The screenwriter and director of this film are both Guo Zairong. Those who have watched "My Savage Girlfriend" and "Savage Sister" can find the obvious mark of Guo Zairong in the film-the same combination of strong women and weak men. Similarly, they The process from acquaintance, acquaintance, love to separation is full of fun, funny and sensational. The biggest difference this time is that the heroine is not a real person, but a robot, but even so, the convention that the heroine is a beautiful woman is still unbreakable. The skin that can be broken by blowing bullets, the bumpy figure, and the beautiful face that is always youthful, although it is a robot, it has the same flesh and tissue as a real person, including tactile breasts. No wonder Jiro immediately asked her if she would have sex. If so, wouldn't it be hundreds of times stronger than inflatable dolls? What's more, this robot has various special functions. It does not feel mechanically rigid when speaking and moving (except after singing and drinking), and there is basically no obstacle to communicating with it.
The robot has a strong ability to adapt and learn. She has been involved in all aspects of Jiro's life, and gradually has a human way of thinking and expression, and even learned some behaviors such as mischief. When she behaves more and more like a real People, she also sprouted human nature unknowingly, but she didn't realize it. Obviously, the purpose of the old Jiro's robot is very clear, that is, to protect the young self from personal harm, but the young self fell in love with this robot may not be within his expectations, after all, even if he is given a soul, no matter what Like a human being, a robot is just a robot, or maybe what he wanted most at that time was health, safety, and freedom of movement, so he forgot that when he was young, what he was most distressed and worried about was loneliness and loneliness. He didn't need the help of bodyguards. He saved the danger, but he hoped that his close lover would accompany him. The body is ice and cannot be changed, but the heart can be warmed. Jiro's monotonous and lonely life is colorful and colorful because of the robot. The robot also has emotions and six desires because of getting along with Jiro day and night. They are closely linked by the heartbeat of love. As the robot struggled to amputate its own body in order to save Jiro from the rubble, her cry was heart-wrenching, making it impossible to doubt that such a resolute self-sacrifice stemmed from the power of love, not the command of programming.
It was thought that after the climax of the tragedy of the earthquake, Jiro created an identical new robot 61 years later to spend the last journey of his life with him. The bridge section from the future to the past is designed, but the protagonist of this crossing is not a robot, but a real person, which makes people feel superfluous. The film came to an abrupt end after Jiro met his live-action girlfriend. It is conceivable that Jiro will really talk about a normal love between people, but if this arrangement is only to make the ending more satisfactory and perfect, wouldn't it be against the praise of the film? The great original intention of love that transcends time and space, species, life and death? What to do with a robot that has lost its life? With the company of real people, will Jiro still spend 61 years rebuilding her?
I suddenly realized that while I was struggling with the emotional part of the film, I had inadvertently fallen into the trap designed by Guo Zairong. In fact, in the process of watching this film, there are always doubts, but they pass by without careful consideration. When I look back and re-examine it, I immediately become enlightened.
The film begins with an obvious question: Why is the robot Jiro saw in 2008 so different from the one he saw in 2007? We can see at a glance that the robot that appeared in 2008 is a robot. In contrast, the one that appeared in 2007, although its behavior is outrageous and its appetite is astonishing, has a distinct personality in its speech and demeanor, its expressions are rich and varied, and its emotions are naturally expressed. , no different from normal humans. "I am from the future more than 100 years later", the robot is from more than 60 years later, so the only possibility is that she is the girl in 2133, who runs slower than Jiro but drinks a lot of real humans. In fact, the film also reminds the audience in three other ways: First, the time point when the title appears. The super-long title of nearly 20 minutes not only separates what happened in 2007 from what happened after 2008, but also separates Jiro. It is separated from the contacts of the two former "girlfriends"; the second is that the purpose of the future girl's time to celebrate Jiro's birthday in 2007 is to "know him before he knows the robot, and know him before there is no memory of him in the chip", It can be seen that the memory chip was recorded from November 22, 2008, which means that that day was the first time the robot saw the young Jiro; thirdly, there were two encounters in 2007 before and after the film. It can be seen that although the narrative angle is completely Different (the first time is from Jiro's memory point of view, the second time is from the perspective of a future girl), but what happened is exactly the same, this can also be seen as an arrangement for Guo Zairong to reveal the answer, of course, the second encounter The appearance of the audience makes the audience's emotions separate from the main body of love, and it does seem procrastination and tasteless.
