This article involves minor spoilers and does not affect the viewing experience
Without further ado, let's cut straight to the chase.
The first movie I watched on New Year's Day was "The Wandering Earth 2", and I talked about my feelings without affecting everyone's viewing experience.
Super cute poster
After 9 o'clock in the morning, the auditorium is full except for the first and second rows.
The audience was very qualified, there was no sound of phone calls or the noise of children, I sat on the third aisle, and less than 5 people went to the bathroom (and it was accelerating) for the entire movie.
It can be proved from the side that the plot of the movie is very eye-catching, and there is basically no "pee spot".
Let's talk about special effects.
Not compared to other movies, only the first part of the series, obviously more ambitious and shocking in terms of special effects.
The operation of the space elevator to the end, the drone "defecting" pouring out, the military taking a one-way spacecraft to the moon to detonate a nuclear bomb, etc., these large-scale scenes have good visual effects and are highly recommended to watch on the giant screen.
Many hard sci-fi settings may need to be watched a second time to dig into more detail (the shots are dizzying).
Finally, back to the topic - this movie really made many audiences cry.
Values output
"The Wandering Earth 2" has no fewer tearjerry scenes than the first one.
The overall core is in line with the values in Liu Cixin's original book "The Three-Body Problem".
That is the Chinese idea of collectivism.
After countries build dungeons, only half of the total population can be accommodated. China's approach is to draw lots. Distributed to each family, the result is cruel and helpless, many families will face the separation of their relatives, life and death.
Is this fair, you say? If not, then what is fair?
Liu Peiqiang, played by Wu Jing, faced such a life and death decision, and the second part fully explained why the child hated him in the first part.
In the traditional thinking of Chinese, it is important to inherit and give up the small self to take care of everyone, and this value that supports the backbone of the nation can be summarized in three lines in the film:
"I just want my family to live"
"Over 50 years old, out of line!"
"Civilization without people, meaningless"
Tearjerker famous scene
For unpredictable reasons, the nuclear explosion device on the moon needs to be manually detonated mechanically, which means that more than 200 devices, more than 200 people need to calmly die. To ensure the completion of the mission, 300 pilots were needed to volunteer to go to the moon.
The flight elites of various countries were silent.
Suddenly, a categorical Chinese came from the crowd: "I'll go!" One Chinese pilot took the lead, and then there was a series of "I go" in various languages.
At this time, the audience has already been moved, but the most moving is the next scene:
Zhang Peng, played by Sha Yi, looked at the young pilot next to him who raised his hand to sign up, and the other party returned with a firm gaze.
Zhang Peng, who was the captain, pulled down his hand, and the other party looked at him suspiciously. He stammered: Look at what, the moon is ours.
Then stepped out of the team and shouted: Chinese space squadron, over 50 years old, out of line!
A number of pilots of suitable age instantly stood out in the team. Nov, who has fought with Zhang Peng many times, looked anxious: Russians are invincible in the universe, and those over 50 years old are listed!
Soon, all countries began to call on the team members who were over the age to stand up, and everyone who stood up did not hesitate at all.
Hearing the registration in various languages, looking at the vicissitudes of face on the big screen, tears couldn't help but welled up.
They all chose to leave the chance of survival to younger people, and let young people pass on the fire.
This concept is rare to see in Western films, they may focus on the conflict of philosophy and human nature, but Chinese will not hesitate to choose the collectivist unconscious, that is, in the face of great right and wrong, there is only responsibility.
Andy Lau's line is mainly "family love's choice", if it is placed in a life movie, this line will be very touching, but in the context of the imminent demise of mankind, his choice seems so insignificant.
Wu Jing's love line and family line are also the same. At first, he wanted his family to live, and later, he wanted to keep the humans on Earth alive.
When you put your perspective into the universe and look back at the small white spot of the earth, you will deeply feel the insignificance of human beings.
Only when human forces are assembled can they barely resist external threats. And the frightening nuclear bomb, which gathers all the stocks on Earth, is only equivalent to a lead to detonate the moon.
To accomplish the seemingly impossible, there is hope only in solidarity.
Li Xuejian told a story of "broken bone healing" in the film, and the export of Chinese values was done very well in this movie!
brief summary
The plot of "The Wandering Earth 2", Guo Fan originally planned to make two movies, but in order to make the audience enjoy watching it at once, several lines were merged.
Usually this kind of multi-line parallel plot is easy to appear messy in rhythm, but I felt good after watching it, and the connection was relatively smooth.
Tu Hengyu (played by Andy Lau) and Ma Zhao (Ning Li) This line is the most sci-fi flavor, and the AI research and development of the deceased daughter has paved the way for the autonomous consciousness of the central control system "Moss".
The conflict between the digital world and the real society establishes the position with one line: there is no civilization, meaningless
Many of Wu Jing's fight scenes are very funny in Jackie Chan's early years, and Wu Mengda appeared at the wedding as his father-in-law, which is very emotional. Remembering the first part, he brought Liu Qi's picture...
I think that on the first day of the new year, most people choose to watch "The Wandering Earth 2" first, which must be due to the word-of-mouth reputation of the first part, and it is also support for Chinese hard science fiction.
After watching the movie, the stone in my heart also fell, director Guo Fan's performance is very stable, as an audience I think it is completely worthy of this ticket price. There are indeed a few logical inconsistencies in the film, but the flaws are not hidden, if the third part is released, I will still support it!