Buzz Lightyear's mantra in Toy Story can also be used as the main character story and ideological core expressed in early space movies.
In p>192, A Journey to the Moon, which was shot by French director Georges Méliès, known as "the first film director in the world", was the first film set on the moon landing. With its unconstrained storyline, visual expression beyond the times and profound ideological core, the film not only achieved excellent commercial box office results at that time, but also became a milestone in the development of science fiction films.
At present, this movie is obviously out of date in terms of special effects and pictures, but this can't affect its important position in the history of world movies. It has almost become the inspiration and ideological enlightenment of all movies about interstellar travel and aliens in later generations.
Even in last year's blockbuster Ready Player One, we can see Spielberg's tribute to this pioneering space science fiction film.
"Star Trek" series of film and television dramas started in p>1966 is the beginning of the development of space movies in the new era.
It transcends the elements of space fantasy worldview constructed by the times and reality, and has become the core and premise of many movie stories that play an important role in movie history, such as Star Wars, Alien and Avatar.
In the whole series of Star Trek movies and TV works, metaphors and realistic thinking about the real world can be seen everywhere, such as the description of the United Nations by the Interstellar Federation. The history of the inevitable war between the Interstellar Federation and other races is surprisingly consistent with the cause and ending of World War II in the real world.
and the discussion of science and human relations in the series of works, etc. These storylines, which connect reality and fantasy, not only provide continuous vitality for the series of works, but also make "Star Trek" draw a colorful stroke in history of film, a sci-fi film and television theme.
in p>1968, stanley kubrick succeeded in pushing the genre of commercial films with space theme into the genre of artistic films with a film "21: A Space Odyssey". If the above-mentioned "Journey to the Moon" and "Star Trek" have more or less many storylines that are divorced from the scientific principles of the real world. Then, "21: A Space Odyssey" should be said to be the first expression of hard science fiction in space movies.
It took Kubrick four years to make this film, and the production and shooting of the space scene of the film were completed with almost impossible strict standards. Such polishing made the film not appear inconsistent and outdated even after more than 4 years.
The aesthetic design of movies is highly integrated with sci-fi elements and human development, which has become the enlightenment works of many famous Hollywood directors, such as Steven Spielberg, george lucas and James Cameron. At the same time, it is doomed to its milestone significance and ideological core value that cannot be surpassed.
In p>1977, a California boy with movie dreams took a small amount of film production funds and led a group of filmmakers with the same movie dreams to create the "science fiction epic masterpiece of the new era" in the United States: Star Wars series.
Compared with previous space movies, the greatest success of this series of movies is the skillful use and collection of cultural elements from all countries in the real world. Japanese samurai spirit, cowboy culture in the west, China's Confucianism, Taoism and architectural styles all over the world, etc. Star Wars belongs to the whole world rather than to the United States.
Therefore, it can attract more and more audiences and fans around the world today. The development of such a sci-fi film series also shows us the unique openness and inclusiveness of American culture.
Before Alien became famous, it is estimated that few people would associate the words science fiction, space and monsters. However, the appearance of Alien changed all this. In 1979, before Alien was released, even the director ridley scott probably didn't think of his own heavy taste. Low-cost B-class films not only won the Oscar for Best Visual Effect that year, but also gradually developed into a perfect and rich film series.
It opens up a new direction of space science fiction: horror and horror. It is not so much the strange-looking aliens who are full of mysterious and ugly beauty that are frightening in the movie, but rather the ambitious human beings who are no different from aliens. What it projects and reflects is actually the human beings who are scared to death.
For those who are familiar with movies now, when it comes to sci-fi comedies and aliens, the first thing that comes to mind is the series "Men in Black" which was created in 1997, but the real pioneering work of sci-fi comedies about aliens and space should be The Martians Play Around the Earth in 1996.
Compared with Men in Black 4 today, the sci-fi elements and visual effects of the film are obviously not surprising. But this does not mean that the film has lost its value and significance today.
The biggest attraction in the movie should be that tim burton, the "ghost talent" director, personally interprets and describes the political system and social problems in the real world by means of Gothic comedy with the help of the traditional and old-fashioned story of aliens attacking the earth.
As a space movie based on a true story, Apollo 13, with its luxurious starring cast (you can know it just by starring Tom Hanks), wonderful and intense special effects production and excellent script, became one of the most popular movies in the 1996 Oscar, and finally won the best film editing, the best sound effect award and nine other nominations.
In recent years, films with realistic nature in space, such as Gravity, Mars Rescue and Interstellar, have been born, which is inseparable from the great success of Apollo 13.
Let's fast-forward the time and quickly enter the next great movie with historical significance, Avatar. Although Avatar narrowly lost to hurt locker at the Oscar (some people joked that James Cameron lost to his ex-wife, and hurt locker was directed by Cameron's ex-wife), its important position in film history was incomparable to hurt locker, which was forgotten after several years. The application of large-scale motion capture technology, the realization of 3D technology, and the mode of commercial large-scale film shooting ...
These achievements are all wrapped in an Avatar, which is hard to imagine even in today's era of large-scale movies.
