if you think this is another movie that promotes American personal heroism, then you are wrong;
if you think this is just a movie A sci-fi movie that shows the possibilities of future technology, then you are wrong;
if you think this is a movie that gives countless gamer characters into fantasy, then you are wrong;
if I think all of the above you think is wrong, this movie is A serious movie full of thoughtful connotations, then, I was wrong;
if I thought that:
in the context of our thriving film production industry, in the context of our astonishing increase in the number of screens across the country, in the context of our huge global box office presence Next, at present we can also make such a film that perfectly combines artistry and commerciality, such a film that is full of so many demands and makes people think intensively -
then, I am wrong again.
I think the subtitles of the original English version of the movie are not very appropriate in many places, so I will use them for now, wait for the second time, and then add quotes after listening to the original lines.
Destroy or talk?
Sensual or violent?
Peace or War?
The return of human nature or the instinct to kill?
Love your enemy or hate your enemy?
It is rare to see a film like "Ender's Game", which uses such a contradictory theme in the setting of the plot, and uses the protagonist's inner inquiries to "boom" and shove it in front of you all at once.
In my opinion, the film is like a giant beehive, each with its own unique hole and cross-sections worth digging into.
From the perspective of psychology, Ender's unintentional psychological game, Ender's sister Valentina and brother Peter, the black female major and Colonel Graff played by Harrison Ford, all represent the polar opposites of the above contradictions.
In the first game, Ender said he will die if he chooses the rules, and he will live if he chooses violence. At that time, he did not hesitate to use his brainwaves to operate the mouse to kill the monster he had chosen; in the second game, he I saw my sister Valentina in it. My sister symbolized a kind of motherhood,
softness, humanity, attachment, and beauty. My brother Peter represented violence, killing, bullying, and occupation. When he was led by his sister into the collapsed castle , he was at a loss when he suddenly saw the image of his brother Peter, at that time he seemed to see another side of himself.
The black female major questioned the unscrupulous colonel: "You pushed a group of children into the most brutal war. You think about how to win, and I think about how to heal their post-war trauma!" (The original words are slightly different)
And Colonel Tough guy said to Ender: "We wiped out the entire planet before the swarm started attacking, just like when you kicked the kid down and still didn't stop, what did they think, peace or war, no more It doesn't make any sense!"
Ender was the third child in the chosen family because he had to find the perfect balance between his sister's sensibility and his brother's killing, and Ender's best friend girl represented that balance. point.
Ender is indeed a born leader and commander.
Judging from his personality traits, he did not stand out only by his extraordinary IQ level, and the colonel asserted that he was a commander who could be trusted.
(This can't help but make me reflect on what are the advantages and
disadvantages of our education methods?) He also faced bullying the weak. In school, after winning, he first avoided the provocation of the opponent who was eager to win, and chose to fight back violently under the oppression of the opponent. , under the suppression of Bonzo, the commander of the Fire Scorpion team, but calmly obeyed the order, even saved his face, and reached an agreement in private;
(while our children, parents, and even the official safety education platform told them to be at peace with their classmates Get along, if you are bullied,
tell your teacher or other adults.)
In the face of the disdain of others, he used humor to defuse the hostility of others, whether it was when he first launched the spacecraft or when he was choosing a bed. Nearly killed Bonzo in self-defense, Ender had tears in his eyes, and even asked to withdraw from the fleet;
"In a zero-gravity environment, there is no difference between upper and lower", he bravely said "reasonable advice", so that the man who swore never to salute him Sergeant voted with admiration and trust. He even "threatened" the colonel for the right to keep in touch with his sister.
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From the point of view of military strategy, Ender is a natural military commander.
——“When you really understand the enemy and think from their perspective, you can win.”
In the gravity-free simulated battle room, in the first round , he let Bonzo see his outstanding ability; in the second round , he Leading the flying dragon team and opening the battle room, he did not blindly rush in, but let his partner make a shield, and let her with excellent marksmanship eliminate the competing teammates hidden at the entrance. Then, he won with an incredible formation, and as in the final duel, he sacrificed his perimeter teammates to achieve the final victory.
Talking to his Maori idol, Mazer Rehan, he was acutely aware of the "pattern" of the seemingly random swarms.
In the so-called "graduation test", he summed up his failure experience and immediately found that as a commander, he must have a "global awareness" and teach some decision-making power to his subordinates.
When the crowd cheered that the swarm was completely defeated, he did not let his guard down, and directed the drone to guard the core weapon until the entire planet was destroyed.
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but none of the good qualities or superpowers are as shocking as the sentence - "If I knew this wasn't a game..." Ender thought the game was about giving up thousands of Earthlings to wipe out the entire worm The human group is the ending. In the end, he made his own choice and
used the "ideas" he had thought to talk to the queen to help the queen save the last life on that planet.
Why use teenage children as fleet fighters and commanders, because only the purest and purest children can abandon the aforementioned contradictions and entanglements in the "game" state and pursue the "victory" of the highest interests.
Ender's game, isn't it a repeat of the history of human warfare?
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