In fact, I have heard its name as early as the New Year’s Day, but I have always felt that there are so many good movies. Why must I watch it first? Tuer highly recommended it to calm down and enjoy it slowly. After watching it, I couldn't help but say, well, it's my taste~
There is no connection between the three stories, maybe the only reason why it can be called a TV series is the idea of the three episodes It is more consistent with the structure. Of course, thanks to such a design, it saves me a lot of time to find a good film. At least from the current feeling, I will keep chasing it!
1. National Anthem
The beginning of the story provides us with an unbelievable background. The princess was arrested, and the kidnappers proposed that the prime minister must have sex with a pig at four o'clock in the afternoon and broadcast it live by the media satellite, otherwise the votes would be torn up. At first, the prime minister heard the news. At the time, I thought who was making a joke on him. Later, after hearing from the think tank that the video was cut from YouTube, I realized that life is sometimes more dramatic than novels. Then he made everything that a prime minister could think of at the first time. , blocking the media, dispatching special police, writing statements, tracking polls, the think tank even helped him contact special effects and stuntmen, and polls show that the people are still more supportive of the Prime Minister's rejection of unreasonable demands, at least from the current point of view, Things are going in a good direction, and the story goes this way and it could become a good American blockbuster. After a long series of battles of wits, the prime minister won and the kidnappers paid the price they deserved. However, it was from this moment that the story slowly showed its unique charm. As the stand-in was exposed on Twitter, the kidnappers chose to cut off one of the princess's fingers and sent the video to the media in order to retaliate against the government. From sympathy for the Prime Minister to the poor princess in an instant, asking the Prime Minister to pay for the matter. At this time, we have to think about why a sudden event will make public opinion make a 180-degree turn in a very short period of time. First of all, in normal circumstances However, in the era of information explosion, especially after the birth of SNS applications such as Twitter, the way to obtain information has become increasingly fragmented. The spread of online language is becoming more and more fast-food, resulting in people's thinking becoming more and more direct, and due to the herd mentality, the group's participation in events has become more and more assimilated, and it will evolve when the forces gather to a certain extent. For legitimate violence, dissident voices will be devastated, just as Le Pen wrote in the rabble that "the frenzy of group sentiment, especially among heterogeneous groups, is intensified by the complete disappearance of the sense of responsibility". The Prime Minister didn't change his opinion from start to finish, even when all rescues failed he insisted it was impossible, and when the female secretary told him the public, the royal family and my party think you should do it, if you don't When personal safety could not be guaranteed, and even his family was affected, the Prime Minister was forced to get on a special car to the studio. The result was almost the same as kidnapping, but this time the two sides of the kidnapping became public opinion and the Prime Minister's family, just like last year's medicine. In the Jiaxin case, his father will be called the father of a murderer when he goes out. He is often humiliated and bullied by some unrelated people, but from my personal values, I think his dad was an absolute victim in this incident. When the internet feast was over, everyone went back to their respective homes and looked for their respective mothers. Only his dad suffered endless pain for the rest of his life. Just like at the end of the film, the public did not have any doubts about the Prime Minister's personality because of the "pig abuse" incident (I admit that it is a bit strange..), on the contrary, his approval rate has reached a new high, but only when the door After closing, the prime minister begged his wife hard, but his wife turned a deaf ear, and that deep loneliness may accompany him for the rest of his life. .
Secondly, in this film, we can clearly feel that there are two incidents constantly switching, one is the government and the other is the media. The story is also unfolded in the interaction between these two objects. At first, people still didn’t believe it after seeing it on the Internet, saying why the TV was not broadcast, indicating that people are more inclined to believe in traditional media when it comes to major events. The answer is that everyone already knows that we can't lose our credibility (from this point on, we are quite envious of foreign media, but no one dares to do this in China, unless they don't want to do it, Celestial Dynasty V5), of course, the media is reporting In order to obtain first-hand reporting materials, the female reporter bribed the small government staff who had always had a good impression of her and provided her with the address of the special police operation. , The conflict between the government and the media on that old campus had the most intense intensification. The operation failed, the female reporter was injured by the angry SWAT team, the mobile phone was blown up, and accompanied by strong cursing "Go to the TMD Royal Television Society Award" In fact, the branch line of female reporters has nothing to promote the development of the whole story, and deleting it will not affect the integrity of the story, but why did the screenwriter waste so much ink to describe this paragraph in detail, we know that in Foreign media is known as the "fourth power", but in actual operation, due to the pursuit of interests and the satisfaction of the public's curiosity, the media adopts the orientation of catering to the public in the reporting of some events, and sacrifices the public interest for this. Considering, as described in this film, assuming that the hostages are indeed in the museum, while the SWAT is operating, it is very likely that the female reporter's thirst for first-hand information and lack of self-training will lead to the surprise of the kidnappers. Serious consequences, at this time should the public blame the government's ineffective action or the media's lack of preparation? You must know that the right to speak has always been in the hands of the media. Of course, I don’t think it is a good thing for the media to be restrained by the government. Any system will have its advantages and disadvantages. At least foreign countries have always been reflecting on the relationship between the media and the government. What kind of state should be maintained, any power that loses its checks and balances will become a wild beast!
