A mysterious spore suddenly descended on the earth, they drilled into the human body, controlled the human brain and body, and made human beings the target of hunting and devouring. High school student Izumi Shinichi was also almost controlled by the spore's brain, but the spore only stayed in his right hand and became a "parasitic beast". This strange creature has its own mind and can talk to the host. After that, They start a wonderful coexistence.
Japan, an island country, has a lingering doomsday sentiment, just like the beginning of "Parasite", the narrator says coldly and horribly, "If the number of people on the earth is reduced by half..." Sometimes, when people see Too many disasters and unresolved predicaments will turn to blame human beings for their own guilt, resulting in a certain self-destructive tendency. And this is also the spiritual source of many sci-fi and dystopian films.
In "Parasite", people who are controlled by alien spores will become an animal that harms the same kind. The most important thing is that the deep inner structure it reflects is "no longer sympathetic". Compassion, love, altruism, and emotional empathy are the psychological foundations of human beings, and once these things dissipate, "humanity" itself is gone. In a way, the people manipulated by the virus in this film become an external perspective, reflecting on the emotional patterns and human roots of the human world. What's more interesting is that among the "inhumans" that have been manipulated by the virus, the movie's settings are subdivided into several different states. In addition to the one that completely annihilates humanity, there is also a "parasitic beast" that coexists strangely with the hero Izumi Shinichi. This parasitic beast failed to enter the human brain and stopped on its right hand. It has the ability to think and needs to understand the knowledge of the human world. It named itself "Little Right" - a typical Japanese comic style weirdness. In a way, this parasitic beast changed Izumi Shinichi, and Izumi Shinichi as a human changed it.
In the process of understanding the human world, the parasitic beast Xiaoyou raised a lot of questions to the common sense we are accustomed to in a defamiliar way. For example, "Humans will eat pigs, chickens, and ducks. Why is cannibalism not recognized?" For example, it cannot understand what kind of "love" between humans is. Quan Xinyi has no father, and his mother treats him very well. She works hard and works hard for him. This kind of "payment" and "mother's love" is completely incomprehensible to Xiaoyou. This seemingly common setting in science fiction actually involves a fundamental question - how to explain the altruism of human beings. In the animal world, self-interest is a matter of course, but some human behavior patterns present a state of altruism, under which there is even a tendency to "harm oneself". This may be the ambiguous and complicated part of human nature. If divinity is completely altruistic and animal nature is extremely egoistic, then human nature is an awkward existence between gods and animals. It has a beautiful side and an ugly corner. This awkward state determines the current state of our world. All sweetness and bitterness, hope and predicament, come from this.
For sci-fi and post-apocalyptic settings, when people are either controlled by their own high-tech inventions or invaded by external civilizations, in the end, almost all solutions that humans can find are related to "love". In addition to politically correct considerations, love in human nature may be one of the most advanced emotional forms that human beings can imagine. Compared with cold technology and cold rational machine creatures that can only execute instructions, love An unspeakable, furry feeling is the medicine that saves us from fire and water and reawakens our humanity.
This "Parasite" is the same. Izumi Shinichi's mother was eventually invaded by the virus, and the creature with the shape of her mother eventually fought with Izumi Shinichi inevitably, because in the eyes of that group of inhuman creatures, Xiaoyou who did not completely control the human brain was not accepted. Yes, the host must be killed to allow the spores to re-seek parasites. In the end, at the last moment of the fight with Izumi Shinichi, under the guidance of the remaining motherhood, the "mother" blocked the monster's tentacles with her hand, allowing her son to escape, but she also ended herself. Many years ago, my mother took a frying pan with that hand, leaving a life-long scar but saving the young Xinyi's life. Years later, it was the same hand that killed herself and saved her son again.
The role of Izumi Shinichi is the former child star Shota Someya. In 2011, he won the Best Newcomer Award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival with the movie "Mediocre". The Village is equally impressive. His image is especially suitable for playing this kind of boy who is a little sloppy at first, and then matures a little bit. Compared with "God Goes to the Village", which uses more exaggerated body movements and expressions to make up for the lack of acting skills, in this film, his performance is remarkable.
This kind of movie that must make the monster appear in its original form is easy to be bad, but "Parasite" is not bad. Although the shape of the monster is exaggerated, it is not bloody. In this type of movie, it has been considered a commercial consideration. It's a good one that bridges the gap between fans and fans.
(Text | Yang Shiyang)
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