Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

The story has been laid out almost completely, and now twenty minutes have passed since the movie started.

There are no hidden secrets in the film, and the whole story presents a linear narrative, which is very easy to understand. Even a three-year-old child can understand it without any obstacles.

Indeed, for a film work, being able to tell the story clearly is a very good point, and it is also the most basic point to measure whether a director is good.

But there is a problem, this is for ordinary directors.

But is Karls an ordinary director?

The answer is obviously no.

For a director of Carls's level, telling the story in such a simple and easy-to-understand way is actually a bad thing.

After all, for great directors of this level, the most important thing about their works is no longer to tell the story clearly and straightforwardly, because this is a basic skill, and this ability should be something that directors of this level must do.

In this process, the most important thing is to be able to shoot a simple story brilliantly and create a more memorable feeling.

Just as top film critics like him said, excellent film or television works should be art. In addition to telling stories, they must also have an excellent core.

But the "Sykes Plan" he saw now obviously did not give him this feeling.

Admittedly, this work is definitely a well-made and top-notch masterpiece, but for Carls, it still feels a little disappointing compared to his previous works.

Especially after seeing this and the main plot becoming clear, he had this feeling even more, that is...is this actually a story about invasion and colonization?

Not sure, check again.
Onik frowned and continued to read.

But the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong, and his guess gradually became certain.

The story takes place in 2154. In order to obtain resources from another planet, humans started the Sykes Project. They mixed the DNA of humans and the natives of the planet to cultivate Sykes, who is nearly 3 meters tall and has a body similar to that of the indigenous people. They can also be controlled by human will and thinking to facilitate their survival and activities on Pandora and to collect one kilogram of minerals worth 2 million US dollars and transport them back to the Blue Star.

Jack, a former Marine who was injured and used a wheelchair, was recruited by the government and traveled through countless light years to this planet for experiments.

After transforming into "Sykes", Jack, who can walk freely, is given the task of infiltrating the indigenous people.

The more he looked, the deeper Onik's frown became.

Apparently he was right, this was a story of invasion.

This is contrary to the norm and has changed the plots of previous science fiction movies. In previous science fiction movies, humans and the blue planet were mostly the invaded parties, and aliens came to invade the human world with advanced technology.

In this movie, the situation is completely reversed.

"No." Onik shook his head.

Although, under the law of natural selection of the universe, the probability of such a thing happening is very high, if there really comes a day when a similar story happens in reality, humans will definitely choose to do something similar to what is done in the movie.

Throughout human history, even between countries, this is the norm and happens all the time.

But this does not mean that it is difficult for a person who has received a normal education to understand this.

Although the pictures of this movie do look excellent, the rhythm and content of the story are also very interesting and dramatic, and even the actors' performances are very good. After all, those who can participate in this movie are basically the top actors in Hollywood, and there are several Oscar-winning actors alone.

But for Carls' level, he shouldn't be just like this, and this movie shouldn't express such a spiritual core. Obviously, Onik is a thorough white leftist.

He didn't think such content had any appeal to him.

Especially the more he looked back, the deeper his frown became.

It wasn't until the lights in the theater came on that he shook his head.

How would he evaluate the viewing experience he had just had?

Indeed, through this movie, he felt a completely different cultural symbol.

Everything on that beautiful planet, whether it is the extremely deep alien space, the suspended mountains, the rushing waterfalls, the glowing forests, the flying jellyfish, or the blue indigenous aliens and the Klingon language used by the indigenous people, seems to run counter to the direct use and appeal to the physical and embodied human perceptions such as vision and hearing. It seems difficult to become "my thing" and resonate with the audience.

It makes people feel refreshed, and the cultural context derived from various mother trees is also amazing, giving people the feeling of the early stages of civilization development.

but!

The whole film is filled with a feeling of whining and self-admiration.

Yes, that's the feeling, moaning without any reason! Touching myself!

The invasion brought by humans took away the most precious things of the invaded, and then committed a heinous mistake, causing irreparable pain to the victims and leaving the planet covered in scars!
Then the unilateral redemption of mankind began again.

He also said that he deeply regretted the invasion and offered a profound apology for it.

But, apart from an apology, did the indigenous people gain anything?

Gone.

Humans happily left with the resources and stopped the invasion, but there was no other compensation.

Then, the invaded people easily forgave humans and lived happily together with humans. Both sides resolved their previous blood feud because of love, and everyone sang and danced together.

What The Fuck! ?
Onik's head is full of question marks.

Admittedly, this movie does not have any hardware flaws, and it can even be called a groundbreaking work, even at the level of innovation.

But the plot and logic are different, coupled with the self-touching so-called "beauty", "resolving conflicts", and "peace".

It has always been imposed on the indigenous people from a human perspective, and it even gives people a feeling: "I have forgiven your behavior of resistance, what else do you want? Why do you dare not forgive us?"

"That's outrageous and arrogant." Onik shook his head.

Yes, the whole film is about the kind of self-righteous arrogance of human beings. It basically means that you have to forgive me. All conflicts should not be deepened any further. We should let go of our prejudices against each other.

And so on.

Obviously, if you ask him now what he feels after watching this latest masterpiece directed by Karls?
That is, it is not satisfactory. (End of this chapter)