The issue of the cost of "Source Code" is also a point that has been praised by many people.
For example, an online film critic wrote: "Today, as the atmosphere of film commercialization becomes more and more intense, many brain-burning works have also been produced. Often these are blockbuster dark horses. I am used to relying on the film itself to guide the direction of thinking.
Audiences who occasionally encounter a movie that basically leaves all the thinking tasks to themselves will naturally light up. For this reason, the success of "Source Code" is actually won at the starting line. Moreover, Director Li Yi is a
A director who is good at controlling the audience's thinking and doing big things with small money. The earlier low-cost movie "Moon" is an excellent proof.
Science fiction movies can be divided into hard science fiction and soft science fiction. "Source Code" is obviously a soft science fiction that relies solely on scientific theories to establish an overall world view. Generally speaking, low-end science fiction movies will invariably choose soft science fiction.
route, because this can greatly reduce costs. Moreover, in some cases, because there are no "mysterious" element settings, the authenticity and artistic appeal of the movie can be greatly enhanced!
"Source Code" only transplants the scientific theoretical hypothesis of "parallel universe" derived from the well-known "Grandma Paradox". By creating a parallel space and repeatedly using time and space that can only exist for eight minutes, it shows a period of
Explore images of human nature and morality.
"Source Code" also has a commercial atmosphere to a large extent, and it still cannot stand the loneliness without being unique. It is interspersed with a lot of action, explosions, and love scenes, and many scenes serve the film's science fiction theory.
It can be ignored. It can be seen that "Source Code" is a one-size-fits-all movie, and its success is inevitable.
The "parallel universe" theory in physics has many hypotheses, but it has no ability to prove it.
Taking such a well-known proposition that has not been substantively solved is a very clever idea. At least, it will not cause major deviations in the audience's understanding of theoretical elements, and it can also trigger various extremely constructive opinions in the audience.
Discussion. Of course, the theory of parallel universes is also a type that is overused in film history, but how to use it just right is a great test of the skills of the director and screenwriter.
Since there is no strong scientific proof, no matter how you interpret the theory, it is appropriate without changing the foundation.
The biggest highlight of "Source Code" is not the imaginative code virtual world constructed with theory, but the in-depth thinking about human nature and morality in the second half. For example, whether it is ethical to use dying soldiers for scientific experiments, what is the fate of human beings?
Can we change the past? Should we cherish the past pessimistically or should we seize the present without compromise?
These simple questions that can trigger the audience to think have all been qualitatively sublimated here. The propositions unearthed above are no longer within the scope of science fiction, but have returned to real life.
Among them, science fiction is just packaging. This is consistent with the creative idea of "Moon": using science fiction theories familiar to people on earth as introductions to reveal various phenomena in real society that can arouse people's desire to discuss. However, "Moon"
"The suspense of "Clone" is even more intense, and the connection point with reality is "cloning". Its moral significance is indeed a topic that has been eagerly discussed but has never been resolved.
But personally I prefer "Moon". In my opinion, compared with "Moon", from some perspectives, "Source Code" still has many things that should be "ashamed".
The ending reveals a surprising ending: the male protagonist successfully came to another parallel universe and survived. In fact, according to the law of conservation of mass in the universe, the history teacher he replaced should also have survived.
.But where did he go? He just disappeared for no reason? A tragic life needs no explanation."
Of course, regarding the definition of soft science fiction and hard science fiction, some people think that the definition of soft science fiction is relatively vague. In fact, "Source Code" is not too soft!
At the same time, "Source Code" will certainly be studied by many people as to why this movie is so successful.
Because after its official release, the box office of this movie showed explosive growth.
Moreover, the popularity of the discussion remains high. If you want to ask what is the hottest topic right now, it is undoubtedly "Source Code"!
What Li Yi said at the Science Fiction Film Festival symposium was also released. He did it, using loops and a single space to tell the story.
Save money and effort, but spend a small amount of money to accomplish big things!
What's interesting is that many people have the same discussion about the ending of the movie.
"In fact, I don't care about soft science fiction or hard science fiction at all. This movie tells us that the most important thing is not to come up with a set of flawless "sci-fi" elements, but to tell a good story."
"Whenever I think of you and me having completely different stories in another time and space, I feel relieved that you and I are meeting each other on a narrow road at this moment."
"When I saw the male protagonist turned into a string of words appearing on the computer screen, I almost cried."
"It would be more perfect if the ending was set with the last kiss!"
"Yes! Why not freeze it on that kiss?"
"So many people think that the most perfect ending of "Source Code" should be fixed on the last kiss. This shows how vulgar it would be to end like this."
"If I were given another chance, I would say to her: "Everything will be fine." If I have to add a deadline after this, I hope it won't be 8 minutes."
"I won't comment much on the ending, but my favorite part of the whole movie is that from He Qing's perspective, the male protagonist is just words. I don't know why it made me cry!"
"Through repeated attempts to obtain more information and correct one's behavior. The director's handling at the end confused the previously constructed world, but it is no problem. It can be regarded as a transformation from a science fiction film to a romance film. It can bring excitement while watching
It creates a lot of suspense and can trigger a lot of discussions after watching it, which is good.”
Of course, a good movie is indispensable for many details.
There are also people analyzing this aspect. In many places, even Li Yi himself doesn't know why I am so detailed.
"Many people talk about hard science fiction and soft science fiction in "Source Code". Personally, I don't think it makes any sense, because as long as the movie is a good movie, that's enough!
A good movie can actually be seen in many cases by observing some details!
At the beginning of the film, during the first explosion, Lin Yunbin woke up in an empty cabin. Later, the film revealed that Lin Yunbin was killed on the helicopter. The temperature of the empty cabin was getting lower and lower, which may mean that Lin Yunbin was in his subconscious.
