Who said the world is tomorrow?

Kenton 2022-04-19 09:01:39

I watched this movie in the dormitory before the National Day holiday. The movie caught my eye from the beginning. The middle-aged man with pale hair started the legend of time travel in the form of video and dialogue. Although the dialogue between the male protagonist and the audience was constantly being ignored The people who interrupted it did not affect the audience's interest in the development of the next plot. What follows is a memory of the original story of the protagonist. It was a sunny day in 1964. A little boy came to New York by bus alone. He was carrying a heavy bag to participate in the competition held at the World Expo.

At the Expo, the protagonist meets Athena - a person who has changed his life. In this way, with the help of Athena, the protagonist Frank came to the mysterious and dreamy "Tomorrowland", where his invented aircraft can freely shuttle between tall buildings and white clouds.
The camera returns to the video again, and the host of this narration busses to Casey, a young man who has transformed middle-aged Frank. Cathy Newton is a young man curious about science. As a child growing up on a NASA rocket launch pad, Cathy grew up dreaming of being an astronaut. But with the closure of Cape Canaveral and the resulting loss of her father's job, Cathy feels like she has drifted away from her dream. She was determined to fight that pessimistic view of the future and achieve great things. At this time, she got a magical badge, and then met the middle-aged Frank, and together they embarked on a journey of search.

There are many scenes in the film that amaze me: Casey can come to a golden wheat field after getting a badge from nowhere, which is similar to the Lord of the Rings Lord of the Rings. The world is very different in the same way. The ancient rocket launched after the Eiffel Tower was split in half came to Tomorrowland, and the shaking feeling of falling from the sky through the atmosphere was shocking and real. However, the scene I am most excited about is the "Tomorrowland" that is full of futuristic technology from Casey, and the flashy illusion of the future that can predict the future.

The film ends with Frank and Casey continuing to send more rising stars to the earth, while revealing the film's theme: human choices change everything in this world. I saw such a theory on Zhihu: probability theory, changing the probability of the future. Humans' own thoughts and wills will have an impact on subsequent actions, and actions are the key factor in changing everything that happens in the future.

Tomorrowland is the most beautiful and ideal state in our hearts. Tomorrowland is a utopian world and a projection of reality.

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Extended Reading

Tomorrowland quotes

  • [after the whole sequence where young Frank first arrives in Tomorrowland]

    Frank Walker: And then everything went to hell...

    Casey Newton: Oh boy...

    Frank Walker: Well it did...

    Casey Newton: So you gave them like one second of blue skies and jetpacks and hope...

    Frank Walker: It's important! They need to know the stakes!

    Casey Newton: I think they can figure out clocks counting down are bad.

    Frank Walker: Do you want to tell the story?

    Casey Newton: No, you're doing fine.

    Frank Walker: Because if you think you can tell the story better, I would absolutely love to hear you try...

    Casey Newton: Wow really?

    Frank Walker: Really!

    Casey Newton: Well I guess technically I am more qualified...

    Frank Walker: Are you? How so?

    Casey Newton: Because unlike you... I'm an optimist.

  • Nix: Oh, bollocks.