The first half of the sci-fi vision and racial class discussion are quite creative

Carolyne 2022-03-26 09:01:06

Matt Damon has been unfavorable recently, and he has made several bad films that have been controversial. The opening film in Venice last year was eye-popping. The core of the criticism seems to be the same as that of "The Great Wall", with its deep-rooted Western-centric rhetoric and colonial thinking. White Western men saving Asian women still have an outdated and rigid portrayal of traditional Eastern women. The sci-fi ideas and racial class discussion in the first half of the script are quite creative. If this trend continues, it might be possible to concoct a sci-fi fable with a strong sense of irony. What is embarrassing is that the second half of the plot began to collapse gradually, sinking in the direction of the so-called white man's spiritual self-salvation. Matt Damon's performance is also embarrassing enough to make people look straight.

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  • Ngoc Lan Tran: Other night on boat, what kind of fuck you give me?

    Paul Safranek: What?

    Ngoc Lan Tran: What kind of fuck you give me?

    Paul Safranek: What kind? I don't...

    Ngoc Lan Tran: American people, eight kind of fuck. Love fuck, hate fuck, sex-only fuck, break-up fuck, make-up fuck, drunk fuck, buddy fuck, pity fuck.

  • [first lines]

    Dr. Andreas Jacobsen: [in Danish to technician who has rushed into his office] Yes, Jørgen?

    Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen: [in Norwegian] We have it... Andreas, we have it... It works!

    [the embrace]