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First, the background
story takes place after a global nuclear war. After people have worked hard to rebuild their homes, they found out Human feelings are the cause of all disputes, and human feelings are the most dangerous thing. So a potion that suppresses emotions is produced, and people are required to inject this potion every day. At the same time, any time, famous paintings and other artworks are eliminated to let people The opportunity to have feelings is completely lost. For those "emotional criminals" who are unwilling to eliminate their feelings and secretly collect art, the government sends a kind of "priests" with special skills to eradicate them. Priests have superb fighting ability, and at the same time He has the intuition to discover where the artwork is hidden and who has feelings. The emotional criminals are thrown into a furnace and burned alive.
Second, ideology
The reason why film critics think that this movie is imitating 1984 is his reason. First of all, the scenes are very similar, and they are all cold cities of the future. In the movie, the architectural style of the city is unified, and all of them are gray. It is to eliminate the sense of beauty and suppress people's feelings. People's clothes are also work clothes with water. The film title Equilibrium has the meaning of balance. In the film, it is also the name of the government office building. People receive potions that suppress emotions, as well as life supplies, etc. Here. Obviously the concept of this building is directly derived from 1984. But the most important difference between this film and 1984 is also in ideology. In 1984, the government believed that people's thoughts were dangerous, so they were not allowed to have thoughts. And in this movie, what is eliminated directly becomes people's feelings. In the end, which is more "reasonable", I think it is 1984, after all, 1984 is a serious literary work, and "Tearing Doomsday" It's just an entertainment movie. But which one of thought and feeling should be eliminated? I also think it should be thought, because if a person has no thoughts, he has no feelings. At least there is no sadness, anger, etc., which can easily cause social unrest. Stable feelings. It was the same in 1984. The government only allowed people to listen to some "harmless songs", which actually eliminated feelings. The ultimate goal was to make people become stupid people forever. So 1984 is a movie. After all, the handed down works are more rigorous. And the setting of
Third, action
Another comment from film critics on this film is that it imitates "The Matrix". I think this is not very reliable. It's just that the protagonist of the film wears a black trench coat. Regardless of the world view or the fighting scenes of the two films None of them are comparable. Compared to the too "cool" Matrix, I prefer the grayer film. The biggest highlight of this action movie is that it puts forward the concept of "guns and martial arts". All "priests" "You must practice this "gun martial arts" frequently. As the name suggests, this martial art combines guns and martial arts. Here, guns replace people's fists, and people will wait for opportunities to release guns when fighting. But if When two masters who are well versed in guns and martial arts are fighting, you will find that the gun is difficult to hit the other party, even if the gun has been put on the other party's face, they will still be avoided by the other party. This is what this film proposes. Another concept---probability statistics. That is to say, when a priest is facing multiple enemies, they will count the positions of the enemies, and then estimate the probability that a bullet will be fired from each direction, and then dodge, at the same time It also estimates the probability of an enemy appearing in each position, and then shoots. So, when you see a priest avoiding several people's bullets, it is not because he reacts quickly, nor is it because he has a change like Neo The power of time and speed is the result of his calculations in advance. In the film, the schematic diagram is also given, and the coordinates, angles and other data are marked. Moreover, the data on the improvement of the priest's combat effectiveness obtained after the experiment is also given. -It seems to be 120%. I like the detailed mathematical derivation in the movie, which I like very much. Then I think about it, no wonder there are so few "priests" in the movie, and they have to be trained from an early age. It turns out that it is not only to learn martial arts. , But also to learn mathematics. The harder is even harder. And Christian Bell played John Preston is the master of the clergyman.
Fourth, John Preston
John Preston is played by Christian Bale. Christian Bale even surprised me as Brett Anderson when he appeared on the stage. Of course, he and Brett Anderson are still different from a closer look. It was just the moment he got out of the car. It’s very similar. It’s really cool, so I watched this shot several times. John Preston was the most powerful priest at the beginning. He was sent for any emotional criminals that couldn’t be resolved. He was not only superb His guns and martial arts instantly solved the armed resistance, and he was able to sense the location of the hidden artwork. Later, the flamethrowers would burn it. His partner secretly hid it during a mission. A book, John Preston did not hesitate to solve him. But in an action, he met a woman full of emotions, this woman affected, and also reminded him of his feelings The wife was executed by the criminal. So he secretly hid the potion that suppressed feelings. From then on, he embarked on the road of the Resistance Army. Because of his super ability, he finally led the Resistance Army to victory. In short, John Preston is The protagonist of the whole film, he has always maintained a very cool attitude. He also dedicated many very exciting fights for us. It is very enjoyable to watch. And the plot is also designed to be quite tortuous, and the film has become a one The potential of an excellent film.
