Looking up at the stars should also be down-to-earth - "Deep Sea Strange Beasts"

Sonya 2022-03-23 09:02:33

Looking up at the stars should also be down-to-earth - "Deep Sea Strange Beasts"

Today, let's talk about the movie "Deep Sea Beasts".

The title of the film is Underwater (2020), which is also known as the Deep Sea Terminal (Taiwan) / Underwater.

As you can see from the title, this film is a deep-sea monster type movie.

Different from the perspective of sci-fi alien beast films such as "Europa Report" and "Alien Awakening", this film does not look up at the stars, but sinks the perspective to the deep seabed. In the deepest trench on earth, present a gluttonous feast about exotic animals.

The Mariana Trench takes place in "Beasts of the Deep". In the future world, an energy company named "Tian" has developed a technology that can drill deep into the seabed, and build drilling stations all over the seabed to exploit resources. Interestingly, these drilling stations at the bottom of the trench have names related to astronomy, such as "Kepler", "Shepard", "Roebuck" and so on.

In the "Kepler" drilling station, the sudden and severe sea earthquake caused a structural blow to the drilling station. The staff in the station suffered heavy casualties. The survivors carried out emergency evacuation and self-rescue, and the story began.

"Twilight" Kristen Stewart plays a mechanic named Norah Price here.

When the Haiquan happened, Nora was washing and preparing for the shift. She was lucky to escape and became a member of the escape team.

With Nora's help, the survivors formed makeshift teams and headed to the nearest drilling station to try to get help.

In the process of self-rescue, they found that Hai Zhen is not so simple and simple, and there are many unknown creatures living beside them in this 10,000-meter-deep sea. These unknown creatures have also become the biggest obstacle to their self-help.

The story takes place at the bottom of a trench with a depth of 10,000 to 11,000 meters. Anyone who has studied physics knows that the pressure at this depth is no joke, and the water pressure is as high as more than 1,000 atmospheres.

Under the pressure of more than 1,000 air pressures, it is possible to complete drilling and mining, and even walk on the seabed. Thinking about it, it is extremely advanced. You must know that the highest record of manned diving under the sea is only 7020 meters of the Jiaolong, which is far from the technological level in the film.

Fans who have watched a lot of movies know that deep-sea dramas are really difficult to shoot. In order to take care of the film's expression, "Deep-Sea Strange Beasts" deliberately visualized deep-sea installations, which would cause a contradiction with the scientific setting.

But if you want to shoot according to the actual situation, the audience's viewing experience must be very poor, and all they see are round iron bumps, so the audience doesn't have to worry too much about it.

In addition, hundreds of meters underwater is already pitch black, and there are all kinds of suspended garbage on the seabed. It is very difficult to make the dark seabed look like a movie, and at the same time take into account the turbid seawater. If people with deep-sea phobia can feel a trace of fear in this film, it is considered a visual success of the film.

The underwater neon lights like "Aquaman" have long been out of the category of science fiction, and have gone in a fantasy style.

Having said that, the picture of "Deep Sea Beasts" is really too dark.

Audiences who like horror and Crusoe elements should not miss this film.

The alien beasts in "Deep Sea Alien Beasts" have a strong Cthulhu wind, huge, long whiskers, and tentacles, which seem to have become the standard configuration of deep sea monsters.

The appearance of the alien beasts is like a simple evolutionary history. From the babbling larvae to the agile and strange adult body, to the indescribable ultimate body, the alien beasts seem to show the audience the mystery of natural evolution. Subtlety.

In fact, monster-themed movies, as long as they bring the Cthulhu style, can make many audiences climax. It's just that I don't quite understand here, why do creatures on the seabed of 10,000 meters need to evolve limbs similar to arms. This organ is useless under the sea, far less practical than the tentacles.

After the opening of the film, humans and spiders are used to compare humans and deep sea beasts.

Just like the three-body person in "The Three-Body Problem" said, "You are all bugs", when the absolute strength differs by several orders of magnitude, there is no equality between the two species. Ke always looks at humans and people look at ants, almost the same mentality. The weak side can only resign itself to fate, and life and death depend on the mood of the strong side.

The same is true for "Deep Sea Alien Beasts". In the 10,000-meter seabed, alien beasts have absolute territory. Human beings, as weak and helpless invasive creatures, are just a group of walking delicacy in the eyes of alien beasts.

Look up at the stars and keep your feet on the ground,

The total alien beast creates deep-sea fear.

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Extended Reading

Underwater quotes

  • Norah Price: There's a comfort in cynicism. There is a lot less to lose.

  • Norah Price: He told me he didn't believe in time, only moments.