With "The Hunger Games" occupying the unshakable first place among North American teenagers for 12 years, various dystopian movies such as "Divergent" have become popular, and the latest "Maze Runner" series is currently slightly stronger than "Divergent". The "Hunger" is far inferior to the medium-sized anti-Ukraine competitors in the "Hungry" series, but it still stands out as the main force of the anti-Ukrainian wave. After all, the high input-output ratio has made FOX, which only has X Men and the Planet of the Apes series in recent years. Seeing a glimmer of hope in the slight downturn.
As the second bullet of the series, "The Trial of Burning Scar" is different from the first series of Panic Fang + Battle Royale + Cabin in the Woods, this episode has no labyrinths but only deserts, no matter if you double the investment or upgrade The pattern is very ambitious. After escaping the maze in the previous part, the running team of the headquarters continues to run wild, and needs to pass through the scorched desert on the earth that is scorched by the sun in 2 weeks. Become the bloodthirsty cannibal "Flare" and ravage this apocalyptic world all the time.
Compared with the first one, this sequel is terrible and out of control, and the various mix and match elements are extremely overdone. It not only combines the dystopian theme of "The Hunger Games", the thrilling atmosphere of "Resident Evil", "Crazy MAX" The doomsday trend of the style, and also joined the chaos of the Game of Thrones crew, it has become the Northeast cauldron of the walking dead version of Resident Evil + Run, Brother + Bei Ye's desert survival limit.
The weak, procrastinating and unsuspenseful plot is inversely proportional to its ambitious world outlook. Hastily moved from one place to another without any explanation, except for the non-stop running to fight for the sake of fighting. "The box office was basically the same as the first film with the investment doubled, which explains everything. Obviously fans of the first film went to see the second film, and I was one of them. Before the film was about to go offline, I couldn't help but catch up. The dystopian fan of the last train.
As a literary genre and genre in science fiction literature, "dystopian movies" are mostly material waste spread, morality is lost, democracy is oppressed, hierarchy is rampant, artificial intelligence betrays human beings, and finally human civilization becomes rigid and corrupted in the high-tech cage , towards destruction, the proliferation of material civilization and higher than spiritual civilization, the spirit depends on the material, the spirit is controlled by the material, the human spirit has no real freedom in a highly developed technological society.
These in-depth elements are not reflected in the film, and gradually become the second-hand anti-black wood of commercial entertainment, and "Hunger", "Divergence" and "Mobile" are all commercial under the guise of dystopian background. The gimmick has failed to make a difference on this profound subject, and it is even more unrealistic.
From "A Clockwork Orange" to "12 Monkeys", from "Blade Runner" to "City of Souls", from "Metropolis" to "The Purge of Humanity", from "Brazil" to "Son of Man", from "V" From "Zi" to "Divergent", from "District 9" to "Maze Runner", from "The Hacker Series" to "The Hunger Series", etc., we can all find our own position from this background, but this year we need box office If you are entertained to death, you have to be a little bit of the shadow of entertainment to death, but it is another matter if you are entertained to death. Just like the book of entertainment to death warned, "Brave New World" and "1984" are two extremes, and we can't have it. , so this is the best selling point of this type of movie. After experiencing the entertainment to death, I also deeply reflect on myself, because all the elements in the movie can be mapped to real life, just like the hottest discussion on the Internet. Like the movie "V Word", many people think that CCAV6 broadcasts "V Word" for the sake of common people's grievances, but it is not - CCAV also has to let go of its high style in this era of entertainment to death, because this is how China can Do your own unique "1984", after all, China may indeed be the only magical country in the world that can combine "Brave New World" and "1984".
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top ten anti-Ukraine movies -
"V for Vendetta"
A realist dystopian sci-fi film, it explains what justice is from another perspective - grabbing the position of judge with violence, and V's hatred interferes with reason. After all, there is no place for him in the establishment of the new world of fairness, justice and freedom, so V's hatred is shaped by the sinful old world, and can only die together with the sinful old world in the end - anarchist V than The clown is also shocking.
The
most inspirational soft sci-fi of the dystopian "Chronicle" , it explores human nature and the laws of life from the perspective of refuting genetic determinism-genes can determine fate, but cannot change the spiritual connotation of the essence of human nature. The ubiquitous irony is both sad and sad. Facts have proved that a good story, a profound theme is far more enjoyable and shocking than those special effects of the big scenes.
"Ghost in the Shell"
Oshii Shou is the best, using light and shadow to build the world, full of confusion about life itself, the confusion that exists in the world - inheriting the Blade Runner, and starting the Matrix, it is indeed a sci-fi animation. The peak work, the connotation is more than shocking - this is the masterpiece.
Akira
Otomo is a dystopian apocalyptic plot in a typical Japanese cyberpunk society. The action and consciousness of the 1988 film are quite advanced - exploring the body and soul, an anarchist city in a dystopian background In the riots, human desires became the main culprit. Akira was born from the desires of politicians and scientists. When this desire cannot be controlled, too much energy will lead to the self-destruction of human beings - the so-called original sin. One of the most outstanding dystopian animations in the history of
"Metropolis"
, it is worthy of being the legacy of Tezuka, with the screenwriter Otomo Keyang, a masterpiece under the strong combination, 27 years of "Metropolis" + 82 years of "Silver Wings" Hitman with an Akira-style collapse - that's the fate of technology and industry.
The cyberpunk
style under the dystopian spirit of "Blade Runner" has a profound impact on the sci-fi of later generations. It has a strong reflective temperament and humanistic spirit, coupled with the super-special effects of the art to create the most otherworldly new world, to explore people The ancient propositions of "self-knowledge" and "search for identity" are worthy of masterpieces.
"The Matrix"
The cyberpunk model is an epoch-making sci-fi giant. It involves Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Christianity under the framework of philosophy, theology and atheism. It also contains the concepts of enlightenment, nirvana, and rebirth. Combined with the visual revolution, the film has been pulled to the extreme. Modern ideological films are revelatory—coming before our eyes to blind us from reality.
"A Clockwork Orange"
Kushen's thinking beyond the moral level points directly to the ultimate dilemma of human existence. Until now, people have kept up with the pace of this genius, and only he dared to so bluntly outline the so-called heresy in the so-called civilized society. The image also uses extremely exaggerated expression methods to reveal the true face of power and personal will, public morality and personal desire, "justice" and "violence" - a masterpiece full of spiritual shock and strong psychological impact.
"Artificial Intelligence"
Kushen's posthumous work, Sishen takes over the library-style kernel + Si-style sensationalism, and creates the most fearless anti-utopian artificial intelligence. Although it lacks the deep integration of the library-style hard core into commercial compromises, it is undeniably good. The story is always so touching - loving and being loved is always the heart of the world beyond everything.
"Under the Berlin Sky",
as always, is an excellent representative of Wim Wenders' boring films. His films only exist to challenge the audience's tolerance limit. It replaces narrative with that fantasy-style literary lyricism. It should be the closest poetry I have ever seen. of film works.
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