Since the end of 2014, the trailers of "Chappie" have been played in major theaters in North America in turn. Every time you watch the trailer for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, it will make people feel a little sad, not exaggerated, just like being An inexplicable obsession and shock, feeling how people live uninhibitedly in that chaotic and disordered world, forcing you to reflect on everything around you with new values, and touching the sore spot of everyone's soul. Especially when in the film, the world's first robot that can learn to think and feel, said gently through a cyborg voice: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I want to live." I want to live. "I am consciousness, I am sentient, I am alive, I am Chappie." I am Chappie. Such intelligent robot settings are largely different from "AI" and "Wall.E", I think it's because Chappie is completely out of the role of the robot kid. He is more like a teenager who grew up overnight, growing into a big teenage boy in just a few days, he has to face the cruel human society, violent control, hard life, and life and death choice. And he himself is so innocent, he watched the cartoon of "Seaman", and when he saw the heroic moment of Adam drawing his sword, he would also imitate it. He will not lose hope because of the established facts. He learns how to resist and how to fight from street gangsters. He quickly walked through the process of human learning and growth, facing the cruelty that adults need to face, but who gave him strength. But maybe he already has a powerful force that is unmatched by humans, and he has to live in his own way. Due to the promotion of the film, the most exposed poster is Chappie's poster, which is mainly a close-up of the robot on the front. It can be seen that in the slightly animated design, Chappie covers too many images and labels. First of all, he is a robot policeman made by humans. The identity symbol of the police is ubiquitous in his basic design. The dark blue shell, the police badge on the right chest, the police lamp on the left chest, and the big chest on the chest. POLICE letters. And when he was transformed by engineer Dave into a robot that can learn to think and feel, his shell has been destroyed, and there is a huge bullet hole in his chest, resulting in the word POLICE only the letter P is still clearly visible, and there is still a sticker on it. With the CRUSH sticker, it also means that Chappie has broken the single body of his former police role, and it also means that the entire police system is about to be subverted by Chappie. Even the police badge on the upper right has long been charred, the antenna ear and an arm on the head are all assembled colors, and the scars also bring him a unique feature. There is a big "REJECT" label on the forehead, which means scrapped and defective. It is in such an abandoned body that human beings, and even the last redemption and hope of human nature, are nurtured. The slogan of the film is "Humanity's last hope isn't human." This is a very ironic expression, the last hope of human nature does not come from human beings themselves. The most powerful and enjoyable part of the movie is when the street gangsters teach Chappie how to become a gangster. These thugs are led by South African rapper Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi $$er starred. The whole film is filled with the band's rap and electronic music, which is very emotional. Their clothes are brightly colored, their shapes are exaggerated, their speeches are bandit-like, and their dirty words are constant. It has created a character with full personality and a great contrast with the decadent world, which highlights their sense of existence and vitality. Just like when you have a foreign friend, you always have to teach him some bad things and bad words, when Chappie naively imitates the behavior and words of the villain, there is an indescribable taste, and at this time he has become A member of the gang. What Chappie does best is not to throw flying knives and show off nunchakus, but to imitate punks vividly and learn how to be cool. He walks coolly, bows his waist while walking, speaks coolly, wipes his nose between words, and wears a gold chain around his neck or a $ sign. He lives in the bottom society, and his values are quickly assimilated. Money to live! Chapai has a big metal ring between his fingers, and his whole body is covered with graffiti instead of tattoos. The graffiti on his left shoulder and his mother on the right shoulder. Although he does not have the power of Zuo Qinglong and right white tiger, these are all elements that make up him, and he expresses himself. The rebellion against order and one's own heart. He is full of foul language, he is used by others, from stealing cars to robbing cash trucks, he does everything seriously, because he wants to survive, he is afraid of death, and he has a very real heart. Trailers and posters always indicate that the film is from the director of "District 9" and "Elysium". The director was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and usually lives in Canada. Neil Blomkamp, who was born in 1979, often described himself as a complete sci-fi fan, which prompted him to become a very young sci-fi film director. In the early years, because of a series of works, he was favored by major directors: Peter Jackson. After encountering ups and downs, the first feature film "The Ninth District" in 2009 was well known to the public. "Aliens in Johannesburg" is expanded. Neil is very good at using his birthplace, Johannesburg, as the background. He once expressed that this place, in his opinion, is the future of mankind, and the dilapidated but also contains creativity. With this place first, there was the creation of "District 9", not the existing ideas, the logic of choosing the background of the story and the place where it happened. And because of the popularity of "The Ninth District", his subsequent work "Elysium" was not as highly rated as the previous masterpiece. Many people sighed that the investment was high, and the film became mainstream value, Hollywood style, painless Not itchy. "District 9" and the latest "Chappie Robot" were written by him and his wife: Terri Tascher, and "Elysium" is his independent screenwriter. But if you look back at "Elysium" now, you will find at a glance, isn't this a prequel to Chappie? Less than 5 minutes into the movie, a robot policeman who looks very much like Chappie appeared in the camera, but the two antenna ears on his head were missing, and he was not as cute as Chappie. The world of the film is set in which robots manage the