A Chinese science fiction movie surprisingly great
EthanForever24 January 2023
I've heard of a lot of so-called "high-budget" Chinese films, and the vast majority of them are unimpressive, but this one is completely different.
The special effects are great, with minor flaws, but they don't affect the viewing experience; The narrative has weakened individual heroism, and it is overall more towards a grand narrative. The middle part of the emotional portrayal is rather stiff, so the actual rating is 9/10, but I will give it an extra because Marvel movies these years suck.
Overall, this sci-fi movie manages to tell a pretty attractive story with good visual effects, and it comes from China. It's nice to see new competition in the sci-fi movie industry.
BTW, some critics think that there are parts of the movie that put too much emphasis on nationalism, which I think is a bit overstated. It seems to be more about some of the plots or statements that people associate with their stereotypes of China, rather than the movie itself emphasizing a political ideology.
【10星】一部令人惊叹的中国科幻电影
我听说过很多所谓的“高成本”中国电影,其中绝大多数都很平淡无奇,但这部电影完全不同。
特效很好,有小瑕疵,但不影响观看体验;叙事上弱化了个人英雄主义,整体上更倾向于宏大叙事。中间部分的情感描写比较生硬,所以实际评分是9/10,但我会多给一星,因为这些年的漫威电影很烂。
总的来说,这部科幻电影成功地讲述了一个相当有吸引力的故事,具有良好的视觉效果,而且它来自中国。很高兴看到科幻电影行业出现了新的竞争。
顺便说一下,一些评论认为电影中有些部分过于强调民族主义,我认为这有点言过其实。这说法似乎更多的是人们对中国刻板印象的一些情节或陈述,而不是电影本身强调的政治意识形态。
Much better than I thought
b-7811028 January 2023
It really hit my soul. This movie correctly show the spirit of china. The story is original, the special effects is very true, without thinking the possibility of science, the idea of space-elevator is shocking, which is the most favorite part I like. The feelings of people in front of disaster, is very true. As human, we're selfish when it comes to our family, but we could be great when it comes to the survival of human. There's no difference of nation, but as one entire human, we could choose to create a better future.
First, the family; then the nation; lastly, the world. With greate power, greate responsibility.
【10星】比我想象的要好得多
它真的触动了我的灵魂。这部电影正确地展示了中国的精神。故事很新颖,特效很真实,不考虑科学上的可能性,太空电梯的创意真的很震撼,这是我最喜欢的部分。人们在灾难面前的感受,非常真实。作为人类,当涉及到我们的家庭时,我们是自私的,但当涉及到人类的生存时,我们可以是伟大的。没有国家的区别,但作为一个完整的人类,我们可以选择创造一个更好的未来。
首先是家庭,然后是国家,最后是世界。能力越大,责任越大。
This film from China opened a new world for me.
Deserted025 January 2023
Once the best science fiction film in my mind was Interstellar , but this film from China opened a new world for me. Its thinking about the future of mankind is completely different from the personal heroism of Hollywood. I didn't think that collectivism was so magnificent. I think we should seriously consider this issue. The film also discusses the relationship between AI and people. The plot is very deep, the picture is beautiful, and the sound effect is also great. I think Hollywood needs to make changes. I'm tired of the old plot.
This film is the best science fiction film in recent years, just like Interstellar . Interstellar is the latest bestest film of science fiction films that any science fiction fan can't ignore. It perfectly shows the awesome romance of the universe. Cooper is in a different gravitational environment, and the time passed on him is different from the earth. In a moment, there are countless days and nights in the remote hometown. In a moment, there is eternity. It really shocked me at that time. But there are two problems. Cooper can say that his responsibility is to look for light, and Brand can say that he is carrying despair. What despair? Because mankind has given up, the world is desperate, the government and the people have given up. This kind of lonely burden on the whole world is really magnificent, but it is really unreal. Just like his ending, the five-dimensional space is too beautiful to be true. And I can understand that love can cross the Milky Way, can it cross time and space? It's fantastic.
But The Wandering Earth 2 is different. It is true that every flower, every tree, every person, and every thing are like the future that will happen soon. From the beginning of the vast space elevator project, the automatic takeover of quantum computers, including the details of Liu Peiqiang's multifunctional robot for security inspection,it shocked me deeply. It seems to be the same sense of reality as the recorded video sent 20 years later. In particular, the design of the space elevator, which is propelled by rocket and pulled by magnetic force, is too detailed, too real and too powerful. Every step of action has an operational plan in The Wandering Earth II. The feasibility verification of planetary engines, the upgrading and iteration of quantum computers, the training of astronauts, the lunar push-off plan, the lunar collapse plan, and the Internet root server restart plan. All these have steps, plans and implementation; In the process, there are command organizations, technical personnel, and alternative solutions. This is the real hard-core science fiction setting. Saving humanity necessarily requires the unity of the whole humanity. Science fiction, science fiction, theory can be fantasy, engineering should be closer to reality. Otherwise, it would be too much less scientific to imagine.
