When I watched that movie at that time, the most emotional thing was that no matter how hard Sharon Stone kicked Schwarzenegger's bottom three, Schwarzenegger had a way to get up and make persistent efforts, which made people sigh.
Back in 2002, I had a few science fiction novels that I liked. That year, Liu Cixin wrote an article "The Chinese Sun". In the article, an uneducated water baby and a group of migrant workers became astronauts for the first time. I don't want to think too much about the political connotation contained in the article, but science fiction is also Since this year, it has once again returned to reality, rather than completely divorced from social reality as it was before. That year, He Hongwei wrote "Six Paths Sentient Beings", which can be completely created as a long story. The view from above and the grand setting are still amazing when I think about it. Unfortunately, it's only a short story. That's what I think There are few works that are closely related to philosophy and mutually exclusive but full of beauty. That year, Wang Jinkang wrote "Survival Experiment", using the blood and life of a group of children to write a kind of extreme Darwinism. The thinking about the fate of mankind contained in it also broke through the usual Wang style...
In 2002, Chinese science fiction novels, no matter what their content, were no longer simply talking about aliens and the destruction of the earth. So when I saw "Cosmic Dragon", I put this As a commercial film, when Schwarzenegger is topless in the camera, it is really admirable. Think about it, in the action movies of that era, muscular men, glamorous beauties, road rushes, plane crashes, street battles, and accidental injuries to civilians were all must-haves. So it was very enjoyable to watch. As for the plot of the movie, I blurred it out.
As a consequence of blurring it out, today, when I watch Total Recall (the new Cosmic Dragon) again, I feel like I'm watching a brand new movie. However, it is precisely because I have this as a new movie that I am relatively satisfied with it.
Of course, the aesthetics of women in the new era have also changed. Although I dare not say that Schwarzenegger is naked, I will not be moved, but at least muscular men are no longer the dishes of sisters, so Colin Farrell's small body is still It is charming. Although this child paper has somehow become a box office poison, in fact, the child paper's eyes are quite good. Compared to the director's daughter-in-law, Beckinsale, Jessica, who was supposed to be the number one female, is a little too weak, and Beckinsale's smoky makeup, her eyes looked fierce when she was a child, and she was really a goddess. character. However, it cannot be ruled out that the director was aiming at his daughter-in-law, so he shot the beautiful and beautiful for his daughter-in-law, and accidentally ignored the female lead.
There is a place in the middle that makes me chill, it's the third-wife prostitute, and this master has really appeared again! ! It was said that when it appeared back then, it was shocking, but now it has become a petite and charming type, and it still can't hide the shocking feeling... I really don't know, why is this still left? Is it to evoke memories?
Talk about some impressive parts in the movie (with spoilers):
1. About memory.
Remembering this thing is always used to make an essay. In 1996, even when I read the old version in 2002, memory was a very novel thing, and when it was used to make a fuss, even if it was particularly rough, it would still make people feel novel. And when "Inception" was shown, almost all the movies about memory were not very loud. It seems that "Inception" has reached an extreme, so the matter of memory has become a tool, and It is no longer the main content. Like "Source Code", although it also talks about memory, it is only a setting, not a plot.
"Total Recall" is still talking about memory.
Actually a bit outdated. However, after reading it, I think the writer is very likable because it is not so much talking about memory, it is better to talk about "the past". There is a line I like very much in the middle (only remember roughly):
memory is just your past, that is what binds you, whether memory is there or not, your heart lives in the present, it always points to yourself, you just need to listen. That's it.
I like this line, and if I had to explain it, I would prefer to interpret it as: Whatever your past is, it has passed. If you get caught up in the past, or get caught up in the search for the past, then maybe you will lose the present. Because the past is over, it doesn't make much sense. What is truly meaningful is the future, and what is truly valuable is the present.
Each of us should reconcile with our past, and that means reconciliation with our hearts. There is a "child" deep in our hearts. This child was created by the past and also hidden in our past. He holds our emotions, reactions, preferences and secrets to the future. He sometimes cooperates with us, sometimes he will vehemently resisted. If we are obsessed with fighting against him, we are fighting against ourselves. Our past is an established fact, whether it is good or bad, it already exists, and accepting it is the only thing we can do.
Not just accepting the good parts, but also the bad parts, is precisely the most important factor in the formation of narcissism. We love ourselves, not just for our strengths, but also for our weaknesses.
None of us are perfect. Neither will have a perfect past. These pasts may be painful, contrite, full of grief and suffering, but the past is the past. The only way to prevent these sufferings from endlessly circulating and repeating is to face and face these sufferings, let the wounds scab, even if there are scars, even if it is cloudy and rainy, the pain will be unbearable, but it will not become an obstacle to our future. . So acceptance is such an important thing.
