Introduction:
The day after tomorrow depicts a sci-fi story that the earth, represented by the United States, suddenly cooled sharply in one day and entered the ice age. In the story, climatologist Jack Hall (played by Dennis Quaid) points out that global warming caused by the greenhouse effect will bring unprecedented disasters to the earth after observing the prehistoric climate research. Dr. Jack warned government officials to take preventive measures, but it was obviously too late. Dr. Jack Hall then urgently informed the Vice President of the United States that the American people south of 30 degrees north latitude should be evacuated to the equator as soon as possible, and the people north of the line should try their best to keep warm.
At this moment, Dr. Hall learned that his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) had gone to new york alone to rescue his girlfriend, so he decided to venture to new york to launch a rescue operation in the ice and snow. At this time, the disaster began in new york, and Manhattan skyscrapers were hit by a strong cyclone, and most of them were destroyed. Suddenly, the subway tunnel was flooded by the raging flood. The flood swallowed new york, flooded the United States, and Europe ceased to exist under the flood. Since then, ice and snow have covered the whole earth's surface, and the ice age has begun.
When the camera returned to the United States again, the surviving Americans fled to Mexico and asked to enter the refugee camps there. At the end of the film, the president of the United States has to sigh and admit that his climate policy is a huge failure.
Mental shock:
In this typical American commercial production, in addition to the thrilling spectacle of catastrophe, many details of humanistic feelings are very touching, among which the most fascinating is the love between father and son. The father-son relationship in the film was originally the same as most father-son relationships in spring, with some estrangements and misunderstandings, but after going through the test of life and death, it is particularly meaningful to have a affectionate detail at the end of the film. A series of bad weather swept the world. Jack Hall, a mountaineer, asked his 17-year-old son, Sam, to stay in the new york Library to avoid this once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm. He promised his sons that he would come to save them. After overcoming unimaginable difficulties, Hall finally came to the new york Library, which was covered with heavy snow. When he and his colleagues appeared in the library where Sam and his classmates were hiding like whispers, Sam and his classmates looked at him in surprise. Sam's girlfriend asked, "Who is that?" Sam's happy face is full of pride. He said, "That's my father!" "
Disaster revelation:
The day after tomorrow is very ambitious, because the real enemy in the film is human beings themselves. In this disaster planned by human beings, no one is innocent, so that fear is still strong.
It is a scientific conclusion that the greenhouse effect will trigger a new ice age. Faced with this future threat, mankind has not yet taken practical measures, so human civilization is submerged by ice water like a colossus, which is a nightmare in the depths of human consciousness. We only dare to imagine this ending, but dare not face it, so the appearance of the day after tomorrow makes us excited.
2. Titanic: Express the beauty of human nature through disasters.
Introduction to the film:
He is a wandering painter, and she is a noble lady. He was lucky enough to squeeze into the third class by gambling, while she boarded the first class with her famous fiance Jun-that's when they met.
On the world's largest and most luxurious cruise ship, if it weren't for that damn iceberg, it would have been a beautiful encounter. ...
But at least love is real. Tired of the snobbery and emptiness of the upper class, she poured out her depression to him: "I think this life is nothing more than that, as if I had lived all my life." Numerous banquets, dances, yacht races and polo matches are accessible to narrow-minded and careless people. I feel like I'm standing on the edge of a cliff, and no one pulls me back, no one cares, and no one even cares. "He told her:" Enjoy every day ",that is, the meaning of life is to live happily every day, don't suppress your nature for vanity, don't let ethical codes bind your dreams, and he cheered her up again.
Back to the long-lost smile, she decided to give up all the splendor of life and follow him forever-happiness is just around the corner. ...
However, a terrible tragedy happened and the Titanic was in chaos. In a crisis, the goodness and ugliness, nobleness and meanness in human nature have become more distinct. Jack gave his lover Ross a chance to survive. He froze to death in the sea of ice.
Mental shock:
In fact, it seems that the production of Titanic is not the best. In those days, the special effects scenes that looked like rainbows have long been surpassed by countless rising stars, but the touching love songs in the film are unforgettable. Perhaps, it is the film's portrayal of the different mundane love between Ross and Jack that makes it more humanistic than ordinary disaster films and becomes an eternal classic in the history of disaster films.
Besides love, there are faith, grace and courage. Let's review the moments that touched us:
Scene 1: When the hull began to sink, the passengers panicked, and the small band came down to the deck at the captain's command, playing relaxed music calmly.
Scene 2: In the face of people running for their lives, a musician thinks that the performance at the moment is useless, and no one listens anyway. The chief violinist said, "They didn't listen at dinner!" " So they kept playing.
