When desire occupies reason, greed devours the mind, and the happiness that is lost in self-theft will only end up being lost. @Love Movie Reader
If you want to mention a movie where science fiction elements and human nature explore together, then in addition to "Interstellar", it must be "The Night the Comet Came". This hard science fiction film directed by James Ward Bucott, an ultra-low budget cost, although the box office was only $140,000 after its release, but the follow-up fermentation of word of mouth has lifted it to the altar in one fell swoop, Douban score 8.5, top 250, praise.
"The Night the Comet Came" is based on the principle of coherence, supported by "Schrödinger's Cat", and expounds the hard science fiction brain-burning story of people in parallel space-time, and the countless other possibilities brought about by each choice they make collapse at one point, and the result of these possibilities is in every space-time.
There are 8 protagonists in the film, four men and four women, two pairs, they are friends who know each other well, and often gather together. On a night when a comet crosses the earth, they meet as usual and go to one of the couples' homes for dinner.
The first picture at the beginning of the film is that the heroine arrives at the destination, while talking to the boyfriend on the other end of the phone, while looking for a parking space, the mobile phone screen suddenly breaks without warning, at this time the director removes the film lens from the heroine, focusing on the dark street in front of it, indicating that multiple parallel universes are about to open at this moment, and the dark and lightless street is a "wormhole" connecting multiple parallel universes, and the story begins.
The film has always revolved around this dark street, as long as the protagonist group of people cross the street every time, a new space will be randomly opened, and there is a certain time difference between these open spaces, but due to the trend of the character's own personality, the characters in different time and space will make the same action or dialogue in some similar situations, so there will be some repeated shots or lines in the film.
In addition, one of the highlights of the film is the handheld photography, the seemingly shaky lens and the constantly switching picture, somewhat disorganized and irritable, but in fact, this enhances the expressiveness of the character's inner anxiety, making it easier for the audience to feel the emotional changes of the characters, and narrowing the distance between the audience and the characters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 Once Pandora's Box is opened, it can no longer be closed, so instead of going back in time, it is better to enjoy the future</h1>
"The Night the Comet Came" can win such a high reputation, but it does not rely on its hard science fiction shell, because what is more amazing than the hardcore science fiction elements is its deep exploration of human nature.
The first time the protagonist group in the story broke up was after the power outage, they decided to cross the dark street to borrow a phone from a bright house opposite, so two of them, "Hugh" and "Amir", became the first people to leave the house after winning everyone's consent. At this moment, the "Pandora's Box" was opened, time and space began to intersect, and those who left the room could no longer return to the original time and space.
After the head injured "Hugh" and "Amir" returned to the house where the heroine was, "Hugh" was forced by everyone to ask the reason for the injury, and in desperation, "Hugh" confessed that he saw themselves in the bright room, and suddenly, panic spread in the house, and everyone had doubts in their hearts.
When the threat comes, is it to preemptively cut through the chaos, or to stand still and wait and see? Sometimes perhaps the latter's sober analysis is preferable.
Selfish people always have a trace of bloodlust in their bones. The first to "run away" is Mike, who is overwhelmed by fear and decides to take the lead and let himself on the other side of time disappear forever. He grabbed the baseball bat and tried to grab the door, but fortunately he was stopped by others, so that he did not create an unrecoverable situation.
The end of fear is jealousy, and when danger approaches step by step and you can't do anything to change everything, conspiracy theories are put on the table.
The oppressive atmosphere infects everyone, the heroine "Amy" suddenly recalls that "Hugh's" wife "Beth" has a small bottle of "hallucinogen", she asks "Beth" whether she has been drugged in the dinner they are eating, and everyone is angry and believes that "Beth" caused all this. Suspicion has become a barrier in everyone's heart, and each of them has begun to have a wary heart.
The dramatic story is not over, and the protagonist group of people shuttles between the dark streets again and again because of various trivial things, until they are completely disrupted, and each of them runs to other parallel time and space. Witnessing other time and space", "companions" fighting each other, complaining to each other, tearing each other's faces, and falling into chaos.
Everyone began to miss the original time and space, missed their first lovers and friends, and missed the dining scene where everyone snuggled together, warm and harmonious, and said nothing.
Clinging to the lost past, forgetting the beauty of the moment, abandoning the malleable future.
This is the weakness in human nature, regretting the regrets of the past, nostalgic for the good memories of the old times. In the new environment, if you encounter any unpleasant things, the first thing you think of is not to change the current situation, but to complain about the world, treat things passively, use the previous standards to measure the dilemma at this moment, and use self-deprecating behavior to cover up dissatisfaction with the outside world.
