"Interstellar Exploration" is an anticipated sci-fi blockbuster this year, starring Brad Pitt and directed by emerging American director James Gray. At first hearing this title, I can't help but think of Nolan's "Interstellar", the story content Also about interstellar travel.
But if you walk into the theater with such expectations, you will be disappointed. "Interstellar Exploration" is not a "brain-burning" science fiction film like "Interstellar", let alone a commercial science fiction blockbuster like "Wandering Earth". More artistic, it explores the loneliness of the heart and human beings. It is not difficult to understand why a commercial production can be nominated for the Venice Film Festival, and the polarized reviews and mediocre ratings on Douban.
In addition to the polarization of word-of-mouth, the box office of "Interstellar Exploration" is not optimistic. This sci-fi film costing 87.5 million US dollars (approximately RMB 600 million) received only 120 million US dollars in the box office in North America. The box office of "Interstellar Exploration" is only more than 20 million yuan in five days of domestic release, and the box office of "Interstellar Exploration" is estimated to not exceed 30 million yuan. For science fiction films, the investment cost of "Interstellar Exploration" is not huge, but such results are horrible.
"Interstellar Exploration" is a science fiction film about space travel. It tells that in the not-too-distant future, mysterious and strange phenomena appear on the earth one after another. Scientists have discovered that some kind of out-of-control antimatter is threatening the entire solar system. Roy (Brad Pitt ) Was sent to outer space.
Roy, who received the mission, learned that the mysterious strange phenomenon is related to an operation to explore alien life 20 years ago. The leader of this operation is Cliffd (Tommy Lee Jones) who is still in outer space. Alive, and Cliffd is Roy's father. In order to explore the truth in space and find his father, Roy embarked on this outer space journey.
The story of "Interstellar Exploration" is very similar to "Apocalypse Now". A person embarks on a journey to find the leader of the rebellion. The journey is accompanied by deep loneliness and self-doubt. The former is a space science fiction film and the latter is a war film. But it is essentially a road film.
Therefore, every site in the movie is very important. In Apocalypse Now, the hero passes through war zones, reflecting the cruelty and madness of war. In Interstellar Exploration, it is the planet and the inner world of the hero. The change. Here
has to praise the visual expressiveness of the entire film. Although the Earth, Moon, Mars, and Neptune have also been represented in previous works, the presentation in "Interstellar Exploration" is something you have never seen before. The
film began with the elevation of space and the elevation of the earth’s surface. The tremor in space caused the collapse of the elevated. Roy also fell straight from space to the surface. The whole process brought the audience into the film at once. The moon is a space that has long been developed by humans. On the planet, beverage stalls and T-shirt vendors everywhere are like a commercial society.
The "pirates" on the moon also confronted Roy's motorcade, and there was a car chase on the moon. Through this car chase, we also got an overview of the moon. The whole process of driving into the back of the moon was thrilling. It's so beautiful. When
arrives on Mars, there is a kind of "Blade Runner 2049" temperament, the dim yellow and dark red setting, the environment filled with yellow sand, in this depressed space we have also entered Roy's depressed inner world, Roy's enclosed residence The electronic projection on the wall adds a bit of weirdness.
Neptune plunged into a deadly deep blue, and the entire paragraph was shrouded in blue, with a cold and hesitant atmosphere. This is the place where father and son meet, and it is also the moment when Roy faces his heart.
James Gray created the unique space of the three planets, the purpose of which is to show Roy’s "images". The real core of the film is also to explore personal loneliness and loneliness in space. The greatest science fiction film in film history "2001 "Roaming in Space" and Tarkovsky's "Flying to Space" are all sci-fi movies of this kind of literary style. They are not very cool and burning space movies, but movies that explore the human heart.
Of course, "Interstellar Exploration" also has many shortcomings. The biggest problem is its narration, which is a bit afraid that the audience will not understand it. I will explain it to you every few minutes, which is very uncomfortable. At the same time, it also has the rhythm of the film. "Interstellar Exploration" is generally not boring, but this mainstream commercial film narrative weakens the author’s expression, leaving the entire film in an awkward position between art and commerce.
noIt's not too bad, "Interstellar Exploration" made a science fiction film that explores the human heart with an A-level production. It is worthwhile for you to enter the cinema. After all, there are not many science fiction films of this kind, so watch and cherish it.
