The road to salvation in the post-apocalyptic world

The so-called post-apocalyptic is naturally relative to the apocalyptic. The latter is mainly expressed in the form of various disaster films in film and television works: [Hou Tian] and [2012], [Independence Day], [End of the World], [Sky and Earth Clash] , The older [the day when the earth stops turning]...... They mainly impress the audience with shocking visual impact and people's various performances in the face of disasters, especially family affection, love, etc., and most of these movies will have an optimism The end of the crisis-either the crisis is resolved or there is still a glimmer of hope. And post-apocalyptic movies, like box office poison Kevin Costner [Future Water World] and [Postman] (Hong Kong translation [2013 Ultimate God Difference], you can guess from the name), [I am a legend], and more The niche Luc Besson [Final Battle], even the [Matrix] series can be counted among them. The common theme of this kind of movies can be summarized as: after a catastrophe (regardless of the cause), the number of humans has dropped sharply, the environment has deteriorated sharply, and people have alienated their human nature in order to compete for extremely limited resources. Of course, there will be people who will continue to stick to basic humanity, and these protagonists are the key to human beings' redemption.

Recently, two films with post-apocalyptic themes have been released one after another. [ Don't pronounce them like that), it is natural that people will discuss them together. In the same way of redemption, the weapon of the former is family affection, while the weapon of the latter is religion and belief.

[Apocalyptic Way] Adapted from a best-selling novel, the story of the film is guaranteed: a father takes his young son, avoids the vicious cannibals, overcomes the extreme environment, and heads south. The relationship between father and son must become the center of the film: at the beginning of the film, in order to die together, the father taught his son how to use the only two bullets to kill his own life. When trapped in an ogre cave, he almost killed his son with his own hands, but In the end, the father died, and the son continued on the road to the south according to the instructions. It can be said that the belief of "Always carrying the fire in your heart" is passed and inherited between father and son.

In contrast, [The Book of Eli] is more like a modern version of the Bible story, especially when we were surprised to find that the all-powerful Eli turned out to be blind. Eli means "My God" in Hebrew. In the Bible, he is a great prophet. In the context of the post-apocalyptic context, this prophet can be said to be extremely cool: knives, guns, bows and arrows are all proficient, Being unsmiling, always listening to the call of the voice in his heart, it can be said that the whole body exudes the brilliance of God.

What needs to be mentioned is the plot of the film: a stranger suddenly appears in the small town, silent and low-key, and finally kills the bully. This is completely a typical western movie. It can’t be said that it’s more appropriate to use the desolate post-disaster world.

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