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Problems with the idea of science fiction
Solon 2022-04-22 07:01:02
The film is still generally understandable, a person lives in another world (the so-called tangent universe), but affects the world in which we live (the so-called primary universe). But in the middle, the audience has too many questions, instead of highlighting what the film is about. "The Philosophy of Time Machine" is used as a prop or clue rather than a homework before the audience watching. As for what FAQ to watch, it will only lead to more confusion---ask who can tell the time and space clear? ! So I think the big failure of this film as a sci-fi film is that the science of conception is far from AI, and The Sixth Feeling comes smoothly. In fact, it is a movie, and it is not for scientists. Science fiction should be just an introduction. It is good to make it simple in science, and this film is planted on science fiction. But as a first-time director, it is still worthy of admiration, and other aspects of the film are also well handled, such as actors' performances, tone, music, and so on.
Extended Reading
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[Pommeroy is reading to the class from the 1954 short story "The Destructors" by Graham Greene]
Karen Pommeroy: "There would be headlines in the papers. Even the grown-up gangs who ran the betting at the all-in wrestling and the Barrow Boys would hear with respect of how Old Misery's house had been destroyed. It was as though this plan had been with him all his life, pondered through the seasons, now in his 15th year crystallized with the pain of puberty." What is Graham Greene trying to communicate with this passage? Why did the children break into Old Misery's House? Joanie?
Joanie James: They wanted to rob him.
Karen Pommeroy: Joanie, if you had actually read the short story, which, at a whopping 13 pages, would have kept you up all night, you would know that the children find a great deal of money in the mattress, but they burn it.
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Gretchen: Um, where do I sit?
Karen Pommeroy: Sit next to the boy you think is the cutest.
[the class gasps]
Karen Pommeroy: Quiet! Let her choose.