Hou Yaowen once talked about the problem of shaking the burden in cross talk and gave an example: the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out. 's burden. Hou Yaowen once said in a cross talk that he will tie you out of 12 colors, this burden is considered to be shaking to the limit and can no longer be used. Applying this theory, German director Roland Emmerich, who committed a number of "crimes against humanity" ("Independence Day", "Godzilla", "The Day After Tomorrow"), has taken the burden of disaster films to the limit this time. . It's hard to imagine how the future disaster films will surpass this one in terms of scenes. This is also a problem for Emmerich himself, right?
Compared with the complex incentives of "The Day After Tomorrow", the film "2012" is much simpler and cruder. Except for the selected person and the protagonist's family, this time humans should not take chances, everyone has no way to escape, and they are finished together. The film does not have a profound theme about environmental protection like "The Day After Tomorrow", and the disaster does not come from human beings, but only from the Mayan prophecy, which is somewhat nonsensical. The purpose of the author this time is not to discuss how the disaster started, but to talk about how human beings face and choose? Who should live? Or from another angle, maybe we can think of this movie as an inspirational movie. It tells you that if you want to live, you must work hard, become an elite in all fields of human beings, or become wealthy and rival the country, you may be selected Board the ark.
Of course hope is bound to exist, at least in the film. The protagonist played by John Cusack is a failed writer. In his book "Farewell to Atlantis", which only sold dozens of copies, he firmly believes that human beings will unite and love in the face of disaster, and then human beings will. ? Reality proves his point. Of course, this reality is only the reality in the movie. In fact, it can be said that the theme of the entire movie is to discuss this issue.
Next we want to talk about the Chinese elements in the film. This film can be said to be striving to compete for the Chinese market. They put 1,900 copies in the mainland. What is the concept? It is said that "The Great Cause of Founding a People's Republic of China" only put 1450 copies (Mr. Zhang Xiaobei also contributed to this sentence). It seems that the Chinese want to save not only the world, but also Hollywood. Emmerich also seems to have worked hard on Chinese film censorship. When the disaster destroyed the earth, there was no Chinese footage, and Chinese elements all appeared in the rescue part.
In fact, it is not appropriate to say that "China saves the world". In the film, all countries are saving themselves, and China is only shouldering the responsibility of building the ark. China is not responsible for this plan because of China's good character. It can be said that there are three objective factors that determine that China is the best candidate for this plan. The first is the economic factor, because only a country like China with such a large number of cheap labor can make the best use of its limited capital. When the products all over the world are marked with the label of "MADE IN CHINA", such as Ark How can the ultimate product be an exception? The second factor is the political factor, and only a strong government like the Chinese government can keep secrets like the construction of the Ark tightly protected. In the United States, it has long been given to a group of lunatics like Woody Harrelson. Shake out. The third factor is geographical, because China has the roof of the world, which is the last highland of mankind, and can maximize the time. Perhaps director Emmerich was inspired by the Beijing Olympics. To accomplish such a huge and arduous task, China must be the only one.
When you come out of the cinema, there is a feeling of being in a different world, which makes you glad that the world is still alive and bustling. This contrast makes you always want to think about something grand, such as asking with tears in your eyes, where will humanity go?
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