"Elysium": There are as many holes as there are stars

Raleigh 2021-10-18 09:29:59

Wen/Shi Qi

waited for four years, "The Ninth Zone 2" didn't even have a shadow, but what was waiting was the "Essential Space" which "as many stars are in the sky, there are so many loopholes in the film". Frame by frame, bowing down is that director Neil Blomkamp has not walked out of the shadow of the feelings of "District Nine" at all, and can't extricate himself from it. He has always been dedicated to special effects. In 2005, he released an original short film "Aliens in Johannesburg". In just 6 minutes, the industry and the audience saw that he had long been rotten about "Aliens". The unique understanding of the subject of the street easily conquered investors' pockets. By 2009, the screen debut of "District Nine" caused a sensation once it was released. This work is fundamentally different from Skyrim, which the two brothers Strauss fought on the same front. The latter simply rushed to show off special effects, ignoring how the plot was crafted, how weird and weird it was. However, nowadays, "Elysium", which has been placed with high hopes from all walks of life, has become a good friend of "Skyrim" with 50 steps and a hundred steps, and I can't help but smash Neil Blomkamp.

Almost copying the world view set up by Mr. Yukito Kishiro's "Gunmeng", on this basis, Neil began to play with his own weights as flexibly as possible. I really can’t understand how deeply Neil really loves his "Ninth District". Starting from showing the world of bliss space that makes people's eyes a little brighter, once returned to the earth, the panorama becomes the slums of Johannesburg. In fact, the location of the film is indeed set up in a slum area in Mexico, and the underlying irony is still something. The earth in 2154 has an overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, and a harsh ecological environment. The starting point is to create a planet full of majesty. This problem itself is not difficult to deal with. Looking up, there is no technical challenge to create a blissful space that is not like heaven but better than heaven. However, the film did not consciously highlight the polarization of the two living conditions. First of all, the poor people on the earth have all kinds of ugly images without any aesthetic feeling. This is true, but when you look closely at the handsome men, they are all strong and powerful, and they laugh at Matt. ·The actor played by Damon has to go to work every day. It is better to go to work all day long and still live a healthy life. Such a picture also makes the audience feel the misery and bleakness of the living conditions of the people on earth. Secondly, the film did not highlight the acute problem of environmental pollution at all. It was just that the eyes were full of dust, which could explain what the problem was. After going around Lanzhou city, it could wash off several layers of ash, or go to Beijing to wear a mask and go shopping for a day. Come down and see how many particles can be washed out. Is it so difficult to present a world where everyone wears gas masks? Where is the "Elysium"? I am really confused. Anyway, the place where tap water can be drunk directly is definitely not the Earth in 2154.

Neil is really stingy, he didn't let people take a second look at the internal structure of the so-called blissful space. I don't know if there are any entertainment clubs in the heavens and on earth. I always take the trouble to give the big wheel of the panoramic view. What is the extraordinary meaning? However, the most unreliable thing is the driving force of the story. The whole film follows the greatest personal trait of the protagonist Max's "great life and fear of death". As a man with lofty ambitions but unpaid ambitions, some personality defects are nothing, life really needs to be cherished, but Matt Damon is really too hard to use the subject to play the role of the "coward" in a three-pointer. Even the serious ones make people laugh so hard that in the end, the motivation to give their lives for the children of the beloved woman and other children who don’t know how to mix up seems so sad and unreasonable, Neil Blomkan Pu, what a terrible taste you must have! The most interesting thing is that when they first met, the little girl "diligently" sold cute in front of Max, vainly trying to arouse his sympathy, so I deeply realized that the director is very likely to have suffered this in real life. An unspeakable injury.

The above-mentioned rather apparent loopholes are not enough to completely destroy "Elysium", and the setting of the villain is the most fatal blow to the film's center of gravity. I originally hoped that Judy Foster, an old drama player, could contribute his "maiden show" on the mainland screen very much. Ever thought that she would let a guy with a Scottish accent and mentally uncomfortable. Kick off the stage. Perhaps it is because of "The Ninth District" that he has an inexplicable personal feeling for Charto Copley. It is understandable that he wants to label him as a queen actor. However, this brave brain damage is simply for evil and evil. If it is used as a killing machine to be inserted in the action scene, it is still brighter. If he is to take on the heavy responsibility of the villain, it is tantamount to moving. He shot himself in the foot. Neal’s understanding of the villain’s positioning is getting more and more outrageous. At the risk of being spurned by the bliss space defense system, he has to let two little guys at random and a grenade to fall down a politician, as if into the land of no one. , So unhappy.

In terms of humanity and morality, Neal’s entry point is not problematic, highlighting the contradiction between the earth and the bliss space in medical technology. However, he insisted on taking this "key point" as "all" to grasp, and if this contradiction is carried to the end, it is suspected that he will cut his feet and fit his feet. Even if we can no longer find the focus of the conflict of interest between the two sides, we will not be guilty of such a painstaking effort to put people first and talk about people's livelihood. As for Matt Damon's mechanical armor, it is really powerless to complain. What's the value of this product's export besides contributing a domineering and revealing poster? Neil Blomkamp, ​​who is in "Elystic Space" and whose heart is in "The Ninth District," is bound to thunder all living beings and smashed his golden sign with his own hands.

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Elysium quotes

  • John Carlyle: [after his shuttle was shot down] Droids, there appears to be some type of wheeled vehicle with one - two occupants, they are armed and I'd like them dead.

  • Kruger: It's just a flesh wound!