Chappie: The Birth of Human Immortality

Sedrick 2022-03-17 09:01:04

For a movie about an intelligent robot, how to give the robot a process of shaping human-like emotions is an extremely arduous task. Whether it is accidental or doomed, similar movies in the past will give it an inevitable trend. Such a process, and this movie is no exception, but the process is not that complicated, but directly artificial, which makes the plot process too simple and cannot bring people the gradualness of emotional acceptance. The setting of the film is too small, which makes the film difficult to become a climate. The single character selection, the small-scale ecological circle, and almost no worthy plot atmosphere, make the film have an unsustainable fate all the time. A good director did not really enlarge the connotation of the story to the point of saving the world, but instead chose to escape and steal his life. I have to say that we, who are used to commercial blockbusters, suddenly appeared such a small and fresh sci-fi with an alternative taste. There are really some surprises in it, but the dull plot is a bit long-winded like a TV series, which makes people feel disgusted, and the plot still focuses on the story of a marginalized world. From the perspective of the story, it was a good science fiction. The theme, but the director chose a very niche plot performance. I have to say that he has a sense of relief that appreciates the hardships of human life, but he has no intention of making the story bigger. It can be seen that the purpose of the director making the film is not In order to make money and become famous, I only do what I like. Otherwise, it is unreasonable to direct such a commercial theme with many stars with commercial gimmicks, but to direct a niche movie that does not hurt or itch .

The movie revolves around the development of science and technology and the conflict of interests. It vaguely sets a main line of mutual struggle, but it is interspersed with the story of gangsters. The movie makes the plot develop in the direction of reality and darkness. The story is quite alternative in the dark world and reflects the nature of reality. As a human-based robot, the movie also constantly imposes human characteristics on the robot, which not only allows them to have human emotions, but also allows them to have a sense of life. I have to say that such a setting is too anthropomorphic and emotional. The plot inspiration of the movie did not show the development and frightening power of high-tech robots, but became a weak and bullied person. This change makes people feel too sudden, and it is impossible to match the powerful application of technology, which reduces the brilliance of the story to the level of getting along with people and comparing the strong with the weak. Inevitably, we have the terrible fact that technology cannot save human beings. Human beings are the most dangerous species in the world. The ultimate theme is how to survive peacefully and friendly. It is also difficult for robots of high-tech civilization to break free from the survival situation of the same party. It has to be said that the consciousness of human destruction and hegemony is so serious that in the era of high-tech information civilization, people still cannot avoid the fate of self-destruction. The director chose such a plot to explore the inferiority of human beings. Obviously, he has seen through the fact that human beings cannot change their own nature. Therefore, there is no fantasy that gives people hope in the movie, and he chose another kind of relying on technology to achieve immortality. A theme, this also marks the ending that human beings will eventually be abandoned in the director's mind. Even if advanced high technology is developed, it will not change the fate of human beings that are about to be abandoned. The future technology will no longer serve us, but will be selective. To escape from the world where people live, to choose another kind of beginning of life.

The director's grasp of doomsday sci-fi movies is still quite good. From the movie, we can see that even if the director does not have any hope for human beings, he has a feeling of being reluctant to let go of people's feelings. Especially the emotion between mother and son is more delicately depicted, and the director also attaches great importance to the expression of cruelty in life. He warned us about the difficulty and coping of the meaning of survival, and the existence of people around each other. They are all full of hostility. There is no real so-called hoeing the strong and helping the weak. Some are only cruel and bloody. The weak eat the strong. Life is always in an extremely dangerous state. There is no so-called peace and tranquility. This is also because the director encountered when he was young. It is only through the experience of existence that it shows an expression of the selfish part of human beings.

Whether human beings can truly get immortality, the movie gives us the answer. We cannot keep our bodies forever, but we can keep our own thoughts. As long as our thoughts are transformed into data, then human beings will exist forever and achieve immortality. Come and think about it, what is the meaning of such eternal life? There is no fear of life and death, and there is no real joy in life. The thoughts that remain are only dry data to sort out and analyze our feelings. Such immortality seems to be a kind of pain.

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Chappie quotes

  • Chappie: [Repeated line] Fuckmother!

  • Yolandi Visser: [to Chappie] I know you don't understand, but it's okay.