Roland Emmerich, known as "the man who will destroy the earth the most".
has devoted his whole life to destroying the earth in a hundred ways, such as " Independence Day " of the Zerg invasion, " The Day After Tomorrow " with sudden temperature changes, and "2012" of the great crustal shift.
's shocking visual spectacle and racial survival full of human thinking make these works a model of global disaster genre films.
Today, the new work " Moonfall " has a negative reputation at home and abroad. The domestic Douban score is only 5.3, and the foreign Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness as low as 38%.
Is Emmerich really out of his depth this time?
1. There is nothing new in the "old three", and the "three axes" can't play.
Emmerich's accomplishments and reputation in disaster films benefit from his "three axes": wonders of the end times, family bonds, and cautionary advice.
The wonders of the apocalypse are gradually getting better in "The Day After Tomorrow", which was frozen for thousands of miles, and reached its peak in the devastating "2012". The power of nature's destructive power displayed by the visual spectacle on the big screen not only shocked the audience's eyeballs, but also showed the insignificance and powerlessness of human beings in the face of nature, who cannot change nature and stalk around.
Family bond is the second major feature of Emmerich's disaster films, and the father-son family bond runs through several disaster films. Whether it is the pilot father played by Will Smith in "Independence Day", the meteorologist father in "The Day After Tomorrow" who crossed more than half of the United States to save his children, and the novelist who did everything possible to send his children to the ark in "2012" Father, in essence, creates empathy by creating family bonds.
No one will resist a father who keeps working hard to save his children, and no one will not be touched by a father who sacrifices to save his children. The last big charm of
disaster films is that it can make us cherish the present, the hard-won beauty, and the awareness of prevention of unknown disasters. "Independence Day" taught us that human beings should be united as one, "The Day After Tomorrow" taught us to control the greenhouse effect , and "2012" taught us to buy "boat tickets" in advance. consciousness.
arrived in "Moonfall", and this "three-axes" is obviously a bit immobile.
This time, the earth must be rescued, and even the moon cannot be destroyed, so the wonders of the apocalypse remain in the flood of water and the explosion of the tower. The world is about to be destroyed, and the frustrated dad still wants to make a deal with his old colleague and go to prison to find his son. As for the warning, there is only one "don't engage in artificial intelligence ".
As for "dead house cracking the end of the day", "the current brother will die", "frustrated middle-aged man becomes the final winner", there is no new idea, you can guess it when you see it. Although
is positioned as a popcorn movie , but it has been played like this for more than ten years, isn't it a bit reluctant to make progress?
2. Fake disaster pseudo sci-fi, the whole film looks like a stitched monster
The funniest thing about this movie is that it sells pseudo sci-fi plots under the title of disaster movie.
The disaster movie has no clear villain setting, or nature is the biggest boss of the movie.
"Moonfall" has jumped out of the category of astronomy for "how to explain the moon will fall", and gave an explanation for the destruction of the AI villain robot. This time, it has changed from a disaster film of human limit survival to a pseudo-science fiction of human versus AI.
Emmerich may feel that it is not enough to engage in pseudo-sci-fi, and continue to "add material" to this film.
added an unpopular "megastructure" theory, turning the moon into a large " Dyson sphere ", like the "cybertron planet" in the " Transformers " series?
There is something weird inside the moon. While blackening the history of the moon landing that year, I learned "Transformers: When the Moon is Dark".
The dead scientist was eating red and blue pills, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was the stalk of " The Matrix ".
also has the opening scene of learning " Gravity ", teasing " Interstellar Exploration " (running to Neptune), and learning " Interstellar Crossing " taking off in the big waves, and even the picture of the moon approaching the earth is very similar Published " Wandering Earth ".
The ancient civilization is even more interesting, space station is exactly the same as "Elysium", AI rebellion and human war can be called "Dune" prequel.
is also first-class in playing stalks. Elon Musk 's space exploration technology company frequently appears in his lines, and he does not forget to tout the support of China's aerospace industry .
's "material" is full, but there is no trace of its own characteristics. Are these pictures borrowing, paying homage, or typical borrowing?
Emmerich, you are also a famous director of Hollywood , are you so lazy?
3. Chinese actresses come to steal the show, whether or not they come to sing.
Every Hollywood blockbuster that Chinese film companies are involved in, there is no shortage of Chinese actresses.
"King Kong: Skull Island", Jingtian in "Pacific Rim 2", Li Bingbing in " Megalodon ", Zhang Ziyi in "Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters", all Eye-catching and eye-catching.
The Chinese actress Yu Wenwen who plays the international student "Michelle" in "Moonfall" is also so eye-catching and eye-catching.
You may not be familiar with Yu Wenwen, but she sang " Decent " I believe everyone has heard it.
is not bad, she was the heroine of "Predecessor 3: Goodbye to Ex", and sang its theme song "Decent". Not surprisingly, she not only played a lot of international students in the film, but also sang the Chinese promotional song of the same name.
Looking at the works she has starred in, it seems that the scores are not very qualified.
sings well, and his acting skills are relatively average. His role is optional in this film, but the problem is that such an optional character lives from beginning to end. When
first came out I wondered if it was a babysitter or something important. When she learned that she was a dorm student, she didn't expect the heroine to win her an asylum spot.
The apocalypse is coming, and it is really hard to see that he attaches so much importance to an outsider.
In the process of escaping, this character not only survived, but also developed a relationship with the male protagonist's son. If there is a sequel, it is estimated that he will have to get married and have children?
originally thought it was a role playing soy sauce, but it has a lot of scenes, so the meaning of this role is only to give the actors a sense of existence.
is already in 2022, and it is embarrassing to arrange Chinese actresses so deliberately!
"The Fall of the Moon" is so badass, you really can't watch it as a disaster movie, just treat it as a funny movie!
