When it comes to this film, it is impossible not to mention his director, Ridley Scott. This year, the veterans are not dead, and the old trees are blooming. Not long ago, the 70-year-old George Miller fought hard in the desert and presented the blood and excitement of "Mad Max", which was extremely admirable. Unexpectedly, there is someone who is even more dissatisfied. At 77 years old, it was the age when many film masters retired. Ridley Scott is still fighting on the front line and has the courage to break through the various limits of film technology. It seems that Creativity is the first magic weapon to stay young.
Mr. Scott has a prominent position in the history of sci-fi films. "Alien" and "Blade Runner" are immortal masterpieces. His dark and cold style has influenced countless latecomers, resulting in many sci-fi blockbusters now like to take the dark style. , You can play deep and deep show at every turn, the characters are bitter and bitter, and the clouds are bleak. However, this time Lao Lei suddenly changed his face. "The Martian" is a film with positive energy. Even if he is alone on Mars and faces extremely harsh living conditions, the botanist played by Matt Damon can always laugh at the difficulties, and fight and fail again and again. Compared with last year's "Interstellar", it is also far away from the earth and has many crises. The lacrimal glands of the characters in Interstellar are well developed, and tears flow into rivers at every turn. Matt Damon's character in that film didn't say a single line when he came on the scene, he just started crying; now this film is nerve-wracking, funny and optimistic, happily growing potatoes on Mars. It is said that many botanists named the newly discovered plants after the protagonist of the film in order to express their love for the film. To be honest, there are so many gags and jokes in the film that many comedies should be ashamed.
But for a film with rescue as the core, the tone of the film falls into the old routine of Weiguang again. Who said that there is no main theme film in the United States, there is no villain in this film for us to hate or hate, all people have contributed all their energy and enthusiasm to the rescue operation, become the embodiment of justice, and spent a lot of money in order to save an astronaut. Billion dollars to start rescue programs.
I have to complain about Matt Damon here. From "Saving Private Ryan" to "Interstellar" to "The Martian", why is it always you who asks for help? Don't lose yourself next time, okay? Fortunately, all of his colleagues share weal and woe, and the captain is a strong woman. In fact, the role of the female captain in the novel is not very important, but the script of the movie has greatly increased the role, and she has been portrayed as a brave and resourceful female high school hero. It is said that this is at the request of the co-producer, NASA, for the purpose of Encourage more women to join the aerospace industry. It sounds good, I think it is to warm the voice of the lonely engineering man. It is also because of the film's educational and entertaining nature and its politically correct stance. The mainstream media in the United States have praised it. Many primary and secondary schools have listed this film as a teaching film for science courses, and even the squirrel in "Ice Age". Hats off to The Martian spoof too.
However, in the praise, there are also discordant voices. Many Asian American associations in the United States have expressed strong protests to the film, because several Asian characters in the original novel were adapted into white or black characters in the film, which is very easy in the United States, which is extremely sensitive to racial issues. understood as racism. However, I think the director of this film may not have done it intentionally. There are actually quite a few Asian characters in the film. It is especially worth mentioning that China Aerospace once again succeeded in stealing the spotlight. When NASA's rescue operation suffered a major failure, the Chinese Space Administration lent a helping hand. Thinking of the previous "Gravity", the heroine also relied on Chinese spacecraft to return safely. It seems that the critical moment still depends on me. And unlike many Chinese characters in Hollywood movies who speak broken English, there is actually a key scene in Chinese in "The Martian", which is really heart-warming. I just don't know when China's film industry will be as successful as aerospace and make world-class sci-fi blockbusters?
Science fiction films have always been an important type of film in Hollywood, and they are also the representative products that best reflect the strength of the Hollywood film industry. Throughout the world, only the rich and powerful United States can produce one after another fantasy world spectacle for audiences all over the world every year. However, upon closer inspection, many so-called sci-fi films are nothing more than pure fantasy films in the guise of science. For example, the most classic sci-fi series Star Wars, there are still explosions in space, super-light travel is like playing, and all spaceships have their own gravity. And this story happened long long time ago, a galaxy far far away, how come there are still people on earth running around? And also speak American English? Director, I call you blind, do you dare to agree?
But in recent years, with the improvement of audience's scientific literacy, film practitioners have also begun to pay attention to the scientific authenticity of the film. The sci-fi world refers to such films that respect scientific theorems and technical level as "hard sci-fi", which is different from soft sci-fi under the guise of science. Sometimes hard sci-fi is so hard that it makes it difficult to distinguish what is science and what is fantasy .In "Gravity", except that the space suit is slightly more advanced than in reality, various technical details are completely consistent with contemporary human aerospace technology. "The Martian" is full of documentary sense from beginning to end, and the emergence of Mars probes in reality , the signal transmission time between Earth and Mars takes 15 minutes, and the details of the spacecraft relying on its rotation to create gravity all reflect the production team's respect for science and technology.
As another masterpiece of hard science fiction, coupled with high-quality entertainment experience, " "The Martian" definitely deserves a high score. The fly in the ointment is that the rescue process is too smooth. Judge, I still want to see the legend of the protagonist's ultimate success after going through hardships and dangers. Could it be that Lao Lei is getting old and soft-hearted?
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