Friends who want to watch hardcore monster movies and hard apocalyptic survival, you are on the wrong path. You don't belong here.
It's really wrong to give a bad review to the film if you go the wrong way. If any friends who haven't watched "Love and Monsters" see this, if you are a fan of hardcore doomsday, please take a detour! This film definitely does not meet your appetite!
The core of the movie is actually Disney. This means that this is a family-friendly movie suitable for big screens, all ages, and families. So "Monsters are so weak and boring", "A bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled just ran out of the bunker to give away their heads", "Why did such a weak monster kill the army so easily" "The hero is not the protagonist halo? Woman doomsday Still have long hair?" The comments made me really big heads.
Friends, not all movies need to be "noble," and not all movies need to conform to "common sense." Not all the weak can only stay alive or die, and staying in one place does not represent hope. (Have they stayed in one place in The Walking Dead? If they choose to stick to their position and not transfer, can they be guaranteed to be safe all the time?) Monster "weakness" is only one aspect, it serves the core of the plot. In other words, you should go to that world yourself, and then it will be too late to talk about whether the monster is weak or not.
If you go to the movies with such a mindset, I can only say that you, as the audience, who are unwilling to open up your mind a little bit wider, will lose a considerable part of the movie-watching pleasure. Of course, everyone has their own preferences and preferences. To lose this pleasure is just to choose the side effects of watching movies and TV corners.
Remove all the so-called "unscientific" and "unrealistic" settings (in fact, it is best not to subjectively substitute too many "scientific settings" in watching movies, because no science fiction movie can be completely scientific), "Love and Monsters" gave me a lot of surprises. I was attracted purely by the subject matter (doomsday/comedy), but was moved by its story.
Like many Disney/Pixar animated films, "Love and Monsters" has an ordinary story core-a main line, even the transition and development of the story are predictable, and it follows the creative principle of a popcorn movie story. .
But Miao is that the screenwriter (maybe the art, maybe the director...) is mixed with a lot of "private goods". These private goods all reflect his understanding and love of doomsday-themed games, movies, and dramas. It is these details that make "Love and Monsters" stand out from an ordinary "younger" monster movie and become a unique existence.
For example, when the male protagonist first saw the dog Boy, he came to the small bus where Boy's original owner lived. That plot is one of the most touching episodes of the film. The graffiti, cut-and-paste, clock and other furnishings on the bus show a little bit of a girl who used to live alone with a dog. From the appearance of the dog, taking the male protagonist Dawson into the car, to the dog knowing how to use a rope to close the door-suddenly, I seem to see a girl who has never appeared in a movie teaching the dog how to close the door with a rope. And all the signs indicate that she has a high probability of being gone-whether it's the Boy who is lying in the den, whimpering, biting on the owner's clothes, or the untouched and untaken supplies in the house...
Everything is unspoken. In just a few video languages, the audience has already understood the past here, Boy's past, a past that was buried in the wind and in the heart of Boy who can’t speak. The concise and clear lens language is also a major feature of this film.
When the dog returns to the car to pick up the relics of the former owner, and re-enter the road with the hero, the story of the past stays on the broken bus forever. Is there any taste of the first part of "The Last of Us" here?
Boy: We had a moment together, and now, I am heading for a new dawn. Hope you doin well out there dear.
On a dark rainy night that heralds a "dangerous moment", the hero meets the robot Mav1s. The plot itself has a certain romantic color. (Don’t ask why I can talk for a long time at night without a monster attack (. Whether it’s the last farewell of the Mav1s "before death" male protagonist to his mother, or after the rain stopped, Mav1s ran out of last power to play Stand by me's blessings. The dancing blue-purple jellyfish, and then the music stopped abruptly, accompanied by the "death" of Mav1s... At this point, "Love and Monsters" really sublimated the theme of love. This is a just right "intermission", the love of man and animal , The love between people, and the love between people and AI (and the love between people and monsters).
So, don't get it wrong. "Love and Monsters" is not bad. The protagonist's halo is not a problem, nor is the familiar plot structure. If these flaws serve the core of the movie, then, as long as the flaws are not concealed, we can say: This is a good movie.
If you want to watch a movie that is embellished with high-quality comedy elements, full of many details that can be dig into and yet to be discovered, while also giving people warmth, strength and hope, then "Love and Monsters" will definitely be a good choice .
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