A long time ago, I began to hear that Datou Keyang's "Akira" is a sci-fi masterpiece, but the bean friends have mixed reviews, so today let's avoid the metaphors that I don't understand, let's take a look What story did Akira tell?
Usually the author thinks that it is very sloppy and unnutritious to summarize a work in one sentence ("Anna Karenina" tells the story of a woman who committed suicide due to derailment...) But today I want to explain "Aguilar" clearly In the end, what story is told, it is still necessary to use a general expansion to figure out a context.
Scientists discovered that some people can activate the power to create the world, so they used some children to do experiments, trying to make this power available to humans. However, an accident made a young Tie Xiong obtain the energy closest to the divine power of creation. The confused Tie Xiong was greatly injured because he was not prepared to take on this power. whole city. The earlier experiment, the three children had to work together to resurrect Akira, the experimenter who had the strongest ability but was killed by the experimenters, and tried to create a new universe and took away Tie Xiong.
Yes, no matter how refined, the story can only be compressed so far. The complexity of the story also makes the film seem a bit lengthy.
The story logic of "Aguila" has been said in the film through A Ting's mouth - microorganisms, amoeba, if human beings have the power to create and destroy things, they will definitely destroy them.
And if human beings have the divine power to create the universe, they will definitely lose control and destroy everything that has been created.
Tie Xiong in "Aguilar" reminded me of the "artificial dinosaur" in the movie "Jurassic World", because he didn't know where his power boundaries were, so he wrecked to find his upper limit and in the food chain in the location. To make matters worse, dinosaurs exist in the food chain after all, and it is expected to have natural enemies, but in Akira, what Tetsuo possesses, the power to create new worlds is unmatched, so he has no other choices can only be destroyed endlessly. I think Tie Xiong in the movie should be understood as a tragic figure, a child who is always overly frightened and overreacted, and also an inexperienced new god.
Jintian, who is most like the protagonist in the story, is more like a witness than the participants in the story. As a friend, Jintian has witnessed Tiexiong's growth from a child to a teenager, and as the leader of a small group, he has witnessed the accident that Tiexiong was injured and killed. Taking away the experiment, as a good buddy who is eager to save his friends, he witnessed Tie Xiong's rampage in the laboratory, and finally witnessed Tie Xiong's loss and demise. Therefore, in the story, Jintian seems to have no role, but it is to guide the audience to understand the story, and at the same time affect the change of Tiexiong's temperament and promote the key character of the plot. It is precisely because of jealousy that Jintian has the power to protect others that Tiexiong has the power to protect others. Excessive thirst, step by step into the abyss.
In the story, A Ting also seems to have awakened her own strength, and she can even make two moves with Tie Xiong in the middle of the movie. Although she still loses to Tie Xiong, it also shows that ordinary people can also awaken extraordinary strength. It confirms the setting of the movie - when anything is created, it gains the power to create or destroy things. It also responded to the conjecture that anyone who gains power will blindly destroy it. As long as you have full awareness and awareness, you can control the power you have. This is an optimistic answer to this question left by the movie. Although it is not boring to avoid metaphors, but combined with reality, the film expresses a point of view-human beings will have extremely powerful creativity and destructive power. If they cannot be controlled, they will bring endless destruction and even destruction, but if With the right awareness, a whole new world can be created.
Finally, let's talk about the Japanese background that appeared in "Akira". There have been many articles about the suspension of the Olympic Games predicted by the movie, so I won't talk about it here (in fact, I don't know how to talk..)
The politicians appearing in the movie, the chaebols control the whole of Japan, while the military holds the power and has the strength to launch a national coup at any time. The flesh that was squished down again and again in the movie. And the common people are divided into three, six and nine classes. In addition to the upper ruling class, the middle class also has a more nourishing life, while the lower class people have completely become an oppressed group, struggling to survive under high-pressure rule. This can be described as a dystopian setting. established example. The chaebol politicians are mercenary, while the military forces are arbitrarily advancing, and anti-government thinkers continue to challenge the authority. During the disaster, the whole country fell into anarchy. People had to pin their hopes on religion and believed in the so-called "God Akira". Countless people died. However, such a chaotic scene just highlighted the purity and wonder of the divine power of creation in the story of "Aguilar", and even reminded me of "Destroy you, what does it have to do with you" in "The Three-Body Problem".
Well, the story of "Aguilar" can be said to be basically explained, and finally make a summary. The integrity of the story is very good in two hours, and the perspective is also very unique. It really feels like the "shadow" is not amazing and endless. As a model of science fiction films of the last century, "Aguilar" is worthy of its name as a masterpiece. The novel creativity of the work and the rigorous and complete narrative make it an excellent creation that shocks the world even today. It's just that the story is more complicated, the setting is not so simple and straightforward, and the requirements for the audience are quite high, which led to the final comment. There are still friends who are still confused after watching the whole film.
I hope this review will help you with your thoughts after watching the movie.
March 16, 2020 03:35
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