The movie "Alpha" tells us a touching story of a 20,000-year-old European continent in which humans and wolves helped each other in harsh environments with exquisite and beautiful visual language. A large number of panoramic shots with a sense of alienation not only show the unique natural features of the European continent at the end of the Paleolithic period, but also make the protagonist teenager in the film full of loneliness, falling off a cliff on the way of hunting, and seeing no relatives on the vast wilderness glaciers. Strong enemies are all around, and it is the first time that he has come out of the house. All he can rely on is the spear in his hand and the Big Dipper in the sky. In such a cruel living environment, the teenager has to use his own legs to find his way home again.
In this movie, the youth's weakness is undoubtedly an important factor in the development of the whole movie. As the son of a tribe chief, his weakness is naturally the biggest obstacle to inheriting his father's position. With his slow personality, he leads the entire tribe to prosperity. Tomorrow, it may not be able to solve even the most fundamental problems of survival. But it is not difficult to find from the film that the boy himself hopes to be recognized by his father - this can be seen from the stone spear he grinded himself - but it is precisely because of his weakness that in the face of the already subdued It is impossible to kill the killer when the prey is the only one. Just imagine that under the leadership of such a young master, the entire tribe may have a hard time even today. So at this time, my father's sentence " Meat is reserved for the strong. " It seems like a scolding, but is it not a pity?
In the late Paleolithic European continent, the concept of class has not yet appeared. In this land, there may really be no essential difference between them except for species. Therefore, the relationship between hunters and prey is the same for humans or other prehistoric creatures. When you exist as a strong man, other species are naturally "meat", otherwise, you are "meat". In this case, the teenager not only showed mercy to the injured Alpha, but healed the wound on his body. This behavior seems to be exactly the same as the weakness before falling off the cliff, but in a sense, his weakness and There seems to be a kind of kindness behind the hesitation, a kind of compassion that is equal to all living beings, which seems to surpass the survival law of the "strong" in his father's mouth.
Perhaps it is this "grace of not killing" that makes Alpha take the initiative to take up the work of guarding and hunting in the subsequent stories. Then you will find a very interesting phenomenon: the two creatures that were originally hostile to each other and could not tell who will be the meal on their plate have reached an equal cooperative relationship, and it can even be said that Alpha consciously acted as a father and a mother. role of mentor. And our protagonist, the boy, had to grow up gradually from this time, and began to actively cooperate with Alpha to hunt. It's hard to imagine the dangers the teenager will face on the way home without Alpha's company, and how he will overcome these difficulties.
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