I don't know when, on the big screen, our otherwise beautiful future will gradually become the steel ruins of The Matrix and Terminator; the bright red balls that nearly collapse at dawn; the bitter cold in the snow and the day after tomorrow, or the final confrontation with zombies in the zombie world war, whether artificial intelligence, natural disasters or human beings themselves, that once beautiful future has been eroded by the flavor of the new era, and finally has to live in the name of retro faction. In a doomsday scene, even the slightest bit of hope is precious, but it must be shown in a very euphemistic way, even allowing the audience to feel and discover for themselves. Dystopian thinking and settings, such as the Hunger Games, divergent labyrinths, and moving mazes, expand the complexity of human nature to all aspects, and interact with the end-time landscape while digging deeper.
Although some viewers have begun to get a little tired of this genre, the era of pure dreams and hopes seems to have been rejected by fairy tales, the real world is becoming more and more distant, and we can only approach those naïve children and naïve adults in animation forms such as The Incredibles.
Tomorrowland is another example. Director Brad Bird is not stingy about the hopes and dreams in the film. He has directed Oscar-winning cartoons, and he incorporated Disney-esque optimism into the film, trying to tell a sci-fi fairy tale in the adult world. Tomorrowland tells the story of a seemingly bold girl, Kathy Newton, and a middle-aged uncle, Frank Walker, who is in crisis of ideals, who use their dreams and beliefs to save the world and turn the future around in this mysterious place of tomorrow.
"There are two wolves fighting each other, one representing hope and despair, the other representing light and hope, and the key to success is that the fable between the heroine and the father reflects the core spirit of the whole story. In the face of the future, each of us has the right to choose. As Knicks says in the film, I feel similarly. When people begin to believe that things are getting worse and that the world is being destroyed by humanity, all rational people will understand that they should avoid it and seize the opportunity to change their future. In the face of all this, people did not change, but began to entertain this doomsday thinking. All Knicks did was show the worst side of things to the world, but what he didn't expect was a reaction, because the pessimism he represented unknowingly robbed people of hope and the motivation to try to change the world with their dreams. On the other hand, Rakuten School's Casey was on the other side. What she symbolizes is the infinite possibilities. Optimistic thinking can change the future, even if it's just an idea, even if it's only one in ten thousand.
This time, I really don't want to talk about spoilers because it can have a big impact on watching movies. The film's secrecy work is probably the best in recent years. From the near-blind actor audition to the ignorance of the last few trailers, I couldn't guess what the story was like before I went to the cinema. In the end, this is completely different from what I imagined (the obvious counterexample is the over-promotion of the previous couplet 2, which makes people lose all freshness). This is also the surprise of the film. In an era of sequels and remakes, original works are especially precious, and the originality of the future world is absolutely unprecedented. In fact, what we want to protect most is the idea of the film. The creativity of Tomorrowland is the biggest highlight of the film. I don't know how big the brain holes of directors and screenwriters are, which can bring such a parallel world to our eyes, from the city of tomorrow, which is full of futuristic atmosphere and unique on the screen, to the bright ideas that flash almost from beginning to end, all of which firmly grasp my eyes. Those curved skyscrapers, those lightweight spacesuits, and the ubiquitous aerial network in the city, while seemingly futuristic, may seem to have some outdated themes in the film, but when you feel them closely, you get a retro flavor.
Perfect marks for visual creativity! (The background in which Edison and other world elites joined forces to create another world is enough to excite my conspiracy theory history fans, not to mention that the Eiffel Tower was actually going through rockets.) The Super Moon Landing is a tribute to Verne, well ~) After watching this movie, we can be sure that Brittany Robertson and Rafi Cassidy will definitely become the two shining stars of tomorrow. Compared to George Clooney's mediocrity, their acting skills are truly amazing. (The two action scenes in ps show the director's mastery of action scenes.) Athena couldn't be more handsome, however, and despite the many wonderful original elements, the actor's superb acting skills and special themes, she could not hide the flaws of the script. Damon Lindelof's seven-figure reward is really a lot more. Writers who specialize in "Prometheus" and "Boundless Darkness" can refer to www.xcying.com writers who introduce black suspense elements in detail are slightly biased in their grasp of traditional Disney stories under the cover of science fiction novels. The rhythm of the whole movie is a big problem. Although it is good to leave people suspense, 130-minute films often leave the audience in the dark after an hour, the speed is a little slow, and the time after entering the main line will be shortened, which directly leads to the rush at the end of the film, so that the heroine's brain instantly becomes the propeller of the plot.
There is no suspense at the end, which is a strong contrast to the previous rhythm. After watching for an hour suddenly realized that you don't need to guess. The procrastination of the first half of the film begins with a long, tedious, and clever beginning. The openness of the narrative is not in the same dimension as the feeling behind it. (Fortunately, the author's digging habits didn't work...) In addition, the arrangement of the story is too concentrated, which is not very popular for digging up the characters, although the plot rhythm is obvious, but there are still a lot of jokes in the film, it is easy to understand (you know which recent movie I am comparing), and the appropriate arrangement of jokes maintains the usual distinct style of Disney, so we can see The efforts of Brad Bird. After the foreign reviews of the film came out, it was not satisfactory, showing obvious polarization. It can also be understood as an original film, and it also deals with science fiction themes.
However, I was very surprised by the results of Tomorrowland. On the second day of the film's release, the rating dropped from 7.8 to 6.8, while the somewhat chaotic plot of "Fu Lian 2" still maintained a score of 7.5, which in my opinion is seriously unfair and irresponsible. The film does a great job both creatively and thematically. While the pace is a little off, it shouldn't be too far away. (This is also original science fiction, look at the almost infamous "Jupiter Rises"), the positioning of "Tomorrowland" is not difficult to science fiction, but its essence still conveys a positive value, "it is difficult to generate an idea, but it is easy to give up.") Not giving up is the theme of Tomorrowland, and as I said before, science fiction is the beautiful cloak of this futuristic fairy tale. In Tomorrow's World, I felt a bright future that seemed to be forgotten by the world, and that was enough for me.