Section 325 Walking through the end of the world
While Ricardo was complaining that the 2D version of the footage was not as good as people would like, in the lobby of 3Dimax, the audience watching the film felt that it was worth the extra four dollars to watch the movie.
Because at this point, the camera has advanced to the street, and under the 3D effect, people seem to be really in a chaotic street, watching all kinds of crazy people when the earth is facing destruction.
The camera swept over the streets, reflecting a variety of people.
Some people are peddling cosmic graveyards - people who don't want their graves dug by aliens are buying these opportunities to send their ashes into the universe; Some people are peddling the stars of the universe: if they defeat aliens in the future, human beings with great technological development may be able to land on aliens; There are people preaching and preaching, the earth is about to be destroyed, and religion is flourishing; Some people are drunk and dreaming of death, and when the catastrophe is coming, some people are desperate three hundred years in advance; And the streets lined with police cars also seem to tell people that in the days leading up to the apocalypse, the crime rate on the planet has increased dramatically.
The camera pans slowly through the street, taking in everything on both sides of the street. This feeling is as if people are walking on the street and watching the scenes on both sides of the street, but these scenes are too different from what they usually see.
The end is coming, and the most terrifying thing is not the arrival of aliens, but the internal strife between human beings. Although it is said that human beings are united and may not be able to strive for a glimmer of life, the vast majority of people have lost their fighting spirit early at such times.
The biggest problem facing humanity now is not how to resist aliens, but how to truly gather strength.
At this time, the camera also entered a certain room from the street.
This room is obviously not a place for a single parent, it looks more like a hotel or something. And on this bed in the hotel, a man is lying on it, enjoying the smell of cigarettes. The bathroom door opens. The woman wrapped in pajamas walked out, and the two of them talked and laughed, and with this shot, people quickly understood what was going on.
Obviously, these two men are not husband and wife, they are more like men and women after passion - after seeing the nonsense of those people in the street, this is now the state of the people in the house.
The only surprising thing is that the man who speaks is none other than the sociologist at the beginning of the movie. It's just that he looks completely different now than he did at the beginning of the movie. With a slight beard and stubble, his eyes were blurred as if he had drunk too much, and he was bragging to women.
"Did you know that I've studied aliens too......"
With a lazy tone, the sociologist and the female companion talked. Although he said that he had studied aliens, from his misty eyes and vague tone, people could see that he was just relying on these unashamed words to pick up girls.
The chaos ahead. People have seen the current state of the planet. Since businessmen can make money by taking advantage of the apocalyptic crisis at this time, and villains can take advantage of the arrival of the apocalypse to vent, then, as scholars. Relying on the topic of the coming of the end to pick up girls, it doesn't seem to be an unacceptable thing.
Moreover, Donnie plays such a character, and he also plays it very well. Although he is not too young. And he is not particularly handsome, but his own temperament and demeanor are very in line with the image of a prodigal.
And. Considering his past history...... This image is even more in line with it.
This character is obviously already familiar to the audience: a sociologist, a prodigal. I used to study aliens, but now I'm drunk and dreaming of death. However, what does such a person have to do with saving the earth?
Soon, the answer was found. When the two men walked out of the hotel, the speeding car hit the woman and died. And before the sociologists could react, they were already arrested.
And soon people found out that the person who approached him was the police officer Renault who appeared in the first part.
For this person who appeared in the first part, people have a great affection. In the first part, Paul is an explorer, Suzanne is a confused person, and Renaud is a practical person. It is also very happy to see these dilapidated depressions and learn that he is still alive.
And in the first part, he has already come into contact with aliens, and he will definitely not be at the bottom of society, and his appearance also means that the identity of a sociologist is different.
"I know it's not you who killed, and even I know better than you who killed it. But now I don't have time to reveal it, because Ms. Sani has ordered me to take you to United Nations Headquarters, where a meeting is taking place, and the content of the meeting is about you. ”
Renault's words were still very simple, but he did say something.
"Say, the Swiss woman?"
"It's the UN secretary general -- and the promoter of plans like the ladder plan." With a touch of respect, Officer Reynaud corrected the sociologist's terminology.
