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Wednesday
Have you watched The Island by Michael Bay? If you had, I hope you have started pondering about your existence in this world.
I caught the show today and honestly, I’m terribly disturbed by it. Are we that inhumane to want to “pay to cheat death” and sacrifice someone else’s life? Or are we that barbaric to eliminate and cover up our mistakes? I hope those advocates of human cloning think twice and be very sure of what they are doing.
In addition, I find the idea of utopia in the show morbid. I certainly do not find living a regimental life pleasant, nor do I like the thought of being dictated to do what I can and cannot. I mean, I thought the least we have is choice?
So… I finally contained my disdain for the so-called human race till the end, but the ending is no less worrying. Accepting the fact that these ‘products’ have been made and they are now running loose (aka FREED), how will I feel to see my ‘insurance policy’ on the other side of the street? Frankly, I wish the human race will not need to face such reality.
Enough said about the theme that I think it’s a fantastic one (maybe Spielberg would be a better person to direct than Bay. Look at AI. Beautiful! Masterpiece!), I do have something against the cinematography (but again, I should watch it once more to be conclusive of my views).
First, I feel that there’s an abrupt cut from one scene to another, which I do not know if it’s done on purpose. It breaks the momentum of the show and makes it jerky.
Second, I think the chase scenes are unnecessary long and exquisite since they weren’t helpful in reinforcing the central theme of the show.
Thirdly, the LA scene looks like a spoof of Star Wars. With those flying bikes and airborne rail system, I’m reminded of Anakin’s races. Simply put it, its crap.
What else….. oh I think Bay isn’t too creative in designing his scenes. Other than the Star Wars spoof, I think there’s another scene in the lab where Merrick grows the clone which reminds me of something similar in Matrix. Come to think of it, the background of this show shares stark resemblance to Matrix, I think.
8/10/2005|0comments [speak] 