The picture is good, there is style, and there are special effects. These are things at the technical and capital level, let's not mention them for the time being. What moved me was the plot of the film, a localized, contemporary, simple but profound family story. This may be one of the most humanistic Chinese films that I haven't seen much.
Aside from the dystopian clichés, the way it is told is through a small detail, the story of how a minor in a single-parent family grows up. Today, when the only children born in the 1980s have become parents, we are all groping about how to raise our children. The mother in the film is also incompetent at the start. No concern for children, a slave to capital and consumerism, but wrapped in a futuristic shell. This background is very contemporary, and it is also very consistent with the status quo in China. Oversaturated consultation and bombardment of information, the quest for a faster and more perfect iPhone and hair dryer, the superstition of convenience and pleasure brought by money/technology, these (still seemingly clichéd) backdrops perfectly and naturally present a ( The future) dystopian society, and the pen and ink is thick and detailed in the education, life and growth of children born in the post-00s and post-10s technology era. From this mother, I saw that after get off work, instead of thinking about cooking and creating family warmth, we want to play games and use mobile phones. We pay more attention to ourselves (do yoga with virtual helmets, play Tai Chi), and ignore The child's savage growth, indifference to her life and suffering. It may also say that we don't know how to live and how to care for others, especially those we love. So the children's pursuit of human feelings has turned into their hatred of technology. The existence of artificial intelligence instant noodle cups and trash cans make adults feel frightened and at a loss, so how children who have been accustomed to these since birth think about these is extremely important in the movie. Reflect.
True, the appearance and attachment of a robot friend with a protagonist template may seem mindless and corny, but like Spielberg's ET and other family-themed films, this is a story about human emotions and relationships. eternal topic. Like Spielberg's other film "AI" in the shell of technology, what it explores is what human feelings are, these are old and timeless topics. Under this framework, the little girl's every move is very reasonable, and the "character" of the robot has become the highest benchmark of artificial intelligence ethics. Human-like, but with (absolutely?) moral heights (can't hurt people, actively reflect on what's "right"). Of course, the dystopian and machine-villain plot simplifies a lot of ethical debates and dilemmas. The next battle between pros and cons is very simple, and the interaction between the child and the robot personally feels very brilliant. From the rebellious self-confidence at the beginning to the extreme trust at the end of life and death, this transformation is precisely what children, not adults, are good at. She can directly follow the "human" nature of the robot through her appearance. The words "you have no life" have no weight in the child's eyes, because she will not think about the robot, its ethical value and the rights it enjoys. , think about the difference between it and a real person. She trusts robots wholeheartedly, which is "recognized" with the previous value of mothers and mortals for robot companions (Little Q, you are our good partner and part of our family, but I can't hesitate when the new version comes out Throwing away the outdated version of you) is a stark contrast. The child's understanding is also mixed with the dependence of the father's role (protecting and being protected). Combined with the emerging robot babysitters, robot sex partners, etc., the story of this movie is more meaningful in the context of a single-parent family. The story points to the future without hesitation, but in my opinion reveals the state of the present extremely profoundly.
I ordered it on Tencent Video, and I saw this film by coincidence. I didn't do any research before, thinking it was a grand human narrative (Wall-E) like pixar. The film is in Chinese, and when I first heard the localized and very harmonious language, I was still admiring the high quality of the translation. Later, the more I heard it, the more wrong it became. This is not the skill of translation, but a completely localized screenwriter writing. The words, words and plots are closely integrated. Later, I couldn't help but read the introduction halfway through, only to realize that the Chinese side's participation is very high. The script writing skills are also very good, and the various pop culture stalks are surprising. "The lines are down-to-earth", this is also a kind of praise. The feeling of watching a translated film is completely different from watching a script written in a local language. This makes the film much more culturally friendly. Many oral expressions cannot be reflected in translation. I can guarantee that the film will be translated into After English, you will lose a lot of things. Like Chinese videos.
As a straight man, it is also very pleasant to see floating cannons, space mech battles, etc. It has the spirit of a large commercial film.
The end of the movie is actually some kind of old-fashioned redemption. The mother changed her mind and gave up playtime to grow up with her child and watch her play football. Humans return to the beginning and engage in ancient forms of entertainment (football/cuju, which belongs only to the Olympic spirit of man/god), and robots are invited to join as "friends". It's actually a compromise, and it's impossible to achieve with the city panorama given at the end of the credits. It was a brief truce. That's all. Where is the road and how to get through the technology era, we don't have the energy to explore. After all, the movie is about a simple parenting story.
In short, this is a very surprising "domestic" movie, especially suitable for the post-80s with children.
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