After sixteen years, the famous monster is back!
Its back is like a sharp blade piercing the sea. Its strength exceeds the limit of human technology. The flames spewed out of its breath illuminate most of the night sky, and its roar is like the first thunder after the creation of the world.
Even across the big screen, you can't help but admire that this is the greatest creation of nature. It is deep, noble, primitive, wild and pure. In front of it, humans should be regarded as gods.
Just as it was not God who created man in his image, but man created God in his image, the image of Godzilla also reflects the most intractable anxiety in human hearts. Our species has evolved over millions of years to finally become the ruler of this planet. Nature is no longer a god we worship, but something to be conquered or to be conquered. But the ancient fears still run in our blood, and the claws in the dark still appear in our nightmares. We, who were born in distress and died in comfort, constantly fantasize that one day we will face the threat of stronger opponents. With the development of science and technology, we are more and more worried that this opponent is likely to be created by us and is the embodiment of the dark side of our hearts.
This is the cultural origin of Godzilla. Perhaps this can also explain why Godzilla was born in Japan in 1954. In view of the general fear of human beings, it is not difficult to understand why a simple "fighting monster" can gain so many fans.
And as for this movie about Godzilla, it's done a very successful job with monsters. The special effects are realistic, the play is great, the rhythm is fast, and the atmosphere is fantastic. The director knows that "when the monster does not appear, it is the most terrifying time", and uses a large number of sounds, traces, and human reactions to shape the terrifying power of the monster, and slowly infiltrate the uneasiness into the audience.
It's a pity that the movie didn't do well on the human side. Whether it is a monster or a disaster, or even a little more broadly, any work of art is, in the final analysis, art about people. Human nature, emotion, and reason are enduring themes. The film weakens these aspects, so many viewers feel that the plot is disjointed and weak.
But it is worth mentioning that, in my personal opinion, "Old White" Bryan Cranston from "Breaking Bad" is the most outstanding character in this department, although he does not have many roles. His character works with his wife at a nuclear power plant in Japan, where his encounter with a monster MUTO kills his wife, and he becomes estranged from his son in pursuit of the hidden truth. After 15 years of investigation, he returned to the nuclear power plant where the accident occurred and found that multinational research institutions were detained when they were studying MUTO here. When he saw that the group of people were unaware of the impending danger and refused to listen to his explanation, he pointed at the glass of the surveillance room with rage and grief and roared: "My wife died here!" The pain of torture is touching.
In this movie, although Godzilla acts as the guardian angel of mankind and MUTO acts as the villain, you must know that they are both good and evil. Like humans, they are all obedient to instinct, everything is just to survive. Monsters and disaster films are, in the final analysis, people fantasizing about the confrontation between themselves and nature. This made the two opposing sides feel a sense of mutual sympathy. And such monsters usually have a strange beauty.
As early as in the classic horror film "Alien", Alien was portrayed as a creature with deadly and elegant hunting tools and hunting skills. Although its body was surging with strong acid, what flowed from its mouth turned out to be pure water. It's a pure creature, and sometimes it's humans that are ugly.
Humans also don't paint Godzilla and MUTO as evil creatures, but endow them with a pure wild beauty, which is exactly the same as the 98 Hollywood version of Godzilla. The gist of both films is that human beings must pay the price for their actions after awakening this god-like creature.
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