There is no lack of immortality in the world. This theme can be deep or shallow. This movie sets the scene between a group of scholars. The intellectual suspense and interest are unique. However, the director is really unable to control this theme in depth - Torture It can't last for too long, and then there is aphasia and even whimsy. People without a view of history imagine the state of longevity. It seems that they must go through those big moments and do the witness, but they don't know that it is the performance of poor conception. The whole idea seems to be "Forrest Gump", which is tens of thousands of times longer. However, it relies entirely on the character's narration, and its dullness can be imagined.
The biggest failure is, of course, human nature. A group of scholars with high IQ faced a long-lived person, and they cross-examined them out of instinctive doubts. Scholars or women and children waiting to be rescued by big men in disaster films? Of course, unlike the "Big Other" in Hollywood movies, who always saves the whole world, this "he" can't save others this time, so that kind of condescension makes people collapse. However, apart from being a little bit more knowledgeable, scholars are more vulnerable and wretched than those in the market, and they don't have the slightest sense of destiny! As for the protagonist, he has lived for more than 10,000 years and is considered an elite. What is his charm?
Presenting a certain fantasy is the motive of the film, and then trying to come up with some kind of moral or speculative answer, which is a bit overkill. Faced with a life span beyond our comprehension, do we question the value of the entire life and even cultural history? Even if the man claims that history is made by him. It is far more than just those iconic events or moments that make up the history of human culture. The accumulation of human history is by no means a simple number game. How much ingenious design is required to design a character that runs through human history to participate in and watch the process of all history? Between the emptiness and the heaviness, it is very subtle. Without a big cultural and historical view, this film will definitely not be able to do well.
Therefore, it is better to sell more box office like more fantasy like Peter Jackson. Investors, of course, are looking for nagging low costs in a small room. But is low cost really that fun? Sitting alone and telling stories, you think!
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