Text/Yin Li
The most attractive to the audience of disaster movies is often a very shocking special effects picture, which will bring us a sense of tension and excitement that we do not have in daily life, and many viewers often take whether the special effects are excellent as a criterion for testing whether a disaster film is qualified.
But when the special effects screen flashed, what shocked us even more was that when natural disasters came, the emotions between people were intertwined, some people only cared about their own lives, some people cared about the righteousness of the world, whether they could move people was also a measure of whether a disaster film was qualified.
NO.1 "Tangshan Earthquake" (directed by Feng Xiaogang)
It has been a full 44 years since the Tangshan earthquake, and in the past 44 years, the film that can best restore the real scene is the "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by Feng Xiaogang.
In addition to the restoration of the picture during the earthquake, the intertwining of fate and the family affection that blood is thicker than water are the most touching in the film, which is interpreted by a family as the main body.
In the film, the mother played by Xu Fan tried her best to cut open the stones to save her two children, but at the last moment she still had to face the choice of choosing one or the other, under Xu Fan's interpretation, it is difficult not to empathize with the pain of losing relatives when natural disasters came.
"Strong earthquake 23 seconds, aftershock 32 years", the damage caused by the Tangshan earthquake to the Chinese people is indelible, the film used 0.5 times the speed to play family affection. 32 years of long waiting, subtle and moving feelings, is also what today's fast-paced society lacks.
NO.2 Tokyo Earthquake 8.0
There is no shortage of plots in which the protagonist adventures and fights monsters all the way, but when the protagonist is placed in the scene of the earthquake, the adventure along the way is not to get any treasure, but to return to his home.
Before the earthquake, the world and family were more like a burden to the heroine. But when the earthquake came, her first thought was to take her brother home.
There is almost no positive description of the disaster scene in the film, but we can glimpse the cruelty of the disaster through the experience of the characters. The heroine future said to her brother: "If you die, your parents will be very sad." The younger brother replied to the sister, "In the future, I will go out with my sister and parents." ”
This dialogue reminds us of the Fang family brothers and sisters in "Tangshan Earthquake", when disaster comes, it is the relatives who pay their lives to protect.
NO.3 The Great Armenian Earthquake
From "The Great Armenian Earthquake" to "Slay Munich", the main theme of the film in the Soviet context often makes us ignore the brilliance of the main theme in the end.
In "The Great Armenian Earthquake", the emotions of the united people are portrayed in three parts, everyone is experiencing grief, but everyone is determined not to let the grief spread and rescue strangers.
Disaster is the touchstone of human nature, but human nature can always shine a new brilliance in the face of disaster, and the Soviet people in the film are experiencing disasters but surrounded by warmth.
The role of the body mover in the film impressed many viewers, and there must always be a symbol in a disaster movie to connect life and death, and the body mover at this time is that symbol.
NO.4 "The End Of The End"
At the beginning, whether the special effects are sophisticated is still the criterion for testing whether a disaster film is qualified, in "Doomsday Collapse", the main creative team uses 3D effects to create disaster scenes, and the setting of the male protagonist's helicopter rescuer also allows fans to see the power of nature from another perspective.
The earth cracks, the city falls apart, the waves sweep through the traffic, every disaster shot can always bring people shock, accounting for nearly 70% of the disaster scenes can also make the audience too addicted to visual effects.
What is slightly deficient is that the protagonist can recover quickly no matter what kind of dangerous situation he experiences, and such a plot design will make the audience feel a little nonsensical, but it is always flawed.
NO.5 "The Great Earthquake"
The story of "The Great Earthquake" takes place in Norway, as a country with high earthquakes and advanced technology, Norway's seismological bureau always relies on machine detection.
When the local geoscientist Chris predicted the earthquake, the seismological bureau ignored him, so Chris decided to race against time to save his family.
The director's control of the rhythm is very unique, a long wait of one hour, two minutes of earthquake footage, when Chris's wife is standing on the 34th floor of the tall building, the earthquake occurs. Even Chris, who has raced against the earthquake in advance, will not be able to save his wife in the end, which highlights how small the power of man in the face of natural disasters is.
NO.6 "7 Days of Kobe Daily"
There are few disaster films filmed in the form of documentaries, but "7 Days of Kobe Daily" is one.
Kobe Ilbo is a traditional daily newspaper that never ceased publication during the war. When the earthquake hit, Kobe Nikko decided to take on the responsibility of a journalist and publish a newspaper no matter what.
This disaster film shows the responsibility of journalists under natural disasters, records people's suffering, and conveys the hope of survival, which is exactly what disaster films want to tell the audience.
NO.7 "The Great New York Earthquake"
As a disaster film, "The Great New York Earthquake" may be a bit unremarkable, but years ago, this film that connected strangers through disasters also touched countless people.
The protagonists in the film each have their own unique life trajectory, in the Social Structure of the United States, they are in different classes but because of a disaster has created a fate connection, the cold city has a temperature.
There is no shortage of disasters in the film to test human nature, not everyone can pass such a test, but only people who abandon prejudice and work together can pass the test of nature.
NO.8 《2012》
While 2012 is among the highest-rated disaster films, it presents us with more of a family adventure.
When the global crisis hit, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions were staged one after another, and multiple disasters under extreme special effects seemed to bring people into the world of science fiction.
Even if some people survive in the end, the film ignores that the survival of these people is based on the lives of more people. Although there are plot bugs, the film's portrayal of details is still very moving, and the crazy old man in Yellowstone Park and the lama in the mountaintop temple in Tibet face the indifference of life and death, which makes us feel the wisdom of human beings who are separated from each other but can still resonate.
The above 8 disaster films are all high-scoring masterpieces, which one do you prefer?