Without a passport, you have to travel by land to the United States, which is in danger everywhere!
The deepest fear in the whole film is not the fact that the giant monster invades the earth, but the consequences of losing the passport.
The terrifying squid monster was only shown twice in the film, but the consequences of the hero and heroine losing their passports followed the entire journey of the film.
Not to mention the fatigue of the journey, and even the many dangers in the restricted area, at the bottom, are all brought about by the loss of the passport.
Such fears must resonate deeply with modern travelers.
Passport not only represents the identity of the national, but also symbolizes your ethnic group. Showing your passport is equivalent to telling the other party: I have a place to come, I have a hometown, you can't provoke me, my country is my backer. If you lose your passport, you also lose the qualification to "prove who you are". When you are nothing in a foreign land and have no financial support, a person is equivalent to leaving more social life than physical life in the place where the passport was lost.
I once saw a news report on TV: Taiwanese university students were ripped off in Europe and lost their passports. As we all know, there is no Taiwanese embassy in Europe to rely on. The college student was penniless, and he didn't know how to contact the rescuer, so he was in a state of panic; when he was in a panic, he had to go into a Chinese restaurant to ask for help. The mainlander's lady boss called her to ask if there was any Taiwanese unit she could contact? Yes, there is a Taiwanese office in Europe. Although it is not a foreign affairs department, it is possible to ask for help. The problem: this office is far east of the border. The proprietress kindly gave the college student a small sum of money for his travel expenses to the border, which was resolved just now.
I was thinking, if this college student met a Chinese who was not so warm-hearted and did not have enough foreign language skills, but had to reach the border to ask for help, it would be a harsh road test, and - a little cruel to say - more It is suitable for making Taiwanese road movies.
The story of "Monsters" is located in the forbidden area of monsters in North America. People dare not provoke giants, but they still retain the habit of social organization and show no mercy to strangers. After the hero and heroine lost their passports, they were forced to choose the extremely dangerous inland route. In the fear that monsters would rush out at any time, they started their journey back home.
In modern times, although we already have international organizations that are a hundred times better than the past, making it difficult for you to easily become a homeless person, all this is still maintained at a boundary that may collapse at any time, that is, the loss of passports. "Prove who you are" is so abstract, you can only experience such an accident in a different place, but you have to suffer a lot and take risks. This is the traveler's fear. The ubiquitous horror atmosphere of "Monsters" is undoubtedly the embodiment of traveler's fear.
Take a bold look. If we regard the last squid monster in "Monsters" as a metaphor, and the hero and heroine's fear of strangeness and danger has become a monster, it can also explain some essential breath: this kind of monster does not personally Cannibals, it has countless tentacles that sprang out from time to time in the city and the forest; the true face of the monster could not be seen, and the sight of the tentacles alone was enough to scare the traveler at a loss. Also in this fearful situation, the hero and heroine, who were originally bickering, depended on each other for a long time, resulting in an unimaginable friendship. In addition, the essence of travel can make people feel that the atmosphere of daily life is like a cage, so that the hero and heroine will show love. The ambiguous love in the restricted area in the early morning has an objective basis.
"Monsters" takes a different approach in the monster genre, packaging it as a road movie of a monster disaster film, and has to admire director Gareth Edwards' ability to know how to maximize the only independent production resources on hand (also depends on the maturity of editing and photography) , as well as the somewhat looser, but stoked, ethical ambitions everywhere in the script.
As for "Godzilla" by Gareth Edwards four years later, it is another story.
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