, in his subconscious mind, the space capsule may be a safe place.
When watching the movie, all we saw were the video conversations between Lin Yunbin and He Qing, but Lin Yunbin didn’t answer many of his questions. I don’t know how you feel. Anyway, I was about to explode, but later on, I found that they were not.
It was not a real video conversation, just a string of codes. Lin Yunbin's "words" were translated into computer language... I admit that I had goosebumps all over my body at that moment.
The lame professor has been emphasizing that everything Lin Yunbin does is in vain and cannot change history. Moreover, he only has 8 minutes, so he cannot waste time and must do his best to find the murderer. But in fact, every time he explodes, it is refreshed.
When he enters, there will be shadows of the last time. For example, when he traveled through time for the first time, the heroine Chen Juan was indifferent when she saw the hot drink that suddenly spilled on his shoes, but when he traveled through time for the second time, she helped him wipe the stains on his shoes.
...
8 minutes is also a detail point. In the film, it has exceeded 8 minutes several times and Lin Yunbin did not die. I actually didn’t understand this 8-minute issue myself. It may be a shortcoming of liberal arts students who have too narrow knowledge.
After reading other people’s opinions, I personally feel that the most reasonable explanation is: everyone’s memory length is actually different. The point that really brought Lin Yunbin back was the train explosion. From then on, the memory of Li Zheng (the dead history teacher)
That's when it really ends.
But there is actually a scene here that cannot be explained. After Lin Yunbin got off the train, the train exploded and he did not return to the space capsule. He fell on the rails and was run over by the train before returning. So I still think this should be in
It implies that this source code is far more than what the professor described, and it also fits the theme that follows!
On the train, Lin Yunbin called the professor, but the professor told Lin Yunbin that he could not receive it in reality. Later, he also sent a text message to Christina, but towards the end of the film, we saw the professor through the window.
After answering the transferred call from Lin Yunbin, Christina also received a text message at the end. This should be a parallel world.
Based on these, I personally came to the conclusion that the source code project is not a simple time machine that can go back to the past and change the future. Because there is no way to explain the grandmother's paradox, this should be a derived parallel world. In the original world
Here, the professor seriously underestimated this project. In the process of completing the task, Lin Yunbin discovered the differences in this project and sent a message asking He Qing to help...
Then it enters a cycle, a spiral cycle, a world line that cannot be closed, a source code that cannot be started, and an infinite routine mode is turned on. In the first world, Lin Yunbin may have been forced to participate in the source code project, but later
Project participation in each world may be requested by the text message sent by myself in the previous world.
That’s all I can think of about the details of the main plot, and let’s talk about some smaller details.
At the beginning of the film, the pace was still very slow, and you could count the explosions clearly. But later on, the pace became faster, and many of Lin Yunbin's actions were like cheating. When pulling out the bomb wire, the captain said: "
Please don’t blow me up again." However, there was no blow-up scene before this, which shows that this has been done countless times, and it is so skillful that it makes people feel distressed.
There is another small detail that makes people feel distressed. We all know that the professor promised him that after completing the task, he would die, and he agreed. But later, after successfully catching the bomber, he said to He Qing: Let us
Clear his memory and reopen the source code.
Can I reasonably doubt that during the two months when he was killed, this was not the first time he had executed a project, but that he had executed many projects before, and also requested his own death at the end of the project?
Another one is about the expression of human nature. In fact, the same is true for "Moon".
I have never had hope in human nature, nor have I despaired of it. Human nature has never been brilliant, but it is not always dark either.
At this point, "Source Code" really does a good job, vividly showing the entanglement and ethics of human nature.
The main theme of this movie is science fiction, and the depiction of human nature is just a branch. It is not very deliberately expressed, but uses the depiction of human nature to promote the development of the plot. Everything serves the main purpose, and it is natural and smooth, without being artificial.
People are not black and white. The most hated person in the film is probably the professor. When Lin Yunbin came back again and again, he broke down many times and made many requests, but the professor's expression was always indifferent.
Of course, the movie uses a comparison here. In the eyes of the audience, what we see is a real flesh-and-blood Captain Lin, but in the movie, to the professor, it is just a bunch of cold codes. He regards Lin as a
Tool, yes, not even a tool person, just a tool.
At the beginning, He Qing had a cold face when facing the captain. She would only urge him to complete the task, not listening to his emotional appeal at all, and even sent him back before he could finish his words.
No matter how much he broke down or how much he begged, they turned a blind eye.
Later, we can also understand the reason why these two people treated him like this, because at this time, he was not facing them in human form, but just a string of codes.
It can be said that it is very similar to "Moon". Vegetative people may be dead people in their eyes, and what is left is just a string of codes.
The clones in "Moon" are also treated in the same way. In everyone's eyes, they are not human at all!
At first, He Qing had the same attitude as the professor, but later she gradually couldn't bear it, and even began to reject the professor's performance and decisions, and communicated with him privately, which further deepened the professor's cold-blooded image.
But the subtle thing is that even if the professor is hated by others, it cannot be said that he is completely wrong. His choice is actually a moral dilemma.
On the one hand, Lin Yunbin is in a situation like this. Only with him can this project be implemented. With this project, more people can be saved. Sacrificing one person can save millions of people. It is choosing to respect one person's human rights.
Or save more people?
On the other hand, Lin Yunbin dedicated his whole life to it, and even gave his life. Now he only asks that he be allowed to die after the task is completed. This is his only request.
The right to choose is in your hands, what will you do?
There is no absolute evil in the film, and what is left to the audience is a question that has not had a standard answer for many centuries."
