because 1. I don't like Western culture, 2. When I read the title of the movie, I always have a
feeling of 'Transformers vs. Hulu Baby'.
Yesterday, I accidentally I watched it, although it is not a very good movie, but at least the main line is clear, the
story is coherent, and the visual effects are decent. It belongs to the movie that will not be criticized.
Chinese people watch American commercial movies, generally they are more interested in science fiction and action movies. easy to accept,
on the one hand does not require much these two types of film culture, on the other hand the early introduction of more.
I believe every child read Dawn of the child paper deadly island can accept another action film.
However, due west There are not many films introduced, (I only remember the more exciting films such as Dancing with Wolves.)
In the minds of Chinese people, at least in my heart, 'cowboy' basically stays at
the level of an arcade game that was once popular . ....I only remember that there are three characters to choose from, the eldest brother who takes the
revolver, the second brother who takes two revolvers, and the third Mexican brother who takes a shotgun, shoots piangpiangly, and when
I was a child, I thought the old man was the old man... ..
but neither cowboys nor aliens are what this movie wants to express.
This movie is at least a little deeper than the battle of Los Angeles;
we can pay attention to a few details in the "alien" image. In an unexpected era, why did the director arrange for an alien 'gold rush team' to come to the earth to dig for gold? Why is the
alien image so cruel, the body structure seems to be specially prepared for murder, and hidden With a pair of
ugly and disgusting 'hands'?
In fact, the aliens in the film are just the epitome of the image of the American colonists. When you come to a strange place for a certain benefit, and the people in this place just happen to be "stupid people and a lot of money", you will not Will they greedily use violence, deceit and any illegitimate means in exchange for the benefits you need? When
the white people developed the American continent, the real masters of the American continent, the Indians
, suffered from backwardness in technology and culture, and even because of their kindness. When it comes to brutal looting. Wealth is plundered, people are murdered, driven out. The rich turkey is exchanged for bullets.
The weapons used by the cowboys in the film (of course I don't know much about firearms), as
far as movies are concerned, are generally based on Art needs to exaggerate the power of guns, and the guns in the film,
visually and even soundly, are so "powerless". Pu Pu's shooting sound
is far worse than the sound of The Matrix . In the last battle , Human beings are basically in a situation of being "killed"...
In fact, I think the director is deliberately exaggerating this contrast. That is, small, technologically backward human beings
use weapons with such low power to fight against a team that has already entered Race in space age.
How similar it was to the Indians wielding long-haired shock rifles back then.
However, as in all mainstream movies, humanity must rely on 'tolerance' and 'solidarity' in the face of what appears to be invincible. See Is it there? It is the call of humanity again. First, the tolerance and unity between the dominant capitalists and the small towns, then the unity between the Indians and the whites, and finally the unity between the gangsters and the common people, finally won the victory. A powerful evil force. Under the seemingly invulnerable case, the aliens hide dirty hands and naked hearts. When the hearts are induced by interests and stretch out their greedy hands, their fatal weaknesses are also exposed. Even a child can kill it with one knife.
I'm a religious person (please don't call me a magician..), before the pastor died, I once said to the protagonist: "God doesn't care who you used to be, but who you are now". The protagonist is being attacked by aliens Before being captured, he was the boss of a gang and made a living by robbery. Of course, he may also have a bit of "chivalry", and a lot of westerns with such a character as the protagonist have been caught. But such a powerful protagonist, not only is the proceeds of his life robbery captured by foreigners. The star was taken away,
unable to protect even his beloved, and watched her die tragically. After the protagonist escaped from death,
with the help of "alien friends" , he finally picked up human dignity and kindness and led the way. People go to fight against the invaders. This is the protagonist's own "salvation". Likewise, including the unsatisfactory son of the second male, after a disaster, he put down the "rich second generation" shelf and turned into a gentleman. In the
end ,The male protagonist returned to the former residence of him and the heroine again, no longer with guilt and regret, and when the second male said to the male protagonist "she is in a better place", the church cross behind the male protagonist reflected a dazzling reflection light.
not every commercial movie just to see a happy child, this film calls for something, although largely Western values, but I think the question is about human nature should learn from them. It is true that Indian unity In the end, people have not defeated Europeans with cannons, and it is true that you may feel that you have the spirit called for in the movie. I only hope that there is a world where those in power do not abuse their power because of the meekness of the people, and those who have the ability do not Defrauding money because of the kindness of others, the strong are not arrogant and unreasonable because their muscles are more developed than the weak.
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