There are two seemingly contradictory qualities in Guardians of the Galaxy: retro and innovative. As a frequent guest of science fiction movies, the essence of the "Silver Guard" series-the space adventure story is not very attractive in terms of themes. However, the creators used unprecedented ease and mischief to remove the serious burden of similar movies. The gag, bickering, and complaints all over the film let "Silver Guard" establish a unique and refreshing style charm. . In addition, the hot songs and golden tunes that have been talked about by movie fans are filled with a strong atmosphere of nostalgia. Between the traditional and the cutting-edge, "Silver Guard" has found the most suitable balance and achieved beautiful left-to-right fighting.
In my opinion, the comedic effect of "Silver Guard" is mainly reflected in two ways. One is innocence. You will find that the characters in the field are more or less childish, some have a silly nickname for themselves and are smug, some are serious and say very childish things without knowing it, not to mention Staring at the cute and big-eyed little tree man and the male protagonist Xing Jue who turned into Pac-Man in the battle, these scenes are all uncontrollable. "Children under the Adult Appearance" is a magic weapon for the film to let the audience let go of age awareness and return to innocence. The second way is honesty. The typical manifestation is the big "Destroyer" Dex and the newly added character Mantis Sister. The various interactions between the two of them were hilarious: Sister Mantis pointed out that Xingjue had a sexual impulse to Kamora, and Dex bluntly said Sister Mantis was ugly, but he still fantasized about going to bed with her. This kind of "harming each other" and "revealing one's shortcomings" that are not seen in ordinary days is undoubtedly the killer of "Silver Guard" making jokes.
Surprisingly, when you walk into the theater with the expectation of a big laugh, the film suddenly makes people cry with affection. It is the core issue of "Silver Guard 2" that bears the heavy responsibility of tearing: family affection. From the appearance of Xingjue’s biological father Igo to the end of Xingjue’s adoptive father’s sacrifice, the film portrays a son’s journey from misunderstanding to real understanding of his father’s love, presenting a child’s painful and significant growth and transformation.
The strength of his biological father, Yi Ge, once surprised and delighted Xing Jue: he first effortlessly destroyed the fleet sent by the priestess to hunt down, and then showed his luxury planet. Compared with his adoptive father, who is open to money, specializes in stealing and cheating, and only "teaching bad" his own adoptive father, Ego is so kind and dreamy that he has an irresistible attraction to Xing Jue. Previously, his most thought-provoking fantasy was to regard the star of a certain popular film and television drama as his father; but now, he has a father who is a god, a father who truly belongs to him, so he Accepted the father in name almost without hesitation.
As a child, I also had similar illusions in the second and rebellious period, that my life experience had other secrets. Many novels like to use this kind of bridge: one day the protagonist is suddenly told that his father is the king or the president of a multinational company, so he has been reborn and lived a pampered life. The fascinating "Roman History" is that we all believe that tiger fathers have no dogs. Having a strong father indirectly shows that we are extraordinary from birth. In the final analysis, it is narcissism and pretentiousness at work; the second is that We are dissatisfied with Dad in real life, we feel that he is negligent, that he is ineffective, and that he is full of shortcomings, just like Xingjue. Under the influence of these two points, with the longing for a perfect father, Xingjue became obsessed with and believed in his biological father Igo; rather than believe in his biological father, it is better to say that he believed in his obsession. Here, it is also the embodiment of Xingjue's "child under the appearance of an adult". It's just that what this time elicited was not laughter, but a cruel truth.
Many years ago, why didn't Yongdu send Xingjue back to his father, but raised him with him? The answer Xingjue always got was "He was so small that he could steal things that others couldn't." In hindsight, this explanation was as ridiculous as the parents told the child that he picked it up from the garbage dump. But Xingjue who believed he was true was protected by lies. He thought that the world he saw was ugly to the horror, but the ugliness of the real world was even more shocking: his god father gave birth to countless children with thousands of clones, only for his own power to be duplicated and then doubled Powerful; the son is only the battery, the mother is the fertility tool, and he is the creator, who can easily destroy those children who have failed to inherit and have no value in use.
You can see the gap between the birth father and the adoptive father from how to treat Xingjue's favorite thing Walkman. His biological father crushed it, which meant that he fundamentally denied and despised Xingjue’s personality. His child could only exist as a copy of him to contribute to his expansion plan; while the adoptive father gave Xingjue a new one. Walkman means that he understands and respects his son. Although he is an incompetent gangster father, he has his own sense of justice and loves his children in his savage and crude way. The last thing he said was to comfort Xingjue who believed in his biological father: That person is not worthy of being your father.
So Xingjue found that "sometimes what we try our best to find is always by our side." Although his "life experience romance" is disillusioned, he realizes that those who never avoid nasty words or even personal attacks, those who expose their dark and dirty side to you, are the ones who are the closest to you. Family. In the face of selfless love, blood becomes an irrelevant connection. The adoptive father did what his biological father could not do for Xing Jue: he protected him with his life, more accurately, he left the chance of life to him. He woke up from the illusion of a "good dad" all the time, and realized with hindsight that his naivety was entirely dependent on the shelter of his adoptive father.
As a supplement to the main line of family relationships, the process of Kamora and sister Nebula from being hostile to reconciliation also illustrates the theme of the film-forgive your loved ones you don't like. This relative may be the sister who always beats him, or the unreliable father. When we grow up to become less self-centered, we may be able to deeply realize that the relative who we don't like, despite the unknown difficulties, still loves ourselves as much as we can. From the plot point of view, "Silver Guard 2" is a terrible story of "father kills mother, son kills father", but Marvel tells it in a gentle "romantic" way. Those fantasy "hero fathers" will never stand up for you. Only your imperfect father will use life as your most solid backing without complaint or regret.
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