Scene 3: The ship is about to sink, and the chief pianist announces the end of the performance. The musicians shook hands, thanked each other, and then dispersed. I saw the chief pianist playing the piano alone again despite the chaos on the deck. Hearing the sound of the piano, the musicians who had left came back one by one and gathered around the chief to start the last round of performance.
Scene 4: It's time for you to go somewhere. The chief violinist put down his bow and said to his companions in emotional language, "It is my lifelong honor to cooperate with you tonight ..."
How do you explain all this? Say melodramatic, maybe a little; Talking about professional honor may be a bit excessive, but I believe that anyone who has seen Titanic will never forget the image of a musician who forgot to play in the cold night and the wind, and the cello floating on the sea at the end of the film!
Disaster revelation:
An important revelation from Titanic is that we should never be too proud in front of nature. Titanic 1909 was produced by British White Star Company. It was one of the best in terms of luxury, scale, technical level and safety factor at that time, so it was called "unsinkable ship". A crew member said to Sylvia Caldwell, a second-class female passenger, during the voyage, "Even God himself can't sink this ship." So the ship is not even equipped with enough life-saving supplies. But the unsinkable Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. Of the 2208 crew and passengers on the Titanic, only 705 survived. The painful lesson tells us that we should always be humble to nature and never be too confident in technology. In the era of knowledge explosion and the supremacy of science and technology, perhaps this will help us maintain a sober and human touch.
Third, "I am a legend": the end of the present, the legend of the future world
Introduction to the film:
This film sets a "post-legend" era for us. Legend should be a thing of the past. We are all descendants of human beings who have survived the legend, but now Legend has surpassed our pace and entered the sci-fi disaster movie: unknown viruses swept through human beings, and 90% of human beings died. The remaining 10% human beings have become monsters who are addicted to the same kind, and there are only a few walking corpses without thoughts and feelings. Nayville, Robert knows that he can control two weapons, that is, his scientific expertise and his own blood. The experience of earning a living in the army helped him choose the lifestyle of this abandoned city, which is very systematic. He insists on a lot of physical training every day, and he also sends out radio waves to ask for help or find survivors like him ... The only one who is still fighting alongside Robert is his most loyal partner Sam, a German shepherd. During the day, Robert took Sam out to find life-sustaining materials, and then went to the laboratory to do research and send radio waves; At night, they shut themselves in a building as strong as a fortress and watched the monsters "feed" on the streets of the city. In addition to doing the same thing dutifully every day, Robert enjoys complete freedom in this "empty city": he can drive his sports car on the street; Playing golf on a fighter plane; Decorating his fortress with priceless jewels, even the most prosperous commercial street in the city center has now become Robert's own "back garden". As the last hope of mankind, Robert was driven by the only remaining task, that is, using the immune system in his blood to find a way to reverse the virus. Although he knew that he was facing a huge astronomical figure, he had no choice because his time was running out.
This movie has two endings. The first result is that just when he found the antibody, the monster invaded his fortress, and he had to lay down his life to protect the other two people who heard his radio waves from meeting him. The two men sent the antibodies he bought at the cost of his life to several human settlements that were not infected with viruses and antibodies, where the elites would copy and spread this life-saving medicine, and human beings would reproduce once, that is to say, in the next 100 million years, these people.
Another ending is that at the moment when the monsters rushed in, a female monster who was caught by him to do experiments woke up and slowly recovered her human form, and she happened to be the beloved girlfriend of the monster leader, which inspired the only remaining humanity of the leader and let Robert escape ...
Mental shock:
This movie can make us feel the beauty of human nature. First of all, the biggest feeling of movies after the disaster is that there are too many things in life that we don't know how to cherish, and only when we lose them do we know how to regret. What makes the author feel most sad in the film is not the death of the protagonist's wife and daughter, or even the desolation of the whole world, but the scene where Robert comes to a bookstore, where there are many dummy models inside and outside. Robert went to the bookstore door, chatted enthusiastically with the two dummies at the bookstore door, gave each of them a name, took a book, went to the cashier, and made a joke on the dummies sitting behind the counter. Even walked up to a female dummy, pretended to peek at her, made a love-and-embarrassment look, and made up my mind: Tomorrow, tomorrow, I must summon up the courage to talk to you! After reading this, I suddenly feel like crying: there are so many warm and beautiful feelings between people. It turns out that I went to a small bookstore to chat with my acquaintances and friends, and I fell in love with a opposite sex silently! Do we care about everything Robert dreams of?
