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Most humans have a common problem:
Most people ignore things that have not happened and often think that is a worry.
According to the "broken window effect" at many real events, once the order collapses instantly due to a panic moment, the equality, care, morality and rules that were originally built on society in theory will collapse.
In the past few days, the stampede in Itaewon, South Korea, has been fermenting, and the number of victims has continued to rise, and most of them are young people in their twenties. Some media reported that this was the most casualties in South Korea since the 2014 Sewol passenger ship sunk.
Yes, I'm willing to define it as a "public" disaster, which corresponds to a natural disaster. The elements such as order, equality, and morality contained in the word "public" can be said to have fallen into a terrified mentality collapse and an instinctive desire to survive in this incident.
In the video circulating on the Internet, we can see that when people realize the danger of crowding, they directly climb the telephone poles and billboards, hoping to escape. Some people happened to stand on a high place and took a photo of the dense crowd like ants.
But after all, such people are only a few, and more of them roar like threatened beasts:
"Push! Push hard!"
Finally, the crowd fell down like dominoes, and the lives superimposed on selfishness are overwhelmed. Rather than trampling, it is better to say that they die in the "return to nature" of human nature.
In this incident, everyone is a victim and everyone is a perpetrator.
Unfortunately, we cannot expect the arrival of a savior as we did when watching a movie, but we simply understand the saying "people are social animals that follow the herd".
The crowds and crazy roars in the video are so real, reminding me of the " Tour to Busan " that was popular in China six years ago. The slogan of the film was "Knowing that there is a tiger in the mountains, I tend to go to Busan", which has a bit of fearless heroism.
Then for the tragedy of Itaewon , there are no heroes this time, only people who survive like the zombie craze in "Train to Busan". However, unlike this movie, there are no zombies in the tragedy, all of which are the essence of human nature...
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Between good and evil
As we all know, most Korean movies focus on human nature and social issues. There are only a few that can attract thought while hilariously. Some people are a little lacking in thinking about instinctive reactions while shocking their creativity.
But if all of these problems are copied, you will find that they can happen almost anywhere in any country or anywhere. This is also the value of Korean filmmakers who dare to go deeper and boldly explore the art of film.
The same is true for "Travel to Busan". Ordinary people only like to watch tides of corpses like "World of Zombies", while those who are good at finding out can see the real society and real humanity from the focus of this seemingly disaster horror movie.
is like the male protagonist Shi Yu. The audience watched him gradually turn from the egoist at the opening following the crowd of escaped and the tide of corpses that were chasing him to a person who eventually sacrificed his life for justice. When he jumped off the train, his personality was sublimated and his soul was redeemed.
Interestingly, if time and space are replaced simultaneously, it can also cause some unreasonable reverie:
Is there a person like Shi Yu in the group survival of Itaewon that night?
Usually has a decent job and glamorous dress, but because of an unintentional pleasure, accidentally broke into a hell of the infinite? And in this hell, perhaps the kindness in my heart can only flash with the wave of human corpses, and in the end I have to become one of the witnesses of dying and dying?
However, Shi Yuming in the movie told his daughter Xiu'an, "no need to care about others, just survive by yourself."
It can be seen that "others are hell" is one of the instinctive reactions of people in times of crisis.
However, the reason why the movie is fascinating is that the director introduced heroes that mortals deserve to be admired and must be admired. For example, Shang Hua, the wrestler who also defended his wife and others in "Train to Busan", at that time, Ma Dongxi was not a "forced hero". He had a strong body and a chivalrous and enthusiastic attitude to stand up at critical moments.
I always think he is the key figure in the final transformation of the male protagonist Shi Yu. This transformation is not only everyone's unanimous desire for life, but also the instinctive maintenance of goodness.
So when Shi Yu was rescued by Shang Hua at Datian Station, he went from being indifferent to taking the initiative to rescue, and even crossed four cars to save people...
Life, whether it is someone else's or his own daughter's, gradually became a thing that must be cherished in his heart.
The benefits of cleverly using plot twists to complete the change in character and attitude towards things are obvious:
It can better illustrate the stress response and instinctive attitude of human nature when facing sudden disasters.
One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a demon.
As for the tide of corpses inside and outside the window?
After all, it is just a "tool person" who completes the character's "separation of good and evil".
2The huge contrast in reality
Also deeply portrayed in "Train to Busan", Jin Changfu is also deeply portrayed. Like Shi Yu, appearance is a typical professional old fry. When a disaster occurs, he always adheres to the principle of "damaging others for selfishness". His reaction can be said to be the most real, and even represents most people in and outside the movie:
fear of death and step on others for survival.
There is a plot in the movie:
When Shi Yu and others broke out of the siege and came to the carriage of other survivors, the people in the carriage refused to open the door because they were afraid that they would be infected by zombies, and even finally spoke harshly to them and let them leave. However, what is ridiculous is that the one who ruined them in the end was also indifference -
The old man in the same car saw this group of people like panicked beasts, and her eyes were combined with the audience's thoughts:
At this moment, what is the difference between the people in the car and the corpse outside the car?
are all about choosing people.
So she stood up quietly, walked to the tide of corpses full of hideous faces and opened the door. The heart words at that moment made us understand the old man's despair:
"Living this life and finally dying with these people is really... OK, just destroy it like this."
The CEO of the movie either indirectly or directly killed many people, such as Shanghua, baseball players and Zhenxi, flight attendants and train conductors. Gradually, you will find that his hesitation time has shortened, and his technique has become more and more proficient, but in the end the movie gave him his ending:
Want to go home? No, you don't want to. You just want to die.
In fact, the movie has long told us how to unite with each other, how to treat others kindly, and how to be friendly and helpful. However, the movie is just a movie after all. Even if we see a lot of transformation between good and evil in an hour and a half, even if we see how good people redeem their souls, and how evil people cut themselves off from the world.
But after all, that's just a movie.
In fact, when there is conflict and opposition between individuals and collectives, the emergence of the so-called "heroes" is just a beautiful vision of mediocre sentient beings.
The real situation is still like the people running away in Itaewon in the video:
Crazy, ignorant, confused, cowardly and... bravely fighting for yourself.
Although I believe that almost every educated person knows one truth, whether in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad:
When everyone exists safely in a group, the collective as a whole is safe.
Just like the disaster that was specially set up in a confined space like a train in "Train to Busan", the reason why the director's subtle reactions in the face of a crisis through this narrow space is that this setting seems more realistic.
At the same time, it can also show a wonderful story in a very short space.
What is regrettable is:
The glory of human nature in the movie is obviously not shining in the Itaewon incident.
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Hero's infinite dream
Itaewon incident is a real tragedy.
"Train to Busan" is the imagination and luxury of films when people call on heroes countless times.
Compared with the unreal zombies in the film, what makes people even more creepy is the hostility and distrust of each other that have been engraved into their bones.
It is just these little thoughts that pretend to be polite to each other when the disaster has not happened. When the disaster suddenly occurs, we can deeply realize that:
It turns out that humans have always been a contradictory creature that is so eager to actively integrate and try their best to get rid of.
Of course, fortunately, the warm ending of the movie left us a thought:
After a struggle and separation from life and death, when the child goes to the rescuer, the hope of life is still there, you are still there, and I am still there.
This world is still there.
This is also the greatest viewing value of the movie "Train to Busan" for me:
It is through continuous self-examination and elimination of disadvantages that we can always remind every lonely person who lives in a dull, boring and boring life -
The reason why people are human is ultimately because compared with animals, we should have more morality and order, etc., which have finally become the most eye-catching creatures in the world in the long evolution.
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