There are many films about exploring outer space, including adventure, fantasy, and science, but I think all of them are creatures or planets that explore outer space on the surface. What they reflect is always our human thinking about ourselves. and profiling. After all, this is for human beings. If this kind of thinking does not start with us and end with us, where will it go?
Humans are a virus that keeps multiplying and spreading
Humans are curious creatures. It can also be said to be an animal full of desire and a sense of want. All civilization and destruction of man stems from an inner dissatisfaction—nothing that can fill his desire for more.
To the microscopic, human beings will explore elements such as protons and neutrons; to the macroscopic, human beings will go to space and explore the wider universe. Countless unknowns make human beings have a desire, and every little bit of understanding of outer space fills us with excitement. After all, what is the source of this excitement? One is an affirmation of oneself, which can also be said to be self-confidence, and the other is the expectation of what will be obtained.
Found it? The selfish nature of human beings cannot be changed. All scientific exploration and research, whether it is on biology or geology, on the atmosphere or on other planets, all human beings want is for my use. If this state is the starting point, then all the purposes of exploration will also be attributed to this - for the better development of oneself.
The film unabashedly criticizes this human nature. For example, after occupying the moon, it directly copied the set of the earth on the moon, established a theme park, and engaged in entertainment and economy. No way, as long as there are human beings, there is the original set of the earth. Like viruses, we replicate, spread, and infect every planet we can.
Does human strength come from oneself or from others?
It is undeniable that humans are social animals. We have been organized and socially constituted since time immemorial, and we rely on others for many resources to continue our lives, and we seem to need the company and comfort of others, both spiritually and emotionally. Therefore, if a person can be independent for a long time and can complete one thing independently, it is very powerful in our opinion.
Take Roy's trip, for example. In the end, he was almost alone in this difficult time, and the long time alone even left him in a trance. His belief is to explore a truth, and his hope is to have another conversation with his father, whom he has not seen for a long time. Then, I think, as long as he has such a concern and goal, his spirit will not collapse.
Is it his own strength or the giving of others? If there is no external goal and mission, he is just an interstellar wanderer, and I am afraid that he will not be able to survive for a few days. Once he has a goal, a task, and a sense of responsibility, he will become an indomitable powerhouse.
Some people say that it feels like Roy has been hanging all the way, how could he be so lucky. What I'm trying to say is that one's ability is one thing, luck is another. When he has a certain physical quality, whether he really succeeds or not depends on luck. Is there no element of luck in the careers of countless great men in history? Of course needed.
Pioneers and social people, are they in conflict?
As a pioneer explorer, Roy's father took an extreme path. Although under the beautification of the country, he became a hero, but his arbitrary and iron-blooded methods made him seem particularly inhuman. But that's what a pioneer should be.
From the standpoint of ensuring the success of the project, someone like Roy's father has all the ingredients. He does not give up because of emotional entanglements, he is not discouraged by personal gains and losses, and he is not shaken by interpersonal relationships. He can even ruthlessly kill other people's lives just to complete the ultimate task. If this person is an employee, then he should be the boss's favorite employee - don't tell me what to do, just give me the results.
But as a person, a flesh-and-blood person with social relationships and emotions, he is an unqualified husband and father, a leader who does not care about his subordinates, and a cold-blooded murderer. Such people without emotional attributes will be completely despised by members of society who rely on emotions.
So here comes the question: What do we think of such a person who must complete the task through extreme means but will inevitably bring a lot of negative harm? When his task and social conflict, how do we deal with it?
Roy actually swings between the two all the time. In order to complete the task, it can be said that he actively castrated himself as a normal person's emotional part. His married life was shattered as a result, he was not happy with his colleagues, and he was always at odds with the two. We hear his presentations every day, and it feels very mechanical, like an emotionless machine retelling without any emotional float. But he had to stay that way so he could be approved to complete the mission. We always tell lies a thousand times and it will become true. If a person's heartbeat is kept within 80 beats per minute, will he still have emotional ups and downs? Will he still be moved? Will he still be excited, lost, sad, sad, happy? Is he still a person when his emotions are always level in a straight line?
But he doesn't think this is inappropriate, and even he thinks this is the most correct choice in order to realize his dream and ultimate goal. However, when he accepted the so-called task of talking to his father, he had an opportunity to formalize what he really wanted. He completed the conversation with his father, and he really felt something that was not known before at the boundary of the universe that humans can reach - instead of looking for creatures in outer space, to understand them, to study them, it is better to look at yourself, to Get to know yourself and get to know the people around you.
We always run a long way, chasing the light, but when we are exhausted, we find that the light is behind us. The space is too big, the universe is too vast, and in a dark space, the only person who can keep people from going crazy is themselves.
The overall feeling of "Interstellar" to me is an introspective, a movie that looks into our own hearts. Its plot is not particularly attractive, but what attracts me is the many spectacles of outer space. It made me feel very immersed, as if I was in outer space. And what's the best thing about outer space? It's that I don't have that much energy to be absorbed by other trifles, I can only focus on myself - my own business and my own thoughts. This gave me or Roy an opportunity to think about what he wanted.
December 13, 2019 at 4:19 pm
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