Just like the protagonist group, although they have interlacing between the characters, this does not affect their respective shaping of the future, because the personality of each character is unchanged, the current lover and the former lover are no different, the only change is the change of objective objects, are some things that can be controlled and improved.
Forever indulging in yesterday, it wastes both today and tomorrow. The past cannot be traced, but the future can be expected.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 parallel universes where you can pick and choose, regret medicine that does not exist in reality</h1>
"The Night the Comet Came" is often 89 minutes long, but there are a full 74 minutes of foreshadowing, until the last ten minutes to really usher in the climax of the film, that is, in these ten minutes, director James Ward Bucott completed the sublimation from the science fiction coat to the theme of human nature, so that the audience in the shock of the director's talent in addition to having more thinking about complex human nature.
After experiencing wave after wave of tossing, the heroine "Amy" stumbled into a room where the friendship of the protagonist group appeared to be cracked, and after spending a few minutes in this room, "Amy" found some clues, and then deduced that everyone in this room came from different time and space, and she was also an "intruder" of other time and space. Originally thought that the impatient Mike would accompany her to leave, but did not expect that at this time, Mike was unusual, did not see any movement, just sat silently at the table by himself to taste the red wine in his hand, and perfunctorily answered "Amy's" question.
Until something worse happens, "Mike" and "Beth" stealing love is known to "Hugh", "Hugh" is embarrassed and angry, and punches "Mike". The crowd pulls Hugh away, leaving "Mike" in the living room, at which point "Mike" finally tells "Amy" the reason for staying, that is, his wife "Lee" has always loved him deeply, and he is not sure whether "Lee" in other spaces loves him as much as he does now, so he prefers to stay.
A word to wake up the dreamer, the last moment still hesitant "Amy" Mao Sai suddenly opened, she quietly left the room in the chaos, because she did not like the people of this time and space, she hated the boyfriend who was mentally derailed in this time and space. "Amy" came to the dark "wormhole" alone, traveling through time and space again and again, returning to the crossroads of life again and again, looking for a happy ending.
Greed is the inferior root of human nature, it drives people to chase the most beneficial results, and ignore the process of creating good results, with the mentality of profit to look at all things, always hope to be able to have a smooth and unimpeded journey in life, but is this really possible?
Life is not satisfactory, no matter who it is, no matter what, there will always be regrets, perfect only exists in the "utopian" fantasy, flawed life is not a good thing, excessive attachment to perfection, often only will be swallowed up by perfection.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 Beautiful roses are thorny, and there are dangers under the appearance of harmony and happiness</h1>
"Amy" finally chooses a harmonious and friendly, happy space, and then designs to kill herself in the original space and hide the body of "herself" in the bathroom. At the urging of her friends, the panicked "Amy" casually covered the body of "herself" with a curtain, staggered out of the bathroom, and fainted under the gaze of everyone.
When she woke up the next morning, the uneasy "Amy" tried to go to the bathroom to examine "herself" body, but found that the body had disappeared, and everyone looked completely unaware, as if there had never been a body in the bathroom, and she had never killed anyone. "Lee" prepares breakfast in the kitchen, and "Beth" comes out of the bathroom after taking a shower, ostensibly peaceful.
In fact, the last house is the most terrifying, and here is the embodiment of the darkest side of the human heart. "Mike" once said: "All night we are worried, worried that somewhere, there is a dark version of us, but what if we are the dark version?" ”
The house seems to be happy on the surface, but in fact it is full of dangers, because the people in this room are "invaders" from other spaces, they come to this most beautiful space to replace "themselves", and then they act with each other, tacitly, live with masks, and hide their true hearts with smiling faces.
Hypocrisy is the dominant force in this space, teaching people how to deal with changes in the outside world, how to maintain the status quo that is best for them, and how to get out of their predicament by turning a blind eye.
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There is a line in the movie "Painting the Wall": "The wind has not moved, the flag has not moved, it is the human heart that is moving." ”
It is most appropriate to interpret "The Night the Comet Came" in this sentence. The protagonists spend the night in jealousy, selfishness, greed, and hypocrisy, and everyone fantasizes about the worst outcome, but persistently pursues the best ending, and wants to get self-comfort through changes in the outside world, and never wants to change themselves to make the outside world develop in a good direction.
Go around in a big circle, in exchange for countless times of space, and finally back to the character, if from the beginning everyone chooses to trust, then all the space will be safe, even if you run the wrong space later, you can also redeem each other, because the changes in the outside world come from their own choices.
The end of life is always in your own hands, whether you choose to wait for the turnaround of the outside world, or choose to redeem yourself, you need to calm down and think seriously.