The dream of Interstellar beauty, while The Wandering Earth 2 is thick and real,and still beautiful to the extreme.
【10星】这部中国电影为我打开了一个新的世界
曾经我心目中最好的科幻片是《星际穿越》,但这部来自中国的电影为我打开了一个新的世界。它对人类未来的思考与好莱坞的个人英雄主义完全不同。我没有想到集体主义竟如此宏伟。我认为我们应该认真考虑这个问题。影片还讨论了人工智能和人类之间的关系。情节很深刻,画面很美,声音效果也很好。我认为好莱坞需要做出改变。我已经厌倦了那些老套的情节。
这部电影是近年来最好的科幻电影,就像《星际穿越》一样。《星际穿越》是科幻电影中最新的最佳影片,任何科幻迷都值得一看。它完美地展示了宇宙中令人敬畏的浪漫情怀。库珀处于不同的引力环境中,他身上的时间流逝也与地球的不同。在一瞬间,遥远的故乡就经历了无数个日日夜夜。在一瞬间,就有了永恒。当时真的让我很震惊。但有两个问题。库珀可以说他的责任是寻找光明,而布兰德可以说他背负着绝望。什么绝望?因为人类已经放弃了,世界已经绝望了,政府和人民都放弃了。这种背负着整个世界的孤独,确实很壮烈,但也不真实。就像他的结局一样,五维空间太美,但不真实。我可以明白爱情可以跨越银河,但可以跨越时间和空间吗?这很神奇。
但《流浪地球2》却不同。每一朵花、每一棵树、每一个人、每一件事都很真实,像是即将发生的未来。从庞大的太空电梯工程开始,到量子计算机的自动接管,包括刘培强的多功能机器人进行安全检查的细节,都让我深深震撼。这就像20年后的记录片一样,很有现实感。尤其是由火箭推动、磁力拉升的太空电梯的设计,太详细、太真实、太强了。在《流浪地球2》中,每一步行动都有一个操作计划。行星发动机的可行性验证,量子计算机的升级和迭代,宇航员的培训,摆脱月球计划,爆破月球计划,互联网根服务器重启计划。所有这些行动都有步骤、计划和实施;在这个过程中,有指挥机构,有技术人员,有替代方案。这就是真正的硬核科幻设定。拯救人类必然需要全人类的团结。科幻作品,理论上可以是幻想,但工程应该更接近现实。否则,就会少了太多可以想象的科学。
《星际穿越》梦幻美妙,而《流浪地球2》厚重真实,依然美到极致。
A milestone of Asian Sci-Fi movie, totally competing with Hollywood.
jungle-5054525 January 2023
The achievement of this movie is beyond art and film itself. It's a milestone of Asian Sci-Fi movies, a new chapter. Hollywood is not dominated Sci-Fi movie any more. The Sci-Fi scene is fantastic, epic and gorgeous! The space war, the spacecraft, the space elevator, and the solar storm are all incredibly awesome! More than the science part, the father-daughter love and the sacrifice of senior astronauts are touching. As well, even though all humankind is facing the disaster of the earth's destruction, the nations are still in conflict, which is thought-provoking. I am super looking forward to "Wandering Earth 3".
【10星】亚洲科幻电影的里程碑,完全可以和好莱坞竞争。
这部电影的成就已经超越了艺术和电影本身。它是亚洲科幻电影的里程碑,新的篇章。好莱坞不再是科幻电影的天下了。这部科幻电影的场面非常精彩,史诗般的华丽!太空战争、宇宙飞船、太空电梯和太阳风暴都很不可思议。比起科学部分,父女之情和资深宇航员的牺牲精神更让人动容。还有,尽管全人类都面临着地球毁灭的灾难,但各国仍有冲突,这也是发人深省的。我超级期待《流浪地球3》。
the greatest sai-fi moive I've ever seen
healex-4741223 January 2023
A movie with love, family, friendship, unity, hope, and coexisting. If you connect it with the current environment of our planet, you will find the greatest part of this movie. And you definitely will be touched. In our current planet, it emphsis on unity, coexisting, and help each other are the only hope for human civilazition to contine. I m touched many times and got tears dropped during watch this movie. In most movies, we always emphasis that AI is really bad when it got self-developed ability, but within this movie, it saved earth and will continue protect human and earth. This is the greatest sai fi movie in the film history of China and really really worthy to watch. Looking forward wandering earth 3.