Renault's voice is calm, but he also says something very important: on the one hand, he introduces Say's identity, and on the other hand, he also foreshadows the development of the film.
The term ladder plan has extremely important significance in Da Liu's subsequent works.
The two of them stepped into the hall. And the camera also rises as they advance, taking in the entire United Nations General Assembly venue.
This golden hall has appeared in many works, and in some news programs, it has appeared frequently. At this time, it is also presented to people, but unlike when people have seen it before, its front, which should have been a symbol of the United Nations, has become a symbol of a cosmic picture.
For the current United Nations, their purpose is no longer to reconcile the contradictions of the earth, but to meet the external enemy.
At this moment, a meeting is being held in the conference hall. The woman standing on the stage and giving a speech is Meryl. Streep plays the role of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Her tone was impassioned, and her expression was very eye-catching. She was an outstanding politician. As Officer Reynaud said, she has led many projects and has a high level of prestige at the United Nations.
It is precisely because of her ability and prestige that she was able to stand up and preside over the development of various plans at a time when the earthlings encountered a crisis. In the face of an unprecedented enemy, what humanity needs is someone who can lead them.
And at this moment, this leader is standing above the crowd and giving a speech.
The camera goes from far to near, taking in the entire hall. In the 3D version, people seem to be in the hall, listening to Say's speech, and in the movie shot, there are thousands of people sitting in the hall, and in the movie theater, there are hundreds of people sitting next to them. For a while, people even had the illusion that Say in the movie was really standing in front of him and giving a speech to himself.
In 3D, the actor breaks down the fourth wall and speaks to the camera, which can have a great effect - and Levy knows this very well, and he also applied it in the film.
The camera almost pans in front of Say, and then it begins to rise gradually. At the same time, what she is announcing is the Wall-Facing Project. By the time this plan was heard, the camera had risen to the ceiling, condescending to the entire venue. The people in the venue seemed to be all people from Lilliputian, which also made people immediately have a god-like perspective and ideas when they heard about this plan.
For this plan, the audience has already had some understanding from the trailer, but at this time, they are still shocked when they really see this picture.
Then, again, people were given an introduction to the identities of these four people.
Former Secretary of Defense, a well-known hawk, with a tough guy temperament and a solemn look on Taylor; Ray Diaz, a revolutionary leader in Latin America who led the people in resistance to foreign oppression and won nuclear power for his country; The image of these three people is all displayed in front of people, such as Siennes, who has an elegant temperament, great scientific literacy, and political experience, and an enviable wife.
And, of course, the last wall-facer, the sociologist.
If there is some hesitation and disapproval of the Wall-Facer project in the trailer, then by this time, people are no longer so averse to the Wall-Facer project: first, what is happening on Earth has already told them that it is an illusion to hope that at such a time they will still rely on democratic ways to decide everything: the people have been scared silly, and they no longer have the ability to participate in politics under the shadow of the apocalyptic crisis. Second, the outstanding temperament of these three people also tells people that these leaders can fully assume the identity of the savior of mankind.
The strong contrast between before and after made people's acceptance of this plan immediately higher.
But the only thing that makes people feel unacceptable is that the fourth person facing the wall is actually a sociologist - unlike the outstanding temperament and past experience of those three human leaders, his past, people also completely see it, he is just a foolish playboy, how can such a person become the savior of the earth?
Not only others have this question, but even he himself thinks that this is a mistake, and he and Renault are playing haha, hoping that Renault will tell Say that there must be a misunderstanding.
However, Renault's sentence broke his illusions, and at the same time, it also answered the audience's questions, and this sentence is also the key to the puzzle of this movie, "You are chosen to face the wall, not the resolution of the United Nations, but the resolution of the Trisolaran." Among the intercepted materials, you are the only one of the Trisolarans who must be killed. ”
The sociologists were stunned, but the audience's doubts were answered: they knew that the sociologists had been in contact with Susanna, and there must be a reason why Susanna was a ghost. Only, what is the reason for killing him? Could it be that he really has the means to defeat the aliens?
What's that, exactly? (To be continued......)