Our future depicted in the movies...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gattaca/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/equilibrium/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/island/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aeon_flux/
There have been quite a big shift in the way that the moviemakers see our future.
In the old days, the future in the movies were always full of machines, robots, aliens and clones. The world ruled by machines, or wars of humans vs machines, humans vs aliens, humans vs clones, etc.
But recently, there were quite a few movies that focused their attentions to "humans vs humans". Gattaca, the equilibrium, the island, v for Vendetta, and Aeon Flux. The common background of all these movies is that the world has turned into one big totalitarian nation, where people lose their humanities, identities and diversities, where they are totally controlled and watched by the government, where people are punished for being humane, unique, and different.
A few days ago, I watched "the Equilibrium" again. In the movie, in the post-world-war-III world, the new totalitarian government claims that all the bad things in the past happened because of the human's ability to FEEL. So, all citizens have to take some psychiatric
medication regularly to control their feelings, they are not allowed to feel anything, naturally all forms of art is prohibitted. As you expect, there are underground, protesting groups who collect the old arts (paintings, records, sculptures, books, etc.), and there are special forces to find them, kill them, and incinerate all the EVIL articles (such as original "Mona Lisa"). The movie is about one of the special force members, realizes the irony, and fights back with the
government.
As these movies usually contain quite a lot of violence, you might not like them. But I think they are not completely about violences, and leave a lot of things to think about: what we are missing and losing in the rapidly changing world. I think "Gattaca" and "the island" don't have too much violence in them either.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/equilibrium/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/island/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aeon_flux/
There have been quite a big shift in the way that the moviemakers see our future.
In the old days, the future in the movies were always full of machines, robots, aliens and clones. The world ruled by machines, or wars of humans vs machines, humans vs aliens, humans vs clones, etc.
But recently, there were quite a few movies that focused their attentions to "humans vs humans". Gattaca, the equilibrium, the island, v for Vendetta, and Aeon Flux. The common background of all these movies is that the world has turned into one big totalitarian nation, where people lose their humanities, identities and diversities, where they are totally controlled and watched by the government, where people are punished for being humane, unique, and different.
A few days ago, I watched "the Equilibrium" again. In the movie, in the post-world-war-III world, the new totalitarian government claims that all the bad things in the past happened because of the human's ability to FEEL. So, all citizens have to take some psychiatric
medication regularly to control their feelings, they are not allowed to feel anything, naturally all forms of art is prohibitted. As you expect, there are underground, protesting groups who collect the old arts (paintings, records, sculptures, books, etc.), and there are special forces to find them, kill them, and incinerate all the EVIL articles (such as original "Mona Lisa"). The movie is about one of the special force members, realizes the irony, and fights back with the
government.
As these movies usually contain quite a lot of violence, you might not like them. But I think they are not completely about violences, and leave a lot of things to think about: what we are missing and losing in the rapidly changing world. I think "Gattaca" and "the island" don't have too much violence in them either.
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