Speaking of the beginning of this wave of superhero movies since the new millennium, there is actually nothing to do with the two giants Disney Marvel and Warner DC. The credit should go to Fox and its "X-Men" series. In the first year of the new century, director Brian Singer used the role of Wolverine to introduce the story of "X-Men" from point to point. The success of this film not only made the superhero team represented by Wolverine quickly It has become a popular symbol, and it has led this type of film to lead the coquettish for at least two decades.
What is the attraction of "X-Men"? Or what is the difference compared with other superhero movies? It's very simple. First of all, the X-Men are neither aliens like Superman, or gods like Thor, nor are they humans who have undergone body mutations due to external factors like Spider-Man and Flash. They are humans with special genes. They cannot be regarded as "superheroes" in the strict sense (referring to the settings of the live-action movie only). They do not have the burden of "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility", nor the great act of saving mankind from fire and water. On the contrary, because the original sin of "the greater the power, the greater the threat" is hostile by humans, the just cause in their eyes is to fight for the benefit of themselves, that is, the "mutants."
In fact, Stan Lee’s original intention for creating "X-Men" was to insinuate the civil rights movement that was in full swing in the 1960s, and then it expanded to reflect and reflect on what happened in history as well as the ongoing minority struggles. superior. Therefore, compared to the relaxed and funny style of the Marvel Universe and the dark epic style of the DC Universe, the style of the "X-Men" series is undoubtedly closer to reality and more closely related to human history and politics.
On the one hand, taking the first two parts of the "X-Men" prequel trilogy as an example, a large number of iconic historical locations and historical events have been implanted in the story, such as Auschwitz, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Kennedy assassination. , Paris Peace Conference, Three Mile Island Incident, etc. On the other hand, regardless of the villain, the core characters of this series are always the two mutant leaders Magneto and Professor X. Based on real characters Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, they maintain a relationship of rivals and friends, and love and kill each other. Whether to coexist with humans or to oppose them, or to choose which way to coexist with humans, has become the consistent main axis of the "X-Men" series.
But as the finale of the trilogy, even though "Apocalypse" shows the unprecedented grand shock of this series in the video special effects, it also has the embellishment like the extended version of "Quick Silver Moment", but it reflects the content and concept. Mediocrity. In the film, Brian Singer ridiculed the "third worst" stem in the mouth of the Phoenix Girl, perhaps referring to the third part of the original trilogy, "The Last Stand" (directed by Brett Ratner, The film’s word-of-mouth hits the street), perhaps to set aside a step ahead for the "embarrassment" of this work.
This film does not use any real events as the starting point, but uses the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" born out of the biblical story. Although this element is also quite familiar, it still seems more overhead. As the villain's "Apocalypse", it looks coaxing, but it's really useless. In addition to repeating destruction and reconstruction over and over, but in the final analysis it is just a divine body, whose purpose is only to restore the decadent things of the imperial power of the medieval civilization. There is nothing new in the concept, and it even reversed. It can be said that the film's narrative is not as easy as "Reverse the Future", and it can only be said that there is nothing wrong with it. However, it failed in the creation of the villain, and was even more inferior than Sebastian Shaw in "The First Battle."
The first time I watched the film was when it was shown on a domestic theater line, but the film reviews have been dragged down without writing, and now I want to focus on the topic of "minorities" (including various minorities and subcultural groups in a broad sense). Say something. I think everyone knows something more or less. In recent years, although we have been advocating "seeking common ground while reserving differences", the consensus of the whole world has not increased but decreased, society is becoming increasingly fragmented, and conflicts between various ethnic groups and groups are increasing. On the one hand, it is caused by the increasingly conservative social thoughts, and on the other hand, it is inseparable from the existence of "minority groups."
how do I say this? In today's Internet society, the means of survival of minorities can be roughly summarized into two points. One is to gain more voice, and the other is to shape more external enemies and increase internal recognition. Therefore, we can see that under the premise of limited resources, these groups are taking a path of extreme in order to gain more attention. Internally, we use neutral to eliminate compromises, then use extremes to eliminate neutrals, and then use more extremes to eliminate extremes. In the end, the part that survives is the most extreme and the most aggressive. At the same time, the consequence of relying on emotions is to make a wide range of enemies and incite some people who were not so radical before, which further increases the sunk cost of the group.
If it is substituted into the context of the "X-Men", Magneto’s faction is taking such an extreme road. From the beginning, it imagines normal humans as enemies, allowing some discriminated mutants to gain a sense of identity and use them. Violent and radicalized ways to fight. In the film, the plans of Magneto and others can be "smashed" in various ways. Professor X also said in "Reverse the Future": "Anyone will fall, and everyone will get lost, but no one will be lost forever." However, the reality is that The world is far from simple. The key to "seeking common ground while reserving differences" is "seeking common ground." However, as more and more minority groups focus on "reserving differences", the gap will inevitably grow and there may never be a day of reconciliation. . Anyway, I am more pessimistic.
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