Finally, although the protagonist is the prime minister in the whole movie, the core character has always been the public. It is the public's ever-changing response that drives the story forward. There are two branches worth pondering about. One is the boyfriend of the female worker. There are four scenes in the whole film. When he first saw the news on the Internet, he said, "This is definitely a prank", expressing disbelief. When it was broadcast on TV for the second time, he concentrated on it. Watching, began to believe, the third broadcast of the severed finger, he said "Damn", meaning that things are starting to get out of control, someone has to make a choice, the fourth broadcast on the screen of any kind of When the video was deemed illegal, his first reaction was to press the video button and wait for the show. The performance of the female worker’s boyfriend throughout the film basically reflected the public’s attitude, from resistance at the beginning to acceptance, Then to anger, and finally to entertainment, another branch is when the live broadcast is about to start, people gather in the bar to clink glasses to celebrate, and there are thunderous cheers when the countdown starts, as if a big drama is about to be unveiled, and when it is real When the naked scene appeared in front of them, most people still could not accept the cruel reality, and began to become sad, disgusting, escaping, and their moral sense returned to a normal level. Many times when we talk about the gains and losses of others, especially those who are far away from ourselves, we don’t actually have any sense of value judgment in our hearts, and even when we become a veritable sideshow due to the inaccessibility of the distance, the mentality of schadenfreude will take over. The dominant factor, because a dull life requires stimulation, which is too expensive for oneself, and just right for someone who is irrelevant, especially those who are usually high above, and will become the object of public fantasy. Close the psychological distance between oneself and the other party, but if the development of things goes beyond the bottom line of acceptance, the sense of entertainment will disappear again. Ethics has always been the last fig leaf of morality. Once a breakthrough is made, human nature will be directly tortured. Fundamentally, this is another pressure that ordinary people are unwilling to bear. Depressed and lost emotions begin to spread among the crowd, and a journey of showing humanity comes to a successful conclusion at the end of the story.
2.15 million worth
In fact, this episode is my favorite in the whole TV series, because his closeness to the society is amazing, and every detail can be found in relative coordinates in the real world, and the kind of people who are rational people in an objective environment The depiction of tending to advantages and avoiding disadvantages is a three-pointer. First of all, I want to sort out the corresponding relationship between the story itself and the real society according to my own understanding. Points represent your resources in this society, that is, all the items you have that can be exchanged, including property, power, relationship, background, Health, etc. Cycling is the most basic way for you to obtain resources. Most people obtain resources for life through hard study and hard work. Floors represent your status in this society. Only people with resources can be on a higher floor. The draft stage represents a shortcut that can be taken, but you need to use your scarcest resources to exchange, or dignity, or hue, or freedom, so not everyone can pass the draft stage. To be successful, just like the white-haired girl in it, who practices hard every day, but fate still cannot favor her, because she does not have the resources that are valued by the talent show, just like some people in our society climb through the normal ladder, and some people pass the diving. The rules benefit, but not everyone can play the unspoken rules, it depends on your own conditions. Gray clothes represent the general public. They work hard every day to ride bicycles in exchange for resources to maintain food and clothing, and have certain savings to realize part of their free will, such as choosing what to watch, what to eat, and even participating in the draft. Clothes represent the LOSER of the real society, or the will is not enough, or the body is not good, can't survive by riding a bicycle, lose the basic opportunity to rise, and have to continue life by cleaning the public, without any freedom of choice, and have to bear part The humiliation of the man in grey, at worst, will become the protagonist of the prank show, and become the laughing stock of the public.