The two endings of the film are also permeated with the beauty of human nature. In the first ending, Robert sacrificed himself to save the world and people around him, which is undoubtedly noble and touching; The second ending, Robert's narrow escape, depends on the remaining human nature and the power of the monster leader's love, and can't be said to be a far-fetched happy reunion.
Disaster revelation:
This movie reminds me of two other lesser-known "post-disaster" movies, Son of Man and Fatal Visit. Two films, such as I am a Legend, don't comment too much on the causes of the disaster, but imagine how to deal with it after it happens. "The Son of Man" imagines that if human beings lose the fertility that many people take for granted, the world will be shrouded in despair and decadence, people will no longer work with peace of mind, and there will be cries of killing and killing everywhere ... The film itself has a thin plot and strong traces of action movies. Fatal Visit envisages what will happen if a virus spreads and human beings seem to be doing everything as usual, but lose their feelings and emotions? The answer given by the film is: people will not be people! In the film, a wife tells her psychiatrist that her husband used to beat him and scold him, but when he kissed her, she could feel the love from the heart. However, after being infected by the virus, he stopped hitting her and scolding her, or even hitting her back and scolding her, but she no longer felt his heart. She would rather he went back to the grumpy old man! ..... These disaster films remind us from a unique perspective that there are many beautiful and precious things around us or on us that we should face and cherish with gratitude.
4. Comet hits the earth: Unity is strength.
Introduction to the film:
At the Richmond Astronomical Laboratory in Virginia, Leo Bedman, aged 14, stumbled upon an unknown comet, which was later confirmed by scientists to be a comet that could give a devastating blow to the earth. The comet weighs about 500 megatons and is the size of new york. At present, it orbits the sun by the gravity of the sun. If it follows its orbit, it will collide with the earth in about a year.
In order to save the earth, the government decided to send a team led by former astronaut Captain Tanner to land on the comet in the spaceship "Messiah" jointly made by the United States and Russia, trying to detonate the comet with nuclear devices or make it deviate from the original orbit, so as to stop this disaster star. However, due to the lack of structural analysis of the comet, the explosion divided the comet into two parts and continued to fly to the earth, while the Messiah lost contact with the earth after the failure of the operation. As the comet gets closer and closer to the earth, human beings can't stop it from moving forward. Although the earth will not disappear because of the impact, the tsunami and dust produced by the impact will give a fatal blow to all life on the earth.
In order to make mankind survive, the government has to implement the last "Ark" plan, that is, to build a secret shelter with seeds, plants, animals and a few human elites, so that they can come out to complete their important tasks after the dust settles in two years. The day of impact has finally arrived. The first small comet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at superluminal speed, and suddenly new york, Boston and Philadelphia were swallowed up by the tsunami. Fortunately, "Messiah" got in touch with the earth after many twists and turns, and the astronauts resolutely started the nuclear device and rushed to the big comet block that followed without hesitation ... The sky crossed a magnificent meteor shower, and mankind was finally saved.
Mental shock:
The most touching thing about this story is that when the disaster comes, all the people in Qi Xin, represented by the United States, work together and unite as one. Five astronauts, five fresh lives, they all love life and family, but for more families and more lives, they did not hesitate to choose sacrifice, and no one disagreed; The little boy Bateman is a hero designated by fate. Thanks to him, scientists have discovered a comet that is about to attack the earth. What is more commendable is that he is unwilling to give up his childhood girlfriend at a critical moment. He never said "I love you until the end of the world", but he has decided to realize it. The female reporter used to be a gossip chaser who only wanted fame and fortune, regardless of conscience, but at the critical moment, she resolutely gave her competitors hope for survival and forgave her divorced and remarried father. People's destinies are intertwined and interrelated. No one complained. Only people are happy for the luck of others and sad for the misfortune of others. Seeing all this, I can't help feeling very warm and warm. ...
Disaster revelation:
The disaster in The Comet Hit the Earth is an unexpected trouble and an irresistible natural disaster. At this time, on the one hand, people will look small, on the other hand, they can surpass this disaster with strong spiritual strength. There are two aspects to this transcendence: on the one hand, people can rely on their own strength to minimize the harm of disasters. For example, people in movies build underground shelters and send spaceships to carry out bombing missions, but more importantly, people's spiritual strength.
5. Tornado: Love based on career is the deepest.
Introduction to the film:
In 1960s, a terrible tornado violently attacked Joe Harding's family, and Joe's father was swept away by the storm to protect his family. Childhood experience prompted Joe to become a meteorologist specializing in tornadoes when he grew up.
