When I watched it, I was amazed when the United States produced such a literary and artistic actor who did not eat human fireworks? When I checked the information, it turned out to be British! The smell of the rotten country can really be smelled across a few streets.
The male lead's skills are excellent, and even in the intense scenes, he still does not forget to make his movements, expressions and tone like "zombies" instead of "humans". In contrast, his companion's performance was a little "off the rails" at times.
The male protagonist has a hobby of collecting, and even after eating people, he didn't forget to take his watch and a snow globe on the scene, much like the guy in "Robot Story" who likes to take home all kinds of small objects picked up in the junkyard and keep them organized. Gotta be methodical lonely little robot. Probably lonely and spiritual children like to collect things! The collection fills the physical space, providing them with a small world of their own, and more importantly, it can bring some warmth and fulfillment to those sensitive and lonely souls. By the way, the robot Wall-E lives in a car that resembles an armored car, and the zombie R lives in a big plane; Wall-E likes to watch old movies, and R likes to listen to film records. They are all distressed children!
So far, vampires, werewolves, and zombies, the three terrifying anomalies in Western movies, have finally fallen in love with their beautiful "food" -- human girls. And they also rebelled against their kin and converted to mankind without exception, constantly demonstrating the philanthropy, universal values, and the impulse to spread the gospel to save fallen souls in Christian culture. The human imagination is very powerful, and the spiritual victory method is even stronger! Or is Stockholm Syndrome an innate and lingering part of human nature?
Forget it, why bother with these obscure theories? What the general public wants to get from the movie is the belief that the tree of life is evergreen. If vampires are tall, rich and handsome in the horror family, and werewolves embody the primitive wildness and a certain violent aesthetics of life, then the dirty and stinky zombies who drink blood and roam in groups like locusts are dwarfs who are worse than diaosi. poor. How can the original horror and disgusting character impression be related to the beautiful and extravagant love and be accepted by the audience?
The author did not fall into the stereotype of "human and ghost relationship is not over" in which two people fell in love before their lives and then one of them became a terrifying alien, but opened up another way of direct love between zombies and human beings, and narrated the whole story from the perspective of zombies with inner monologue. Inner monologue is the most direct and simple way to build character, promote plot development, and increase the sense of substitution. Putting it on zombies can make up for the shortcomings of poor language communication, and provide the love context of male and female protagonists. The basis for audience acceptance. Moreover, the narcissistic monologue is in stark contrast with the male protagonist's difficulty in articulating, slow and rigid appearance, reflecting the character's extremely rich inner heart but in a predicament that cannot be expressed freely, and also makes the audience unconsciously sympathize with the protagonist.
The self-report from the perspective of zombies is the contribution of the original work, and the reconstruction of the characters' appearance is the credit of the film creators. Zombie R in the original book wears black trousers, a gray shirt, and a red tie, just like a mature man working as an office clerk or a salesman. The zombie R in the film is the image of a young man in a hoodie and jeans, which is more in line with the romantic and youthful tone of the story. More importantly, as a film of visual art, the audience's acceptance of the characters must be considered. Although sloppy filth is one of the characteristics that distinguish zombies from other monsters, a sloppy professional outfit is more difficult to accept than a sloppy casual outfit. Because the former is hard to see in real life, while the latter is much more common, look at those naughty boys who love to fight, slovenly men and young men, and the popular "beggar costume"! Therefore, when the zombie brother R wears shabby casual clothes and falls in love with a girl, we do not feel much discomfort, but feel that this is what a single boy who is not very hygienic or lives in a slum looks like in life. Even, considering R's literary otaku attributes of listening to records and collecting, he sometimes even forgets his zombie identity. This is the subtle role played by the appearance of the characters in improving the audience's recognition of the characters. Moreover, the R in the red hoodie in the movie is also particularly conspicuous against the dark costumes of other zombies. It is really like the little girl in red in "Schindler's List", which is a symbol of hope.
Another major adaptation of the film from the original is a simplification of the zombie world setting. The zombie world in the book has its own set of operating rules. There are zombie schools that teach inexperienced zombies the skills to hunt and kill humans. Male and female zombies can form families and adopt small zombies. The hero in the book has such a zombie family. However, there is no relationship between him and the female zombie (the two little zombies who are the son and daughter of the male lead in the book were adapted into the two wandering child zombies that appeared in the movie). Such a zombie world is almost indistinguishable from the human world. Can form a society, how can it be the walking dead? Such a setting actually greatly reduces the gap between zombies and humans, and reduces the weird and shocking feeling of love between zombies and humans. The movie simplifies the social structure of the zombie world, they are a group of zombies with only instinctive needs, nothing more. This not only reduces the narrative burden of the film and highlights the main line, but also creates a cold, decadent, depressing and terrifying apocalyptic atmosphere. As one of the outliers, the male protagonist has more consciousness and emotional desire than other zombies. In this context, his sense of loneliness and tragedy can be more prominent, so that the audience can feel the same. I have to say that the zombie world shown through R's perspective in the first five minutes of the film is an important reason for me to watch this film.
However, in the final analysis it seems that looks and elegance are decisive. Imagine, an ugly skinny fell in love with the heroine, what would it be like? Or, can the heroine be a bloated aunt who can escape a zombie dinner? ? Even the protagonists of the anti-Japanese dramas of the celestial dynasty have changed from simple toilers and upright revolutionary cadres to more and more personable people who enter the enemy's rear, who can dance, play the piano and talk about love, be attacked by the enemy or me. Fang's heterosexuality is a life-and-death spy, more and more relying on all kinds of "fresh meat" and "flowers" to decorate the door to instill the so-called revolutionary historical concept and values to the younger generation, right? Then, using Yan Zhi to promote love, tolerance and hope is really the best use of Yan Zhi.
When it comes to appearance, I prefer the zombie makeup of the zombie brother?: The winding veins in the neck, the dark earlobes, the blue skin color in the white, the thin face, the looming scars and edges Fuzzy blue-purple lips, dark circles like smoky makeup, big, round, ice-blue eyes, and eyes that are empty and sluggish or innocent - don't have a morbid decadent, dark and cold temperament, which makes people feel deep impression. The messy hair covering the forehead and ears is also a good cover for the actor's high hairline and slightly wider cheekbones (sorry, I'm picky~). On the contrary, the red lips and white teeth after turning back into human beings are a bit obscured by passers-by, and have lost a bit of charm. ——Haha, does this aesthetic also belong to Stockholm Syndrome?
In the play, he and the heroine drove an open-top Polaroid at a speed on the empty airstrip of the apocalypse, with their hair flying and unrestrained. At that moment, I felt an inexplicable heartbeat, and I suddenly felt that my life was being shackled. I felt that the so-called hard work and life every day was as primitive and low-level as a zombie foraging. The inner will is like a vast ocean, but it is bound by this rigid and narrow body, unable to express and unable to escape. When will we find true love and freedom?
The male protagonist's name is "R". Renaissance, Resurrection, Redemption, Revival... Everything can be done all over again. God will always have mercy on those who are willing and truly make a change. Don't give up hope at any time.
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