Well, back to the story itself, let's consider what the screenwriter wants to tell us. At the beginning, the male protagonist woke up from his sleep and explained the narrative method and setting background of the whole story. Everything is exchanged for points. , if you don't have any points, you won't even squeeze toothpaste, and from the back story we know that the reason why the protagonist has 15 million is because of the property left to him by his brother's death last year, so according to the consideration of the real society, he is still a The prosperous class, which also explains that from the beginning until he meets the heroine, the male protagonist is like a dead fish, because he is neither worried about food and clothing nor has the goal of life, he belongs to the rich and leisure group, and then takes the elevator Entering the floor that belongs to him, there are instant scrolling numbers on the wall, always reminding everyone that if you don't work hard, you will be surpassed. Is it a bit like the various rankings and lists that we have been used to since we were young, on the one hand Telling you where you are, on the other hand, it exerts invisible pressure on you, and then the male protagonist slowly moves to his position. Every person who passes by will display different content on the screen, and the displayed content represents your choice. Some of them are listening to songs, some are playing the violin, some are watching TV shows. From the back of the film, we can see that the content on the screen can be changed. The only constant is the form of riding a bicycle. This also tells us on the other hand that no matter which industry you are in in this society, it is essentially the same, relying on complicated labor in exchange for the reward of life, and then the male protagonist gets on his bicycle, and the camera points to 324 No., the film also appeared several close-ups of the car number, which means that you will always be in this position until you leave this floor. This position is determined not only by when you enter and exit this floor, but also by others When you go in and out of this floor, is it very similar to our seating arrangement at various stages of life? It is not only determined by yourself, but also determined by others. Only when the fat man couldn't hold back and left that seat, our beautiful heroine came downstairs. Change to the position upstairs to replace the fat man, if your boss doesn't leave, is it possible for you to go up? From the TV screen selected by the male protagonist, it can be seen that he is really a person with no ideas. His only goal every day is to ride a bicycle, eat, and sleep. Back at home, the screens began to roll on talent shows and adult shows, because the TV station knew that these two things were the most likely to get people to pay, and Freud once said that human beings are motivated by two things: sex drive and desire for greatness, In this, TV stations actually represent the ruling class. They provide people with various ways of life, and at the same time have a certain coercive power. If you are unwilling to consume, they can choose not to change content for your screen, forcing you to earn money is heavy The new expenses are on them, and at the same time, people ride bicycles to supply electricity to maintain the operation of the TV station. This is mentioned in the comments of the judges later. If the general public strikes, the TV station must be shut down. If everyone makes too much money, they start to be lazy. , the TV station is still in danger of shutting down, so he must make money back in various ways, preferably you are willing, otherwise they have to force it, and the real society is still the same. Until this point, everything is running in an orderly manner, and the social laws are maintaining their proper effect. Until that day, a light and elegant figure walked into the elevator and blinded the male protagonist's kryptonite dog's eyes (well, it was death). Fish eyes...), since then the male protagonist's life has undergone earth-shaking changes, his waist is no longer sore, his legs are no longer sore, eating well is fragrant, and more importantly, his life has begun to have a goal, that is to help The female protagonist is on the stage of the draft. The registration fee is 15 million points. It takes 6 months to raise it without eating or drinking. The male protagonist smiles easily. In addition to living a real life, everyone knows the more crucial reason. The male protagonist is not an engineering male, so obviously no one can see it~
Then the two entered the stage of the draft. At first I didn't understand what the heroine was drinking, and then I finally figured it out. It was a kind of vertigo needed before going on the stage. Everyone who is about to succeed They will become ignorant of themselves, because that feeling of flying through the clouds is also due to hard work. One day, the by-product of the title of the gold list will be intoxicated with the dream of taking drugs~ And the reason why the male protagonist didn't drink is because he went to The purpose of the stage is not to achieve success, but to remind the world that what he needs is a clear head, not the wonderful enjoyment on the stage. The heroine really sang beautifully, and the audience was conquered. At this time, I want to talk about other representatives of the whole film, because they all appeared in the audition, and everyone's reaction was completely different. Yes, first of all, it is the second female lead, that is, the one who helped the male protagonist to get the fruit at the beginning. She represents an ordinary girl throughout the film, with her own pursuits and the lifestyle she yearns for, and at the same time there is no female protagonist. Scarce resources, no chance to become famous overnight through the audition, of course, maybe people don't have this idea at all. When the female lead singer is good, she shows a kind of resentment. Of course, she still has some good feelings for the male lead. Seeing the female lead So excellent, the girl's jealous side will naturally show, but when she hears that the heroine may be degenerate, she still expresses her kind side, hoping that nothing will happen; the yellow-haired boy also represents an ordinary boy , He likes listening to songs and playing games. When the female lead singer is good, he will cry with excitement, or cheer, and when he hears that the female lead may become an adult star, he will also show a yearning for beauty; The flat-headed man is second only to the leading role in the whole film. He should be regarded as a typical group of people in society. In addition to providing food and clothing, they ride bicycles every day to satisfy their primitive desires. Sympathetic, but also the most favorite group of people in the TV station. They have no big ambitions and are willing to consume the programs provided by the TV station. They despise people in yellow clothes. A man who is motivated by work, so all his reactions revolve around a core - desire, desire for entertainment, desire for violence, desire for beauty, all the original sins of mankind can be found in him; three The judges represent the top of the biological chain. They can arbitrarily decide how everyone survives, because they have a lot of resources in their hands. If you don't listen to them, they can cut you off from everything else, if you are willing to listen. They can provide you with a comfortable enough life, the society is governed by them, and the will of the people at the bottom is made. It was trampled like a plaything, so when the heroine refused to do it at first, they gave what seemed to be a lot of choices, but in fact one choice, first of all, there are too many singers, you can't have a show, and then when you become an adult star, you just need to abandon it. Shame can be exchanged for a comfortable life. If you go back to ride a bike, you will be mediocre all your life, and you will never be able to get on the stage again. That is to instigate the heroine to use beauty and dignity to exchange rich material conditions. Of course, in the end, the heroine is there. Encouraged by the public, tempted by the judges, and in the absence of the male protagonist, she made a seemingly emotional but actually rational choice, because in her opinion, the scarce resources that others can't get are just a godsend to her, Without any effort, sometimes people say that the poor life may be the reason. Of course, the result of doing this directly led to the collapse of the male protagonist's worldview, especially when the screen sent the trailer of the female protagonist to his room, the pain was needless to say, so he hoped to wake up by appearing on the stage again People, the process of making money in the middle will not be repeated, and children from Beidri can understand it. .
