Keep a fantasy childlike innocence in the cruel reality

Dave 2022-03-23 09:02:03

From the perspective of a normal adult, this film has many shortcomings: 1. Many plots jump too fast and too big. Most of the views put forward by the male protagonist are from the book (SCIENCE FICTION), and for a normal person For example, how could it be possible to immediately change my original position to believe in some fictitious facts? This is completely unreasonable; 2. The actor's performance is too contrived. Under such unbelievable conditions, he can still be so calm or in other words. It is impossible for a normal person to regain composure so quickly; 3 The dialogues of the characters are not natural and smooth, and the dialogues between many characters in the whole play are too literary and cannot give people a natural feeling at all. INSTEAD, it is more jerky and contrived, which makes it difficult for the film to give the audience an immersive feeling; 4. Too much emphasis on special effects. For example, when the protagonist and his party decide to go through the center of the island to find a submarine to escape The island that is about to sink, when crossing the small river, when the pure gold falls, the island is about to sink, how could they still have the time to stop in the blue scenery? Again, it doesn't make sense.
But this film is a A film full of childlike innocence, which means that the main audience of this film is children. From the point of view of children, the above shortcomings are in fact reasonable, and should we "adults" reflect on ourselves? Have we lost something, something from childhood? In fact, you shouldn't expect too much from a children's film. For this film, it is not difficult to find that the whole film is
a trust and dedication to fantasy, as well as a childhood innocence. When I saw that someone was unhappy with the name "Adventure in the Center of the Earth 2", I laughed and laughed at him being stupid. Let's take a look at its English name: Journey 2, but in addition to attracting old audiences, this translation actually has another meaning: land :namely "EARTH", the translator (or director?) wants us to re-understand our heart after watching this film, the heart hidden under the hard shell of reality, and more importantly, a childlike innocence that we have long forgotten. While reality keeps grinding away our edges and corners, we begin to become impetuous, extreme, and talk about fools about fantasy and persistence, but after watching this film, should we find what we once had or never lost? Faith and innocence?
——by Aaron Jun

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island quotes

  • [last lines]

    Alexander: [presenting Sean with a birthday gift] I wanted to give you... this.

    Sean: [receiving the gift] A book?

    Alexander: Oh, it's not just a book: it's a trip I want us to go on... All of us, as a family.

    [Sean unwraps his gift and gives a knowing look to Hank]

    Sean: [showing the book to everyone] "From the Earth to the Moon".

    Alexander: What do you say?

    Kailani: Well, I think there's only one thing to say.

    Sean: So who's up for an adventure?

    [Alexander giggles]

    Liz: No, no, no!

    Hank: Oh, honey, what could possibly go wrong? It's only the moon.

  • Kailani: [the group's helicopter is being sucked into a hurricane; calmly] We need to get out of here.

    Gabato: [whimpering fearfully] I was thinking the same thing!