A few impressions of this movie

Perry 2022-04-21 09:01:55

In this movie, what I remember most is that the child Kaixian kept clamoring to kill him and kill him. The child said that if it was his father, he would kill him. Can I think that this is an ordinary American's Ideology, encountering dangerous things is destruction, just like at the beginning, when the protagonist just came out of the ball of light, someone shot. The United States can hold guns. Guns are a kind of self-defense weapon, which gives people a strong sense of security. If they encounter more dangerous things, they will bring guns (refer to how many American movies). In China, there are no guns, no such self-defense weapon, at most a kitchen knife (except for a few who do not follow the rules), so most people are relatively mild, not as aggressive as Europe and the United States, and the society is more harmonious. As I read a sentence on the Internet, "I dare to hang out in the non-night downtown area of ​​Chengdu after twelve o'clock in the evening, do you dare to be in Atlanta?" News and other soft aggression, coupled with the fact that China's internal news media reported bad news instead of good news in order to create gimmicks, led to the distortion of news broadcasts, and a large number of young people's thinking changed. Affected by the cultural aggression of the United States, they all want to leave China, the "evil" Go to the peaceful and democratic United States. This reminds me of a video I watched a few days ago. A serendipitous remark made by the former U.S. ambassador to China, to the effect of "the United States does not need to fight a trade war with China, we only need to Unite our allies in China, that is, the nearly 500 million Chinese netizens, they are enough to bring down the Chinese government.”


The second impression is that the Minister of Defense said a paragraph, roughly meaning that two civilizations collide, and advanced civilization will meet. Destroy low-level civilization, she also said that this is similar to the law. If it was not long ago, I might agree, but I have recently read about the Ming Dynasty and learned about the history of the Ming Dynasty. Now I would not agree. When Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, the countries he passed by were very similar to It looks like the natives, but decades have passed, and they are all in peace. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was very strong, destroying several countries, and grabbing some gold, silver and jewelry was more than enough, but Zheng He went with the mission of peace messenger. , not only did not attack, but also brought a lot of knowledge and civilization. Instead, 300 years later, Western navigators discovered new continents and traveled in a mess. So I think what the Secretary of Defense said is completely applicable to their thinking system, and we have to be wary of that.


The third impression is that before the spaceship arrived, all the high-ranking officials such as the president, vice president, etc. ran away, and the female defense minister took the lead. It seems that it is not a special case for China to let the leader go first.


The fourth impression is that I think the stepmother's love described here shows a hint of selfishness. When the child was invaded by insects, she kept telling the actor to save him, but she never thought about it. What kind of task is it for the protagonist, it can be seen later that the bugs have entered the protagonist's body, although they did not show any discomfort. The previous child asked him to resurrect his father, which can also be attributed to this. Of course, I think this is not bad, because the reality is like this, almost nothing in this world is perfect, these few shots are very real.

The fifth impression is about some comments on the Internet saying that this alien's spaceship is very strange, I can only say that it is a sad drama, Chinese education, stereotyped thinking is too serious, hey. Some people say that the logic of this movie is very poor, I think, in some seemingly abrupt places, the experience brought into reality can be explained. Anyway, I think it is very good after watching it.


Originally, I was quite lazy, and generally didn’t like to write such things, but I just saw a comment that this film was flawed. , so disappointed.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still quotes

  • Jacob Benson: Mom!

    [Jacob, bleeding from his nose, collapses in the arms of Helen]

    Helen Benson: [to Klaatu] Whats happening to him? Jacob!

    Klaatu: [checking Jacob] They are inside him... He is dying.

    Helen Benson: [pleading Klaatu] Help him.

    Helen Benson: [whipes blood from her own nose, discovering that she is also dying] Help him!... Please!

  • Helen Benson: Why did you come here?

    Klaatu: I came to save the world.

    Helen Benson: From what?