This doubt was solved, and the whole context of the story was basically sorted out: Jiro was shot on November 22, 2008 - Jiro created a robot in 2073 - The robot traveled to November 22, 2008 to save Jiro - 2009 A major earthquake occurred on April 3, 2008, and the robot died to save Jiro-Jiro created an identical robot in 2070, and the original memory was preserved-Jiro died on September 28, 2074-The year 2133 looks the same as the robot The girl photographed the robot and imported the robot's memory into her brain - the girl traveled to November 22, 2007 to celebrate her birthday with Jiro and returned - the robot traveled to November 22, 2008 to save Jiro - April 2009 There was a big earthquake on the 3rd, and the robot died to save Jiro. On April 7, 2009, Jiro dug up the wreckage of the robot and saw the girl who passed through for the second time.
When the robot brought Jiro back to his hometown, he warned him not to talk to anyone, and the girl in the future was also asked not to be in contact with people before the first crossing. We can infer that talking to the person in the future will cause another parallel world to be created. , which is the so-called butterfly effect, so the story is not a simple reincarnation in the usual sense. According to this law, we can determine that there are at least four parallel worlds, and the chronological order of generation is the original world where Jiro was shot, the world where Jiro was not shot and did not see the future girl, and the future girl who Jiro met for the first time. The world created later and the world created after Jiro met the future girl who passed through for the second time (although it was not filmed, the future girl is going to be his girlfriend, and it stands to reason that she will not stop talking to him). The first crossing of the future girl did not cause major changes such as life and death, so the development of the story is basically still along the track of the second world, but some details have changed. For example, when Jiro was thinking about the robot and reflecting on himself, he wondered why the words he said were exactly the same as what she said to him a year ago, which is impossible in the second world. It's very simple, in the second world, this sentence came from Jiro's mouth, but it was stored in the robot's memory and acquired by the girl in the future. The girl who traveled back to 2007 was naturally the same, but this When she and Jiro are actually in the third world.
Therefore, it is necessary to reorganize the narrative sequence of the film: the first part, from Jiro's birthday in 2008 to his death in 2074, takes place in the third world, mainly in the sequence + interlude (Jiro recalls the 2007 birthday Scenario); the second part, from the first time the future girl saw the robot in 2133 to the first time crossing, which took place in the second world, chronologically, it looks like a flashback when connected with the first part; the third part, the future girl From the first encounter with Jiro through the first time, to the reunion with Jiro in the second time, it happened in the third world. On the surface, it was a flashback, but in fact, it was connected with the second part. In other words, this part can also be It is regarded as the memory of the future girl (the action of "memory" takes place in the third or fourth world), which plays the role of explaining to the audience. Due to its particularity, it is listed separately as the third part. do you understand? Most of the actual description of the film is also the first part mentioned above. Many Douyou mistakenly thought that it happened in the second world. Think that's a big bug.
If a dream is too vivid, it is thought to be reality. When the future girl obtains the robot's memory, she and the robot can no longer be completely separated, just as she feels "as if her childhood memories", and it can even be said that she and the robot have become one , the body is still the human body, but the memory, feelings and temperament are shared. Since the memory of the robot and Young Jiro started on November 22, 2008, there is no record of Young Jiro before that day in the memory chip, that is to say, there is no script for the future girl to copy it once. In-depth experience tour, what happened to her encounter with Jiro was not completely planned, however, it was those unpredictable "accidents" that made her emotions change quietly. Her anger and sadness are so sincere and natural, her questioning is to hold injustice for the robot, so why is it not that she is complaining and blaming Jiro. When we broke up that night, the girl's behavior was a bit inexplicable, he hesitated to speak, and even shed tears. At that time, Yiyi was not only a robot, but also the girl herself. If a girl’s first time crossing is more moved by their love and driven by her curiosity about Jiro, then one night is enough for her self to fall in love with this boy, which is why she finally decided The reason why he stayed by Jiro's side for the second time. As for what will happen after Jiro meets the girl who crosses for the second time, how he will deal with the triangular relationship between him, her and the robot, and whether or not it will lead to the creation of a fifth parallel world, these are no longer important. And after I made sure that Jiro met the future girl instead of the robot in the opening film, I no longer brooded about the ending of the story-although Jiro did fall in love with the robot, but before that, he was obsessed with it for a year. It's the mysterious future girl, so it's only logical that he eventually falls in love with the future girl who has robot memories. In this way, Jiro is accompanied by a future girl, and it can be regarded as a happy happy ending whether or not to rebuild the robot.
