Second-rate sci-fi

Ernest 2022-03-27 09:01:18

Science fiction films must have exaggerated imagination of technology, thereby magnifying the embarrassment of real society, expressing criticism and protest; or guessing the possibility of the future; or providing ideas for solving problems. In short, the work of the soul must contain exploration and thinking, or express emotions, or show beauty.
And this film is very long and thin, the blank space not only can not lead the audience into the mood, but it is redundant and boring, which should not be understood as the cold feeling that the film needs.
The absurd imagination also needs to be rational. The film uses a very old-fashioned and strange assumption-human beings are faked without emotion, ruled by interest groups, people only have absolute obedience, no doubt, the emotion of the protagonist is the key part, Don't get it right, and they look awkward (not just in relation to their environment, but out of line with themselves). It seems that the satire of this film is not very clever.
Contrary to mainstream sci-fi films, with the development of science and technology, technological products will not treat people more and more as emotionless machines, but technological products will become more and more humanized, making people addicted and paralyzed. Science fiction films have long ceased to focus on the purely technological elements themselves, and this film seems to be too simplistic.

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Extended Reading
  • Melisa 2022-03-21 09:02:58

    The flowers are the most beautiful and the rest are floating clouds! The 20-minute short film has to be stretched and filled to 100 minutes. The world view is deliberately weak, the characters are far-fetched, and the performance is blunt and dystopian. The unconscious love awakening of the same ethnic group advocated by the film has been completely reduced to a pale form. The conclusion is more proof of life and death There is no major incident outside. Nicholas and Kristen are not drunk even after a little CP feeling.

  • Fred 2022-03-18 09:01:06

    This kind of film shortlisting for the main competition in Venice is simply an insult to the Golden Lion.

Equals quotes

  • Silas: [propped up on his arm in bed with Nia] I never could have imagined what love felt like. It's... strange... like a tornado going around and...

    Nia: Yeah

    [laughs shyly, then turns serious]

    Nia: That's why I was scared of it at first.

    Silas: [nods several times]

    Nia: It's about giving. Like, I want you to take everything. I don't even know what it is but I want you to take it from me.

    Silas: I just wanna-

    [amusedly]

    Silas: I wanna run.

    [Nia laughs, Silas smiles]

    Silas: I mean like you and I, both of us, just run...

    [closes his eyes]

    Silas: ... as fast as we can, outside, just take off.

    [opens his eyes]

    Silas: It's so weird; I'm like... I keep thinking about... Ever since we were kids, it's been drilled to us that our purpose is to explore the universe, you know? Outer space is where we'll find the answers to why we're here and where we come from. It's like everyone's... searching for these answers eight hundred million miles away and the truth is the answers are right in front of us.

    [looks into Nia's eyes intensely]

    Silas: I know why I'm here.

    Nia: Me too.

  • Employee: [about jumper] I hope they find someone to cover his work.