The so-called dystopian film is to imagine a beautiful future society with various crises and problems hidden in it, and this "perfect society" often reveals the truth and eventually falls apart. Today's world has become a global village, and both ideology, culture, and consciousness are becoming more diverse and integrated, and the threat of dictatorship and centralization is also decreasing. According to common sense, dystopian films should belong to a nightmare of the past tense, but today's film creators did not expect that this theme will be revived. How to make the old stories of resisting tyranny, pursuing freedom, and building a new world have new ideas, and at the same time cater to the environment where the main force of global movie watching is young people? It now appears that this new wave of dystopian movie craze is very different from the previous ones. One of its major features is its integration with YA novels (young adult). Like this "Divergent", it combines the youth story with the dystopian social background.
"Divergent" can be regarded as a companion to "The Hunger Games." The film is adapted from a novel of the same name that is popular in North America. It has sold tens of millions of copies in North America in two years. In dystopian movies, the most interesting thing is the description of future social formations. If the world is divided into five factions according to all the most beautiful characteristics, selfless, fearless, honest, friendly, and knowledgeable, in such a world, will there be killings, disputes, seizures of power, and riots? The video is to solve this setting. The background of the film is that there will be only a small part of human beings in the future, hiding behind the high walls of Chicago. The outside world seems terrible, but the inside is idyllic, harmonious and natural. By the age of 16, every child has to pass a test, and finally choose one group to join, and it will remain the same for life-it sounds a bit like the setting of the four colleges in "Harry Potter", doesn't it? These five schools actually correspond to five familiar professions: the honest school is ordinary people, the learned school is actually a scholar, the friendly school can be regarded as a social activist, the fearless school is naturally a warrior, and the selfless school is like a hermit. Isn't this very similar to our current meticulous professional division of social occupations? People seem to live in a peaceful society in which everyone has what they want and where everyone can make the best use of their talents.
In such a society, excessive organization and strong order often require people to surrender their freedom and individuality in exchange for a safe and stable life. As everyone knows, every type of label will produce discrimination. There is a category of people who don't want to be defined, don't want to be labeled, and don't want to obey orders-that is, young men and women with compelling youth! They seem to be born incompatible with the politics, centralization and boring life of the elderly. They have to rebel and confront with them and pursue the freedom of life. The heroine Tracey in "The Divergent" has several characteristics at the same time and cannot be classified, and is called the "Divergent". She chose rebellion, joined the fearless faction, ran with her young friends to catch up with the speeding train, worked hard to learn to fight, and glide past the top of the city through a steel wire... If you want to take risks, and are willing to try to be a hermit, Seeing other people and wanting to help them, why do they become alternatives and not tolerated by society? Those of us young people who are anxious, confused, and seeking rebellion and other mental states can easily find sympathy. The film transplants the infinite possibilities of youth and youth, and the theme of young people’s unwillingness to be institutionalized, into a dystopian story shell. As a sci-fi action blockbuster, its youth elements are the most unique. different. Compared with the cruel battle royale story of "The Hunger Games", "Divergent" is more like a youth game about growth under the cloak of dystopia. The heroine slowly experiences the true meaning of friendship, love, and affection. She keeps getting to know herself. Torture yourself about who you are, who you want to be, what kind of life you want, and finally resolve all doubts to grow.
The heroine has always been worried that her identity as a disagreement will be exposed, trying to disguise herself, but in fact, the biggest threat to a harmonious society in the film comes from the hypocrisy and desire for power in the adult world. The setting of the film is very intriguing: the scholars control the fighters and provoke the incident, but the main target is the hermit. The coexistence of the five factions on the surface is just an illusion. A society that cannot tolerate the existence of "differents" is actually on the verge of disintegration. For domestic adult audiences, seeing the five factions in the film fighting against each other at the end, the whole world is in chaos, and they will definitely think of the special era of the past decade in China-whether you are a liberal, a high school, or The fence-riding faction is still loyal to a certain faction, and will eventually be used by the speculative faction as a pawn to play with. The heroine Tracy finally destroyed this seemingly perfect world with her friends. She finally became an adult and learned to integrate into society while maintaining her original heart. Isn't this the individual life pursued by the new generation of young people?
The growth experience of the heroine is ups and downs, and the clues are clear. Even if there are not too many super hot scenes in the film, you can still watch it tastefully. Especially the test of fear in the latter part of the film is quite refreshing: the heroine keeps entering the dream of fear, she still cannot use her reason to dispel fear, she must face her own heart, find the outlet of fear, and then Be brave. This setting is more interesting and worth pondering for young people.
Actress Shailene Woodley has a large number of fans in North America with her sweetness and freshness and outstanding figure. She became popular with American dramas such as "Orange County Boys" and "The Secret of Youth", and is now the leader of the new generation of young actresses In addition, his recent film "Fault in the Stars" has an excellent reputation, and "Descendants" is even more popular at the Oscars that year. She has been making appointments with her rushing popularity, and in the future, she will have the momentum to chase Stone Sister and Twilight Girl. The male protagonist Theo James is handsome, and the nympho fan is about to scream again. In recent years, the low-key "Ruth" Kate Winslet also played the big villain in a commercial blockbuster for the first time. The queen's aura is full, and the action actress Maggie Q, which is familiar to mainland audiences, has also joined as a novel adaptation of the movie. The series, such actor equipment, is enough.
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