In the 1990s, Joe's husband Bill Harding and his girlfriend Melissa came to Joe to sign the divorce certificate. Bill used to be a meteorologist who tracked tornadoes. In Joe's chase group, Joe told him that the tornado detector "Dorothy" he had designed before had been successfully manufactured; Bill was so happy that he finally decided to go with the wind again.
On the journey of chasing the wind, another team led by Jonas overtook them. Junas was sponsored by a big company, with advanced instruments and equipment, and stole the research results of Bill and Joe, hoping to become famous. In the confrontation between Joe and Bill and the tornado, the two "Dorothy" were scrapped because of incomplete design; Melissa, on the other hand, broke up with Bill because she couldn't stand this thrilling and turbulent life. She thinks Joe is more suitable for him.
Another big tornado struck, and Joe and Bill arrived and rescued Joe's mother in time. At the same time, the two men were inspired by wind chimes and improved the detector. The tornado storm struck again, and Junas ignored the advice and was swept away by the tornado. Bill made up his mind to take the risk himself and finally succeeded in releasing the last Dorothy. Through thousands of small detectors, the wind chasers finally received the complete information of the storm center, and they finally succeeded. Bill and Joe also relied on wit and courage to escape the attack of death. After the tornado, Tong Tong's adventure rekindled love in their hearts.
Mental shock:
In fact, this film is strictly a disaster ethics film. It tells the story of a couple whose marriage is on the verge of bankruptcy under the background of the storm. The story involves love, but this is not the love between handsome men and beautiful women who are as empty as Titanic, but the love between a responsible and enterprising ordinary man and woman. Their love is not so perfect-on the verge of divorce, even the man has a new girlfriend-more delicious, deeper and more extensive. There is a particularly intriguing clip in the film: the protagonist can't refuse the temptation of career. Decided to chase after the wind with the heroine's ex-wife, sitting in the same car, they began to chat and quarrel. Whenever the heroine just started-seemingly friendly boss, the hero began to refute in advance. This kind of plot design makes people feel very real, and only real couples can have that kind of tacit understanding and spiritual communication. Friendship is also the booster of their love. Although they have decided to divorce, in the eyes of friends, they are still a couple. When they are having fun with their friends, the hero's new beautiful girlfriend feels like an outsider. But what connects them more closely is their love and selfless dedication to the cause: going deep into the center of the storm again and again, ecstatic in the face of terrible disasters, desperate in the face of great dangers-in order to save and prevent hurricanes from threatening more families-when their struggle and struggle finally succeed, that is, when their love for fire is rekindled: to be exact, it is not a resurgence, but a new height.
Friendship, teamwork and striving for the same ideals and goals are also the obvious themes of this film: it is a positive theme. In fact, it is not difficult to have a positive theme. The difficult thing is how to make this theme real, moving and acceptable.
6. Perfect Storm: Ordinary people who pay tribute and fight for their survival.
Introduction to the film:
There is a fishing boat named Andrea Gail in Groucy Harbor. The captain of this ship is Billy Tyne (George Clooney). The experienced fisherman had little harvest recently and was unlucky, so he decided to venture into the "Cape Flanders" waters. Although far from the port, there are certain risks, but the fishery resources are particularly rich. Billy Tyne is accompanied by Bobby Shatford (Mark Warburg), Dale Murphy (John Sidney Riley), Alfred Piali (allen payne), Baggos (john hawkes) and Su Li (William Fitchetner). Each of these five people has a story. Bobby Shatford has just divorced his wife, and he needs to pay his lawyer. At the same time, he also needs money to build a new life with his new girlfriend. Dale Murphy is an expert in fishing. He needs money to support his separated wife and daughter. Alfred Pialie was a brave Jamaican. He likes chasing women. Baggos is a friendly local, he just wants to earn money and marry a wife to go home; Suri was the last to join the voyage team, and his relationship with Murphy was a little tense.
The fishing boat Andrea Gail is sailing at sea. Captain Billy Tyne realized that there might be a storm ahead and planned to wait for another two days. However, due to the ice crusher on board, the fish on board can't wait, but he firmly believes that he and his companions can overcome the storm and return home with full loads. Unfortunately, Billy Tyne encountered an unprecedented storm this time. Hurricane Alice met two powerful air currents, and the powerful storm formed by the convergence was really fierce! Although Billy's childhood sweetheart and rival captain Linda called for help, the Air Force search and rescue team did not have time to save their tragic ending, and the Air Force search and rescue team itself lost a member. ...
Mental shock:
The protagonist in the perfect storm is just a group of fishermen who are busy making a living. They are not the heroes often depicted in American movies. They are not for any great cause, nor for saving others, but this movie can still deeply touch my heart. Perhaps, it can remind ourselves and our lives. We don't have many opportunities to be heroes to save the world, and we rarely become scientists to fight for great causes. However, in our daily life, we also need to struggle, even if it is only to win a breath, surpass our competitors, or to live a better life, catch more fish and earn more money for the people we love.
