The "disaster" of the "disaster of extinction" is a natural force and the only resistance that flowers and trees can do against threats out of the instinct of self-protection. This is somewhat different in concept from what we usually call "retaliation from nature" and so on. We usually emphasize that human beings are punished for making mistakes. In the movie, we are not entangled in right and wrong. We emphasize a biological instinct. Whether it is human influence or natural counterattack, it all comes from The instinct for survival and self-protection.
This is the case with "disaster", and it is a human problem to turn it into a "destroyed" situation. Human beings, as the most intelligent creatures on the planet, claim to be "masters" and thus become arrogant and stupid. They not only intentionally or unintentionally forget that there are many unknown and unexplainable things in this world, but also the primitive threats. Sensitivity and caution are also degrading. At the beginning of the movie, the science teacher said that there might be unknowable power and made a foretelling warning; but in the end, he paid the price, but treated the aura as an accident, and there was no action. Waiting for the disaster to come again.
When mankind faces disasters and avoids disasters, other problems have been exposed. The social system and composition quickly collapsed, and the gathering of people did not increase their strength. On the contrary, they were more likely to cause misfortune, and people became isolated and fragile. This is also the director's thinking on the other side of the human status quo. The development and growth of human society also implies the issue of increased interdependence. The occurrence of a situation in one link will trigger a chain reaction. On this issue, the director also gave another extreme presentation. Hidden in a dark room, murderers and self-sufficient, lonely and terrifying old ladies who are not connected to the outside world, their "degraded" state compared to the outside world is not a desirable choice when facing social problems.
The inseparability of human beings involves the issue of how to connect together, including the communication of information and the communication of hearts. When disaster strikes, the connection between people is, on the one hand, between individuals, such as through personal communication tools, and on the other hand, relying on authoritative and even instructive mass media such as television stations. It is not only the exchange of information. It also means looking for spiritual comfort and faith. The director pays much attention to the communication between people's hearts, which are increasingly neglected on weekdays. He specially arranged a scene where the male and female protagonists can only communicate with comfort through voice when they are facing threats. In such a specific situation, the interference is removed, the impetuousness is removed, and the person returns to simplicity and regaining the most powerful weapon-love (from the point of view of the geneticists, this is also an instinctive performance).
The above is the personal experience of the content that the director wants to convey, and the following talks about the way the director conveys, which will affect the quality of the delivery.
The first thing to reflect is that the problem is based on the fear of human beings. When an unknowable disaster strikes, what can be seen specifically is the loss of control of the infected person-suicide. It is quite shocking to let a living person sever themselves without notice in a blink of an eye, mixed with the fear of unknown and death. But when the audience knows this method, continued suicide will not achieve the accumulation of effect, even if it has various methods. In addition, in terms of grading, the film debuted at an uncompromising R grade, but it did not have a particularly prominent impact on the picture and content. It is a pity that it cannot but be said.
In terms of the overall effect, the dark clouds in the movie posters are very uncommon in movies. It may also be that the idea of the movie is different from the propaganda of the poster. The movie didn't put much effort into special effects, what I wanted was the feeling of clicking to the end instead of rushing to the face.
The key point is the characters. In the movie, most of the characters are just going through a cutscene. They appear to escape and die, or they appear to die immediately. If you are used to watching general dramas, you will feel interrupted again and again and cannot be engaged (but it is not like the type Movies-horror, kung fu, pornography, etc.-that way, other compensations will be provided, or that the compensation is not enough in this movie). Even the hero and heroine who persists from start to finish will make people unable to see the cause and effect.
As a result, some clues to the entire film are revealed from the setting of the characters. In "The Calamity of Extinction", the relationship between the characters and the characters is no longer dramatic, but has a symbolic purpose; or the characters are only objective tools to complete the film, and the brilliance of the characters themselves is not needed to enrich the film, but it does not need too much. It's just a carrier of emotions. I think that a similar representative is the famous French director Bresson. Of course, he is already a master in history, and director M may not follow this path.
"The Calamity of Extinction" is a further work of the director in his personal film concept after "Water Monster". There is still a lot of speculation in my opinion. The director's previous works are really impressive in some respects. The response from "The Disaster of the Top" is a bit too tragic. I don't know what the director's direction will be in the future, whether he can eliminate prejudices and show his own characteristics more, wait and see.
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