Shanghai Simple Fairy Tale-"CODE 46"

Clifford 2022-01-12 08:02:25

It was only after I made a few friends and friends in college that I realized that the women that men like are so different-I always think men, for them, the most lethal women should be about the same-I am a classmate. I like middle-aged women, just like the babble who practices yoga in "American Pie 2", but he is not babble at all, I never saw him as an 18-year-old boy, the goddess in his mind is 34-year-old aunt!
In contrast, I am normal. The image of beauty in the aesthetic standards is not so outrageous, but it is not easy to describe it. The key is a temperament problem-not too stupid, not too smart, not sinister and vicious, not weak and cowardly. , Can’t be too neurotic, can’t be neurotic, can’t be scheming, can’t be careless, can’t be too stubborn, can’t be boring, can’t be narrow-minded, can’t be too forgiving, can’t experience complexity, can’t be ignorant, can’t do it on its own, can’t rely on everything So... Anyway, I can't make it clear.
Far away, what I'm talking about is, after reading "Code 46", BINGO, this woman appeared.

In fact, the plot of this movie is very simple, as simple as a fairy tale. Although it is science fiction, it is completely different from "I, ROBOT". To the effect, he fell in love with her, but she and his mother were clones that were 100% genetically identical, so they could not communicate, and her memory was erased. He couldn't help but found her back. Naturally, the sky was thunder and earth fire, and he loved it again. This time, his memory was erased, and she was thrown out of the city. Only memory is with her.

I have always believed that good fairy tales are often simple, because good fairy tales are sad, and sadness is a simple and pure emotion. "Code 46" on the surface seems to be a moral issue of human cloning. In fact, I personally feel that it is just trying to prove an old proposition: love is fate rather than accident-as long as it is those two people, no matter what time and space it is. , In what capacity, how difficult, they are each other's only THE ONE.
This is an extremely romantic proposition, but there are countless movies suggesting or insisting on it. Let’s put it this way, romantic movies are mostly expressing this idea. The representative is the "Sleepless in Seattle" that I think is unreasonable-but Now, maybe after watching too many such movies, I am beginning to believe this point of view.
In this 2003 movie, I was fascinated by Samantha Morton, her role is called MARIA, and the metaphor is obvious. I mean her appearance always makes me feel very familiar. In the movie, her blue eyes are blank but not sharp, as if she knows everything but is desperate for everything. There is a little baby fat on her cheeks, which makes her look simple and fragile.
As for the actor TIM ROBBINS, the famous name needn't be introduced. His "Shawshank's Redemption" starring in him is still my favorite classic.

It is worth mentioning that there are also scenes-all the main scenes are set in Shanghai, which is different from the run-down, crowded and messy in the previous Hollywood movies. In "Code 46", Shanghai is a very modern city of the future. The face appeared. Open and wide roads, post-modern industrial-style buildings, the Oriental Pearl Tower and Pudong Airport have repeatedly appeared, and even elevated highways appear empty and modern. In my impression, Shanghai's roads that are always impenetrable seem to be an illusion. I believe this Chinese city will appear more in this way in Hollywood movies.

I'm not saying that "Code 46" is a good movie, it's just a more interesting film for me personally. It has a simple and almost dreamy story, but I personally like it very much, it reminds me of "Spell" written by myself.

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Extended Reading
  • Pauline 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    A very literary and slow-paced sci-fi romance. The theme is the classic ethics of clones. It is set as a virus control behavior, isolating cities and slums. The plot is of course an elopement. The soundtrack is very good. The ending is naturally tragic. Mostly filmed in Shanghai. 11.23

  • Ottilie 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    The identity ID is the second generation, people are the next generation, and the offspring are the ancestors, the contemporary era of civilization, the primitive barbaric era and the post-modern era

Code 46 quotes

  • [first lines]

    Maria: I think about the day we met. I suppose you arrived par avion. Maybe you were the first to get to security. You didn't intend to stay. You only had 24-hour cover, so luggage was a mano. And they probably had a driver waiting, so you didn't need to find un coche. You'd never been to Shanghai before. It was all new to you.

  • William: Why is she in here? And please, do not use the word finger at any point in your answer.