"Resident Evil" series: Water ripple effect. Text/Vulcan Throwing stones on the calm water surface. The ripples from the point of impact will gradually spread around in a circle. However, no matter how big the waves are, they can only go from the center point and never escape. One stone may not be able to provoke a thousand waves, but it can produce a hundred waves. ——Vulcan Ji. Inscription.
This series of films is always in such a dilemma: commercial success and strong box office results are proportional to poor evaluation; laborious but not pleased, after all, it is difficult to adjust. Movies adapted from classic works always seem to be difficult to escape this fate, especially the adaptation of a set of "Resident Evil" with excellent circulation and reputation; it pleases pure film critics and ordinary game fans, but forever Nor can it please die-hard fans, because no matter what effect it makes, it is always far from enough for die-hard fans. It can't compare to the classic scenes that can be seen and heard in the game, and it can't compare to the familiar plot settings in the game; so the movie is far less than the game's voices, and the destiny of being criticized and denied will never escape. Should we objectively look at and evaluate this series of movies, which is said to be adapted from the most classic PC game. Start again from the beginning and end at the end; interlocking layers around each other, setting a beginning at the end, and then blending and ending at the beginning. It can be said that the continuity of the previous and subsequent works of this series of films has not only achieved the continuity of the past and the future, but also maintained the independence of each work. In this respect, this series of films should be regarded as the inheritance of the series of film works. I am not an avid game fan, so I don't know how noble the status of "Resident Evil" is in the game; if you look at it with tolerance, this series of films should be considered relatively successful and excellent film works. This kind of movies involving science fiction and biochemical pollution will always give us a certain degree of despair and tragic, but it will always leave us with a certain degree of hope and hope. Therefore, the so-called "Extinction" is not extinct; it lies in humanity, in the foundation of humanity for good, and in the perseverance and bravery gained by surviving after the various disasters that mankind has experienced. At the same time, the opposite is also the greed and desire reflected by the ugly and dark sides of human nature. If most of the disasters that innocent audiences get are due to human greed, then the goodness of human nature and the desire for survival have become the driving force to save the world. In many movies of the same type, the original roots are mostly in the struggle between the two opposites. While the development of biochemical sciences brings us unlimited hope, it also brings us the same concerns. While man-made intervention and promotion of the natural evolution of life and species, whether human beings who are already far ahead of other species on the planet are also given the same responsibilities as God; or what we are doing is just pulling the seedlings and promoting it. Such controversy seems to have never stopped. At this stage, the immaturity of biochemical technology and the unpredictability brought about by this technology have given us too much sense of anxiety that we can imagine but are unwilling to face. Conservative worries will unfold many terrible imaginations; this kind of imagination embodied in the movies has become the various doomsday movies we see now. Nothing is predictable. When we think we are in the complete world, who can tell us that we are not digging our own graves; so imagine all terrible endings, not just a kind of self-exile and The persecution delusions are groundless and worrying. For example, the counterpart to Spider-Man is called "Earth vs. Spider-Man" (Earth vs. Spider-Man). The bloody movie of the Spider, which also changes because of spiders, but has a completely different ending. The unpredictability of biochemistry gives us too many illusions. However, I also remember Old Ben’s classic line: How much ability is given, and how much responsibility is given at the same time. We humans already have enough power to change the world and the future of mankind, and we also have the power to destroy this world and destroy mankind itself; but are we endowed with the same power? What we have to think about is the way forward and how we can use these abilities in our hands. What most sci-fi biochemical movies talk about is the catastrophic consequences that we think we can freely use our abilities and how we will save ourselves when faced with such consequences. All the illusory stories in the movie give us a chance to see the truth behind these events and think. Before all those terrible endings come, we can conduct repeated experiments and speculations through movies; if we had to demand the realistic meaning of all science fiction movies, this might be it. Throughout the entire trilogy series, the development of biochemical technology is not as ugly as we think, but only a biochemical drug invented by a disabled father for his beloved daughter to live a healthier and happier life. The dead cells mutate and become strong. However, when these drugs were snatched by the "Umbrella" company, they were experimentally applied to continue research and development on the basis of biochemical warfare and the transformation of biochemical soldiers, which triggered a series of