Conspiracy, coup, murder, brainwashing... all dirty charges are related to politics. Recall the lines in Godfather 3: Politics and crime are the same thing-it feels like such a vicissitudes and profound allegory. When politicians played various banners and gave generous speeches, Mo Xing splashed sarcasm, made things difficult, and attacked competitors; when the eruption of applause from the election stage tore the silence of the audience and pushed the most passionate end of the speech to a climax; When supporters burst into tears and applauded the ingenious words of the speaker on stage, does anyone really know the dark abyss hidden under the surface glitz?
Wars and major events in history are often the birthplaces and brewing grounds of various conspiracies. The chaotic battlefield gives conspirators unlimited opportunities and space for display. The story of "Manchurian Candidate" unfolds in a confusing dream like a desert storm. The specious "Gulf War Syndrome" can't explain the weird and terrifying dream at all. None of the team members involved in the reconnaissance operation, including the protagonist, are involved. Tell me exactly what is going on. The protagonist is like Neo, staggering to find the truth in a seemingly awake, but he does not have red and blue pills to choose-finding out the truth is his only way out of trouble. Thus, in the contradiction between memories and dreams, a series of shocking tragedies are involved.
In the suspense arrangement, the director put a lot of effort into it, and Denzel Washington and Streep's exquisite acting skills fueled the flames, and the suspenseful and thrilling effect of the film always grabbed the audience's cardiovascular and brain nerves. At the beginning of the story, the blood-colored sky of the Middle East desert seems to bring ominous omen, and then ambushes, coma, dreams, and neurotic questioning of retired comrades cast a gloomy color on the film, and Washington’s mind always flashes back like the Middle Ages. The torture-like bloody images also rendered the atmosphere of the film terrifying and killing. The dim horror in the depths of my soul hinted at suffocation to heinous madness, and it made me stare at the screen with bated breath, and I couldn't relax my emotions for a moment.
The writing of political conspiracies with horror is the feature of this film, which is quite alarming and awakening. Nowadays, American people's trust in the government has been declining repeatedly, and the film shows the level of suspicion and vacillation. When it comes to political themes, it is natural to think of the radical "Fahrenheit 911". Unlike the impetuous fanning of "Hua", "Man" shows a scholarly calm attitude. From the outside to the inside, from investigation and puzzle solving to human nature analysis, and even to expose the shortcomings of the system, the film is separated from each other and the incident is peeled to the flesh. While releasing the suspense, it also digs into the space for deep thinking, allowing the audience to sort out the intricate events. After the context, there was a sudden awakening of its inner meaning. At the moment when the mother repeats her son’s name in a mechanical and rigid tone and hypnotizes it, everything about human nature, love and hate, good and evil, greatness and sordidness, light and darkness are all overturned and mixed. Together. For a time, the heaviness and pain of love could not be avoided. The colors tuned by ambition and maternal love are so gorgeous, fierce, and discordant, jumping with the radiance of evil, which is sour and disgusting, and compassionate. Humanity distorted by fame and fortune is fully revealed.
I suddenly found it difficult to classify this film. Suspense film? horror film? Or is it a science fiction movie? ? The director tried to mobilize sci-fi elements to add a strange color to the film, but it was this uncomplicated sci-fi that became the film's biggest flaw. The biggest difference between this film and the 1962 version is that it weakens the psychological analysis, emphasizes the political nature, and intends to use the remaining prestige of the old script to exert itself and achieve the purpose of criticizing the current politics. However, the pseudo-scientific touches of witchcraft such as brainwashing and hypnotism, which have a strong sense of history, almost immediately shaken the film’s convincing foundation of reality. Moreover, brainwashing and hypnosis have long been frequent visitors to suspense stories. I remember seeing similar plots in the "City Hunter" comics: a princess of a certain country with amnesia is frequently hypnotized to take high-risk stunt shots, and the props are always passive and lethal. , It turned out that that was also what I did in a hypnotized state. Using the mysterious phenomenon to link the story can add a touch of mystery to the film, but it is easy to wear down the credibility of the film. The same problem has occurred in the movie "The Green Mile". As Stephen King's prison series, it is obviously not comparable to "Shawshenko's Redemption". The key is to support the foundation of the whole suspense. Once the suspense is deduced to the end, the audience discovers that everything is nothing more than alternative science or supernatural fantasy, rather than the sparks of wisdom and reality, and the originally high-hanging heart becomes concerned: it is still fake after a long time.
Compared with the excessive force of "Fahrenheit 911", the criticism of "Man" appears weak and weak. "Hua" boldly used the after-dinner talk to piece together weak and scarce evidence, coupled with the out-of-the-box conjecture of arresting the current government for the current government, bluffing and arrogant swords, although it has a little deterrent, but not much lethality. However, "Man" has weakened the power of criticism due to the intervention of science fiction, and finally appears soft. In addition, the script's denial of politicians is still incomplete. The tenderness of maternal love constantly corrects the motive of the crime. The remote control of Manchuria International also excuses some of the charges for the front desk personnel. Maybe the director intends to hide the needle in Mianli? But so far, it didn't hurt or itchy, but it didn't have the thrilling power of bones and palms. After all, it was reduced to mediocrity, and it missed the classics.
In the "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes," Fangshu Tanaka raises the question: Is a decadent democratic regime better than an enlightened dictatorship? Perhaps the polity itself is just a form, and the governor is the decisive factor. Sometimes, politics is really desperate. Thinking of the scenes in "Shocking Nuclear Network", the life and death of all mankind is in the hands of so many people. If they are "accidentally", the world will be destroyed. How similar is "Full". If the loopholes in technology and system can help careerists freely manipulate the will of voters, then the moment voters cast their votes is tantamount to throwing their own destiny into the invisible shadow by themselves. I feel a little sympathetic to anarchists.
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