The LORD God put the man (Adam) in the Garden of Eden to repair and keep it. Yahweh God commanded him, "You can eat whatever you want from every tree in the garden, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you must not eat it, because in the day you eat it you will surely die!"
—The Bible, Genesis 2:15-17
Yahweh God said, "The man (Adam) has become like us, knowing good and evil; now lest he stretch out his hand and eat the fruit of the tree of life, and live forever." Yahweh God sent him out of the Garden of Eden to cultivate the fruit of his own land.
—The Bible, Genesis 3:22-23
Ever since Adam, the ancestor of mankind, sinned and sinned against God, the gates of the Garden of Eden have been closed forever. For thousands of years, humankind, who thrived in sin, has tried unsuccessfully to return to the Garden of Eden.
Until one day, human beings started the "New Eden" plan, and the gear of fate turned again...
American movie "The Humanity Bureau"
Genre: Science Fiction
Main Cast: Nicolas Cage (as Noah)...
Story overview: Doomsday crisis, the Human Office launched the "New Eden" project, and Noah, who did not know the insider, began to persuade the displaced people to participate in the project, but as time passed, Noah discovered the conspiracy...
Release Date: November 14, 2017 in the United States
True! As a sci-fi film, the performance of "Human Office" is unsatisfactory, and there are many shortcomings. Such as: thin plot, rigid characterization, lack of visual effects...
but! When we look at the essence through the appearance, a lot of deep-level information hidden in the content of the work begins to emerge gradually.
Next, let the author take you to interpret the various information points in the image.
1. The referentiality of the name
The protagonist of the film is named Noah (Noah) and the villain is named Adam (Adam). These two names have deep meanings!
From a biblical point of view, Noah was a righteous man, a perfect man in his day. Genesis 6:5-8 records, "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man on the earth was great, and that all the thoughts of his thoughts were evil all day long, and the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was grieved. The LORD said: 'I will make man and man All the beasts, and the insects, and the birds of the air, were destroyed from the earth, because I repented of what I made them.' But Noah found favor in the sight of the LORD. "
In stark contrast to Noah is Adam. As a created man, he violated God's will, ate the forbidden fruit (the fruit of the tree of good and evil), was expelled from the Garden of Eden, and was entangled in sin all his life.
One is righteous and one is sinner. One is a positive character and the other is a negative character. The director skillfully uses the correlation between the two names to dig deep into the hidden meaning, which is puzzling.
2. The metaphor of the end times
①Desert phenomenon ②Climate pollution
③Dry seawater ④Nuclear power crisis
⑤Scarcity of crude oil ⑥Scarcity of drinking water
⑦Coffee is rare ⑧Food is in short supply
Human greed, endless development, uncontrolled pollution, and the intensification of the greenhouse effect have made the earth (the place of existence) into a dead silence. The apocalyptic scene shown in the film is shocking and thought-provoking.
3. The Temptation of Eden
The Garden of Eden was originally a paradise that God gave to Adam and Eve, but due to the temptation of snakes, the two did what God forbade and were driven out. Since then, human beings have nothing to do with the Garden of Eden.
In the film, the director re-introduced the concept of "Eden", which I personally understand, has three intentions.
①The selling point of the movie
"The Garden of Eden", these three words have infinite charm.
② Strong contrast
The "Garden of Eden" designed by humans is completely different from the "Garden of Eden" created by God.
What is the former? Concentration camps, cemeteries! Let people die!
What about the latter? paradise! Let people rest, let people pass from death to life!
③ endless reverie
Where is the Garden of Eden? Where is the garden of God? Where is the paradise that everyone yearns for and everyone yearns for? Endless speculation, too much reverie...
In my opinion, there is no Garden of Eden in the world.
4. The future direction
three scenes at the end
①The host and the hostess were shot by Adam, and the child escaped with a chip
(Children's Escape: Representing the Continuation of Hope)
②The people read the contents of the chip, learned the truth about the "New Eden" plan, and launched a riot
(Popular riots: implying that change is coming)
③ Memory fragment, a child (not sure if it was Noah as a child or Noah's son) playing in the water
(Children's play: a metaphor for a bright future)
Several seemingly unrelated fragments, but implied the same theme "Where is the future of mankind? In people's own hands! In people's feet!"
If we want to continue the reproduction and development of human beings, we must start from now, start from us, protect the environment, maintain the ecosystem, and leave a breathable sky for the next generation of human beings.
The Garden of Eden, God's garden, was pure and spotless.
The Garden of Eden, a distant dream, is both real and unreal.
The Garden of Eden, the yearning of human life, is both distant and beautiful.
Director ★★☆☆☆ (concepts, ideas are good, but the imaging effect is relatively poor)
Actor ★★★☆☆ (Uncle Cage's acting skills are no problem, but his film selection ability is very problematic)
Plot ★★☆☆☆ (The plot is completely inversely proportional to the core. The story is weak and the logic is poor, and it can't support the grand theme of "exploring the future of mankind")
Visual effects ☆☆☆☆ (almost no special effects, very embarrassing)
Sound effects ☆☆☆☆ (ED can try to listen to it, and I won't talk about the others)
Recommendation ☆☆☆☆ (It is recommended to skip the plot, just look at a few key concept points - Eden, the end of the world, the future of mankind)
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