Watching "War of the World" is not only out of expectations for Spielberg, but also with the love of science fiction and Wells since childhood. But when I entered the plot, Brother Tom made me shine. What catches the eye is not his handsomeness, on the contrary, he is ordinary, without the femininity in "The Four Hundred Years of Surprise", without the heroism in "Rising Clouds", and even lacking the "Born on July 4th". decadent. He stood there, nothing outstanding. He is ordinary, uncut, and a little timid. For the attack of alien creatures, he had only one idea in his mind-escape. Such a role really subverts the image of a hero who saves the world in everyone's minds.
Most of the film is actually a process of tracking and fleeing. Watching him hug his daughter, take his son to hide around, and be questioned by his children about his abilities, I feel that this man is really hard. Later, even his son left him and went to fight with alien creatures. Despite his reluctance, he continued to flee. In the process of fleeing, he chose to retreat, only when his companion's panic threatened his daughter, he took the initiative to attack. At the end of the film, both he and his daughter were locked up in the cage of alien creatures. In order to protect his daughter, he finally made a crucial decision to blow up the weapons manipulated by alien creatures and directly lead to the failure of all his attacks. . He was so ordinary, even after learning that all the alien weapons had failed, he did not have the heroism after saving the world. If you lose your daughter's life, what if you win the world? .
When watching a movie, every time I cry, I always feel that my nose is sore. This time was different. When Brother Tom was sucked in in order to blow up the alien weapons, and everyone pulled him out with force, my tears flowed down without feeling, for the sake of the interpersonal relationship. Feelings are for the love of an ordinary father to his daughter. In fact, the love of fathers for their children is so ordinary but deep.
Spielberg's ability to control movies is very strong, whether it is a large-scale production or a small-cost movie, he can always give people a shock. Judging from his original "Third Kind of Contact" and "ET Aliens", the aliens in human minds are all kind, while the aliens in "World War" are aggressive and terrifying. Yes, it is said that when the film is released in the United States, children must be accompanied by their parents to watch it. Indeed, human beings’ doubts about outer space and their worries about the future of the earth are unbearable for children. But I think that father’s love, and the love between people derived from it, can eventually overcome all evil forces, just like the end of the film said: the right of human existence can withstand any test.
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