Today, the sequel to Avatar has been delayed for eleven years, and its global box office record was not broken until the release of Avengers 4. Having said that, I have more expectations for the sequel to Avatar, which is rumored to be released next year and the next.
Alfonso Cuarón, who won the Oscar for Rome not long ago, won numerous awards for Gravity that year. Although he failed to win the Oscar in the end, he still managed to rank among Hollywood directors.
Gravity shows the audience in front of the screen the grandeur of the earth from the perspective of a female astronaut, showing the magnificent mountains and rivers of a blue planet and the beautiful splendor of the vast starry sky, which inspires people's love for the earth's homeland and their thinking about where to go in the future.
The final ending of the film, when the female astronaut who went through all kinds of hardships walked out of Wang Yang, sent out the final thinking of human beings on space exploration, and even inspired the audience in front of the screen to discuss their own philosophy.
James Cameron commented: "I think this is the best space movie ever. I haven't seen this kind of film for a long time. Alfonso and Brock jointly sent a story about a woman fighting for her life in zero gravity space. There is no trace of affectation in this story. "
Compared with gravity's seriousness and grandeur, Mars Rescue starring Matt Damon is slightly relaxed and enjoyable.
The story tells that in the near future, a team of astronauts sent by NASA accidentally abandoned an astronaut on the desolate Mars in the process of landing in mission to mars.
In order to survive and save himself, this astronaut started his own trip to Mars. Making giant "SOS" signs, planting potatoes, synthesizing fresh water ...
These seemingly absurd stories actually have certain scientific principles, which also give some popular science and enlightenment to the audience invisibly.
In the endless despair, the hero still has the courage to face the reality and the plot of life, which can not help but make people feel about life and predicament. This is probably one of the practical significance of science fiction.
Interstellar is another epic masterpiece of Christopher Nolan after the "The Dark Knight" trilogy and Inception. After trying the superhero theme and dream analysis, Nolan set his sights on the vast space for the first time.
what is the meaning of human existence? What do we live for? When faced with the inevitable outcome, do we have enough courage and confidence to face it? The most thought-provoking thing in the film is its delicate and touching affection under the rational scientific thinking.
Human emotions finally become the most critical link for human beings to complete self-salvation in the film. The persistent scientific pursuit and exploration are ultimately promoted by perceptual thinking. This story arrangement is very similar to the modern version of the creation myth, and it also points out the key point of human being: emotional expression.
The First Man on the Moon, as Commander Gao's second Olympic bid since la la land, has maintained a high level of production and special effects, and the actors' acting skills are also in place.
However, the film's reflection and deep concern about space exploration make the film more critical in practical sense than the previous space movies.
The rich and delicate expression of thoughts and feelings also made the film not only fail to win the Oscar, but also forced to stagnate for many years because of the criticism in recent years. The American space industry, which has just developed, has once again been pulled to the center of public opinion: Should we conduct space exploration? If we have to sacrifice our lives to defend our country's interests, how should we choose?
At the same time, this film is the first time to reproduce Armstrong's inner journey before and after landing on the moon and the attitude of relevant figures to the moon landing plan on the screen. If Apollo 13 created a space hero who was fearless of the crisis, then in The First Man on the Moon, we saw Armstrong as an ordinary pilot.
facing the loneliness of being alone and the fear of darkness and death, he will waver and cringe just like us. The choices he has to make between home and work also make it impossible for him to be a space warrior in the eyes of the public and a good father in the eyes of children. The huge cost brought by space exploration is not recognized by all the people. Some people March, some people object, and even some people demonstrate ...
The tremendous pressure brought by spirit, work and family will also make this iron man who said "This is just a small step for me, but a big step for mankind ..." on the verge of collapse.
Compared with the praise blindly, the documentary-like shooting technique in The First Man on the Moon, with the narrative style of "anti-heroism", objectively and calmly makes the film show an unknown story to the world: no one is perfect, no one is perfect, a hero who is extremely brave in front of the world, or perhaps just a little person who was kidnapped by national honor in reality.
There are many movies about space, so I won't count them here. Through the space movies of different times mentioned above, we can see that no matter how the times change, even though the "space race" has come to an end with the end of the "Cold War", the human desire for the vast starry sky has never ended.
Because it is the goal of human beings to conquer the unknown and the source of countless dreams.
Today, space has become a hot topic in film and television adaptation, game works and toys, and has gradually become a popular culture. I believe that in the near future, there will be more and more wonderful space movies in front of the world! I also believe that China will open a new chapter in China's sci-fi movies after he leaves The Wandering Earth.
Science fiction movies are still very interesting, especially with high-tech special effects. People's imagination is really endless.
Part I: Star Agents: A City of Thousands of Stars
Humans in the 28th century have been able to travel in time and space. The hero Valerian (Dane DeHaan, Dane DeHaan) and the heroine Laureline (Cara Delevingne, cara delevingne) are two star agents who are in love while performing their tasks. A dancing bubble (played by Rihanna Rihanna) died quickly in the middle, and a group of pearl people with great figure came to find a transformed animal. The pearls are really beautiful and wash their faces with pearls every day! The hero and heroine gave it back to them after a little argument.