Yesterday's world

Bailee 2022-03-17 09:01:03

Zweig said in "The World of Yesterday" that he grew up in peace, thinking that "everything will last forever." However, a series of wars and disasters brought him as an Austrian, Jew, writer, and peacemaker. The activists are thrown into the center of history and power struggle.
The time we live in seems to be a rather restless moment. The surface is peaceful and peaceful, but all kinds of apocalyptic prophecies, wars and disputes have been undercurrents. I remember when I was in middle school, I accidentally read Nostradamus' big prophecy, and I couldn't help but startled. I began to think about death seriously, and the more I thought about it, the more I got scared. Later, I heard that this book was criticized for being alarmist. Indeed, 1999 passed safely after all. Later, I read the end-time scene described by Jesus in the Gospels: "At that time, two people were in the field, one was taken, and one was left; two women were grinding, one was taken, and one was left." I always feel those depictions It is far from the world today and has nothing to do with self; and, if there is such a day, everything should be "dive into the night with the wind," God knows it, just like Jesus said, "That day, At that time, no one knows."
Two films about the end of the world-"Knowing" and "2012"-finally attracted most people's attention to the question of the survival of the earth, and also challenged me to all "forever" and "with myself". The determination of "nothing"; 2012 is not a distant year after all. Coincidentally, before going to watch "2012", I received a PPS claiming that according to NASA's forecast at the end of 2007, the Arctic ice will be melted by the summer of 2012; The temperature of the sea in the sea rises, and it only takes 2 degrees to cause the residents of Europe to die
from heat stroke... The end of 2012 is taken from the Mayan prophecy; but its appearance is very similar to the description in Matthew’s Gospel: "Noah’s As the days are, so will the Son of Man come. In the days before the flood, people would eat and drink, marry and marry as usual, until the day Noah entered the ark. Unknowingly, the flood came and washed them all away. "The difference is that in those days. Noah's man-made Ark was chosen and instructed by God himself; by 2012, the people who got into the Ark were basically the privileged class and the wealthy. However, the preservation of other species, one male and one female, is exactly the same as that day.
This is the best interpretation of director Roland Emmerich. Although in the second half of the movie, the line of personal heroism, which is customary in Hollywood, was inexplicably followed, the scene of the first half of that day has already made the people who spend money to go to the theater so addicted and satisfied.
Among the top ten disaster films in history, Emmerich has contributed three: "Godzilla", "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow"; it is almost predictable that "2012" will be added to this list soon. One entry. Since the first disaster silent film "Fire" contributed by the British in 1901, an earthquake, a shipwreck, or a tornado, or a volcanic eruption has not been enough to lift people's appetites in the past 100 years; Emmer Rich also almost pushed the disaster movie to the pinnacle-the tectonic plates have moved, the earth has been reshuffled, and all is left to destroy it. ("The Prophet" talks about total destruction, but it's a pity that the whole story is nondescript, like a thriller at one time, and a catastrophe movie at the other, people are confused.)
What is left of our ancient planet Stimulate human imagination?
Forever, the world lasts forever, the world of yesterday, the yellow flowers of tomorrow; only natural and man-made disasters make us begin to cherish and be grateful for these natural and righteous existences. As CS Louis said, death is actually the most natural thing, and everyone can't escape death; but the war makes death shocking, which makes people think and reflect.
When Zweig was writing his last memoir, he sighed sadly: Today I no longer belong to any piece of land. And when I walked out of the cinema, I also felt the sorrow of exile. Life is really too short, why is it rushed and squeaky? This universe has its own mysteries and laws that we can't fathom-who will ordain the morning light? Who is setting up the foundation? Who is responsible for the rain? Who opens the way for thunder and lightning? And those of us who are living under the laws of nature can only express in awe the praise and gratitude of the "Psalms": "I look at the sky created by your fingers, and the moon and stars you set up, and say, What is a person, you care about him. What is the world, you care about him."

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2012 quotes

  • Captain Michaels: [over intercom] Ladies and gentleman, this is Captain Michaels speaking. In a few minutes I will give orders to unseal the decks. At 2345 last night, our sister arks, Numbers 6 and 7, have joined our course. For the first time on our journey, we'll have clear skies and moderate-to-good air quality. As you know, our passenger count is way over capacity. So please be careful when you step out and of course, enjoy the fresh air.

  • Professor West: The equalization of the oceanic seabeds has not turned out to be as extreme as we expected. The waters are receding much faster than we thought, thank God. And this is hard to believe, the Himalayas are no longer the roof of the world. It's now the Drakensberg mountains of KwaZulu-Natal.

    Adrian Helmsley: The entire African continent has risen.

    Professor West: Several thousand feet, and likely never even flooded.

    Captain Michaels: That's why they call it the Cape of Good Hope. We've already set course for it.