It was so beautiful that I couldn't help but watch the sequel and prequel. Although it was a low-budget movie, its conception and structure were very novel. Although it didn't have the earth-shattering setting of , it was enough for me to reminisce for a long time. It's a
pity that, like many series of movies, the first movie is always the best, and the later ones are getting worse and worse, draining the audience's enthusiasm built up by the first movie, such as "The Lion King", it seems Few people have heard it even made a sequel...
The first one looked amazing, but it was already quite eye-catching at first glance, confinement space, escape, suspense, human nature, plus those maths and those weird mechanisms that made my blood boil, the whole movie is already very exciting without thinking too much. Going a little deeper, it will be more enjoyable. The film has a lot of metaphors, and the director wants to express a lot. Of course, these are only understood after watching the movie and then reading other people's film reviews
. There are several key figures, policemen, doctors, construction engineers, mental patients, prison escape experts, and mathematics students. Among them, doctors have always protected the mentally ill and the weak, and have always shown the good side of human nature. Prison escape experts have rich experience It is the result of historical precipitation. Construction engineers are ordinary and kind but have no thoughts. Before entering the cube, they were just the general public who followed suit. Mathematics students are gifted, but their mastery of science and technology is fragile. When the police first left the factory, they looked like heroes. It organizes everyone's actions, weighs the interests of the majority, and seems to represent the state apparatus and the governing body. Although the mentally ill have no worldly wisdom, they have the purest heart and rely on almost miraculous instincts to live to the end.
This is a small The evolutionary history model of society is of course a pessimistic trend. At the beginning, prison escape experts relied on the habits left over from history to help everyone, but experience cannot solve all problems. History is advancing, and he was crushed into the dust of time. Then, the police station In order to safeguard the interests of everyone and establish a temporary order, the standard is to perform their duties and perform their own functions, and the minority should obey the majority. Whoever destroys this standard will destroy the balance of the entire group, so the police soon found out The mentally ill dragged their feet and made things difficult for them. At this time, the doctor representing human nature came forward to defend it, and then the female student representing technology found a solution to the problem and led everyone to move forward until the ruling class and the mentally ill who represented the original nature. When friction occurs, the contradiction between human nature and the ruling class is maximized, and human nature is eliminated. At this time, technology discovers its own shortcomings and realizes the value of human nature. After the ruling class finds that technology is useless, it goes crazy for a while, until it finds the most ignorant Nature is the ultimate key to solving the problem, and they became concerned about nature. The architectural engineers representing the people finally recognized the true face of the ruling class, and wanted to escape from the authoritarian rule with technology and nature, but they failed, and technology was obliterated. The people and the dictatorship perish together, and only the original nature has come to the other side of time.
If the director expresses despair for the form of the ruling class such as the state, then such a social ideal has something in common with Lao Tzu's idea, returning to nature, all relying on instinct to act, going with the flow, even rejecting knowledge and wisdom, because those It will only add to the desire, desire will lead to the uneven distribution of wealth, and then the hierarchy will be divided, and finally the class schedule will conflict with each other. In order to reconcile the contradiction, the ruling class will inevitably arise. In order to protect the interests of the majority, the ruling class has to make some choices. Over time, dictatorship emerged.
In fact, the film expresses the meaning that the people are responsible for this process. The architect said that he took over a building shell project at that time. I didn't think about it, I just did it obediently, maybe the other personnel were like him, each one made a part, a part, and everyone's numbness and obedience created the creation of the cube, the monster, and once the monster is created, It can't be reversed, and it will immediately attack the people, and everything is incapable at this time.
The first part is very interesting in terms of audio and visual, and the idea is to improve the discussion of society and even some religious colors, although the plot has no beginning or end, what People built this cube, why it was built, how did people get in, and what would happen to the mentally ill when they went out, all of which were not discussed, and these are not the focus of the film. Of course, the audience needs answers, so the second Part appeared.
Part IIThe plot is similar to the first part, adding a lot of suspense elements, and the ending is quite unexpected, but it greatly weakens the idea and connotation, no longer discusses the issues of human nature and society, but instead reveals the ins and outs of the cube, and creates more amazing The visual effects, and foreshadowing at the end, imply that this activity of the military is only entering the second stage, and it is not impossible to continue. But in fact, the plot has fallen into a very embarrassing situation here, the first When the movie came out, I didn't want to explain this, because the director's focus was to express his understanding of society. The cube is just a tool, so the movie looks better, but if the sequel continues, the next cube will still be better. To upgrade again, from the three-dimensional cube of the first part to the time transition of the second part, and what is next, the director has been unable to think of a more exaggerated evolution model, and it is difficult to visualize it even if he comes up with it, so the series itself I was forced to a dead end. Although it was a good subject and a good idea, I couldn’t keep going, so I could only move forward and make a prequel.
Part 3The background of the whole event is generously explained, the origin of the cube is pointed out, the plot is also connected with the first part, and the visual design also shows the progressive relationship of science and technology layer by layer, the design of institutions, The overall texture of the cubes, etc., all follow the sequence of the entire series very well, but this time the movie not only does not have the profound concept of the first movie, but also the suspenseful elements of the second movie. It has become a hero rescue. The story of beauty, which makes people feel regretful, it was originally just a short and exquisite but extremely thoughtful and ambitious film work. After repeated shooting and pressing, it has lost its vitality, and it is difficult to continue to innovate and dig deeper. The plot and setting, which were originally only used as expression tools, have become a stumbling block to hinder me. The first film did not expect such a complete setting, nor did it expect such a complete background. This point, many sequels, whether it is film or TV, Animations, in particular, have faced such problems. The success of the first film prompted the birth of a sequel. In order to continue the story of the first episode, all settings must be supplemented and improved. only continued story, the world view was not set, so it became messy and scattered, and realized that the continuation of the series must have a stable structure, so I did a lot of articles on the background setting, so as to be able to get out of The fence of 1> does not run too far, but the charm of the series really lies in the connotation, in the idea, and the setting is only a sign of the continuation of the series, so jumped out of these red tapes and stood on its own, although the setting was ahead The three games are far from each other, but they return to the feeling of "Xianjian Yi" in terms of emotion and concept, and they have broken out of their own sky. While many other series of games, such as "Tomb Raider" have been modeled, "Silence" Ling> is doing very well, and every time there will be certain innovations, but its setting is quite alternative and complete, so it will be very risky to have a big improvement. The background of the series is also getting bigger step by step. , but when the fourth part came to a point where there was no drama to dig out, so another way was found. Many classic series in the movie ended in the trilogy, because the fourth part really needed a big change and a big breakthrough, which was too risky. Big.
The series may not be as famous as "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Matrix". According to the current situation, even the "Death is Coming" and "The Chainsaw" series may not be able to become a series. It's a pity that there will be a breakthrough...
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