【10星】这是我看过的最棒的科幻电影
一部关于爱、家庭、友谊、团结、希望和共存的电影。如果你把它与我们星球目前的环境联系起来,你会发现这部电影最伟大的部分。而且你肯定会被感动。在我们目前的星球上,它强调团结、共存和相互帮助是人类文明继续发展的唯一希望。在观看这部电影时,我被感动了很多次,眼泪也掉了下来。在大多数电影中,我们总是强调人工智能在获得自我发展能力时是非常糟糕的,但在这部电影中,它拯救了地球,并将继续保护人类和地球。这是中国电影史上最伟大的一部科幻电影,真的非常值得一看。期待着流浪地球3。
Hope it is the begining of a Chinese Sci-fi Golden Age
hyperionjust25 January 2023
Compared to TWE1 (which literally was an audacious try with not-so-generous investment) , TWE 2 improves way more in terms of technology and plot design.
Personally I think 8/10 is a good representation of its quality, but i'll give it 10/10 considering it's importance for the entire Chinese Sci-fi development.
Good part: Great CGI and some good camera language, good plot design(although parts of the story/diaglogue require a basic understanding of modern chinese history to support, or otherwise they might be confusing or melodramatic for people without this knowlegde or cultural background) , very different from a Hollywood hero story but its overall good quality makes it entertainable. Frankly speaking it is probably more internationalistic than most Hollywood Sci-fi films with many characters from all over the world to contribute significant amount of effort and push the story forward.
Bad Part: 3hr length is just too long for many audience and a one-minute break to go to the restroom may result in difficulty to catch up with the story flow. Some jokes and rationale of actions can only be understood by Chinese audience and might seem odd for the rest of the audience. The sense of collectivism and nationalism may also create some discomfort especially for deep believers of traditional US liberalism.
But overall i'm happy to see a movie like this come out, and i truly hope china can make more sci-fi movies with better quality and better storytelling to provide more ways of thinking to the world's audience. Afterall, collision of ideas is what keeps us moving forward.
【10星】希望这是中国科幻黄金时代的开始
与浪球1相比(浪球1是一次大胆的尝试,投资没那么慷慨),浪球2在技术和情节设计方面有了很大的进步。
我个人认为8/10代表了它的质量,但考虑到它对整个中国科幻发展的重要性,我还是给它10/10。
好的部分。优秀的CGI和一些良好的镜头语言,良好的情节设计(尽管部分故事需要对中国现代历史有基本的了解,否则对于没有这方面知识或文化背景的人来说,可能会感到困惑),与好莱坞的英雄故事非常不同,但其整体的良好品质让它具有了娱乐性。坦率地说,它可能比大多数好莱坞科幻电影更国际化,有许多来自世界各地的角色,贡献了大量的努力,推动了故事的发展。
不好的部分:3个小时的长度对许多观众来说太长了,去洗手间的一分钟可能会导致跟不上情节。有一些段子和行动的理由只有中国观众才能理解,其他观众可能会觉得很奇怪。集体主义和民族主义的意识也可能带来一些不适,特别是对美国传统自由主义的忠实信徒而言。
但总的来说,我很高兴看到这样一部电影的出现,我真心希望中国能拍出更多质量更好、故事性更强的科幻电影,为全世界的观众提供更多的思维方式。毕竟,思想的碰撞才是我们前进的动力。
Much better than the 1st one
jsbms-5934024 January 2023
If you didn't care too much for the first one, go see this prequel anyways!!! It is so good, exceeded my expectations in every way. The storyline is not without its flaws, but 170 mins flew by. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! Wish there is an IMAX showing near me, but definitely worth to watch this masterpiece in theaters either way!
My husband, who does not understand any Chinese, enjoyed movie a lot as well. The US showing has both English and Chinese subtitles, which would be helpful for any English speakers. It is such a joy to see the 3 body problem (the tencent TV show) and Wandering Earth II in the same week, what a time to be alive!
【10星】比第一部好多了
如果你不太喜欢第一部,无论如何都要去看看这部前传!!这部非常好,在各方面都超过了我的预期。故事情节并非没有瑕疵,但170分钟一晃而过。我一直都坐在我的座位上!希望我附近有IMAX放映,但无论如何,绝对值得在影院观看这部杰作。
我的老公,不懂中文,也非常喜欢这部电影。美国放映的有中英文字幕,这对任何讲英语的人来说都是有帮助的。在同个星期看到《三体》(腾讯的电视剧)和《流浪地球2》,真是太高兴了,生逢其时啊!