The English name of the film is mortal engines, which literally means deadly engine. But why the Chinese name is translated into Predatory City is more translated from the content of the story. Translation, speaking of a very deep knowledge, not only needs to be aesthetically pleasing, but also relevant.
Is a sci-fi film good or not, is it a big idea to see the director and acting? One depends on whether the special effects are done well or not. The director of this film is Christian Rivers, who used to be the special effects designer for many blockbusters such as The Lord of the Rings and King Kong. I watched it in high-definition at home, and it was very shocking, let alone going to the cinema to watch 3D. This film has a total of more than 6 G. Why did you look at it in a hurry, it also takes up too much space. Baidu cloud disk can not put it down. It is also good to delete one after reading one to save space. However, from a certain aspect, it also proves that the film can go into the theater to see the audio-visual effect.
Westerners have a doomsday scenario, and they always feel that human society will encounter some kind of crisis one day, and then return to a primitive state to survive. In this state of the future, can the fire of civilization continue to be preserved? Will mankind return to the savage law of the wild forest to live? The strong eat the weak, there is no humanity!
This kind of science fiction film is shot and shot. Although the story is old-fashioned, it is still attractive to interpret the same story in different ways. From the earliest "Terminator" to the later "Resident Evil", "The Walking Dead", etc., such scenes are assumed to test human nature. In this kind of theme, the brilliance of human nature must overcome evil after all, and good people must fight and change bad people. No matter how bad the environment becomes, after all, it is impossible for people to return to the era of drinking blood! Of course, in the Western context, the protagonists who can save the world are still their blonde beauty and handsome guy.
Back to the movie itself. In this apocalypse described in the film, it is really a great aggregation of human races! This has something to do with the race of Americans, after all, it is a country of immigrants. There should be no less skin color. There is also an Asian woman in the movie. Is this the effort made by American movies for the eastern market? What's even more funny is that the opposite side of the evil forces, the good side "Shi Guo", after all, dressed in Mongolian clothes. Haha, I don't know if this is a tribute to the descendants of Genghis Khan, or to please the Chinese! Because the Chinese sometimes mistakenly believe that the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty were also the pride of the Han people. Did you know that this kind of blind worship is in the eyes of the Mongolians, just as ridiculous when we see the Koreans saying that Confucius is theirs.
In addition, there is another phenomenon that is more interesting - now it is heroines who save the world, just like the first and second women in this film. The male protagonist is more likely to play drums on the side and help out. Is this a manifestation of respect for women. But watching women save the world seems more seductive than men!
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