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likes to watch well-crafted and well-thought-out cartoons from abroad or cartoon movies performed by adults. In fact, they are not just for children. Those who wear cute clothes, have beautiful scenes, and have simple relationships. It does not violate harmony at all when viewed as an adult, because there are actually deep meanings in it. Whether it's "Zootopia" and "Angry Birds" not long ago, or the live-action version of "Alice in Wonderland 2" that I just watched.
The movie "Alice 2" is actually very simple in terms of plot. The story takes place in three time and space. It is keen on the 18th century London in the age of navigation (real time and space), and travels to another space (unreal fairy tale). space), continue to travel forward to another time and space (the historical time and space of the past in the fairy tale), the interlacing of these three time and space constitutes the scene of this movie.
In the first time and space, she is a sailing captain, brave enough and has navigation skills, but she encounters a real problem that cannot be solved, so she jumps into the second time and space, and finds that her old friend Mad Hatter is in trouble, solve it The only way for this trouble is to go back to history and correct some events that happened at that time, and then you can change the later historical development—that is, the present time and space, so she entered the third time and space through her own bravery and blood. .
She shuttled back and forth between these three time and space, driving the magic ball of time like a ship to ride the wind and waves in the sea of time. In the end, she found that she used all kinds of methods and repeatedly entered various stages of history. She still can't change. The history at that time, therefore, cannot change the present result caused by that historical event. Of course she was very confused and helpless. After many failed attempts, she remembered what Time, the philosopher who manages the world, said: The past is unchangeable, and the only thing you can grasp is the present. So Alice gave up, but as an explanation to the people in the second space, she discovered some secrets that did not violate the appearance of history - such as the story of the Mad Hatter and his family. At the same time, I got enlightenment from such a fantasy, and found that regretting the past is useless. It is better to face the present and grasp the fate of the future. So she bravely made a bold decision.
When I saw this movie, I remembered that a master once said why American movies are mostly science fiction, while Chinese movies prefer to indulge in history. One reason is that the history of a country like the United States is too short and there are not many articles to do, and it can only look to the future, while a country like China has a long history, and there are infinitely many histories that can be explored at any stage. But in fact, the most important difference is probably the difference in thinking. Americans prefer to explore the future, while Chinese prefer to show off the past. Those who look forward will naturally run faster, while those who look backward will always be stumped by themselves. This may be the imprint of the national identity made by deep-rooted historical thinking.
Having said that, even Americans can travel back to the past, such as Alice, but she will find that history cannot be changed, and she has tried all kinds of methods to hinder the occurrence of those events, but still no success, the inspiration to us is that no one The energy is large enough to change history, because if history is to be tampered with, those disappearing opportunities will adjust later developments, so those of our present will not be what they are now, but will fall into a more chaotic situation. Even in the seemingly ridiculous "1984", a famous dystopian theme, the regime ruled by the eldest brother has to make great efforts to revise all historical evaluations and events in the previous history that do not meet the current expectations in order to ensure that they are always correct. , but it is only limited to this, and does not obliterate all the historical reasons that have caused the current change. Therefore, Alice's film, from this point of view, from the interpretation of the world view, is correct.
Let's take a look at many time-travel dramas in our country. From now to ancient times, almost all of them use the information and technology that we have now mastered to correct or guide the ancient times, and use the future. God's power. And such a change will make people today have a very pleasant association. If we can travel back to that period, no matter how ordinary a person will be like a great god, he will do earth-shattering events, because like a god, he has already The future has long been predicted, and all kinds of information are used to obtain the greatest interests for themselves. From the perspective of entertainment and entertainment, it is understandable, but from the perspective of science and development, this attitude is actually misleading and useless, even harmful.
Facing the history of the past rather than escaping or implying that superpowers can go back to the past to solve those problems is a new and strong point of view that this film brings to us. This is true from the history of the country and the nation, and it is particularly specific from the perspective of personal work and life. The economic loss brought about by a wrong plan decision, just regret if it didn't happen is useless, a love that has already passed, and then regret how I will adjust if I can go back to that time. Just like Alice, she can only accept the established facts and use the existing resources to re-plan and arrange, which may minimize the losses caused by the past to the present in the future.
The Analects of Confucius says: Those who pass by cannot be remonstrated, but those who come can still be pursued. This is the attitude toward the past and the future that the Chinese philosophers told us thousands of years ago. The past cannot be changed, and the present and the future can still be counted on.
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