Pseudo documentary
At first glance, it is very novel. The whole film is based on this keynote. I get tired and the lens is dazzling. Many shots have a sense of concealment, which is completely unnecessary.
It is estimated that there are two reasons: first, no money, relying on the relevant personnel to talk about it constantly to promote the development of the plot, there is no need to film these talks, the whole word machine, a camera, and it's done; Second, it makes you feel a real sense of oppression. Reality is really unnecessary. You can see from the beginning that it is a science fiction subject, which is too far away from reality.
There are many sci-fi themes with similar shooting methods. "Clover Archives" directed by Matt Reeves is similar, except that the latter is presented in a DV shooting method, and the camera shakes until you want to vomit, but on the whole Better than this one.
Too many known elements
Install the brain in the machine, like "Robocop";
The body was unable to stand the force of gravity and sent the brain out. This is how Yun Tianming in Liu's "Three-Body" was sent away;
Unknown objects appear on the earth, and humans try to approach and communicate. Here are wormholes and unknown spheres, water droplets in "Three Body", twelve shell-shaped UFOs in "Arrival", and "flicker" in Annihilation. ；
Traversing in Wormhole is similar to "Interstellar Traversing"...
Sci-fi elements
There are so many sci-fi elements that I want to present in the film: 3D printing, brain transplantation, interstellar crossing, interstellar migration, etc., many elements are mixed together, and when they can’t be presented with visual effects, they rely on the way of narration by actors. Coming out, it really saves costs. In the seemingly serious science and technology commentary, I tried to clarify the principle, and I thought that some parts were not clear. For example, what caused the destruction of the solar system? And so fast? How can aliens make a new solar system so awesome? And made a new planet with a 10% proportion of the earth for humans to live in? A satellite of the earth-the moon is so small that it can bring gravitational influence to the earth, such as tides, etc. If such a big new planet is so close to the earth, what is the gravitational force? ......
Science, religion or philosophy?
What I want to show in the movie is not only science fiction elements, but also an attempt to explore religion and philosophy. The dark forest theory proposed in Liu's "Three-Body", when faced with many unknown spheres floating on the earth, humans still use hostility, suspicion, and such thinking. However, in the face of powerful alien technology, the movie shows There is indeed a strong religious theology, powerful extraterrestrial technology, the achievement of the unknown in charge of the key to the universe, seeing the hard disk of mankind, and deciding to save the earth, the Lord Jesus said to Noah, I will send a flood to drown these evil guys , You the whole Noah's Ark, God is as awesome as ever. It should be pointed out that when the astronaut disappeared, the unknown sphere had not yet arrived. The hard disk was sent out after the unknown sphere arrived. How did the powerful aliens see the hard disk in advance and decided to send the unknown sphere to save the earth. ? As always, similar movies will explore human greed, belligerence, and pollution of the environment. Faced with a new planet, they still want to occupy the territory and start colonies first, and found that this British film is very suitable, occupying the territory and colonizing other countries. , The UK is the best, otherwise English will be the global language?
A science fiction movie, of course, science fiction is the first priority, a good idea can unfold the story, but telling a story well is the soul of a movie, otherwise science fiction is only science education. The storytelling of the film is not much entertaining, and attempts to explore religion and philosophy are not in-depth. The characters do not stand up. After watching it, it is thought that a few actors will be interviewed loudly, and they don't have much impression of the characters. The theme is worthy of recognition. The earth needs to be maintained by all of us.
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