But at the same time, I have new doubts, the robot is built according to the appearance of the dream lover, so who is this dream lover? What is certain is that she appeared in the original world where the future girl and the robot have not yet crossed, and she looks exactly like the robot and the future girl, and she has never appeared in front of him since she broke up with Jiro, but what happened between her and Jiro? What kind of story, when they met, how they met, what they experienced, whether it is as exciting and romantic as the encounter with the future girl, these are only the old Jiro in that world knows best, but in the film, the old Jiro never mentioned it. , the audience has no way of knowing. The puzzling part is that even if the elderly Jiro stores this memory in the robot's memory chip through narrative and other methods, so that the future girl can ensure that she meets Jiro before she meets his dream lover, how can the future girl ensure that in the first place? Wouldn't Jiro meet the dream lover of the same generation after a time travel created another parallel world? Perhaps, we should take the word "dream lover" literally. She is not a real person, but just a lover that Jiro saw in his dreams and imagined. This is the only thing I can think of. plausible explanation. However, for this interpretation, there is still a discrepancy in the meaning of the sentence "you must be very happy to see your dream lover again" from the old Jiro, unless the translation is not in place.
For me, racking my brains to decipher these kinds of films is a love-hate thing. When I wrote an article, I had headaches, swelled brains, sore eyes, and stiff hands, but I didn't feel the pleasure of masochism, but I think I have a tendency to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Finally persevered. In any case, the most difficult thing for a movie that travels through time and space is to ensure that it is clear, logical, and free of major bugs on the basis of the bizarre. In terms of angle, it can be regarded as a relatively successful romance film, and I have no reason not to give it four stars.
Long-winded, I still want to say a few more words about the performance of the two protagonists. Keisuke Oide successfully created a kind, honest, gentle, and delicate Jiro, who was very shy and fearful in his eroticism. Ayase Haruka has completely subverted my impression of her. Compared with the silly monkey in "Mr. Brain" and the black-bellied girl in "White Night Walk", it is a coincidence to play two very different roles in this film. Much more, especially most of the time she played the role of a robot, Guo Zairong gave a variety of forms and types of play space, making it more interesting and challenging, very brilliant. Ayase Haruka's performance is also much better than I expected, especially after drinking, to reveal the original attributes of the robot, it must be performed in a way different from that of a human being drunk. It is not easy, but she is not exaggerated and cute. It's done, it's quite joyful to combine with special effects, and the part of dancing popin in the ballroom can also be regarded as a highlight. Btw, her cross-eyed eyes that I criticized finally have a role to play. I really doubt that the close-up of the cross-eyes was specially added after she came to act, haha. However, the shortcomings cannot be ignored. The most prominent point is that the contrast between the front and rear of the robot is not obvious enough to reflect the transition from soulless to soulful. Robots can express different emotions, but they should not be too natural and real in terms of demeanor, expression, tone, etc. Appropriate rigidity and timely exaggeration are better, and Ayase Haruka's biggest failure is getting along with Jiro. In the early days, there were too many sweet smiles that were not contrived, and there were too many human emotions and thinking characteristics in his eyes.
In addition, a large number of CG post-production effects in the film are good, and the earthquake scene and the scene of the robot cutting off its body appear very realistic. It's just that the behind-the-scenes introduction shows that the location where the film crew built a huge open-air background to show the ruins after the earthquake is Iwasaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. It is really embarrassing that there is such a coincidental arrangement.
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