Actually, I didn’t treat these skeleton-shaped creatures as aliens at first, and I never had this idea. I subconsciously regarded those creatures as human beings that are different from us but belong to us. They are humans, but they are different. Appearance, maybe, the concept of class has penetrated into my brain, causing me to subconsciously treat them as people who do not belong to my class, rather than alien species. It may also be because the body shape of the "aliens" is very similar to that of humans, they are just what humans look like after death, a group of walking skeletons. Why did the director choose such makeup? Is it to ridicule that there is no difference between ruled humans and ruler aliens? Even if the aliens are overthrown, the masses will still be ruled, but they will be ruled by their own ethnic elites.
I think there is a trick here. When I saw a woman handing a newly developed contact lens to the protagonist, I suddenly felt that, maybe, sunglasses let people see what the developer wants people to see, so I think with them. The aliens to fight are no different. It's just another reality that has been selected. Who can criticize whom? all the same.
I really like the appearance of these aliens, they are not scary, they even have a sense of beauty.
With the addition of a black and white filter, there is no bright and straightforward color, and it looks more like a purely abstract picture, without real, bloody details, and a sense of distance, which allows me to appreciate it as a painting.
Regarding our protagonist, I am actually a little uncomfortable. The protagonist is like a person with no personality. The director will get angry if he wants to make him angry. If he kills, he will kill. He does not have a fixed and consistent personality, just like a puppet. Moreover, other people are also. I don’t know if the director deliberately pulled away the flesh and blood side of the character’s character, or he thinks this kind of portrayal is sufficient. In short, I have no empathy for the protagonist and other people.
Regarding the supporting black brothers, I was puzzled at first, especially when the protagonist began to become interested in the people in the church. Why was he so alert? He said that he was always within the white line, which meant he knew very clearly that there were The existence of the black line is more sober than other people who get headaches when they hear the broadcast. He may know the truth of the matter and just choose to obey it, especially the long period of their fight. I once thought he knew everything. The truth of this, because he just doesn't step on the sunglasses. Obviously he has so many opportunities to destroy the sunglasses, he seems to avoid them all the time. But later proved not, he just wanted to win the protagonist. The director may be really not good at portraying the character's personality. There are many details that are very vague, but they are extremely inductive. They will make people infer the next behavior of the character and then be overthrown. This is one point that I am very puzzled.
Aliens encourage consumerism to make people enjoy themselves instead of thinking. This is actually a common theme, but when those slogans appear, I still feel a little surprised. These pictures are beautiful.
In general, I think this movie is a film with too clear themes and lost details. There are many things that have not been explained, otherwise it is vague, such as the principle of aliens going to other planets. For example, if the male protagonist blindly trusts the female protagonist, has the male protagonist never doubted that maybe he was used by others? He puts on the sunglasses and believes that the moment others explain, he becomes a weapon to realize the ideals of others, rather than a person with his own judgment.
Maybe he is willing to believe it, after all, he has nothing to pay his life for.
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