This film tells the story of a group of animal protection organizations who accidentally released the gorillas infected by the fury virus without knowing it. and Selena's escape with Frank and Hannah. After watching this film, I think it can be divided into three parts: the first part is that Jim is particularly lonely and sad in the deserted city of London, when he touches a car and sends an alarm to break the silence of the city A sad scene! Jim was later rescued by Selena, and the two met Hannah and Frank. The second part is the road part where they go to the military base, and the third part is the part where Jim's group fights the soldiers.
Like most zombie films, almost all zombie films are inseparable from a theme - the annihilation of human nature. Sometimes I even think that the zombies in the film are actually us humans. I still remember at the beginning of the film, when a group of people rescued the gorillas, a doctor found out and wanted to stop them. Later, the two scuffled together. At this time, all the gorillas infected with the virus entered a state of rage. To put it bluntly, this is the director. It is implied that fury is the weakness of people in this era, because the gorilla is just a test product, and the gorilla is a kind of invisible incarnation of man. At the back, another human nature problem is exposed, whether it is biological reproduction or the return of human nature. In the film, Selena can be said to be a typical representative of the return of human nature. She can be said to be a cold-blooded killer at the beginning, and she knew her partner without hesitation when she was bitten. In the back, the escape with Hannah's family made her have a change of sensibility. The soldiers in the third part are typical representatives of biological reproduction. In order to solve their biological desires, they use radio to deceive the arrival of survivors.
The main flash point of the film, I think is in the third part, after watching the film, what impressed me the most is that the captain said to Jim "Welcome to a place of civilization" and even took Jim to visit the so-called civilization, and tied his companions. Do research in your backyard, and your own arsenal. This is really a ridiculous place, a group of beasts in human skins dare to call themselves "civilization". They even want to kill Hannah for their own desires, which can be said to be close to the point of perversion.
If the element of zombies is ignored from the film, then this film can be understood as: after 28 days, the ugliness of human nature will destroy us, people will become violent, desire gradually replace reason, people will continue to be like beasts. Murder each other until the world is destroyed.
Speaking of artistic means, I appreciate Boyle's compositional level and his handling of music. What I appreciate most about the composition of this film are the occasional big vistas. Calm my mood a little bit. Selena rescues Jim in the first half of the film, causing an explosion. In the constant close-range switching, Danny Boyle interspersed with the distant view, and saw the explosion at high altitude. This treatment is to make the audience's emotions soothe and withdraw. Unlike "I Am Legend," Danny Boyle rarely places his shots in the city of London, but in the more vibrant countryside. Another point is that the use of mirrors and glass reflections in many places in the film is worth mentioning in the framing composition. Make the film rhythm faster and give the audience a stronger sense of detachment.
Danny Boyle's sound effects aren't on horror. Even after the thunderstorms, there is no particularly strong sense of stimulation. In "The Beach", this kind of use is not surprising. In this kind of film, the sound effects are naturally matched later, but the horror of the mutants' vision and sound effects is weakened, and it is also to better focus the audience's thoughts on the content to be expressed. For example, when Jim is about to be shot, the thunderstorm sound is not as prominent as the sound of the captain shooting and Jim running, just to focus the audience's mind on the content to be expressed.
In fact, the theme of the film was thrown to us from the very beginning. From paragraph after paragraph of riot videos from all over the world, we can see that what the film is trying to express is that the destruction caused by the uncontrollable anger of mankind is unimaginable. The soldiers wanted to execute their comrades, and he said a word, the demise of mankind just returned to the original order of the world. This statement may be pessimistic, but it is also very reasonable.
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