Compared to zombie movies, I think natural disaster movies scares me more. This winter, it seems to be even colder due to the La Niña phenomenon. I saw this film from a video author, and I had heard of it before, so I found it and watched it. In my impression, disaster films first reflect the disaster the film itself wants to describe, and second, reflect the different human natures revealed in extreme situations. What impressed me the most was the homeless man with the dog who stood outside the door with the dog after being denied access to the library by the security guards with the pet. Later, when the group took refuge in the library together, the homeless gave the dog the only hot dog he had left. This reminds me of a photo I saw not long ago: a homeless man sleeping on the street with a cat in his arms, with the words "I am a homeless man and my cat is not." There is such a softness that keeps touching me. The other was a librarian who guarded the first editions of the Bible from being burned despite being unreligious. People will eventually turn into a handful of loess, but human civilization has survived under the protection of such people from generation to generation, which is why we can now see the glorious history of mankind for thousands of years.
While watching the film, my hands and feet are also freezing cold in real life. The overwhelming snow, frantic hurricanes, and head-sized hail in the pictures always remind me of natural disasters that have occurred in various places, such as the snow disaster in 2008. The heavy rain in Henan this year makes me afraid: will these scenes in the movie really happen in real life? That's why I think these weather disaster films touch me more, because it really happened, and when it does, what can we ordinary people do?
Humans are born in nature, live in nature, and take everything from nature, but the endless greed of human beings has made it riddled with holes. We can't deny that the ever-evolving technology of mankind has made us stronger, but I always believe that we are still weak in the face of disaster. Human beings can only protect nature by taking actions now, in order to avoid these natural disasters to a certain extent.
I don't hope that one day our life will also become "the day after tomorrow".
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