terrible follow-up events. What this tells us is that science and technology itself have no distinction between justice and evil, and the power of decision lies in the nature of the master and how to use these technologies. Starting from "Variant Survivor", to "Apocalypse" and then to this "Extinction", the movies in this series are getting better and better. The more and more attention to action and the design of fighting scenes makes "Extinction" very attractive. On the contrary, the visual effect is inversely proportional to the plot setting of the movie. The previous two may be slightly visually, but the plot is fuller. From the setting of suspense to the development of the plot, it is more than this "Extinction" Be more natural and smooth. Generally speaking, the whole series of movies spread a heavy depression, but the two previous movies still have life in this depressive atmosphere. It can be said that this series of films dropped a heavy bomb in "Variant Survivor", and the subsequent "Apocalypse" and "Extinction" are the aftermath of the water ripple effect after the throw. From the underground laboratory to the city on the ground, from the city to the world, civilization was completely destroyed, the yellow sand flying in the sky gave us an endless sense of sadness, and the desolate and miserable scene of dilapidation replaced the former prosperity. , Everything in human society will completely die after this disaster. Instinctive and simple mechanical actions accompanied by the highly contagious T virus quickly spread to all parts of the world, quickly covering the entire earth. It can be said that this series of movies is completely panic about the kind of crisis consciousness that biochemical science carries. The recently released "Extinction" is very successful in terms of audiovisual effects and action design, but it seems pale in terms of plot. We will not be disappointed if we only ask for this movie visually; but on the whole, this movie can only be regarded as the final aftermath of the water ripple effect of the entire "Resident Evil" series of movies. At the end of the movie, we left us with suspense for the next one, but in my opinion, this series has come to an abrupt end here. Because the seeming suspense in the next plot is not enough to attract my attention next time, when the world is only left with "umbrella" companies like bunkers, zombies without perception, and a large group of Alice with super powers. , There may be only one final battle left in the plot. And the victory of this final battle is unlikely to change the world at all. Despair, complete despair killed the only hope of the fourth sequel that may have. I don’t want to see a movie that makes people completely desperate; in other words, there is not much hope in a movie without any hope. The desire to wait and see. The last aftermath of the water ripple effect is left to us, only infinite emotion and fading calm. What this movie does is to leave hope for the fourth sequel that may not be there. "Extinction", although it is said to be extinct, it does not promise us much brightness and hope. Perhaps the one who impressed me the most after watching this series of films is Milla Jovovich; this Joan of Arc, who once performed a crazy fantasy version in Luc Besson's Joan of Arc, left me behind. She was deeply impressed, and in this series of films, she showed more of her versatile acting skills and extremely high plasticity. Mila, who was born as a model, has an elegant figure, and some action scenes and various styles in this series are displayed extremely well. Or coquettish, or dignified, or noble, or cruel, or brave... In my opinion, Mira is the biggest surprise that this series of movies has given us. The last aftermath of the water ripple effect is left to us, only infinite emotion and fading calm. What this movie does is to leave hope for the fourth sequel that may not be there. "Extinction", although it is said to be extinct, it does not promise us much brightness and hope. Perhaps the one who impressed me the most after watching this series of films is Milla Jovovich; this Joan of Arc, who once performed a crazy fantasy version in Luc Besson's Joan of Arc, left me behind. She was deeply impressed, and in this series of films, she showed more of her versatile acting skills and extremely high plasticity. Mila, who was born as a model, has an elegant figure, and some action scenes and various styles in this series are displayed extremely well. Or coquettish, or dignified, or noble, or cruel, or brave... In my opinion, Mira is the biggest surprise that this series of movies has given us. The last aftermath of the water ripple effect is left to us, only infinite emotion and fading calm. What this movie does is to leave hope for the fourth sequel that may not be there. "Extinction", although it is said to be extinct, it does not promise us much brightness and hope. Perhaps the one who impressed me the most after watching this series of films is Milla Jovovich; this Joan of Arc, who once performed a crazy fantasy version in Luc Besson's Joan of Arc, left me behind. She was deeply impressed, and in this series of films, she showed more of her versatile acting skills and extremely high plasticity. Mila, who is a model, has an elegant figure. Some action scenes and various styles in this series are displayed extremely well. Or coquettish, or dignified, or noble, or cruel, or brave... In my opinion, Mira is the biggest surprise that this series of movies has given us.
2007-09-29; Ding Maori in the year of Ding Hai.
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