Lose animality, lose everything

Susanna 2021-10-20 17:31:32

After watching the movie, I posted a Weibo: "Although it is a big collection of clichés, "Steel Armor" can deeply test how hot your blood can be."
"Steel Armor" is such a movie. The audience can almost make correct predictions about the next development of the plot of the film. The expected reversal of family affection, the expected trough and climax, Xiao Zhengtai knows that he will finally be hard to separate with the 250-five dad when he comes out. , As soon as Atom showed up, he knew that he would defeat Zeus in the end, including the process of the final battle. From "Rocky" to "Million Baby" to "Kung Fu Dream", Americans don't know how many times they have performed it. It is completely in accordance with the standard. Hollywood routines come. However, this does not affect the audience's full devotion. Whenever the heavy metal soundtrack sounds and the two sides are passionately appearing in the battle, you will still be enthusiastic and get goose bumps all over your body.
This is a film that is very suitable for Chinese audiences. The plot is simple and straightforward, but the emotions have been pulling you upwards, and in the end all your expectations will not be lost. In the film, Xiaozhengtai Max said when he challenged Zeus, why not give the little guy a chance? This way the creator directly shouts to the audience is a bit rude, but it does let those little people who have humble dreams and strive for a dignified life know that the cheers at the end of the film are for the sparring robot atom who came out of the garbage dump. Yes, it is also dedicated to yourself. After daydreaming, everyone walked out of the movie theater contentedly and continued to welcome the battered life. In the American movie "Rock and Roll School", Jack Black once said that the essence of rock is not to be unconventional, not to pretend to be cool, but to resist the "big man" in life, and "Steel Fist" can really arouse people. It is this rock spirit that resonates, in fact, this is the spiritual core of most boxing movies.
In fact, the film’s starring Hugh Jackman has been robbed, first of all by Dakota Gaoyou, who played the son in the film, and this Xiaozheng who also played the young Thor in Thor. "Fist" fully proves the development potential of its new generation of child stars. The film spends 70% of the time telling the emotional story between father and son; and the other robs are the robots who fight for honor. I think these robots are cuter than the steel monsters in "Transformers", and the fight between them makes me more worried. In fact, it is very difficult for the audience to be moved by the collision between two piles of metal blocks. This is something that even "Iron Man" did not do, but "Iron Armor Fist" did it. The reason is that the robots here carry human dreams and continue human pride.
There is a detail in Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "Three-Body". The biggest difference between men living in the distant bunker era and men in the AD era is the loss of male characteristics. The development of technology has made their temperament more elegant and refined. , Thus losing the blood and boldness of the people of AD. In the not-so-distant 2020, humans will replace humans with robots for bloody boxing matches. The setting of "Steel Fist" is also allegorical. The merging of characters and robots in the film also represents the importance of humans. Picking up the natural nature suppressed by the development of science and technology, so in the end, Hugh Jackman's boxing action at the boxing ring will have a heart-shaking enthusiasm. It is still the words in "Three Body": "Lost humanity, lose a lot; lose animality, lose everything." The mainstream Hollywood commercial film's skills in value establishment and communication are admirable.

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