In recent years, a type of movie or TV series has become very popular. The script structure assumes that a group of people encounter a similar predicament (such as owed a huge gambling debt), and then they are forced or voluntarily go to an isolated place to kill each other. , until a certain number of survivors remain. The earlier Japanese movie "Battle Royale" took this kind of horror to the extreme - a group of randomly selected students came to a deserted island, and after each picked the same weapon, they started a bloody journey of cannibalism, because only If one person can leave the deserted island alive, the former classmates seem insignificant. This 21-year-old film has almost no special effects, and even watching it now, it makes people shudder. Later "The Hunger Games", "Alice in the Dying Country", and even the popular "Squid Game" some time ago were all works of this creative idea. Behind these battles, in addition to showing the distortion and ugliness of human nature, the creator actually added a thought to the protagonist's will to survive-that is, what to live for. Taking "Alice in the Dying Kingdom" as an example, the reason for the male protagonist Ryohei Arisu is not to kill, but to "survive", so he can finally reconcile with his friends and himself in the face of his friend's betrayal. This idea jumped out of the past survival-type works, so "Alice in the Dead Country" can attract attention worldwide, and the overall score can be considered to crush the later imitation "Squid Game". Back to the movie "Animal World". The hero Zheng Kaisi (played by Li Yifeng) lost his father when he was eight years old, and his mother later became a vegetable. He can only work as a clown in the game hall, in order to barely support himself and his mother lying on the hospital bed who does not know when he will wake up. Later, because of the lack of money, he believed in his own childhood and mortgaged his family's house. It turned out that Faxiao had owed a lot of debt, not to mention that the house was cheated out, and Zheng Kaisi had to help the other party pay off the debt, so he decided to give it a shot and came to Yisou, a big ship sailing on the high seas, and started from there. A game of wits. In the process of watching, I felt that the first and second half of the movie were very split - in the first half, the director did not find Zheng Kaisi's will to survive in this game. It was obvious that he was cheated and got all his wealth, but he was still able to say hello to the other party calmly, and at the most important juncture of the game, he continued to unreservedly believe in this person who had obviously cheated him because of money. Probably my pattern is too small to laugh at a thousand hatred for no reason. In the second half, I don't know if the director has awakened, and suddenly added a highlight theme like "my way is up to me" to Zheng Kaisi. But I don't feel very hot , but felt very abrupt. The "Dao" here refers to the fact that the male protagonist is unwilling to fight with animal instincts in the game, but chooses to believe in human nature and his own choice. The problem is that the movie didn't show this from the beginning? Except for the episode where he credulously believed that his teenage boy had mortgaged his only house, and the plot of being deceived on the boat, none of the episodes could reflect the theme of "believing". What's more, it would be inappropriate to replace the concept of "belief" with "blind belief". The male protagonist has been deceived so badly, and he has to emphasize the power of "belief" in a world that clearly has to eat the weak. Maybe this is a black humor trick? From the beginning to the end, Zheng Kaisi's will to survive and the corresponding behavior are actually too simple and straightforward, just like being forcibly delivered medicine by mouth, it will not make people believe that this medicine will work. It would be better to be completely dark, but more reasonable. Speaking of darkness, I have to mention the recurring clown imagery in "Animal World". Those who know some Western culture should know that the image of the clown is actually evil, which is evident from the riots in Gotham City. So at first, I always thought that the constantly flashing clown mask meant that Zheng Kaisi was blackened. After all, the clown in his mind could kill those who he thought were bad people by himself. This gave me a lot of false expectations when watching the movie. But after watching the movie, I found that this clown was just the clown in his heart (or, as some comments said, a symbol of Zheng Kaisi's anger), and finally, as a tool of his values, he published "My way is up to me. keep" such a statement. It's my fault, who made me preconceived, thinking that this clown represents some kind of evil force that can save the male protagonist from water and fire. I should review. I have to mention the recurring image of the clown in "Animal World". Those who know some Western culture should know that the image of the clown is actually evil, which is evident from the riots in Gotham City. So at first, I always thought that the constantly flashing clown mask meant that Zheng Kaisi was blackened. After all, the clown in his mind could kill those who he thought were bad people by himself. This gave me a lot of false expectations when watching the movie. But after watching the movie, I found that this clown was just the clown in his heart (or, as some comments said, a symbol of Zheng Kaisi's anger), and finally, as a tool of his values, he published "My way is up to me. keep" such a statement. It's my fault, who made me preconceived, thinking that this clown represents some kind of evil force that can save the male protagonist from water and fire. I should review. I have to mention the recurring image of the clown in "Animal World". Those who know some Western culture should know that the image of the clown is actually evil, which is evident from the riots in Gotham City. So at first, I always thought that the constantly flashing clown mask meant that Zheng Kaisi was blackened. After all, the clown in his mind could kill those who he thought were bad people by himself. This gave me a lot of false expectations when watching the movie. But after watching the movie, I found that this clown was just the clown in his heart (or, as some comments said, a symbol of Zheng Kaisi's anger), and finally, as a tool of his values, he published "My way is up to me. keep" such a statement. It's my fault, who made me preconceived, thinking that this clown represents some kind of evil force that can save the male protagonist from water and fire. I should review.
In short, "Animal World" is really a very fragmented movie: you say it is not good-looking, you will feel that your brain is not enough in the process of watching it, and you can't understand the logic and calculation theory of the game at all, and you can only use it afterwards. Think slowly; if you say it looks good, the ideological core of the whole movie is a bit far-fetched. After reading it, my only sigh is: good-looking is good, waste wood such as Zheng Kaisi can also meet a little nurse who is loyal to him forever, even if his mother is a vegetative person, they will give money and help. Stick people. Humans have always been animals that look at their appearance.
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