"Maze Runner", "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" are what I call the failure trilogy, continuing the anticlimactic behavior of most American TV shows and most movies. After many years, I turned it out and watched what I couldn't watch back then. I was deeply touched, and I further confirmed that this was a failed film caused by the loss of the value system caused by the lack of history and culture.
In the three series of films, the first part of each film is still fascinating, but due to the defects of overall values and logical conception, each series of films becomes more and more unreasonable at the end, and the ending is sighing and regrettable. so.
Looking at the logic line of the three films, basically the world collapses, and then a group of great people leads the world or tries to rule and change the status quo, and then another wave of people that the protagonists participate in is ruled or experimented, and then the protagonists are forced to Then, the kind, pure, innocent, and sensitive protagonists continue to rely on new forces, discover new conspiracies, and resist again.
From the standpoint of resistance itself, intuitively it is all about "freedom", which is also the basis of Western values, but how to achieve "freedom" and who will lead the realization of "freedom", none of the three films can give an answer. Resisting the existing social system, but unable to form a new social system; opposing violence, but unable to form a long-term means of confronting violence or preventing the recurrence of violence; resisting a certain "evil boos", but unable to lead a new social operation. It seems that the protagonist has only one mission, that is to live, or to a certain extent to pursue some hope; resistance is a last resort in the face of death threats.
The social forms in the three films have one thing in common, that is, the classes are extremely distinct, and there is no communication channel among the relevant classes. Anyone who knows Chinese history knows that the loss of the class communication channel is the fundamental reason for the outbreak of the revolution. Various methods were used to break the solidification of classes and provide channels for class communication. Until there was the imperial examination and a stable system for selecting officials, Chinese civilization achieved a qualitative leap and continued to prosper and develop continuously.
On the other hand, in the West, after the industrial revolution achieved a historic breakthrough, after in-depth study of China's civil service selection system, they established their own social selection system, but in their bones, they still maintained the old idea of class solidification. The "American Dream" has become a reality, but with the gradual solidification of the class, the "American Dream" has begun to gradually "break the dream". So there are these movies with gimmicks and no thought.
Foreigners don't know what "family, country, world" means, so the main characters' resistance basically has no ideological basis. They simply run for their lives, and then give some sense of mission. The feelings of "Guotai Min'an" are so different that while resisting, the protagonists don't know what kind of life they will live in the future, or what kind of environment they will live in, so each "rescuing" is short-lived and unsustainable .
The "freedom" that foreigners know is that the basic right to survival is guaranteed, and life is not threatened. In addition, they no longer know what kind of power they need to obtain. Therefore, once the society is getting better and better, the connotation of "freedom" will become more and more, so that many "freedom" powers are completely out of control and go to extremes, such as animal protection, female boxing, environmental protection and so on. And if the society is not good, it means that one day is one day. If it fails, then resist, and if it fails, resist again. Therefore, we see that these protagonists do not have a big pattern and leadership skills, and they have no goals, no ideals, and no system. , I don't know why I struggled, and in the end I can only become the target of various forces.
For example, the leader of the Resistance in The Hunger Games, after being killed by the rage of the idealistic protagonist, is gone. Then, who will rule? Who will rescue the people in dire straits? I don't know, and I don't need to wait until, I just punish the evil and promote the good. It's a complete green forest hero, drinking and eating meat, robbing the rich to help the poor. As for what to do after killing, that's not what the protagonists should think about, and there's no need to think about it. .
Therefore, the film is full of scenes and empty in its connotation. There is no way to realize any ideals. You can only find the ideals of nothingness in the emptiness. The world will either be destroyed, or chaotic, or just a small group of people will do it. There is absolutely no hope and no future. After watching this kind of movie, there is only heartbreak, hopelessness and endless worry.
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