devastated and corrupt earth order, and people live under the repression of violence. The former is narrated from the perspective of a struggling earthling, while the latter is from the perspective of a state machine, transformed into a real intelligent robot, to feel and see the world. And what they have in common as the protagonists is that it is so simple and authentic, that is, to survive. How much burden can a person bear in order to survive? Of course, this persistence in survival is also reflected in the "prawns" of "The Ninth District" and the male protagonist who has become a "prawn". Actors Sharto and Copley have not been absent from Neal, Blomkamp's feature-length films since "District 9". From the hero of "District 9" to the villain of "Elysium". This time, he gave up his human image and played the motion capture actor of the robot Chappie. He wore a sensory costume throughout the whole process, and used every movement to interpret this super-intelligent robot, a life more humane than human beings. Many actors have mentioned in interviews that Sharto is a very talented actor. Whether it is in the performance of "District 9" or as Chappie, the image he creates is very vivid. He said that he created this robot that felt like a human, and often thought: How to make others perceive that you are not a machine, but a real person? You have to go through a lot of human emotional experience, as audiences go through, you can paint, you can discuss music you like, you can feel sad, you can be happy. And he did, and Chappie felt mistrust, fear, and hatred in addition to being happy, miserable, and sad. The film also shines with other stars in the cast, first of all "Slumdog Millionaire" actor: Dave. Patel, who plays a transformative mechanical engineer who created Chappie, wants to create a robot that can think and feel. He told Chappie that you are an independent individual, you can do whatever you want, and he thinks this is a revolutionary evolution, but in the end he didn't think that his work could even save humanity. When the director was talking about why he hired Dave to play the role, he just said that he didn't think much about who would play the role at the time, and just saw Dave and knew it could only be him. "Wolverine" actor: Hugh Jackman, playing another mechanical weapons engineer, first of all he is a soldier, and he also created his own robot weapons. However, he has always been addicted to violence and desire for control. Many people questioned the machine weapons he designed, but he was even more convinced that his design was the future. So he regards the company's Dave as a thorn in his side. He can't accept the emergence of artificial intelligence like Chappie. He wants to maintain his position, and he wants to destroy the new force: Chappie. The sharp irony is that as a soldier, he invented the MOOSE robot, which is used to control atrocities through the transmission of human consciousness. But Chappie discovered that the control and transfer of this consciousness can be used for greater things, it can destroy everything, and it can create all possibilities, the key is to see who operates and uses it. "Alien" series heroine: Sigourney. Weaver, the boss behind the robotic police manufacturing company involved in the film, resolutely ordered the destruction of Chappie for fear of an unknown out-of-control situation. She mentioned in the interview that she had watched "The Ninth District" many times and admired the young sci-fi director very much. It was a pleasure to be able to participate in this film even if it was only a small part. If the theme of the entire movie "Super Robot: Chappie" should be, the key words should be: how to survive, what is death, and forgiveness. Chappie spends a few days going through a person's life. From the recognition of words and sentences, to calling out parents, until being bullied for the first time, deceived by the people around him, seeing death, knowing that he is about to die, then he chooses to survive, and he can make every effort to survive, He believed in all those who could keep him alive, and when he saw the people around him leave one by one, he learned to fight back. Facing those who deceived him and those who hurt him, he chose to forgive and became a really cool "person". Director Neil, always tries to explore an eternal proposition in his films about: "How to live?". In order to magnify this proposition, he always set the characters in the movie to be in a difficult life, and because of a series of incidents, they are on the verge of life and death, such as "The Ninth District", "Elysium" and "Robot Chappie". And he used the life in the slums of South Africa as a stage to show the people in the dilapidated, violence, robbery, fraud, everything is done for the sake of living, they have no other choice, the sense of existence of life here, because Struggling and getting stronger. In the film, the director can always make the audience feel happy about the ending of human retribution at the climax of the film, whether it is when the human beings are ripped apart by prawns in "The Ninth District", or in the new film, Cha Party human beings. counterattack. How did we change positions? How did we feel the resonance? I still remember the last prawn in "District 9" with a metal rose in his hand, and in "Super Chappie", on the edge of the city, Chappie gently stroked a stray wild dog. In these two films, the non-human characters, in these two shots, deeply reveal the real human soul beneath their appearance. The whole film of "Super Robot: Chappie" returns to the documentary style of "District 9" again. The beginning and the end are interviews and news reports of characters related to the story. During the film, many pictures and characters captured by cameras are also interspersed. Their own video recordings make people feel that the real story is happening, and the constant change of perspective makes people feel the scene of the character more realistically, and the audience sees more factual narratives from the perspective of a third party, rather than from A single subjective shot. If compared to "District 9", "Elysium" is too commercial, then "Super Robot: Chappie" is a better work that combines business and realism. Like Sigourney Weaver said, this movie will lead the audience to an unknown world, some characters you never imagined, a legend you will never forget. Finally, expect this film to be released in China earlier, and more people can see Chappie. 2015 Xiaoxuaner Ji-------------------------------------------- ------------------------- If you like my article,
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