Nowadays, the old Hollywood model, dramatic freeze-frame performance, exaggerated kissing POSE and fixed classic appearance shots that have been watched N times will more or less have a sense of age and less freshness. In such a fast-paced contemporary era, there is no fast camera for everything in 2 or 3 seconds, no vertigo caused by swing arm pulling, and no visually stunning special effects. There is almost no guarantee at the box office. A small town, a few rooms, a courtroom and a bunch of sweaty but hard-working actors are all the hardware. Of course, the wonderful debate and layout are enough to make up for most of it, and the form and the gods together support the whole story. I have to say that reminds me of "Twelve Angry Men", the same low-cost production (props and visual effects), the same summer, the same dramatic room, the same wonderful debate, the same minority success led to the final The script moves towards and triumphs.
It is not easy to understand the concepts of the past with current concepts. Back in the 1920s, right and wrong can only be left to future generations, that is, us to judge (or leave to the Trisolaran). Adherence to religion for thousands of years has resulted in blind xenophobia. A thousand readers have a thousand Hamlet, but one outstanding Hamlet and a fanatical often turn the remaining 900 Hamlet into a leader. The flock of sheep has accidentally fallen into self-serving prejudice, and has lost the will to think deeply. It may be simpler than these steps to continue self-verification, but it simply does not like the alien. Perhaps this has something to do with the self-protection settings of people themselves, group animals obey the majority, obey the power, from body to mind. Fortunately, there are people standing on the other side and changing the direction of the voyage. Of course, there are also 12 juries selected from the fanatics who were not so fanatical in the end. They finally made the final verdict.
In order to increase the dramatic effect and dominate the emotional changes of the audience, the film has deliberately vilified the religious side, deliberately increasing their blindness and majesty, while the team of teachers is kind, rational and weak. The climax was in a few different tit-for-tat matches. The debate went from winning or losing to right or wrong and then reversing the focus to free will. The fierceness and dedication of the actors made me even worried that the gray-haired old man would faint with excitement in the 36-degree heat. But where is the most touching heartstring that makes you no longer a bystander? I think it might be fear. Progress is our greatest pride. The industrial revolution and the development of science, to some extent, we are all utilitarians, running and pursuing the greatest happiness, pursuing progress, freedom, prosperity, democracy, equality will not be counted. . But what if it goes backwards? Back before the darkness? Back to the past of war, pain, and restriction? Does this fear make you stop and think?
Right and wrong are always based on a subjective perspective, and it is not the right answer that is louder. Darwin's theory of evolution has undoubtedly become the truth today, and group fanaticism has been replaced by group advancement. Today we warmly welcome new theories and knowledge, iterations and contradictions coexist, and rapid progress is the cornerstone of our common prosperity. Homosexuality has turned into fashion, and different beliefs can coexist in a truce. Is the ultimate enemy of monotheistic religions science or other religions? Religion gave birth to science, but the detailed records of the "Bible" made it full of loopholes. It is not as easy to dress up as the short length of my "Analects".
At the end of the film, the old man who defends free thought and science is holding the figure of bible alone, so that, under the apparent victory of science, there is a more thought-provoking contradiction. Newton plunged into the embrace of God, religion gave birth to science, and Darwin hesitated for decades before publishing the theory of evolution. History will repeat, but the existence of free will minimizes this possibility, and the spiraling world is the foundation of our pride. Yesterday’s problems are different from today, but what if all of our beliefs are at stake today? Will we become a blind mass? Blindly self-confident to a blind eye? I think everyone is doing more or less, fanaticism, blindness, hatred of dissidents, unity within the group, self-service bias, self-verification, wrong attribution. . . Some of us will not, and some will always be involuntarily. At that time, we needed such a debate and such a wind.
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