This very distinctive alien-themed movie will surely become a classic among similar themed movies. However, perhaps the classification of "District Nine" as an alien-themed movie is a "hazardous meaning" to the film, because the film tells the story of human beings from the beginning to the end, which is a sci-fi coat wrapped in a science fiction coat. A deep reflection on human nature, the appearance of aliens and the special effects that accompany them are nothing but a commercial selling point.
Judging from the content of the film: the
conflicts between the chaotic competition driven by interests (mainly from weapon companies and gangs) and the survival instinct (mainly from a little 250 but kind-hearted male protagonist) have intensified, gradually revealing all kinds of human nature Darkness: lust, greed, cruelty, deceit, and finally led to a strong confrontation between alien technology and human weapons. However, the protagonist of the ultimate confrontation is not humans and aliens, but between humans-this is undoubtedly an irony, a tragedy, and it seems even more a fable.
"The Ninth District" subverted most viewers (including me and my husband, ha ha) as a human being in their usual thinking, the orientation of justice and evil, right and wrong, good and bad-as a person, our conscience and emotions are not Support "people" again. The reason why I humbly thought that the protagonist at the end became an alien completely. This may not only be a logical result, but may also be something else.
The film also reflects the contempt and hatred between races (between humans and aliens, mainly human aliens). Is this a replacement of racial discrimination and hatred in human society? In the eyes of profitable arms dealers and gangster smugglers, in the eyes of scientists who experiment with aliens, and in the eyes of violent people represented by special forces "generals", the life of an alien refugee is worse than that of an ant, let alone an ant. Respect, its cruel atrocities of ignoring life, will make anyone with a conscience tremble and point fingers. But, looking back, does this kind of plot, in the real world, even today, make us feel like we have met before?
From the point of view of the film format:
The use of "pseudo" documentary narratives is not new. The best example is Jia Zhangke's Twenty-Four Cities. But I don’t think people overplayed like Lao Jia. The combination of "interview" and "video" with the storyline is not rigid, and the structure of the film is more unique and compact, and the rhythm is not procrastinated. In particular, some "interview" comments interspersed in the second half have a finishing touch to deepen the theme.
However, I have three small points of confusion in the whole film (the reason why I don’t say that I am afraid of being clumsy or poor in understanding):
1. When the protagonist and aliens rushed out of the arms company by bombs, the row of police cars happened to be parked there. over there? One of them happened to be unlocked? It also happens to be voice control without a key?
2. The source of some "videos" is suspicious (I know they are fake, but if you want to pretend to be true, you have to pretend to be a little bit), such as the last "video" about the male protagonist. Judging from the environment, it is impossible for these videos to have outsiders. (Could it be a tabloid reporter taking a sneak shot? This is too timid! Is it automatic chasing? This is too smart with Jiao Taihao! Is it an alien other than an alien? This is too ridiculous Right! The only explanation is a war reporter or something, tell me...)
3. When the actor was in the belly of the alien robot, how did the special forces general recognize it at a glance? (I swear by my husband’s hair, I really see clearly, and the actor’s face is in a completely closed state) Could it be that I listened to the voice? But I still remember that the actor hadn't spoken yet, even if he had spoken, through such a thick mask, plus steel and computer digital processing, the voice should be completely different. Can "General" be heard all at once? What kind of work is related, so familiar.
Hey, the stuff that entangles the above three minutiae is pure entertainment. After all, it is really difficult for a science fiction film to make such a conception. It’s really hard for me to spend so much saliva on a commercial film.
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