In fact, there is no way for a movie to answer with "good looking" or "not good looking". A coin has two sides, hundreds of millions of viewers have hundreds of millions of likes, my grandfather can't get tired of watching authentic wars Zhang Ga all my life, my husband is like the Huang Bo series is embarrassing and crazy, my sister likes blue doors And Candy Girl is a fan of Qiaohu Thomas Pleasant Goat, and pulling them together to watch Late Autumn is naturally to listen to the snoring.
Shimmering City is the first installment of the Dark Light tetralogy, based on Jena Duplo's teenage fantasy novel of the same name. I'm lost at the low scores given by the sophisticated adult audience, is it really that demanding for a movie? I haven't read the original novel, so I don't know how it was adapted, but the movie successfully aroused my curiosity to read this book.
Not surprisingly, this is a future story. The theme of the future is as mysterious and long-lasting as the love genre, and it truly achieves no race and no borders.
At the beginning of the film, the hope is placed in a metal box, which is valid for 200 years. Shimmering City is an underground temporary shelter built before the advent of mankind, the last hope of mankind's destiny.
Well, please put away this box and arrange a mayor for you. The bright box will be passed down from generation to generation by the mayor. Don't forget that you have a heavy responsibility, please live well in the underground of the dark world, and come out to create a new world in 200 years. The fate of mankind depends on you.
The story unfolds slowly. A dungeon that is only set to last for 200 years. The power comes from a huge hydroelectric generator. The food is rows of canned food and vegetables produced in greenhouses. Various occupations are available. The sky is a string of large light bulbs. , doesn't seem to be bad either.
Just because of the loss of the box, the people living in this city of sanctuary have expired for too long, the energy has been exhausted, the power outages have become longer and longer, the underground pipes have been refilled and there is no new water pipes, and the food rationed in the warehouse seems to be in short supply... …The human memory always seems to joke that some of the most crucial things are the easiest to forget. Shimmering City is no longer a sanctuary, and it has also ushered in its future.
The boy who was born to be the prototype of the savior wanted to fix the generator, but fate arranged for him to draw the lottery of the messenger. So he switched careers with the girl who was drawn to an underground plumber. In this city, careers are arranged by fate, reach out and find your little note from the dark pocket, what is it, whether you want to be a guard but are arranged to cut potatoes, or you want to When the tailor is drawn to the library pipe. In short, you are all "arranged" by fate.
In order to find out the cause of the power outage, in order to repair the generator, in order to save the artificial future crisis in the dungeon, or in order to find the real light, in order to "walk into an unknown area is a crime", a treasure hunt and decryption formula The teenage fantasy adventure was born.
Good-looking reason one: the clothes look good.
The girl wearing the red cloak of the messenger uniform, running around in the dungeon and delivering messages, is full of magical shocking beauty. The part of the cuff exposed by the thick-knitted sweater inside is also beautiful and it is all gray, why is the hair all gray? Because the dungeon does not come often, there will be some small earthquakes.
The costumes of the villain mayor in the play are also very ceremonial and majestic every time he appears on a formal occasion, and the extras are sallow and warm. The shimmer, I hope that in the world, it is not really dark.
Good-looking reason 2: The props are good-looking.
Handcrafted machinery can be seen throughout the film. The complex combination device, the tape recorder activated by the foot, can actually tie a rope while listening to the voice of the deceased father while driving the cradle to rock the child to sleep! ! Big Love!
The boy's father is a mechanic, and the self-made handmade action figures are completely cute artificial intelligence robots.
The intricate pipes of the underground water pipe are like a mystery, with large gears, rails, bearings, slings, and everywhere.
Good-looking Reason 3: Symbols are good-looking.
This is the pattern engraved on the floor of the plumber's hall. It is always under the feet. It is actually a part of the mechanism, including the storage rack. It is actually a boat.
The entire shimmering city is filled with symbols and signs. If you pay attention, symbols are everywhere.
Also, books! People in this city have a dark understanding of the "outside world", thinking that there is only light in the dim light, but those animals, flowers, birds, green grass and sky in the book, wow, be curious, child! There are 100,000 whys with curiosity.
The ceremony is also beautiful. There are sacred oaths, chants of praise, and thanksgiving choruses in the various ceremonies of "Allotment Day" and "Singing Day". This world was created perfectly by the builders.
Good-looking reason four: the building looks good.
This one is a bit like Miyazaki's world. However, the entire bustling Shimmering City is full of vigor and vitality, except for the crisis of future power outages. Each person is like a screw in a complex device, arranged in that position, put all the force in that position. Although, maybe the screws forgot to think about the meaning of living in this city.
The interior style of each building is different. The grandmother's woolen textile house is too witch-like. It is not surprising that the box that guards the secret was found from her house. It is not necessary to explain that it has an inheritance relationship with a certain mayor.
The story of Shimmering City is simple, not complicated at all. It's like seeing the world through the eyes of a teenager. A good man has gone through all kinds of tests of wisdom, and with the help of his family, friends and elders, escaped from the ground to light a match and returned to the surface world. For the first time, he saw the sunrise and saw that the sky was blue. The bad guys are stupid, cowardly, greedy and cunning, but there will be more greedy and cunning monsters, the mole, that will eat him!
The three children are the forerunners of returning to the surface world. When they looked down at the pothole next to them that looked like footprints, they threw down the stone tied with the paper, and cast a bright message to the shimmering city hidden deep in the ground. Someone will receive it, and someone will follow in their footsteps to explore the light.
And the good thing about this story is that it's interesting. In the big one, it can introduce politics, in the small one, it can confirm the individual.
The points I am more interested in analyzing are:
the first mayor was a woman, and it was her mission to preserve the box of hope with a map and half a key. As you can see from the murals in the corridor of the city hall, there are many mayors in the future. Being male, the box was lost during the seventh mayor, and the current villain mayor is also male.
An elderly grandmother with dementia will know that she has forgotten something very important.
A messenger who runs around the city and spreads messages is a good job. There is only one city in this world.
Confidential box. Nothing is certain, only hope. Growing up ignorant of the outside world, future generations will have no regrets about what they have lost.
The old plumber who can fall asleep sitting on a stool is like the opposite of a child who seeks knowledge, "I don't know, that's not my job"; and at a critical moment he helps three children: "This is my job!" All for all and no for all is work.
The young child's little sister who doesn't speak at all has complete trust in the young sister, ha, such a well-behaved and lovely child.
It is a pity:
I have no feeling for the slogan For the good of all mankind that the last three children saw when they returned to the ground, and the warmth of taking care of the baby and walking safely. It may be that the hand of God is inserted here. It's a bit unpleasant.
The 90-minute length of the film is obviously not enough to express, and the connection of jumps can only be supplemented by one's own brain.
The best thing is: Books written for teenagers, movies made for teenagers, just like that! There is only knowledge, exploration, puzzle solving, ideals, bravery, trust, care, and no love! That's great, there's really no that kind of adolescent love~~~ (However, these three will be the ancestors of another round of continuation of human beings. It seems inevitable that they will roll the sheets in the future, otherwise the maker should cry again. If you want to come to this future roll, Also For the good of all mankind ha!)
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