Arts students save the world, science students save themselves

Jimmie 2022-04-20 09:01:06

When everyone is still moved to tears by Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar", a movie that loves to save the world, when we are still working hard for Sandra Bullock from space to When his feet stepped on the green earth again, he was so persistent and sad. Compared with these excellent works that wrapped the universal love with science fiction, the old Sir Ridley Scott uncharacteristically sacrificed the most beloved in Hollywood. The real Matt Damon, who doesn't talk about family or love, uses a science student thinking that is completely focused on exploration, conquest, and problem solving, and shoots a movie that looks like a reference book. Yes, it is similar to Zhihu Video answers to the question "What if I'm on Mars?"

No accident, no sense of substitution, Matt Damon is always saved

After being "saved" N times, Matt Damon doesn't mind being saved again. This time it's farther than Normandy and closer than the frozen planet, just 56 million kilometers away on Mars. The unlucky Dimon was a supporting role in "Time Travel", so he died; fortunately, this time, he is the male lead in "The Martian", cheerful and cute, successfully colonized Mars, and finally The family returned to earth happily.

Matt Damon's performance became the most exciting part of these 2 hours. He was alone, but not closed. He had Tom Hanks' self-deprecating self-deprecation in "Remaining Island", and "wall· The little Wall-E in "e" entertained himself with joy, and more often he was Sam Rockwell in "The Moon", counting the days and waiting for the earth's instructions, and he was still unlovable in the last second. , In the blink of an eye, he is a funny botanist who is in high spirits. Probably only he can interpret this kind of cute change.

The visual effects of "The Martian" also appear to be quite satisfactory. The most amazing part is probably the shot looking down at Mars, which gives people a silent sense of loneliness. The whole film was handled very steadily by director Ridley Scott. On the geek side it's lighthearted and hilarious (although a lot of the fun stuff in the book isn't on screen). But why do we spend so much money to go to the cinema to watch a science and education film? To the effect of the original work, it was a story about the science and the prostitutes of their own days and nights on Mars, so why should it be so realistic for the audience? Think of the whole planet with only one life, a person who has survived for hundreds of days, that feeling of loneliness, but there is still a glimmer of hope in the struggle, there should be something silent here, something hopeful and desperate can be enlarged. Such a good idea, but Lao Lei put it down gently and just shot it in the style of the original work. The whole film looks a little "running account".

For the audience, is it wrong that he does not understand astronomy, physics, chemistry? "The Martian" may be suitable for you to take your child to watch, to inspire him, to educate him, but it is difficult to move him. Why? Because it is like a textbook for you, not a novel that can move you. In the film, you can see Matt Damon's optimism, and you know that he will eventually be rescued, and the sense of substitution is the most missing thing in this film.

Liberal arts students save the world, science students save themselves
, and according to Hollywood’s standard industrialization guidelines, there are too many places in “The Martian” to render parts that aggravate the mood of the plot. They should have shed tears arbitrarily and put family values ​​(the filming of Mark’s family what? ), American spirit (whether to save 5 people or 1 person, under the complicated performance of the aviation bureau and the crew), male and female love (for the love of two people in the 5-person rescue group, can it be completely rendered by death?) , The instinct of survival desire (let Mark have more inner monologue and self-struggle on Mars) has been amplified again and again, so that you are embarrassed to walk out of the theater without crying, but Ridley Scott did not do that.

His style of painting is probably like this: "One day, my little friend and I went to work on Mars. Suddenly, I was landed on Mars. I want to live, what should I do? Well, I count the food I have left. , I figured out what I need; if not, how am I going to create, ok, I'll grow potatoes on Mars; oops, my potatoes are gone; oops, I'm dying; oops earth is in touch with me; oops, earth The little friend came back to save me; I was rescued", in the middle of Barabara's description of some calculations and solutions.

Movies are art to move people. "Interstellar" is aimed at the love of father and daughter through time and space. The core or goal is "humanity", and saving the world is just a matter of convenience. In the film, technology is more just a medium/tool , and the "technology" in "The Martian" is one of the important parts of the film. The "Mars Rescue" movie did not focus on the psychological and emotional expression of Matt's despair, loneliness, etc. after Mars was left behind. Instead, he started to save himself from the beginning, using his own knowledge and existing equipment, bandaging his own wounds, planting potatoes himself, listening to music to soothe his emotions, going out to find equipment by himself, trying his best to contact the earth, and having almost no time to spare Thinking about life and complaining about others, or complaining about fate. In contrast, "Interstellar" is like a love letter written by liberal arts students to the universe, while "The Martian" is a kind of "humanities students, please go and be merciful, this time we science students brag and save themselves". Deeply malicious.

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The Martian quotes

  • Teddy Sanders: Rich?

    Rich Purnell: Yeah?

    Teddy Sanders: Get out!

  • Vincent Kapoor: Mark, please watch your language. Everything you type is being broadcast live all over the world.

    Mark Watney: Yeah?

    [he proceeds to swear even more]

    Vincent Kapoor: Oh my God...!