"Flood" VS "The Day After Tomorrow"

Michele 2022-03-19 09:01:02

"Today is cruel, tomorrow is also cruel, the day after tomorrow is beautiful, but many people die at the dawn of the day after tomorrow." The disaster film to tell the public is the most shocking but sharp conclusion: if we don't reflect on human beings anymore What he did and took some actions would be cruel even the day after tomorrow.

Of course, "The Day After Acquired" is cruel, but at the same time, it is shocking and tender enough.

I remember that I bought a gun version of the disc when "The Day After Acquired" came out 4 years ago. It would be due to the darkest closed education stage in my life, not to mention environmental issues, even some basic common sense such as elephants. Standing dead, the crocodile doesn’t believe in tears, etc. I rarely hear about it. I have never heard of the disasters that Manchester United and the future of mankind may experience in my mind. It is so ignorant, accompanied by inferior sound effects and From time to time the screen suddenly flashed the figure, and then revealed a shock that was weaker than a yawn. In my ignorance, I quickly completed the "appreciation" of this film.

However, when "Flood" struck these days, it gave me another opportunity to review "The Day After Tomorrow", because this flood was not enough for me to experience the reality of "death is coming" and could not give me a strong sense of reality. Warning effect. I even wondered if I was still trapped in ignorance and prejudice. Revisiting "The Day After Tomorrow" and looking for the true shock and warmth revealed in the disaster suddenly became a top priority.

When reviewing it, I always wondered if I had watched this film. The shocking scenes made me not believe in myself four years ago. Fortunately, I am now tempted, guilty, and conscious. When I saw so many people waiting for hope gathered on the top of the building at the end of the film, when the President of the United States apologized like compatriots in the Third World and did not delay his own decision-making and said "I was wrong!", I deeply felt that To the sentence Jack said in the film, "Since humans can survive the last ice age, so can this time. The key is whether we can learn from our mistakes."

When watching this movie, I still can't get rid of the influence of "Flood" in my mind, although it should be compared with "The Day After Tomorrow" with "Flood". It seems that every disaster film must have an extremely accurate predictor. Of course, professors are the most suitable candidates, and they will often become heroes in the end. There are also government officials who play stupid roles who always think that people are conquering. Of course, they still need it in the end. Their awakening is the last chance to save more lives because of the delay in the decree; it is better to have an extremely clever son. Of course, it would be better to have a relationship with the father. The relationship can be infinitely amplified in the face of disaster. This is also for everyone. The best and deepest way to understand love and to cherish: disasters can destroy our bodies, but not the love in our hearts.

However, for the same routine, Americans obviously have to be more skilled. Faced with a sudden disaster, "The Day After Acquired" chose to focus on family, friendship, and love in the second half. Since disasters cannot be stopped, why not use disasters to highlight human feelings? However, "Flood" wanted to achieve a balance between saving England and saving the love between the father and the son, and the final result could only be both sides. "Father, you are dead, but I am proud of you." Lines like this inexplicable, " It's everywhere in "Flood." In terms of the realism of the film, "The Day After Acquired" can be said to have made a lot of effort. The use of multi-angle and multiple depth of field lenses, coupled with the processing of some small details, gives the viewer an immersive three-dimensional feeling. 》I just used overhead shooting blindly, and the special effects were also very rough, and the realism disappeared. In terms of the logical processing of the story, the meticulousness of "The Day After Tomorrow" is awe-inspiring. No scene is independent, and no detail is superfluous. It always serves the story and feelings. The skill of the screenwriter and director can be seen. For example, the wolves who escaped from the zoo later appeared on the stage to serve as an emphatic role, highlighting the selfless and courageous love of Jack's son.

Speaking of this film involving disaster, love, and awakening, we have to mention the good intentions of the directors, the library, Nietzsche’s dispute, burning of decree books, the Statue of Liberty, the beggar and the dog, etc., these are deliberate The image of arrangement alone shows the human care of the United States in the face of disasters. The encounter in the library symbolizes the catastrophe of human civilization, and some laws may be a stumbling block to the development of civilization. When seeing the people on the fringe of the city (or animals) finally survived, I think this is the most powerful to the US laws. The irony. When freedom was covered by snow (the Statue of Liberty), when life was fragile to a single blow, the United States, which has always advocated freedom and equality, began to reflect on his hegemony and apologized to friends in the third world, and reminded humans to treat their homes well. . Americans may always be the first to make mistakes, but to your surprise, they are often the first to admit their mistakes.

The earth ransacked by disasters has never been so clear and beautiful, and the earth has experienced an unprecedented baptism and deepened its bones. When the snow is full of golden sunlight, it is a hope. As long as human beings always shine under the light of reason, as long as human beings understand that only love and care can overcome everything, then just walk humbly and firmly. By the day after tomorrow, all dreams will come true, of course, this time it will no longer be a nightmare.

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The Day After Tomorrow quotes

  • Jack Hall: I think we've hit a critical desalinization point.

    Janet Tokada: It would explain what's driving this extreme weather.

  • J.D.: Sam, just tell her how you feel.

    Sam Hall: Yeah.