From this, I thought that the leader of the rebel army who said this line to the male number one, his English name is Messiah (Messiah), which is a role in Western religions, as if the Lord appointed Jesus to become Like his Messiah, the Messiah refers to the one chosen by God, the savior. In the movie, the Messiah was not able to save the rebels or the people of the colony. It was the male lead who saved the colonists. However, when he said this to the male lead, it really made people feel That huge, priestly energy. Perhaps this itself is an inevitable cultural background bred by a long-term unification of politics and religion.
The reason why religion has such a strong vitality is because it provides an important function: acceptance. People are obsessed with being able to forgive, accept, forgive, atone for... For non-religious people, accepting themselves becomes extremely important.
Love yourself, love your strengths, and love your weaknesses.
2. The
interpretation of the weightless part in The fall movie is actually quite novel and interesting, and the special effects of the movie are really good, so when I watch it, I feel very enjoyable and the visual effects are enough. I liked this part a lot too, and always felt like it was the main element of why this movie is called "sci-fi".
However, the reason why it is called "science fiction" instead of "fantasy" is because it conforms to basic scientific principles. At this point, the movie is really flawed: the diameter of the earth is about 13,000 kilometers, and the time to wear The fall is 17 minutes. , which is 1020 seconds, the speed of The fall is more than 10,000 meters per second.
The concept of more than 10,000 meters per second is more than three times the speed of sound... This is a bit too fantasy, and it really does not conform to the basic laws. Even if this speed is acceptable, then at this speed, Colin Farrell and Jessica, who have no protection measures, just crawled around outside The fall, is this a bit too much? At this speed, there will be no problem, unless the two have something on their body that can keep them at a relative speed, otherwise, how do you think this child will not be stabbed by a knife! And they are still fighting back and
forth at this speed, crashing... Aside from this, I still like the setting of The fall, and I like the appearance. When I was a child, in my fantasy, I also liked the I have imagined countless times that if the earth is connected, then it would be great if I jumped to the other side of the earth. I also specifically inquired about the opposite side under my feet, where is it... A childhood dream, in the movie I realized it in the movie, and I felt a sense of substitution in an instant, which is very cool~
3. The
reason why Beckinsale is very good in the movie is probably because of her love-hate expression for Colin Farrell . Although the movie does not have too many emotional bets, I believe that this woman must be in love with Colin Farrell. (This part of the analysis is completely personal, and has nothing to do with the movie and the original book...)
First of all, she knew from the beginning that this man is not a simple assembler, but a famous top secret agent, although he seems to be scrapped It's gone, but it's still the authority it once was. Now imagine that one day, an opponent who is an authority in your mind, an opponent you want to challenge and attack, is suddenly traumatized and abolished, and then you want to live with this person. What is your state of mind? On the one hand, you will rejoice that he is abolished, so that you have become a new authority, and on the other hand, you will long for his return to glory, because then you can achieve real authority by challenging him and defeating him.
In psychoanalysis, this is the same as not being a man without killing his father.
So, it seems that Beckinsale is killing Farrell because of hatred, but when she wants to disobey the order and kill him, it is already doomed, she is identifying with the attacker, and this identification, then from love. So in the second half of the film, she said to Farrell, who should soon be reshaped again: It would be great if I could forget you too.
The phrase itself means: forgetting is impossible. Because love and hate are already on the line, she hates because she loves, and she agrees because she attacks. So it can be seen in the movie that at the beginning, her attack on Farrell was relatively rational, but when Farrell and Jessica reunited, her hatred was hard to hide.
Because to her, that is the real "adulter and adulterer", she chases and kills the authority who betrays, attacks, and loves her husband.
What a complicated mood, so in the end, when the Prime Minister had completely failed, she could have stayed away, but she still had to die at the hands of Farrell, why not for the same reason?
The above three places are my three deepest impressions of the new version of "Total Recall". As for the more and more oriental faces in recent American movies, and the new version of street fighting full of Chinatown style, I will not do more. I've commented, I'm used to it anyway, that's how the cultural invasion of Westerners is achieved. However, the vast majority of Chinese people are still ignorant... Only fortunately, the vitality of the ancient Chinese culture is too strong, and the tolerance is too great, so that the cycle of its vitality is not comparable to other civilizations at all. Ah~
As for the movie itself, I think, time has passed, and I have forgotten all the plots again, but I can still remember: the heart is in the moment, just fine.
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