A good documentary is to tell a good story with material. The film took eight years to shoot, and the octopus teacher in the film is probably the protagonist composed of multiple octopuses. And the close-up of the eyes is also a small skill of the producer, because the only part of the octopus body is similar to that of humans, and the only thing that can generate empathy is the eyes, and the human male protagonist in the film is very emotional. But the emotional part between man and octopus in the film did not impress me too much, because I know that if I have feelings for another animal, it is absolutely impossible to watch the other person as a bystander in life and death. At the end of the film, he expressed his true feelings, that is, the hardships of shooting, and the passing of the subject means the end of shooting. Therefore, no matter how good a story is, it cannot incorporate real emotions. From the perspective of seabed scenery and popular science, the value of this film is still good. The film, on the other hand, well explained the understanding of the continuity of life. After reading it, I am also very touched. Looking at life and death from the perspective of God, maybe it is just a certain form of the accumulation and inheritance of time. This kind of inheritance struggles with contradictions. The purpose of biological inheritance is to retain the original characteristics, but in a long time, in countless successions, the characteristics of the inheritance body are constantly changing. Therefore, defining a species of life may only be realized in a certain time section. In other words, life, even species, like light, is present when it is present, and past when it is gone. In the process of life inheritance, each living entity leaves part of the time it has experienced to the next generation in the form of genes, part to its own soul in the form of memories, and the last part to other creatures in the form of food. The connotation of life is the condensation of a period of time. Memories are ultimately retained in the brain of each independent living body to form its soul, and emotions are formed in the process of reaction and emotion accumulation. This emotion constitutes the inner power of the soul and is also the carrier used to connect each soul. It is a precious gift from the world.
Stories are used in the film to connect viewers with other species using the human way of thinking, so that each of us can empathize with this creature. But one thing is worth thinking about, that is, do octopuses need human empathy? Is this like animals need zoos? Therefore, such documentaries will have this kind of contradiction, injecting human emotions and thinking into the photographed animal images to illustrate certain human perspectives, which are limited to human communication and are human self-exaltation. . Digress from the topic, anyway, I prefer this film to the emotional introduction of the octopus life and sacrificing its own offspring, but the interaction between people and octopuses feels ordinary.
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