Cannibalism is like two ends of history. In the beginning, barbarians cannibalized people, and people are just like chickens, ducks, and fish. Putting on a plate is just meat that can fill the stomach. Finally, in a highly developed society, "civilized people" also eat. People, because there were no resources at that time, environmental pollution, over-grabbing and nuclear war dragged the world into ruins, both physical ruins and civilizational ruins.
The story of "Doomsday" is smooth, the movie doesn't say anything about the background of the story, and at the beginning, you slam into a scene like this, like many disaster movies, it is the end of the world, or is on the way to the end of the world. A father and son, in order to survive, have been trekking south to find a better refuge. In the process of survival, they encountered many people, also the last people in the world, who cannibalize people, or are unfortunately eaten. Everywhere is a scene of devastation, corpses, carrion, blood, garbage. The kid didn't understand a lot of things, he didn't understand why his father didn't give cans to those who were equally hungry, why didn't he save the bony and bloody "food" that was locked in the cellar, why he taught him to put a gun in his mouth , holding the upper jaw and pulling the trigger, he was so kind that he didn't know everything, just kept asking his father "are we good people" and "we won't eat people anyway, right?" in order to gain some kind of power.
There is no more happening, little dangers keep coming, but none of the greater tension and excitement threatens survival, the father is just constantly on guard to protect himself and his son, while trying not to intrude on others. The warm memories interspersed in the middle make the reality in the film even more bleak. There was also a good thing, they found a lot of cans and water in a basement, and they were able to eat. It is not difficult to create such an atmosphere, but to make it continue, the power of human nature is particularly important.
It's hard to imagine that a child's persistence can be so long-lasting. Perhaps such kindness is a purer thing that has not been polished in the world. In his view, helping others seems to be a matter of course. He held the dim-eyed vagabond's hand until he was scolded by his father before he timidly loosened it; he put down the clothes his father had snatched from him, and gently placed a can. There are often small details like this that are touching.
I suddenly remembered a sentence, "In the face of suffering, how do we turn our heads and avoid our faces?"
I was a very soft-hearted person since I was a child. When beggars came to ask for money or rice, my mother was often annoyed, and I would always give People money, go out to study when they grow up, and meet them on the street or at the entrance of the underground passage. If they are not young and able-bodied, they will usually take out a coin from their pockets, especially if they are old and full of white hair, If you don't cover your body, you will feel sad.
Some people in this world live so well, while some people can barely survive by begging. Sometimes they think for a long time, thinking that they also have children, why they have no one to support them, and they end up living on the streets when they grow old.
Maybe I am a kind person, and I am always infected in a mess in the face of disasters and touching, but small kindness can choose, but not everyone can insist on great kindness. In other words, small kindness is an instinct, great kindness But not. It's easy to be kind. We often don't care about the few dollars we give each month, and some people even just do a casual throwing action, and even the element of sympathy is pitiful. Giving is just another kind of disdain. But when we are faced with the situation in the movie, and our own survival is also threatened, can people still hold on to the "inner flame" and be a good guy? It is not a great good, it is the legendary Jesus.
If you watch "Doomsday" with your judgment on the movie, I think you must not agree to give a high score, just like someone commented that after waiting for a long time until the inexplicable ending appeared, still can't see where the climax is . But if you're not a film critic, you might like it, though, it's a sad disaster movie.
When the end of the world comes, where will the human soul be placed?
2010.3.13 in the bus.
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