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"Shimmer City" is a movie that is difficult to locate. In fact, it has nothing to do with magic, but many media that only care about hype have irresponsibly classified it as a magic film due to the popularity of magic themes in recent years. It can only be regarded as a pseudo-sci-fi story, but many media that desperately need the market during the financial crisis even boasted it as an annual sci-fi blockbuster. Viewers who have seen Harry Potter will naturally not think that this is a magical film, and science fiction fans who have seen classic hard science fiction such as Star Wars and Independence Day will not buy this "pseudo sci-fi". But if you only regard it as a juvenile adventure film, you can't let go of it and show off the big names with Bill Murray and Tim Robbins. However, even so, its box office results are also "shimmer", with only 3.2 million dollars in the first three days. I am totally sorry for its tens of millions of investment and luxurious production team. There are fatal loopholes in the story. Speaking of humanity's decision to build an underground city "City of Glimmer" 200 years ago because of the catastrophe, when the two teenagers returned to the ground 200 years later, what they saw was a fragrance of birds and flowers. People are confused about the meaning of the existence of underground cities. What has humanity lost, and need to allow people to temporarily avoid the living environment? Refute: (In my opinion~ it is the pain caused by civilization that takes two hundred years to recover. Two hundred years later, the natural replacement has made it all back. That's why the birds and flowers are fragrant and beautiful.) The sentence "for the good of all mankind" reads There is a sense of irony. People who have lived underground for 200 years have become ignorant, ignorant, pursuing ease, and reluctant to make progress. They did forget the pain brought by civilization, but they also forgot the pioneering spirit brought about by civilization. No one doubts why people who try to escape the city are put in jail. Even when the city’s main engine was running for 200 years and was about to be scrapped, most people were still in a state of self-evasion, and the task of saving mankind fell on two teenagers (12 years old in the original book, at least fifteen or sixteen in the movie). Years old, probably too young to perform). Ordinary people turn into heroes because of the opportunity to save the world is a routine Americans are used to, which does not attract too many eyeballs. Cracking the code, starting the mechanism, and fleeing the city, the two protagonists recklessly found the way out of the city of glimmer, the direction of human existence, between coincidence and inevitable. Finally, "Now the path was clear for all. There are many complaints that allow me to write this film review. There are still a few highlights in the film that make me fall into divergent thinking. The first is the desperate sense of fatalism. The last human beings, the city that only relies on the main engine to maintain energy, loses The fear of the light, the withdrawal from the unknown world, the film does not portray much in this respect, but as long as you close your eyes, you can experience a feeling of despair, far more than the film can bring. This is right. A great test of human nature. In a dark, closed environment, can humans believe in themselves and believe in miracles? The fear of the unknown makes people know that they are about to fall into eternal darkness, and they can hypnotize and comfort themselves, just like in the film. The aunt of the little girl has always believed that the city builders will come to the world like a god to guide them out, and she has repeatedly paid attention to the little girl's singing rehearsal on the singing day (similar to the anniversary of the founding of the city). The boy’s father clearly found a clue to the way out, but because of the death of his companion, he completely denied his correct inference and missed many years. Without the heroic (or fearless) adventure of the protagonist, when the last city is completely What happens to people when they fall into darkness? I believe that after panic, the world will say goodbye to human beings. The second is human nature. The most typical is the mayor. After learning that the city is about to come to an end, he does not think about it. Yes or run away, even unwilling to really find a solution, but contented with stealing food from the people in the city, hiding in a dark room, drunk and dreaming. Is this the last despair? That warehouse clerk and the little girl A good friend also said with a nonchalant tone: "Anyway, it's going to be over here, so why not let yourself live faster? "This reminds me of a sci-fi story I have seen before, saying that when humans knew that a comet would hit the earth in a week and they would not be able to escape, the earth fell into chaos. Humans lost all rules, restrictions, all People do whatever they want, but they can only cry to enjoy the last time. Is this the last despair? In fact, this kind of madness is quite fascinating, but the movie only talks about this part of human nature and does not dig too much. The last thing worth mentioning is the translation of the name of the city. Although the mainstream still calls it Shimmer City, a translator I read called it "The City of Afterglow", and I prefer this name. Afterglow is the lingering life of human beings in the dark, with a certain sense of destiny that will inevitably pass and cannot be retained. If this is not a teenage inspirational movie, I will let the little stone at the end stop on the roof of the Afterglow City, let hope condense over the city, let panic envelop the entire city, and let despair destroy the entire mankind. Without such a profound loss, people would not understand that living in the air and sunshine requires more than the blind courage of individual heroism.

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