When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.
Qu Chuxiao Li Guangjie Zhao Jinmai Wu Jing Ng Man-tat Michael Kai Sui Qu Jingjing Zhang Yichi Haoyu Yang Arkady Sharogradsky Li Hongchen Yang Yi Jiang Zhigang Zhang Huan Lei Jiayin Ning Hao Liu Cixin Guo Jingfei Wang Zhi Zhang Zixian Lu Yang Zhang Ning Zhang Xiaobei Rao Xiaozhi Tao Luoyi Wu Xiaoliang Geer Gong Frant Gwo Guo Hexuan Show All…
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Liú làng dì qiú, 流浪的地球, Странстващата Земя, Блукаюча Земля, ปฏิบัติการฝ่าสุริยะ, כדור הארץ הנודד
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Billed as China’s first true sci-fi blockbuster, Frant Gwo’s ridiculously profitable (and borderline unwatchable) “The Wandering Earth” tells the story of a cursed future in which the sun has become unstable, and humanity’s only hope for survival are the 10,000 jet engines strong enough to dislodge our planet from its orbit and launch us toward a solar system that’s 4.2 light-years away.
Currently the second-highest grossing movie in Chinese box office history, and now dumped on Netflix without fanfare, Gwo’s film also tells the story of another cursed future — one that presents a more clear and present danger — in which the spectacle required to sustain popular cinema becomes so large that the industry congeals into a worldwide monoculture…
Even more absurd than most Emmerich disasterpieces, with the DIRTY DOZEN-esque band of misfits on a massive CG-enhanced suicide space mission of ARMAGEDDON mixed in, and honestly it's as tasty as that sounds, all enlivened by a pretty refreshing spirit of collectivism. This really does earn its deep silliness.
Wenn Square Enix alle jemals gedrehten Katastrophenfilme als zwei Stunden Final Fantasy-Zwischensequenz inszeniert hätte, im Weltraum, mit noch mehr Kitsch und Pathos und gleich sechs Drehbuchautoren, die sich das generelle Verständnis von Physik, Logik und naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnismäßigkeiten auf die Schnelle bei Wikipedia zusammen gegoogelt haben, dann hätte das kaum besser aussehen können.
„Wandering Earth“ ist ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie eng Bauklötze-staunen und Kopfschütteln im Blockbusterkino manchmal beieinander liegen können. Wenn das Tiefgründigste im Film die gigantischen Erdrisse der Gravitationsbeben sind, dann sollte die Stoßrichtung kaum noch verwundern - alles ist ein bisschen wirr, die Charakterzeichnung kann nicht mal als planloser Versuch gewertet werden und eigentlich ergibt hier nichts so recht Sinn. Vor allem nicht die teils grotesk beschissenen Heldenansprachen.
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China's first science-fiction blockbuster, based on Cixin Liu's short story, is full of spectacle — huge crowds of people struggling to cope with catastrophe, a city frozen in a giant block, up to the tops of the skyscraper, Jupiter looming over Earth, about to suck the planet into its gravity well. It's so achingly pretty at times, it's easy to forget that this is a pretty standard action thriller, complete with minimal characterization for the main cast, and by-the-number chase scenes and near-escapes. It's pretty much The Core plus 2012 plus an implacable AI straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but much more visually artful and sentimental — especially toward the end, when a bunch of threads come together in a heady emotional way. Worth watching for spectacle fans, but also very interesting to see how China's cinematic ambitions are developing.
Man nehme: 2001, 2012, Armageddon, Passengers, Geostorm, The Day After Tomorrow, Supernova, City of Ember, etwas Interstellar, Gravity und gefühlt jeden anderen Popcorn-Sci-Fi- oder Katastrophenstreifen der letzten 10 Jahre und presse sie ihn einen Film. Man füge hinzu: Wolf Warrior Wu Jing, Drug War-Veteran Guangjie Li, einen Regisseur, der erst 2 Filme gemacht hat, Kitsch, Chaos, Pathos oder Familiendrama mit der groben Kelle und eine Armee an CGI-Artists. Plus: etliche, 11.000 Meter hohe Triebwerke, mit denen man die Erde aus der Umlaufbahn der Sonne schiebt (was den halben Planet ausrottet), um mit ihr für 4,2 Lichtjahre durchs All zu düsen. Das Ergebnis: ein Film, der in 3 Wochen über 600 Millionen Dollar eingespielt hat. Dessen zweiter Held ständig von sich…
1st Frant Gwo
My awareness of this began with a conference paper I attended about a year ago from a student in our department who was writing about the history of Chinese science-fiction cinema, but only recently did it come to Netflix along with a raft of other recent East Asian science fiction films made for the domestic market. Gwo and his team seem to have applied the classic concept of assuming success is based on taking a pre-existing formula and then making it bigger. So The Wandering Earth is over two hours of huge explosions, giant sets, vast snow-filled vistas, clearly aiming to make a film as awe inspiring as possible. However, it makes a crucial mistake in this…
„The Sun is dying...so it’s time to leave...“
Hi everybody. Watched this Sci-fi pic from China, on Netflix. Started today in Germany and I was really excited to finally see it. The trailer looked great and I already knew the story, so I thought there couldn’t get much wrong. A film about a „ Wandering earth“ sounds cool, because of our dying sun mankind must leave solar system and uses earth as spaceship.
And it really was a funny ride. Like I said I already knew the story and totally fall in love with the short story and the…
Brilliant. America don’t feature at all, a biracial identifies as Chinese, Indians all wear turbans, Russians are our only friends and we, the mighty and proud Chinese, save the dying planet. 🇨🇳 起來！
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5/10
If you're into vulgar auteurism, particularly the works of Roland Emmerich, then you are going to love this movie. But for me, I found it to be middle-of-the-road.
Pros: The CGI and special effects are good. It is well-acted. The Wandering Earth explores themes of collectivism and international cooperation, in contrast to American/western films, such as Independence Day, which is all about individualism and patriotism. Collectivism hasn't been explored too much in the world of sci-fi, and that ideology can be seen throughout this film, except for that end scene with Liu Qi's dad. If you've seen the movie, you know what I mean.
Cons: The second act drags. The frozen wasteland of Shanghai is not a visually appealing or interesting setting. The underground cities are the most visually stimulating setting in this movie, and we are only in there for seconds.
