’s hottest movie this week is "Godzilla 2: King of Monsters". The movie continues the story of the previous one. The "Emperor Organization", an organization that studies mystical zoology, faces the giants, Godzilla and Moss. The four monsters of Ra, Gidola and Raton fought fiercely.
How popular is this movie? After being released in 4 days, it cut the box office by 500 million, and a rhythm of over 100 million a day! You know, "Detective Pikachu," which has a good reputation and is loved by children, won more than 600 million box office only after it was released in 25 days. There is no way for
, the audience really likes monster movies. Just as women maintained the instinct of collecting in ancient times and liked to buy and buy, men also maintained the primitive hunting nature and had a different interest in monster movies.
and monster movies are really scarce, so the scarcity is the most expensive, even the poor reputation of "Raging Behemoth" easily gained 1 billion box office (domestic only).
So, even if "Godzilla 2 King of Monsters" is frequently complained about the bad plot, the audience is still willing to pay for the "epic-level special effects in the monster movie" and go to the cinema to experience the gluttonous feast of primitive monsters fighting.
After watching the movie, Brother Bozou believes that the background and concept of "Godzilla 2" is worth talking about. After all, this is a monster world that has been built for decades.
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Godzilla has a long history. The origins and characteristics of the four behemoths Godzilla, Gidola, Mothra, and Raton have undergone constant iteration.
These monsters had no "humanity" at the beginning, but they have gradually developed into humanity. For example, Godzilla shed tears when he emerged from the water after being rescued by Dr. Serizawa from death; for example, when Mothra saw Godzilla being injured by Gidola, he would be so angry that he would hit a rock with a pebbles; for example, Raton saw the wind Rudder, knee-knee-Kidola in the early stage, and Godzilla-knee-knee in the later stage, is nicknamed "the wall of grass" and "the second and fifth son".
"Flame Devil" Raton's design is inspired by the hundred-headed dragon Ladon in ancient Greek mythology that guards the golden apple. The image is a toothless pterosaur, which generates a powerful air current when flying, and even humans will be swept away. Into the airflow.
The name Mothra is a combination of the English word for moth and mother. It is the only maternal monster and is called the monster queen. She has a gentle and peaceful personality. She was born on Baby Island. She is very spiritual and can communicate with humans through two priestesses.
In "Godzilla 2," the priestess of Baby Island evolved into Dr. Zhang Ziyi and Dr. Ling, each with two horns, one with long hair and the other with short hair. These two roles play an important role. Important relationship, don't say she is dispensable.
King Gidola, the initial image design was a monster with colorful wings, this image was abandoned because it was too cute.
Its "beast design" has changed and changed, one will be the destroying monster from space, and the other will be the guardian who defeated Godzilla. But one thing remains the same, that is, it has always been Godzilla's enemy.
watched "Godzilla 2", and the audience was puzzled: After the king Gidola died, Godzilla did not fly, Raton became the ruler of the sky, why surrender to Godzilla?
actually can fly in other versions of Godzilla...
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"Godzilla 2" has a relatively simple concept, but it is also a concept, which is to explore the relationship between monsters and people.
If there are giant beasts in this world, what kind of relationship does it have with people? People with different positions in the film have different attitudes, holding a total of three views. The “salvation faction” represented by Emma Russell wants to release giant beasts, destroy the city, and turn the city into a forbidden zone for humans and green space again through the radiation left by the giant beast. This view of
is very extreme, but not uncommon, especially in science fiction works. In Liu Cixin’s novel "Three-Body", the Trisolaran galaxy in Centaur has more advanced civilization and advanced technology, and then the "Earth Trisomy" headed by Ye Wenjie appeared on the earth. Their purpose is to "use external The purpose of "power to save the decaying human society" is to "eliminate human tyranny" in the later period, and hope that the Trisolaran civilization will take over the earth. The common feature of
is that they are disappointed in human beings, and want to use powerful external forces to destroy cities, so as to save the earth, and even let external forces rule the earth.
is too extreme, which movie is the faction holding this view?Or the ones in the novel have the least supporters, and they have a common name: the villain. The second kind of
is more modest and believes that humans and animals can coexist, represented by Dr. Serizawa.
In the film, the elder brother's surname and the basic surname are fighting vigorously. The jungler (human) does not understand the attributes of both parties and releases the "oxygen saboteur" with a big move. As a result, the enemy is released and injured. The elder brother's surname went to the nest to heal his injuries. The process took a few years. It was not good enough to be funny than the jungler. Pidianpidian came to sacrifice a nuclear bomb. The arduous task of sending a nuclear bomb fell to Dr. Serizawa. This is a mission that has no return. The ancient buildings carved with giant beasts and humans along the way reflect his state of mind.
At the last minute of his life, Dr. Serizawa stroked Godzilla’s armor with tears in his eyes:
"Goodbye, my friend."
The third point of view is also quite extreme. It is to kill all monsters. , A typical anthropocentrism.
The military in "Godzilla 2" barely counts, they also look down on scientists headed by Zhang Ziyi and call them "nerds"...
We can see that "Godzilla 2" is not based on humans. One perspective, but from the perspective of God, when the crisis of the rebirth of the giant beast comes, people from different positions have different attitudes.
At the same time, the image of "people" in front of giants is both weak and strong in the movie. The weak side is that behemoths can easily destroy cities and deprive residents of their lives; the strong side is that humans can use their own wisdom to make weapons to injure the behemoths. Human voices and Godzilla’s voices are mixed to form "Oka" enough to make Quidora feel threatened. I think
's interpretation of "person" is reasonable in "Godzilla 2", and it is also a relatively high concept. With a background like
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, such a conception, you have to make a 7-point movie. Regrettably, "Godzilla 2" scored less than six and a half minutes.
’s plot bugs, such as Dr. Emma’s release of a behemoth for ecological reconstruction, claiming that it was for the earth, but her daughter hurriedly set out to look for it after she left. It was very double standard and very selfish.
In addition to such important equipment as Oka, a little girl in Maddison stole it easily.
still lacks editing. When monsters are fighting, they suddenly cut humans and monsters again. The excitement was interrupted. There are a lot of
bugs. Brother Runaway still thinks "Godzilla 2 King of Monsters" is a movie worth the price. Several monster battles are particularly exciting. Even the scene of Raton catching the plane can make people adrenaline. Soaring.
Monsters are science fiction movies. If you don’t like to explore the deep meaning, you can purely appreciate monster fights. If you like to explore the deep meaning, you can explore the relationship between giant beasts and humans. It is really plot control. It is also a good choice to watch movies with literary and artistic plots.
