Why say good, because it reveals something we don't want to see - human nature.
In China, there are two sayings about human nature: "In the beginning of man, nature is inherently good", and the other is of course "in the beginning of man, nature is inherently evil". But in fact, this point of view expresses the same meaning. That is, human nature is a natural animal nature. Everyone knows that animal nature is not high-level, but it is pure. It is a born baby, crying when hungry, looking for milk to eat, and doing its part... From
the beginning of the film, people are placed in a closed space of hunger, fear and despair , which provides a good environment for the development of the story. The director is seriously discussing what our human nature looks like in such an environment?
In the first half of the film, there is a Santa Claus, bright and spotless, which represents faith. Of course, this is an American movie, so Santa Claus is used, which represents hope, but a hope that does not exist. Why? Everyone knows it when they think about it. At this time, everyone is still helping each other, and although there are still quarrels, they are all manifested in a relatively normal social circle today.
When the protagonists gradually face up to the moment of food shortage and despair in the future, human nature is gradually exposed. Territories began to emerge, food was unfairly distributed and controlled, violent domination began, and so on, and humanity quickly regressed to barbarism.
Some people say that Chinese people are not like Americans, we can play cards and live happily. Hehe, you are so naive. Looking back on how many years we have fought against each other, I have no doubt that we may have performed worse than the Americans, and that the social relations of modern civilization may have collapsed on the first day. Not to face up to and hypocritical cover up is a very scary thing. I hope everyone can truly calm down and face the ugliness and sin in their hearts.
Besides, Mickey, this guy is a good guy. Of course, there is a reason why he didn't let so many people into the house at the beginning of the story and we'll discuss it later. Personally think he represents TRUTH. We are very unfamiliar with this term. It is a very happy thing to have it, especially in China. Of course, there may be more than this word, such as bravery, justice, reason and so on. In fact, he wanted to suffer in the basement for the rest of his life. There is a lot of evidence for this. But with so many people coming in, he had no choice but to take care of them, and maybe it also brightened his grey future, so he was smiling when he finally died. In addition to being able to say goodbye to his dead beloved wife, he also fulfilled the mission of these few people, including finally putting a blanket on the "little boy" who regretted his wrongdoing and was in pain. In fact, the people who died in this huge explosion were lucky, they didn't have to suffer, and they didn't need to bear the pain. For example, the "brother" who was woken up by Mickey at the end of the fall of human nature used fire to end his evil. So it's not that Mickey doesn't want to save people, but TRUE is that it will be more painful if he saves, and saving is not saving but torture.
The transformation of social relations in the later movies has become a barbaric world. Kings, thugs, vassal slaves, bystanders in the circle of interests, and cowardly commoners, through violence and exchanges between them complete the confirmation of social relations again and again and again. Strengthening... not absurd at all, isn't this happening every day? ! Hey, I even thought it was a movie about a certain country in the East, and watching it made me extremely depressed and heavy...
Finally, when Hope turned to the distance according to the face of a young woman, hunger, fear and despair came back again attacked. If it were you, how would you deal with it? Facing the world, facing your own heart?
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