Seven, "New Poseidon": Good human nature can drown ugliness and overcome disasters.
Introduction to the film:
Thirty-four years ago, gene, who was still in its infancy? Poseidon in distress, starring Heikman, caused a sensation at that time, no less than the overwhelming Titanic. This classic shipwreck movie was not only the runner-up at the box office that year, but also won eight nominations for the Oscar, and finally won back two golden statuettes for best original song and best visual effect. The most commendable thing is that in the 1970s, when the special effects technology was not developed, Poseidon set a brand-new example for this type of film with its unusually realistic scene design. Looking for gold mines in old newspapers is a common trick in Hollywood, where remakes are now popular. The calculating Warner Bros. will take two classic movies to make a big hit in the summer file this year: The Return of Superman, which continues the evergreen series, and the new Poseidon, which reproduces the classic shipwreck.
Warner chose to set sail this luxury tanker again in May 2008, which is indeed a wise choice after sizing up the situation: in recent years, superheroes have been rampant on the screen, but disaster movie, once the best in Hollywood, has almost died. Fortunately, two years ago, a film that almost froze the earth, Apocalypse/The Day After Tomorrow, brought disaster films back to people's field of vision. Moreover, the extremely rich box office of Armageddon/The Day After Tomorrow fully proves that as long as the concept is new enough and the visual effect is dazzling enough, disaster films are still very popular with fans. Therefore, in the overall depression, Poseidon, the new Poseidon who went to sea again after many years, was born at this time, which can be said to occupy the best opportunity.
In order to make the new version of Poseidon set off a "perfect storm" of powerful players on the box office list, Warner specially invited a German shipwreck professional named Poseidon this time. Peterson piloted a new boat. As we all know, Wolfgang started as a shipwreck movie in Hollywood, and his two works, Attack from the Underwater and Perfect Storm, won a great victory, which also made him a successful A-level director. Now, Poseidon has thrived. In addition to fighting the waves, he has completely subverted the plot in the original book and carefully designed a bridge with more dramatic tension, which makes people full of expectations for the new captain. He should be nostalgic and nostalgic. This film was nominated for the 79th Academy Awards for Visual Effects.
Eight. Vertical Limit: Dignity and Meaning of Life
Introduction to the film:
The towering Kogory Peak in the western foothills of the Himalayas is the second Gao Shanfeng in the world after Mount Everest. As early as 1892, the European mountaineering team tried to climb K2 peak, but it was not until 1954 that an Italian expedition successfully reached the top, realizing its desire to conquer K2. Peter (Chris? O 'Donnell is an excellent climber, but because his father was killed in a mountaineering accident, Peter made up his mind to give up climbing, and Peter's sister Anne (Robin? But she didn't want to give up, so the brother and sister broke up. Annie organized an expedition to attack K2 peak, but the expedition was trapped on the cliff and was in a dilemma. In order to rescue Anne, Peter had to go into battle in disguise and challenge the K2 limit again!
Nine, "Tianya": A sense of responsibility makes ordinary people heroes.
Introduction to the film:
Nasa found a huge meteorite flying towards the earth and will hit the earth within 65,438+08 days. In order to prevent the meteorite from causing damage to human beings, NASA has come up with a method to send people to land on the surface of the meteorite, drill holes in the center of the meteorite, and put a nuclear bomb to detonate it, so that it can be destroyed in space before hitting the earth. Bruce Willis plays the foreman of the oil driller in charge of this task. Ben Ai Frick is not only his subordinate, but also the boyfriend of Bruce Willis's daughter (played by liv tyler). In order to complete this training, both of them received training from NASA at the same time, and they changed from a driller to an astronaut and a salvation hero overnight.
Ten, "The sky were to fall": Life is so fragile and so beautiful.
Introduction to the film:
Harry, a scientist who studies volcanoes, lost his beloved wife at work. Four years later, he was ordered to go to Ding Feng for an earthquake test. As a result of his test, the volcano has abnormal activity and signs of eruption. But his warning was blocked by the boss. Rachel, the mayor of Dante Bong, is a single mother. She is planning to organize a celebration because the town has just won the Best Living Environment Award in America. In this context, no one wants to believe the fact that the volcano is about to erupt. But Harry insists on his view of scientists' conscience. While the evacuation was in progress, the volcano erupted. Panicked people fled, but Rachel went upstream to find her daughter. Harry bravely stepped forward and drove up the hill. ......