Courage, sincerity, can fight the abyss

Mallory 2022-03-18 09:01:04

I just finished watching this 89-year-old masterpiece, thinking about what I saw, in the deep sea, among the oil well workers I am familiar with, in the hysterical big country vs. Hangzhou, in the reunion but the quarrel between husband and wife rivalry. , and in the fantastic NTI, I saw a sincere and brave heart.

The infinite unknown is as terrifying as the abyss, and in the process of exploring it, the uncontrollable sinking and seemingly endless feeling is terrifying. The abyss, its very existence, is a horror. What breaks this fear in the film is the dreamlike aliens who are like angels. They have no hostility under Cameron's hands, they are objective, real and sincere. They loathe human greed and ignorance, and show absolute admiration for human courage and true love. I said, these aliens have sincere hearts.

The interaction between people is often like an abyss, and you have no way of knowing what another person thinks, and sometimes, knowing it is difficult to change. I said that this layer of barriers between people is also an abyss. The process of exploration is accompanied by pain and helplessness. Many people cannot persist and give up. I also said that James Cameron is a wonderful person, he constructed such a couple and showed us the abyss between them, and at the same time, in the progress of the film, he gave us the message: In front of absolute courage and a sincere heart, this barrier seems to be non-existent.

Just like Li Bai's poems, it is majestic, flying into the sky when talking and laughing, and all barriers are avoided. Cameron is also a very romantic person. His seemingly infinite imagination often constructs some unparalleled and irresistible existences in the film, such as liquid people in the future, such as aliens, such as the human army of pandora, and the protagonist in the film. When we faced them, I knew that Cameron had only prepared two pieces of equipment for them: courage and sincerity, and then, it was heart-wrenching.

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Extended Reading
  • Gregory 2022-03-24 09:01:37

    This movie is definitely a classic not to be missed, even today, it is so shocking. I recommend watching the three-hour director's cut extended version.

  • Watson 2022-01-26 08:13:56

    2018SIFF. James Cameron's hardest sci-fi work ended in a soft "moral critique". Thirty years have passed, and mankind has just gone further and further on the road of mutual destruction, and film production has become more and more routine, losing imagination and vitality.

The Abyss quotes

  • [Ensign Monk is demonstrating the breathing fluid on Hippy's rat]

    Catfish De Vries: Huh. Damn rat's breathing that shit. That is no bullshit, hands down. The Goddamnedest thing I ever saw.

  • [the Deep Core crew are locked in the kitchen; Coffey is about to nuke the aliens]

    Lindsey Brigman: Schoenick, your Lieutenant's about to make a real bad career move!

    Alan "Hippy" Carnes: The guy's crazier than a shit-house rat!

    Virgil: Schoenick!

    Lindsey Brigman: They're trying to make contact! Schoenick, *please*, listen to us!

    Ensign Monk: Can't you see he's lost it?

    Schoenick: Shut up.

    Ensign Monk: The shock wave will kill us.

    Schoenick: Quiet!

    Ensign Monk: [relentlessly] It'll crush this rig like a beer can.

    Schoenick: Shut up man, what're you talkin' about?

    Ensign Monk: We've gotta stop him!

    Schoenick: Shut up!

    Ensign Monk: This is not our mission! We can't detonate without orders!