Praise Edit
Although the initial response of the film was not good, it became a topic for a long time. With the outbreak of the Iraq War and the director's publicity of the creative ideas at that time, people gradually realized that this is a film that satirizes war and political propaganda by parodying war and political propaganda. Director Verhofen directly pointed out in the later released DVD version of the commentary that the intention of the film is to show that "war will turn everyone into a fascist", the film is not so much a criticism of the Nazis, as it is about the direction of post-war America. The screenwriter Neumeier pointed out that he is not only alluding to American society, but also to the absurdity that has permeated the entire human history. [2] By parodying classic war propaganda films such as Triumph of the Will and Why Do We Fight strength. [3] In this sense, the film was named one of the top 100 films of the 1990s by Slate magazine. [4]
CriticismEdit
After the film was released, the society generally regarded it as a sci-fi action film that emphasized visual effects, and believed that it was lacking in plot and character creation. The Hollywood formula of handsome boys and girls also obliterates part of the psychological interpretation of the characters. The protagonist in the original work is a young man who maintains an indifferent attitude towards social values, but after being tempered by military training and war, he realizes the relationship between the individual and society and the growth of self-positioning. But Paul Van Herwen's film only casts the protagonist as a mindless estrus man who only shows off his muscles. In addition, in the original novel, the author uses a lot of space to explore the difference between personal value and social value, and the relationship between the individual and the society. Regardless of whether the author's future social outlook can be recognized by every reader. Even questioning the strong fascist elements in this future society, but at least the author is depicting a possible future society that is too idealized. Paul Van Herwen's film simplifies this future society into a future version of Nazi Germany. Although it expresses a strong irony to the totalitarian system, it completely avoids the most important issue of personal and social value in the original work. Most viewers were most impressed with the cool visual effects of the outstanding giant insect inside.
bty, the protagonist asks the teacher about his enlistment in the army, which can be compared to the classic case of the philosopher Paul Sartre answering the students.
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