whose end is this? It is the end of all life, including humans of course. This makes us have to reflect, are we plundering nature, killing animals, and greedily digging Cordyceps sinensis, Tianshan snow lotus, are we digging the graves of human beings?
Is the recent new crown epidemic and the previous SARS related to the excessive "exploitation" of nature by humans? The habitats of animals and plants were not destroyed, breaking the natural balance, so some animals appeared in places where they should not be, different species exchanged viruses, produced new mutations, and then were infected and spread by humans. Destiny itself is inseparable, we share prosperity and wealth.
2. On the way to escape, will you save people?
In the film, the father and his son meet a sick and hungry old man on the road. Food was already a luxury item in the Arabian Nights back then. The father and son found food in an abandoned cellar and hid it in a cart. The young son asked the father to give the old man food, and the father wanted to refuse, but finally agreed.
On the barrage, the audience constantly scolds the children for being stupid, which will bring danger, and the other party may covet food to kill them for robbery. At this time, it is the best policy to pretend to be stupid, or simply "eat the weak" to snatch other people's materials. When I was watching it, I also sighed how could a child grow up in a doomsday environment so innocent and kind, shouldn’t they learn to be calm, alert, patient, and selfish in doomsday survival? After all, when he was the most hungry, he and his father each had a meal of a small bug.
But I figured that if I were the father in the film, I wouldn't stop the kid from giving out a can. There is nothing wrong with one less can, but if the child has no trust and goodwill towards the world, it will be even more terrible than the end. Don't we live because we are human? We have dignity and affection, not vultures fighting for carrion.
3. Find the food pantry, will you keep going?
In the film, the father and son are looking for food while walking. They are often hungry and have nothing to eat.
Later they found an abandoned cellar full of food, enough for them to eat for a while. They also took a bath there and slept a few peaceful nights.
Later, when they heard the dog barking, they thought that the dog must have come with its owner. If they continued to live in the cellar, they could be found, and those people might threaten the lives of father and son. The son was very reluctant to leave, but the father packed some food, then left with his son, and continued to drive towards the sea.
If I were a father, I would be reluctant to give up so much food. But the food will eventually run out one day, and then you will have to travel far. Since I have to leave sooner or later, and it is no longer safe, I will also leave with my son. At the end of the film, it was revealed that the dog barking above the cellar was the dog of the family who last took in their son. It means that the food they left behind also helped the family of four. In the end, the family took in the son who lost his father. The unintentional act of kindness left the son with the last way to survive. This hidden line is gentle and restrained, telling us not to. Too greedy and selfish, even in doomsday situations.
4. The father shot and wounded the bad guy who was chasing them to protect his son, would you?
The wounded man later became food for his companions.
The son did not understand why his father shot, even though it had endangered the lives of both father and son. He timidly asked if his father was a good man? A good man in his son's heart will not shoot at anyone.
The characters are brought in. If I am a father, the other party can call a group of demons and eat my son as a snack. In this case, I will be like the father in the film. Protecting children is the natural responsibility of every parent. Kindness is a beautiful quality, but it cannot be abused.
On the contrary, I will also tell the children how to run faster, how to hide and be more careful, how to distinguish whether the other party can communicate, how to be vigilant and take care of themselves, what to do in case of separation, and of course, how to protect the children You must act quickly and decisively in order to protect yourself. The Stark children in "Game of Thrones" used to be pampered, but later they all learned to survive and develop in battle. People have to adjust themselves in the environment. This is the wisdom of survival and the law of survival.
If the father had taught the son to understand all this, the son would not have fallen asleep carelessly when the father left and let all the supplies be stolen. If it wasn't for the father coming back in time to recover the supplies, the son might not survive the good-hearted person of the family of four that he finally met. When his father was away, he should have held a gun to guard the supplies, and shot to protect himself when necessary. But the son in the film did not do it. The screenwriter may have arranged this to highlight the kindness of the child. He even left clothes and food for the person who stole it.
This is also another hint that the thief did not harm the child, so the child left clothes and food for the thief at the end. This is the kindness of doomsday, which corresponds to the despair of human beings, and corresponds to those who drive the trucks who eat their companions. The son is like a little boy. Angels radiate the light of kindness and innocence in the gray world. Therefore, this is almost a religious film. Seemingly cruel, in fact fantasy.
On the way to the apocalypse, we still have our own rules of conduct. The standard answer is not important. What matters is what we should keep aside from survival, hope, goodwill, effort and courage.
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