If it is not qualified purely as a science fiction film, it is only because of the political metaphor

Leo 2022-03-21 09:02:10

From the perspective of pure science fiction, this film has the following bugs:

1. The film does not explain how the body's body is perfectly disposed of after the magic flower occupied the body. 2. In the later stage of the film, as long as you fall asleep, you can change your mind in a dream. This is how the heroine is controlled. That is to say, there is no need for the magic flower to replace the main body, it is enough to replace the thoughts in the head. Then why does the magic flower spend a lot of time on pods? 3. The magic flower can be deceived by the male and female protagonists who pretend to have empty eyes. The alien creatures don't have a way to identify the same kind. They need to look at the expressions and dialogues like a human to know if they are the same? ! 4. Those who are controlled by the magic flower directly confess their identity in the later stage, so that they can control some people in a short period of time, and they will definitely be discovered and destroyed in the long run. It is better to keep concealing their alien magic flower identity. In addition, the magic flower cannot effectively distinguish whether the other party is also of the same kind, and it is easy to infiltrate the real human being and be disintegrated from the inside.

The existence of these bugs makes people worry about how this stupid alien magic flower came to earth alive. If a sci-fi film cannot be logically self-consistent, it will be pure nonsense, or simply called magic fantasy. The reason why this film is outstanding is completely because of his unique political metaphor

Of course, aside from the plot, the casting of the film and the acting skills of the actors are quite good, and the black and white film also feels like going back to the last century

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Extended Reading
  • Wayne 2021-12-22 08:01:05

    An excellent metaphor for the invasion of communism, the blank in The World's End originally came from this movie.

  • Gerhard 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    The camera of looking up at the searcher through the cracks of the plank on the ground puts the audience in a very vulnerable position, and can even see the eyes of the searcher, as if each searcher will notice the secret hidden under the plank, and then stop there to open the door. Look down. Really sweating for the protagonist. The most terrifying thing is that Miles discovers that Becky has changed from a person who yearns to love and be loved to a stranger who has no feelings and only has survival instincts. There is still hope to run against the whole world, but being abandoned by the last confidant, there is only a cry of despair.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers quotes

  • Dr. Miles J. Bennell: Even these days, it isn't as easy to go crazy as you might think. But you don't have to be losing your mind to need psychiatric help.

  • Dr. Miles J. Bennell: [after he is unable to convince Dr. Kauffman] Well. You win. Pick up the marbles.