5, Chairman
As a country, the fictional country in the film also has a chairman. At the same time, this country also has a prophetic character who speaks inspiring words on big screens everywhere every day. Obviously, this character comes directly from the big brother in 1984 This person is actually the incarnation of the chairman. His face is played after the chairman’s face is deformed. The chairman is in charge of all specific things. When I saw the second half of the film, I was shocked to find that this chairman is not only It is sentimental, and the sentiment is very strong. Because when John Preston, who had secretly taken refuge in the Resistance, publicly confronted him, he angrily hit the table. At the end of the film, John Preston and the chairman During the duel in his secret study, you can also see many famous paintings hung in his study. When the chairman was controlled by John Preston's gun, he showed 100% fear. In fact, this is the point. I should have thought of it a long time ago. Any rules are used to restrain the people. For a dictator, the rules are set by him, so he can drift outside of any rules. For example, when he smashes the table angrily, around him Anyone in, those members of the guards, are expressionless and indifferent. Because to them, the chairman is beyond doubt.
Sixth,
there is a scene in the film of the Resistance Army , where many workers sit in a large square and listen to the big screen. "The Prophet"'s speech. After the speech, an unsightly worker stood up first and applauded excitedly. Then all the workers stood up and applauded together. With a little attention, you will find that there are flaws in this. Emotional people, why is there a person who is so "excited". When you look at the back, you will understand that he is the leader of the underground resistance army. Therefore, he is also emotional. This also shows the ignorance of the lackeys of the authority, as long as You showed your loyalty to the authority, and they would not notice your violation of the rules. When John Preston stopped taking the drug, he had a feeling of beauty. When he went to work one day, he put the The objects were placed around in order to find a beautiful display. This scene was also discovered by the leader of the rebel army, so he was recruited. Then we found that the teacher in a classroom teaching elementary school students was also a rebel Members of the army. This is quite comforting.
Seven, women
Women are a disaster. Most movies are inseparable from women. Here, women are the disaster that arouses people's feelings. In one action, John Preston met the emotional female prisoner Mario Bryan. He evoked a little bit of John Preston's remaining feelings and reminded him of his wife who was also executed as an emotional criminal. From then on, John Preston began to hide the potion. He was in When taking a shower in the morning, I saw the newborn sunrise through the window and saw the beauty of nature for the first time. When he saw Mario's Bryan walk into the incinerator, it completely aroused his feelings. So he devoted himself to resistance without hesitation. The ranks of the army. Women seem so weak, but it is often women who change history.
Eight, the child
John Preston has a son and a daughter. When he secretly hid the potion, his The son asked him vigilantly, did you take the medicine today? He was surprised. His son said that my task is to monitor you. But when his son witnessed his Tibetan medicine behavior, he took out his own Tibetan medicine. John Preston asked his son when he started not taking medicine. He said that his mother told him not to take medicine.
We should not underestimate children. Because they are very malleable. They need it. It’s just a person they trust to tell them what’s right. After all, no matter when, children always represent the future. So don’t let the dictatorship educate children into "stupid kids".
Nine, the running dogs
are here. After John Preston killed his partner, he sent him a new partner Brandt. Brandt is a young black man who has just become a priest. He is young and vigorous and wants to do something. Career. And his climbing capital is to discover as soon as possible evidence that John Preston committed an emotional crime. Of course, how could such a rookie beat the battle-tested John Preston. In the end, he died tragically. Under his knife.
Ten, the end
I recommended this film to my friends, and they all said it was good-looking. But they all thought that the ending was too simple. At the end, John Preston saw through the chairman's tricks and went straight to Huang Long, and reality killed Bran in one fell swoop. Special. Unexpectedly, the chairman is also a top expert in guns and martial arts. But after a fierce fight, the chairman was also shot by John Preston. Then there was a full-scale uprising of the resistance army, and the country was liberated. After reading it, , I feel that victory did come too fast. But think about it, too many movies like to have twists and turns at the end, such as after the bad guys fall but are not dead, and they struggle to shoot the good guys. Occasionally there is such a ending. It’s not a good movie,
but I’m wondering what will happen after the revolution is successful. People will definitely not take the medicine that suppresses emotions. But I don’t know if John Preston will be the chairman. , Will still adopt a republic, a parliamentary system or something? Anyway, once a revolution is successful, it will always be good for a period of time. When it fails again, then there will be another revolution. The world is always in revolution after revolution. Moving forward.
P.S.: Christian Bale
I have watched another film of his, "Fire Dragon Empire", which is also a B-rated film, but it is a completely bad film. Bell has a big beard in it. , I’ve watched it for a long time and haven’t seen which one is him. I think Bell is suitable to shave his face naked, revealing the corners of his unique mouth. I just watched the previous people on the Internet comment on
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