It is worth watching-"The Incredible 2" not only continues the humor and relaxation of the Disney+Pixar family carnival animation film, but also brings deep thinking about "gender division of labor" and "manipulation of public opinion". (This article contains spoilers)
- Let me talk about the family carnival first. The 2004 "The Incredibles 1" is a movie that left me with very fond memories. The superhero ability in the film made me very yearning, and the family life and adventure experience of a family of five is also very exciting. In the sequel, these elements have been further promoted, whether it is the gradual growth of the baby’s ability, the exchange of the roles of housewives and housewives, the troubles of sons and daughters entering puberty one after another, or saving the world and legitimizing superheroes. They make people laugh and sweat from time to time.
- Talking about the deep thinking part. Although "The Incredibles" is a very relaxed family animation film, the setting of this series is a very profound proposition in the theme of American superheroes: that is the public's suspicion of the ability of superheroes . This kind of doubt is often not whether superheroes can save mankind, but whether superheroes will become demons that destroy mankind after saving mankind. Whether it is Superman, Batman, X-Men, Spider-Man that we are familiar with, a little bit more will involve this proposition. The most in-depth discussion among them, in my opinion, is "Watchmen"—similar to this film, superheroes have to retire. As for how superheroes should treat the general public, superheroes are internally generated. After fierce disagreements, they even had to reach a consensus through "nuclear pacing New York." Of course, compared with the gloomy tone of "Watchmen", the film's handling is much more subtle and witty. The above-mentioned differences have even become a topic of quarrel between the couple at the dinner table: Should the superhero obey the law or obey the inner morals? When the law is incorrect, should superheroes be above the law, or should they follow the law as well? The entire series also achieved a happy ending through a happy ending: Mr. Incredible, Elastic Superwoman, and Iceman obey the morals, but their results in turn amended the law, making their efforts both reasonable and legal. But the problem is that reality is often cruel. When you choose to obey the law, you may be Bruce Wayne who is unable to kill the clown; when you choose to override the law, you may be Rorschach who was kicked out; the bad guy It may be well, and good people will die.
- "Gender division of labor", this is where 2 to 1 is more interesting. In order to regain the reputation of superheroes, mothers were chosen to be the spokespersons of superheroes, and fathers had to take on the responsibility of taking care of their children. The response of Mr. Incredible here perfectly reflects the problems brought about by the society’s presupposed stance on the gender division of labor. On the one hand, men lack the skills to take care of children : they rush to read to the baby, accompany the younger son to do homework, and solve the problem for the younger daughter. Emotional troubles. However, all these mothers are also independently supported by a single person, even with ease; on the other hand, men lack the psychological expectation to assume family responsibilities. Not just Mr. Incredible, most of the men in my observations, even women, recognize men as earning money outside to support their families, and throwing hands at the shopkeeper inside. On the one hand, they can't do laundry, cooking, and babysitting. On the other hand, they can comfortably reinforce and reiterate the idea of "men dominate the outside, women dominate the inside", which eventually leads to exhaustion for women. More subtly, Mr. Incredible’s little bit of unwillingness and jealousy facing his “career development” smooth-flowing wife-there is no doubt that he loves his wife, but this unwillingness is mixed with what is expected in this “gender division of labor” Men bear the frustration of external roles. The lovely thing about Mr. Incredible is that he will restrain his negative feelings and try his best to support his wife. If men can really do this, the happiness of marriage will be easier to achieve.
- "Manipulating public opinion", the whole film seems to be a happy ending, and the superheroes are restored from illegal to legal. But thinking about the process of legalization, it seems extremely ironic: it is with the funding of the super-rich brothers and sisters that the impoverished family can live in the mansion; the mother can re-approve the shirt and save the world; the superhero's charitable talents Known to the world; mothers can represent superheroes in the newspapers to meet rookies; finally, unreasonable laws are abolished at the hearing-in other words, the public’s suspicion of superhero abilities mentioned above is through this The process dissolves. As the film said, "Look, they can only see the damage you have caused to the city." The "superhero protection of the city" that everyone sees in the middle and later stages of the film is actually one and two sides, both of which the media wants to make What the public sees. Behind the media is a consortium of super-rich people. After contacting the trendy reports in the US presidential election newspapers that have been raging in the past few years, Facebook manipulated public opinion and various kinds of fake news, do you suddenly feel that the ending is not so bright? Perhaps one sentence is more suitable to describe a world where superheroes exist: where there is light, there is darkness . When the super dazzling new star rises, that is, when the dark shadow falls.
In short, the film is worth watching. Whether it is to relax as a popcorn movie or to think about it, it is good content. Thanks again to Disney+Pixar!
PS: The short film of BAO is also very exciting!
Rating: 8.0/10
Plot: 8/10
Music: 9/10
Picture: 9/10
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