shrinking life shrinking life

Kristin 2022-04-21 09:02:20

The irreversible surgery allows you to shrink and live a free life. The original wealth of 150,000 US dollars will be 15 million US dollars after shrinking. This is a shortcut to solve all problems.

There is an inexorable contradiction between the increasing population and the limited resources of the earth. And downsizing brings a solution to this problem.

Because the male protagonist has nothing to worry about, coupled with the bank's refusal to apply for a loan, he and his wife, who are a little embarrassed in life, decide to undergo reduction surgery. But on the way to the operation, the male protagonist's wife withdrew halfway. Apart from the fear of shaving her hair and eyebrows, his wife still couldn't pass her own level, abandoned her husband cruelly, and separated her love very realistically. The hero is heartbroken.

The male protagonist who became smaller by himself started his life, and the 1,100-square-meter big house also entered the elevator room due to divorce and division of property. The reduced life is very fantastic and wonderful, except that there are no birds and insects, it is basically the same as reality, but it is precisely this that makes the male protagonist realize that this is not a real life, full of illusory flavor.

In the upstairs neighbor's endless party, the male protagonist met the female protagonist who came to clean. The female protagonist was the only one who survived the accident and lost her leg. But she was full of energy, helping the old man on the street, helping the wife who was penniless due to the unexpected death of her husband in surgery, until she died. Because the male protagonist is a doctor, there is an intertwining of fate.

The male protagonist and his neighbors went to the origin tribe. The group of people who became smaller first followed the group to see the sun, butterflies, and leaves outside the leisurely mirror. They were infected in this origin tribe, thinking that all these were God arranged that mankind is about to become extinct, and he also came here in compliance with God's will. Only by preserving the last fire of mankind can mankind continue to continue.

But in the end, he gave up, returned to reality, regained hope in life, and worked hard to live.

The technology of shrinking in this movie is more sci-fi, and it has the freshness of just shrinking. It is mixed with a mid-life crisis, losing patience with life and lacking enthusiasm. Under the infection of the heroine, I re-understand myself and go to life down-to-earth. , Hope is always ahead, and the meaning of life is existence.

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  • Jakayla 2022-03-22 09:01:57

    3.5 I especially like the reverse thinking of the first hour and a half, the expansion of immigration into space, the "shrinking" was compared with death intentionally or unintentionally by the husband and wife, making shrinking into an alternative post-human state. The discussion of narrowing human rights and obligations extends from paying taxes to saving all of humanity, but what exactly is human at this moment? Payne continues to discuss this broad but far-reaching topic with great humor. I don't really like the last half hour.

  • Jordan 2022-03-25 09:01:09

    Very novel themes and angles, more attractive. The relationship between the male protagonist and his wife is very realistic, and the story of meeting the two female protagonists later is a bit touching. The shrinking world also has shanty towns and the gap between the rich and the poor. The second half is a bit chaotic as a whole, but it’s not bad. 6 points can be

Downsizing quotes

  • Paul Safranek: If I don't do this, who am I? I mean, really. Who am I?

    Ngoc Lan Tran: You Paul Safranek. You good man!

  • Dusan Mirkovic: Yes, maybe I am a little bit asshole, but the world needs assholes. Otherwise where would the shit go out?