The theme is not the fairy tale of Xiaorenguo, nor the life of husband and wife. This film is more to provide the audience with a novel perspective and try to explore the viewpoints of technology and human nature. It shows the pros and cons that this technology may cause from multiple angles, which is relatively objective.
However, it did not elaborate on the logical feasibility and details of human shrinkage and micro-community. For example, are the daily necessities made by small people or ordinary factories, or are they shrunk using similar technology? How to resist the attacks of birds, beasts and even insects in the wild? Has the shape of the food changed? This may not be important to the core of the movie, but it slightly weakens the sense of reality. I personally think that the so-called convenience and energy-saving space after shrinking need to rely on normal human production and social operations. The people in that bar questioned the contribution of the reduced people to the economy, as well as the right to survive and the right to speak with it. In fact, any society will divide and produce various problems. These are not simply problems that can be solved by "becoming smaller and more prosperous". In this sense, the film can be regarded as a dystopian movie.
In addition, the film covered many topics but did not expand or conclude. For example, about 10% of the ecology, 10% of life pressure, 10% of smuggling and poverty, 10% of Vietnamese politics, 10% of love (this plot always has the feeling of Madame Butterfly, and now I recall that it did appear twice in the film) Butterfly), finally caught off guard 3% Doomsday and 2% Ark Project.
This plan was implemented in the film, but the human survival migration seemed a bit sloppy, which may be due to lack of details. The look and feel has magically changed from "cult" to a hiking club that needs to "keep yourself hydrated" on foot uphill for 11 hours. Don't you tell the hero in advance about the matters needing attention?
Basically, the tendency on all topics is very vague, except for repeated criticisms of Vietnam's political incidents for abusing shrinking techniques. Trying to think about the central idea of the film, I found that Du Sang's words inadvertently summarize the plot of the film: "Nothing ever works out with this guy." This film is like a journey of the hero Paul. So why is Paul always unable to get the results he wants smoothly? Maybe he doesn't understand human nature. He told Ngoc Lan that it depends on the overall situation, and he is often driven by the kindness and sympathy in his heart to do things that he does not really want (regardless of whether these things really make sense). But more people are actually like Dusan, Ngoc Lan and his ex-wife, who will still look closer in front of life and death, and then choose to live within their ability. When listening to the precautions before shrinking with his ex-wife, both of them hesitated. He was not 100% willing, but he insisted on doing it. The wife who fled the battle told Paul that she felt guilty and uncomfortable for not keeping her promise, but found that she chose to shrink her body only to make Paul happy, so she decided to consider it for herself. For most people, being selfish is the only way out.
The male lead and Du Sang brother act well, convincing and understandable; the female lead in the later period is film-like, but I just don’t want to listen to her chirping ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯ Although she said that on the plane That's right.
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