And when he finally stepped on the stage until the end of the film is the climax of the whole film, the previous part of the performance is largely just a catharsis of inner emotions and the illusion of performance for the judges, the male protagonist said That paragraph is the core theme of the whole movie. If everyone can follow the above line of thinking to understand what the male protagonist said, they will feel that every sentence is so powerful, which means that the male protagonist expresses the most to the current society. The hoarse accusation, "You hold back a face yourself, and point to the stage and say that we are pretending, in your eyes, we are not human, but just material for you to play!" The upper class wears a mask of hypocrisy and also To laugh at the lower class people for not eating minced meat, in order to achieve self-fulfillment, play with the fate of the lower class people at will, and hope that people will be grateful to them. "The more unreal the material, the more energetic you are, because the fake stuff is what you really care about!" The ruling class hopes that after its own transformation, the people's lives can continue to advance in the direction they designated, but they don't know that in order to prevent the ruling class from To hurt, the people have learned to disguise themselves. "Although it needs to be tolerated in our lives, it is not all. We can still feel the pain and real malice!" Although we have to pretend to survive, it does not mean that people are all unconscious rubber people. , we have our feelings, the kind of pain and malice can be personally experienced. "We are so boring because we don't know what else to do, we can only contact these, we can only choose you, what we discuss with each other, what we can do, is to buy you garbage!" Look at you every day The channels provided, accept the value you provide, and the topics we talk to each other revolve around these programs that are not nutritious and entertaining to the death. There is no right to choose, no right to suggest, and we can only follow your arrangements. "What, my dream? Our biggest dream is to buy a virtual program for our social network. The thing we dream of doesn't exist, and you can't give us something that is truly beautiful!" Because of your interference, we only We can complete our pursuit through some alternative methods. Our real dreams cannot be pursued. We can only struggle in the values set by you and obtain false satisfaction. "Right? That will destroy us, we have lost our sense of it, I might even suffocate, all we can bear is the novelty, no matter how many novelties you find, you are only willing to release a small part, that part is still you Carefully selected, packaged, and mediocre by the time it hits the stage!" Not only did you not give us a chance to pursue our dreams, but you told us that it would destroy us, I We have lost the sense of it, and I may even suffocate. Is it very similar to what our parents or some elders told us, when we hope to fly freely, our wings are broken by years of education, and we become timid and shy , This kind of rhetoric also applies to when the ruling class finds that the people need free will, I will not write the latter part, everyone can understand it by themselves, maybe at this point, when the male protagonist finishes this sentence with a gorgeous suicide Or when he was wiped out as a martyr for his own words, this movie was at an upper-middle level, and then the end of the story brought people into the abyss of despair. The male protagonist still chose to face the same situation as the female protagonist. In order to be the screw of the ruling class, he has changed his own destiny, but it does not help the development of society. People still live their previous lives. Such tragicomedy still happens every day, and the status of the ruling class is still stable. Spicy comments on the stage Everyone who hopes to change their destiny with this. When the male lead finished recording the show and put the glass back in the box, he was drinking juice and looking out the window. The scenery was more charming than before, but the way of life was business as usual. All the struggles and shouts were in vain. Live a better life, maybe this is the truest portrayal of human society~
I will write the third episode another day. The first two episodes took me a long time. I wrote it for most of the night last night, and I have been writing it until now. By the way, I watched the first two episodes again. I just wanted to write a little more specific. The movie review, the result is that you can HOLD live with a pen, and finally code to more than 7,000 words. . I'm too lazy to change it, so I left the first draft for everyone to criticize and correct. In fact, there are still many details in the play that deserve to be studied, but I feel that adding it has little impact on the theme of this article, so let's save some space for discussion. Finally, I would like to thank my disciple for providing me with such good materials. Well, I like it very much for my teacher~
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