Chappie is a good boy

Osbaldo 2022-03-16 09:01:03

This is an amazing movie. The director of "District 9" once again used his special effects and script depth to prove to everyone that a good movie must be good-looking and deep. From the point of view of the commercial value of the film, the sci-fi special effects of this film and the colorful weapons and gunfights can satisfy all the elements of a popcorn movie. At the same time, the thinking brought by the film is unprecedented for many commercial films.

The Maker
in the creator film is a kind-hearted tech nerd. He is committed to creating an artificial intelligence that "can paint and appreciate paintings by himself", just to satisfy his desire for success as a tech nerd. However, when Chappie knew that he could only last five days of power, he began to question Maker why he chose to create him, but only gave him five days of life. Of course, Maker's answer was that when he created things, he never thought that his consciousness could develop to the point where he could think about life. Obviously, this misunderstanding is not anyone's fault, but one of all unknown expectations, I only give you life, how can I know you and want more. Maker made Chappie, but he only has five days to live, and he has not had time to experience all the beauty of this world. So, even if Maker gives him a 100-year battery setting, will Chappie be satisfied?

The transfer of consciousness
Maker's wisdom creates artificial intelligence in the absolute sense. Chappie is different from any intelligence that threatens human beings in any film. He is pure, kind, and even too fragile to accept the death of human beings. When he transferred Maker's consciousness to another machine body, did Chappie himself become a Maker in another sense. Maker gave Chappie consciousness, and Chappie also Maker a body (or a container of consciousness). With such a setting in the script, the director still hopes to prove that consciousness is the true self, so what about the body? A Maker who doesn't wear glasses, has no skin, stays up late and never drinks Red Bull, is he still the same? A Mami who can no longer fiddle with his nails and kill Matt is still the original Mami? When consciousness can really be transferred, does the body really no longer matter?

black sheep and white sheep
One of Mami's favorite bedtime stories to Chappie is Black and Aries. Black sheep live in a herd of white sheep and suffer from discrimination and bullying. Chappie is a good boy, and while he can't break his promise to Maker, he constantly wants to fit in with this group of Aries. He learned Yankee's way of speaking, wearing a large gold chain around his neck, helping Daddy get back "his" car and tickets. After learning that he had been deceived, he still held up his gun to save them. Black sheep are still sheep, and all discrimination and bullying vanishes when faced with a wolf. Interestingly, Daddy is the only one in the flock of white sheep at the end of the film who is still in the flesh. In other words, this is an white sheep falling into a flock of black sheep. This denunciation of racial or class discrimination has always existed in the works of director Neil Bromkamp, ​​which also adds more connotations to the film itself. Aries or black sheep, aren't they all sheep? ?

Chappie is a good boy.
Many artificial intelligence movies bring a sense of crisis to the audience. I hope to call on the audience to review the development of artificial intelligence technology. One day, artificial intelligence will become the enemy of mankind. This film did not fall into such a stereotype, but when Chappie connected to the Internet to study, it still gave people a little worry. Chappie has extraordinary learning ability and a titanium alloy shell that is difficult to destroy. Such artificial intelligence will eventually replace it. stupid human. But Chappie is a good boy, listens to Maker, listens to Daddy, likes to listen to Mami's story, likes Yankee's way of speaking. After he was bullied and deceived by various human beings, he still protects human beings as the most reliable partners. This is also my most acceptable interpretation of artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence that can think for itself is really realized, then there should be a learning process just like human growth, and at the beginning, Chappie must still be a good boy. child.

The idea of ​​artificial intelligence in this film is very special, giving artificial intelligence new connotations in the form of a new species, prompting human beings to rethink their own position. As a form of existence of life, human beings should think more about how to coexist with other life, rather than being conceited. Many of the director's works call for this to be kind to compatriots and to everything. From Sandy

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Chappie quotes

  • Chappie: I just want to live.

  • Chappie: I can save us.