Movie Hole: Skull Island: Evolution from 1933 to 20 17.

"Hole: Skull Island, 20 17" scored 7. 1 on IMDB, but only 6.5 on Douban. Generally speaking, IMDB is more fair than douban. Considering that movies like The Great Wall can be close to 6 (if CCTV didn't come out to help), the rating on Douban probably caused some misunderstandings. Sure enough, I read a series of comments, the most important of which was criticizing that the film had no plot.

This 20 17 adaptation is mainly a monster film, with some metaphors and perfect logic. Just like the original 1933 and its adaptation in 2005, different versions of the film King Kong are projections of American social problems at that time. Next, I try to sort out one or two with limited knowledge.

1933, director Merian C. Cooper created King Kong, a giant gorilla. Here's the story.

King Kong looks like a gorilla, but he has human intelligence. In this film, King Kong is actually the embodiment of African-American, black, savage and violent, which is exactly the cognition of African-American white society at that time. Although slavery was abolished, the policy of apartheid was not abolished until 1965 32 years later. 1933 was the Great Depression in 1930s, when blacks moved from the south to the north to look for jobs, which aggravated the conflict between whites and blacks. In the movie, King Kong was forcibly taken to new york, and later broke free, causing damage in the streets of new york. King Kong = liberated African-American, new york = symbol of western civilization, or white civilization, which reveals the fear of blacks in the hearts of whites at that time: once ethnic groups began to merge, blacks would bring destruction to white civilization. Finally, the kidnapping of white girls by King Kong is the biggest fear and taboo of white people: for a long time, black men were not allowed to marry white women. King Kong climbed the symbol of the peak of white civilization: the Empire State Building in New York, and was rescued by the American Air Force of white men, which conveyed that black people tried to challenge white civilization and were ruthlessly defeated.

1933 this film accurately reflects the characteristics of that era and expresses the inner voice of the white audience, so its fame is no accident. From today's point of view, this is an out-and-out racist film. But at the time, there was nothing wrong with it.

1976, the same director remake the plot of 1933, which is nothing special, but only strengthens the special effects.

This unusual change comes from the remake of Peter Jackson in 2005. Peter Jackson's greatest title is of course the director of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (please stop being called the Lord of the Rings, you will be laughed at).

In this 2005 edition, you can easily find the epic style of Jackson's grand narrative. This movie has a full 2 10 minutes! ! ! It is outrageous and the absolute conscience of the industry. I still remember watching DVD in my classmate's dormitory before I graduated from college. Bottom line: I was shocked.

On the surface, the plot of this film follows the story of 1933, but in fact it is completely subversive.

The story of all movies is essentially about the thinking and ideology of the society at that time, and Chinese is called borrowing ancient times to describe the present. In 2005, apartheid ceased to exist, women's rights rose and political correctness was established. So in the 2005 edition, we saw a heroine who is no longer a vase, has her own thoughts, dares to take risks, and loves and hates. Thanks to motion capture technology, King Kong's rich facial expressions are actually played by real people, that is, Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. We have seen King Kong's human feelings and his weakness and loneliness. This is where the 1933 version subverts from the kernel. King Kong in 1933 is violent and cruel, and he can hardly see the human side, suggesting that men in black are as savage as gorillas. In 2005, King Kong was more human, knowing more about love and responsibility than others, suggesting that black people, like others (especially whites), were violent to protect the people he loved, and he was eager to understand and be loved, that is, to be accepted. In 2005, the intermarriage between blacks and whites was no longer a problem. In the movie, King Kong falls in love with the heroine. We feel the kindness and love of King Kong through the heroine's perspective. When King Kong finally climbed the Empire State Building to fight the whole white civilization in order to protect his beloved, the audience felt sympathy and hoped that King Kong would survive. Compared with the horror and horror when the audience saw King Kong in 1933, I hope that King Kong will be removed as soon as possible, and it is its successful subversion to convey different emotions.

The version 20 17, released on March 24th, is also telling the current American society.

Unlike Jackson's epic in 2005, this film always makes it clear that it is part of a long-term series. Because of this, many of its plots can be deliberately left suspense without elaborating (manual squinting is actually to cheat money in the future). The duration is compressed to 2 hours, and the plot is relatively simple.

This film has similes and metaphors.

To be clear, it is anti-war.

The Vietnam War was a complete failure of the United States, not only militarily, but also morally. As long as any American film is anti-war, 90% will be set in the Vietnam War. Needless to say, there is also a World War II pilot in this movie. This World War II veteran is wise, loves the country, fights to protect his family, and has worked hard to repay his hometown for 28 years. The commander of the Vietnam War, blind, fanatical and irrational, dropped a bomb on the island, obviously satirizing the actions of the US military in Vietnam. After many people died, his eyes were blinded by hatred, which brought great disaster to everyone. The meaning of this praise is obvious. When a Vietnam War veteran introduced the origin of his AK-47 rifle, the film borrowed his words: "When we went to Vietnam, those farmers had never seen guns in their lives. In fact, there are no enemies at all, they are all forced out. " In the film, the strange aborigines who saved their lives were played by Vietnamese, and many scenes of Skull Island were completed in Vietnam.

In the dark, it responded to the conservative tendency of American society and showed the progressivism of American intellectuals.

The army, the ultimate symbol of conservative forces. Stiff and stubborn, they think they can solve problems through violence and conflict, but they will bring more trouble. Another group is the symbol of American intellectual class. A geologist, a reporter and a symbol of the white elite, the two men joined hands to lead other teammates of all colors to escape from the predicament. As women, journalists are also affirmation of women's status. Jing Tian, the yellow race and other black characters are all vases. This clearly expresses the attitude towards Trump's immigration policy. Here, the relationship between King Kong and human beings is no longer a racial problem between blacks and whites. After all, military commanders are black, but they reflect their attitude towards outsiders and unknown things. In Skull Island, a place ruled by natural forces, the conservative forces just want to kill all the things they don't understand and bind themselves. Intellectuals try to understand and unite possible friends to deal with the ultimate monster that nature may throw at us. "Don't disturb the balance of nature" is Professor Hei's movie line.

By the way, the ultimate monster with King Kong in the movie is simply a lizard. This leads to Merian C. Cooper, the director of King Kong. He likes gorillas and has been adventurous since he was a child. A book published on 1929 inspired him to create King Kong, Komodo monitor lizard: dutch east indies's adventure in the lost world, with Chinese name Komodo monitor lizard: the adventure of Dutch East India Company in the lost world. Combined with African countries Congo, Congo and merian, C. Cooper named Kong (C and K are pronounced the same in English). Therefore, the Chinese translation of King Kong we saw today is a transliteration joke, and the exact Chinese meaning should be the king of the jungle.