I don’t know how many people are watching the big Hollywood productions, and they can still keep some attention on the ideological content of the film while they are tired of dealing with the endless series of grand scenes and dazzling stunts. Of course, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes is also a blockbuster film that carries out stunts to the end, but I believe that even people with few brain cells will find it difficult to have 2B-style optimism about the story of the film after watching the film.
The two clues that run through the film are also two profound propositions, one is a reflection on science and the other is a tribute to the struggle. Scientist Will's research results can improve the intelligence of orangutans but can't bear the consequences. It is even more ironic that the 113 virus, which was originally studied to improve the function of the human body, turned out to be a murderous demon. At the end of the film, the 113 virus is like a plague, taking the representative achievement of human cutting-edge science - an airplane - the picture that swept the world is so chilling.
Since Westerners swept the world with foreign guns and cannons under the banner of science, a new religious value has ruled the world, that is, "worshiping science". Although there are many banners in the West, such as civilization, democracy, freedom, and the rule of law, scientific leadership is the fundamental reason why Western values dominate the world. Science represents hard power, other values are soft power, and soft power is built on the basis of hard power.
In the hearts of believers of the Scientology religion, science is the omnipotent "god" and the master of everything. If you can't find a basis in science, and you can't get the oracles and blessings of the "God of Science", nothing will stand. In the system of worship of science, high priests and high priests have always been the patent of Westerners. Therefore, the right to determine what is in line with science and what is against science has always been in the hands of Westerners. Acceptance and kowtow in the back.
In the past few hundred years under the rule of Scientology, the world has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes. There is almost no great achievement that is not a "miracle" of science, and there is almost no victory of mankind over nature that is not achieved under the guidance of science of. But don't forget that any religion cannot bring only the gospel to believers without suffering. The disasters and sufferings caused by science have become more and more obvious to people: global warming, ozone reduction, environmental pollution, the spread of plagues, species extinction, soil erosion, extreme climates, nuclear disasters, the threat of war... After experiencing the pain, you will also experience the process of getting rid of the superstition of science, look at science from a more rational perspective, restore its original appearance and status, and finally change from being enslaved by science to harnessing science for the benefit of mankind.
More comforting to me than a reflection on science is the film's celebration of struggle. Yes, today when the words "revolution", "struggle", "resistance" and "resistance" have been swept into the garbage heap of history, today when martyrs are treated coldly and traitors are all over the archway, let me wait for the so-called "leftists" It was a blockbuster movie from the West that the young people experienced the long-lost touch. How could this situation not make people feel embarrassed.
When the orangutan Caesar roared "NO!" in the face of bullying, I believe that any conscientious audience will cry with him in their hearts, stand firmly on the side of the orangutans, and support their revolution and struggle.
Where there is oppression, there is resistance! - This is a wise saying left to us by Chairman Mao. When angry Palestinians attack Israeli tanks with eggs and stones, and when Iraqi guerrillas attack US troops, do you know how many people are condemning their "violence"! Americans are here to "bring freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people"! These "mobs" actually resisted somehow! ——Xizai and the foreign slaves shouted in unison. So according to this theory, should the orangutans in the film be grateful for the improvement of their IQ due to human scientific inventions? Should we live in harmony with human beings?
Do not! Rebellion is justified! Anyone who is oppressed or enslaved has the right to rebel, and their resistance is reasonable and forced. Orangutans are like this, not to mention people? In an era when the exploiting classes are in control, aren't the oppressed and enslaved at the mercy of others, just like the gorillas in the film, becoming vassals and test subjects of others? The difference is that the orangutan got the intelligence-boosting virus, while the oppressed and enslaved people got the spiritual garbage and opium. They are not only impoverished materially, but also have nothing spiritually. They have been deprived of the right to improve their intelligence and knowledge. Humans are not as good as gorillas!
I think a high-level exploiter should have a firmer conviction after seeing this film that the oppressed and enslaved must not know too much. But this is too difficult, because it needs to do two things. First, most of the oppressed and enslaved people are illiterate. Even if there are some people with culture, they cannot unite the majority. Second, the exploiters have always been more educated than the oppressed. There is culture. But through history, we find that in the end, the exploiters are full of dummies, and the oppressed will eventually master the simple truth and know the direction of progress through education and baptism in cruel reality.
What the oppressed should learn from this film is solidarity. The phrase "unity is strength" is by no means a vulgar slogan, but an indestructible truth. "Proletarians of the world, unite" is the most familiar slogan of the communists. The oppressed have almost nothing but themselves. Therefore, if they want to fight against a powerful enemy, they must accumulate small and large. Only when they unite, have the same goal, and rise up to resist, can they liberate themselves.
It can be seen that Westerners are increasingly uneasy about reality and worry about the future of mankind. In the face of this seemingly prosperous but perilous world, many films have begun to reflect on human values and behaviors in the past, and some more negative filmmakers have even begun to preview the end of the world for mankind. The 1968 movie "Planet of the Apes" has sketched out a hypothesis that human development may bring retrogression. If this ending still feels a sense of unreachable distance, then the current "Orangutan" The prospect drawn by Rise of the Ball is much clearer and more credible, and the issues it reflects on are much more specific and realistic.
What is certain is that if the exploiters of this world still do not change the current way of life and development, and still do not reflect on their inherent development outlook, values, and world outlook, the ending provided by the film should not be the worst.
Does it have to wait until the oppressed roar? !
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