Check it out, just don't expect too much

Jordane 2021-12-16 08:01:03

Do you remember the seductive "Girl in suspenders and stockings in military uniform" in the trailer? Everyone may be disappointed. In the movie, there is indeed a shot of "sling stockings military uniform", but the way it appears and the feeling is completely different from the feeling of "sexy walking on hips" in the trailer. And this is also the biggest feeling this movie brings to me as a whole. It just feels very different from the trailer.

People who watched the air battle and the Nazi invasion of the earth may be a little disappointed, because this seemingly most important part of the scene does not account for a very large proportion, and I don't know if it is because of cost constraints. However, I was more excited to watch those air battles! Especially when a large number of Nazi flying saucers flew out of the spaceship, handsome! The idea of ​​cosmic Nazis using lunar meteorites as an attack weapon is pretty amazing! The most fascinating thing is the concept of the film, that is, the Nazis are hiding on the moon waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Then watching those steampunk-style machines appear one by one, people naturally start to get high. Many details reveal the style of steampunk, such as the silent monitor of the Nazi super huge aircraft and the sight with a combination of lever and magnifying glass! It's just that the time for these machines to appear hasn't been as much or as long as imagined. There is always a bit of itching, not enough.

The main point of the story of "Steel Sky" is on the political jokes, whether explicit or implicit. Comedy may be the best way to tell a story like a space Nazi, using comedy elements to make these seemingly unreliable things seem more reasonable. The taunting of politicians inside touches people's laughter! For example, when you see the appearance of the President of the United States, everyone knows that it must refer to Sarah Palin. In addition, when everyone in the movie, especially Japan and China, denies that the spaceships are them, the North Korean representatives came up with the case and declared loudly that it was done by their great, glorious and correct leader, everyone. All laughed and collapsed, whether it was inside or outside the screen. However, there is a funny point. Chinese netizens should find it funny, because when I saw this passage, I thought it was very funny, but the people around me didn't react. This short paragraph is a parody of Hitler's madness in "Destruction of the Empire", which is also known as "The Wrath of the Führer", "I'm from Hebei Province".

Of course, I have to mention the strong accusation against the movie Scissorhands in the movie! I believe that the mainland audience must have a special feeling about this! In the movie, Chaplin's classic "The Great Dictator" was completely tampered with by the Scissors and turned into a super short film praising the great dictator. The people of the moon have been immersed in these castration fantasy until the heroine watched the full version in the movie theater, only to realize that she had been concealed and deceived for so long, and she began to doubt her life. As far as this plot is concerned, I'm very familiar with it. From the textbooks I have been exposed to since I was a child, to the so-called "no cuts without cutting" movies in the movie theaters, aren't they all the same as this plot~!

In fact, under the appearance of these comedies, the director still wants to express something. The most typical example is after the eradication of the cosmic Nazis at the end, it is not peace, but cruel reality... The moon looks more peaceful, peaceful and beautiful than the earth. From the important branch of the plot, the Nazis actually helped the U.S. president to conduct re-election elections very effectively. In fact, the so-called "Nazis" do not refer to the people who stay on the moon, but exist in our modern civilization. Every corner of China, from politicians to street gangsters. Speaking of politicians, when the President of the United States said that she did not care about who the target of the war was, and even when she was considering whether to bomb Australia or not, everyone around them all had a "ヾ(≧O≦)〃嗷~" reaction, which was another reaction. Makes me laugh for a long time!

Overall, this movie sounds gimmicky and the subject matter is simply fantastic! However, some of the controls are not as good as expected, and the shots are not as good as expected. But for the courage and ability to shoot films with such emotional themes, I think it's worth the score!

I have to add one more sentence... How come the Nazi uniforms are so handsome! !


correct! For those who want to sit in the movie theater until the end, there is actually no special Stringer after the subtitles are finished, but the camera finally retreats to Mars. In the sky of Mars, there is a lone satellite (or probe?)


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  • Sarina 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    Take a look at it easily, if you don't care so much, it's a very funny movie! Especially a few clips from the UN meeting!

  • Nels 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    I watched a lot of sad movies in one night. This is so much fun, hahaha~

Iron Sky quotes

  • President of the United States: All presidents who start a war in their first term get re-elected.

  • President of the United States: Vivian, you look great. How's it goin' up there?

    Vivian Wagner: Madam President, I couldn't be better. I am packing dozens of megatons of nuclear warheads which I am going to carefully place up Klaus's kraut ass, just as soon as I get him in my sights.