If we treat "Equals 2015" as a romance or science fiction or a romance in the context of science fiction, I think everyone can give it 3 stars It's really forgiving, but if you think about the meaning behind the film, it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration to give it 4 stars.
This film should be a dystopian film again, because it meets the typical characteristics of "dystopia": absolute anti-humanity. The "dystopia" in this film exists in the form of a "group". As for whether this group can still be called a "people" group, the Chinese translation of this film has already revealed the opportunity. In addition, the main manifestation of the anti-human aspect of this group is that it treats people as a means rather than an end. In order to gain strong productivity, it makes everyone lose "emotion" from birth, because in this group, "emotion" is considered to be the source of people's "weakening"; "Emotional Self-Initiation Syndrome" (SOS) is The biggest threat to the health of the group. Such anti-human measures are certainly worthy of criticism. Because emotion is the most human thing, without emotion, a person is no different from a walking dead.
Although this use of high-tech means to block personal emotions is almost absurd, it is only an extreme expression of anti-humanity measures. In reality, anti-humanity measures are almost everywhere. The most prominent manifestation is that individuals in groups, organizations, or countries are required to be in a position of obedience, and in order to achieve this goal, they even use powerful institutional measures to make people lose the opportunity to choose at birth. Why do you have to believe in religion when you are born in a religious country, worship the leader when you are born in a totalitarian country, and you can only succumb to its system when you are in the hands of capitalism? When we have this kind of cry or this kind of thought in our hearts, in fact, just like the "emotional self-enlightenment" in this film, your silent human gene is resurrecting. And when we condemn the group in this film that makes people lose their choice as a Leviathan-like monster, can we realize that Leviathan is actually by everyone of us as early as possible.
Of course, we should also be wary of the issue of the rationality of the above criticism, because criticism based on human nature, especially on morality, is the main reason for the continuous disputes in our society today. As shown in this film, why is it unreasonable to say that the group's behavior of closing human emotions is unreasonable? You know, this kind of brutal behavior in our view is the result of self-selection of that group and even social evolution, because the human behavior that we cherish now has long been abandoned by them. From this, we might as well imagine that if we traverse millennia vertically, or move horizontally for thousands of miles, is it possible for us to immediately enter a cultural atmosphere that can ridicule the current moral behavior and human dilemma? Where does the rationality of ridicule come from? Besides, just as people in that group laugh at the original inhabitants of the humanity peninsula, we may also be a member of the human island worthy of laughter in the universe. Originally belong to different ethnic groups, who gave you the power to laugh at? Even if we call for universal human needs, I still doubt the possibility and necessity of establishing universal standards.
The above is purely thought of by watching the movie, maybe a little too far. Now let’s take a look at this film, which takes more than half of the time to show the love between the hero and the heroine. What exactly do you want to express? There seems to be no reason to say that this group wants to ban all emotions. Because there is a lot of evidence to show that people here have emotions either one or the other. For example, the male protagonist is injured and his colleagues care about it, the new illustrator has expressed his limited patience, and he also boasts that he is the little da Vinci. Atsmo’s job is what everyone dreams of, and the female protagonist’s dedication has also triggered The enterprising spirit of colleagues. These "caring", "patient", "conceited", "enterprising", etc. are obviously products of emotions, but these emotional products have not caused people's inner torture, so they are not considered to be illnesses. Only when emotion can cause inner torment, this emotion is regarded by the group as a scourge. So, what kind of emotion can cause a fierce reaction in the individual's heart? Obviously the emotion of "love". If there is no "love", seeing someone jump off the building, the heroine will not have sympathy, nor will she express pain or clenched her fists because of sympathy. The most intense expression of the emotion of "love" is the joy of love between the two. Therefore, the private pairing behavior has become the main target of the group's crackdown. The reason why the emotion of "love" has become the most serious disease here is that it is the most important catalyst of social connection. It is because of love that there is a family, and there is a country. Extreme anarchist organization.
In addition, since love between the opposite sex should not be considered a disease, what about the same sex? Also based on emotion, is there a difference? Perhaps this is another question worth thinking about! (Text/Slate Planting Flowers Thursday, July 21, 2016)
Ps. Thank you to the Chinese subtitles of this film!
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