In the movie "The Wandering Earth", 350,000 people will die in Hangzhou

The movie "The Wandering Earth" is adapted from Liu Cixin's original novel and is said to carry the hope of China's heavy industry science fiction movies. Recently, the film company released the final trailer of the movie. Judging from the pictures shown in the trailer, the effect is good and it whets people's appetite.

Recently, "The Wandering Earth" has started roadshows and test screenings across the country, becoming the only film to have a test screening during the Spring Festival, which shows that the film company is very confident in the film.

Judging from the feedback from all parties after the preview, the film received good reviews; and judging from the spoilers from all aspects, the film can be said to have achieved breakthroughs in many aspects of domestic films, which makes people sigh "Thank you very much to the radio, film and television for not killing it."

Let's let Prince Niu Mo take stock of some of the highlights of "The Wandering Earth" that break through traditional standards:

(The following content contains minor spoilers)

1. Destroy Chinese landmarks

Although Americans have destroyed the White House countless times in movies, the destruction of landmarks is still very sensitive to the competent authorities in our country.

As a standard feature of a disaster film, "destroying landmarks" is not only about creating visual spectacles, but also carries the function of rendering the scale of the disaster and has some narrative functions.

Fortunately, in the movie "The Wandering Earth", a domestic film for the first time started the "landmark destruction" mode, and the degree of destruction was extremely insane.

In Beijing, the CCTV building (“Big Underpants”) was frozen.

In Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl Tower was frozen in the sea water.

Shanghai, the Olympic Building is frozen (well, the building for the 2044 Shanghai Olympics)

In addition, it is said that Shanghai Pudong's World Financial Center, Shanghai Tower and other famous landmarks will also become ruins, with only frozen skeletons left. This is a unique scene in the history of Chinese movies, with a large scale, absolutely astonishing!

2. Destroying China’s Population

Han Song, a Chinese science fiction writer who is as famous as Liu Cixin, also watched the preview. He revealed that the movie will contain extremely explicit content, such as "all 350,000 people in the entire city of Hangzhou died."

"In the film, many people died, including 350,000 people in the entire city of Hangzhou. It was also a huge scale. There is no way to avoid it. Maybe one day we will really encounter such a disaster. When the earth began to wander, half of the world's population died, leaving only 3.5 billion. There is no way to avoid it. The cruelty of the film is rare in the history of Chinese cinema."

As Han Song commented, "There is nothing that can be done about it." After all, in the film, the earth is facing a catastrophe and humanity is facing an unprecedented catastrophe, so there is nothing that can be done about the dramatic population decline.

Even entering the underground city for refuge required drawing lots. Those who did not win the lottery could only wait for death on the ground.

The story is cruel, but this is probably what it will be like when a real disaster strikes.

In the face of such a global disaster, nationalism must give way to internationalism, and this is where this film is superior to similar American blockbusters.

There is a scene in the movie where a middle school girl broadcasts to the whole human race, saying, "We must survive. There is only one rescue team left. We need everyone's help."

At this time, the movie uses many shots to show how convoys of vehicles turn around one after another and return to the disaster center to carry out rescue. This is a very touching scene.

British, Russian, Korean, Japanese, people from every country announced their names, even "Ito" and so on, saying "I'm coming", "I'm coming". In the face of disaster, human beings united as never before.

This is where the film transcends. In similar American blockbusters, Americans always save the world in the end. On the one hand, American filmmakers are good at using the American "Wolf Warrior"-style routine to please the audience, and on the other hand, it also shows the Americans' self-confidence that is close to arrogance.

The Wandering Earth, on the other hand, transcends the shackles of nationality and ethnicity, and spares no effort to reflect the self-salvation of all mankind and to show the great love of mankind. This is superior to American films.

Of course, we will have to go to the cinema to judge the final effect of the film for ourselves.

There is also an easter egg in this film. Liu Cixin also appears in the movie. He became a Chinese astronaut and his photo is hung on the wall.