The movie is really good, but I'm just talking about why the pearl industry is connected to the desert. Historically, the pearl industry has been regarded as a pillar industry only in the desert coasts of North Africa and the Middle East in the era of European voyages. Generally speaking, the pillar industry of civilization is agriculture and animal husbandry. Deserts are generally no man's land. The Middle East was an exception, because when seafaring technology was underdeveloped, the Arabs occupied the channel for the transportation and commerce between Europe and Asia. Wealth can be obtained without farming. After Portugal, Spain and other countries discovered the new route to the Cape of Good Hope, business in the Middle East suddenly collapsed and the population plummeted. At this time, the main commodity that undertakes foreign trade is pearls. On the desert coasts of the Middle East, warm waters and perennial sandstorms have led to a flourishing of shellfish and the pearls from which the sand grains form. People went to the bottom of the sea with their eyes open to pick up large oysters for food and to take out the pearls. There is pearl mining on the warm coast, but only in places without agriculture and animal husbandry, such as deserts, pearl mining is the pillar industry. Fortunately, the ethnic group in the film is not a peaceful religious Muslim. Some people seem to be unhappy with the casting of the film. Indeed, the heroine's appearance is more masculine, because the director specially selected it to match the masculinity of the character. In fact, I can't find any kind of actor like Luc Besson, even Kristen Stewart can find it, but Kristen looks a little masculine, but it is still more elegant, more classical, belongs to the Greek and Roman goddess Kind of, not the kind of comic temperament. The kind of temperament that is a little bad and a little ruffian, energetic and funny, the director said that she is like a little leopard or a little wild cat. If it was Kristin, it would be a violation. In fact, the Mira in the fifth element is not in line with the temperament of the goddess, and the temperament is more like a female general. If it is the kind of top goddess who is elegant and beautiful, it will go against the overall dark humorous atmosphere. The male protagonist is more feminine and yuppie, which is also the director's choice to abandon machismo in order to highlight feminism. The male protagonist has a look on his face, and he flirts with his sister all the way. The heroine looked aggressive, but passively parried. This is the sense of comics, the sense of two-dimensionality, the sense of black humor. There are no superpowers in the film, and the agents make mistakes in their actions, get away with it or escape. This is black humor. If you want Long Aotian, please go to Marvel.
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