It's not sci-fi, it's fantasy, it's not an advertising industry drama

Ivy 2022-09-07 09:17:49

This is not science fiction, not fantasy, not an advertising industry drama. This is clearly Russian history. Why did it start with the disintegration of the Soviet Union (remembering "Goodbye Lenin", the reunification of Germany caused my mother to be in a coma for several years)? Why is it history that what major is bad for the male protagonist? At the beginning, the male protagonist was hit in the head, and the old lady said that you will be very good in the future. At the end, the male protagonist was injured in the head and turned back into an ordinary person, echoing from end to end. The overall metaphor: clean up the aggression and corruption of capitalism; clean up the brainwashing of the Soviet Union (in fact, business and politics are the same thing, from the fate of the vodka shopkeeper, it can be seen that the original random fabrication to deal with errands was regarded as The tools of attacking the Soviet Union were published in the New York Times, causing death); searching for a spiritual home and self-salvation in the idyll of old imperial Russia; obtaining the guidance of mysterious powers in primitive religions; relying on the help of the East to sound the first battle horn, of course China is just being used to not be an ally; ultimately trying to achieve an ideal new Russia. Recalling the ending of "The Resurrection" and "The Brothers Karamazov", Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are the background colors of all Russian literature and art. The idea is still good, but the performance is a bit fragmented. Changing the master director can unify the style, such as unifying it into fantasy, which will be more holistic and complete, and express the theme more clearly.

At the beginning, the ball lightning strikes again. I thought that the young man died, but it turned out that he was not dead, but the male protagonist who opened his eyes in the back. This is very similar to a Chinese story. I know one, and there are many ordinary people who are similar in Chinese legends. "My father was a member of the British Communist Party and immigrated here. Later, he had a disagreement with the political party, but he was not allowed to quit." Is this an insinuation of the Cambridge Five? Because the actor is a British person who added the lines by the way? The director of this film looks like a Russian name, and the main actors are not, but they are still Russian. The heroine was stuck in traffic and saw the Russian beauty next to her changing her clothes, so she changed her clothes with envy and hatred, and said, "Russian men are stupid but women are so beautiful as wearing tight ballet dresses, and the average American girl can't compare (to the point)." Indeed, there are many Russian beauties in the first half. , Compared with the fat Russian women in the back, the director used the words of the Americans to praise the beauty of Russian specialties and despise Russian men. When the hostess left the ranch, two logs were poked in the car? Killing and burning cows as shown in the dream is different from the previous painting style, and it feels like a Russian boring film. Why does this film feel like a hodgepodge of Indian CULT films, except that there are no songs and dances. There are still nudes, dizzy, the male star of the rotten country has to take off when he arrives in Russia, and the ashes are mixed with water in the shower. The male protagonist is lying on the back seat of the female protagonist. What are the red triangle tentacles of the female protagonist reaching out to the male protagonist? At first, I thought it was a toy that deliberately scare him, but later it didn't look like it, it seemed to be alive. Look further, oh, it turns out that this is the special ability obtained by the male protagonist. Oval bird's nest on the roof of a vegetarian restaurant? These Chinese people are too ugly and fat. The vegetarians are fatter than the meat-eating Russians (I later found out that this is not to beautify the Chinese). Surprised to see "this is part of the plan". Chinese people have branches and roots on top of their heads? Think of the "Fire on the Abyss" tree family. what is this? Chinese dragon beat red mad cow? It turns out that the oval is a dragon egg, and the brain hole is too big. Is this letting ads kill each other? Reminds me of "The World of Trademarks". Back in the pastoral era? Your own actions lead to your own demise? After the masses instigate it, it is not so easy to control the flow, or they will dig their own graves. The hero didn't die in the end? Anomalous functions disappeared after head injury? Isn't girl coma also another form of hibernation? In recent years, I have rarely watched Russian films and read Russian books, but I have not forgotten that Asimov is Russian, and there are "We" and "Solaris", and Russian fantasy is not bad "The Master and Margarita" , and Chagall.

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