Skywalker-"Thank you for your service", we walked into space for the first time.

Everyone remembers Armstrong who landed on the moon. It was July 1969.

As early as that year1March, 1965 18, Soviet astronaut Alexei leonov climbed out of the airlock passage of Ascension II satellite and spacecraft and completed the first spacewalk in human history along a 15 meter long tether. At the beginning of the "walk" of more than 12 minutes, he immediately saw the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula-not through maps, satellite photos and Google Earth, but leonov was the first person to see this land with the most complete vision.

"The earth calls the red star!" -The Starfighters in 2002 was the first Russian film I saw, with a complete memory. Fortunately, I felt the Russian style of the so-called "poetic film" for the first time. Today's film special effects, photography aesthetics and plot rhythm are certainly much better than at that time. Of course, 1965 and the earth no longer call the red star that died in German artillery fire nearly 20 years after World War II. However, just like the scene in which the death squads were completely annihilated in 2002, the red star fell to vilen. This time, the Russians blended the grassland where fireflies flew with the boundless sky until the stars in the universe disappeared, perfectly grafting the little boy who once dreamed of flying with the person who completed the first spacewalk feat, thus drawing a perfect ending for Skywalker.

(Note: The code name of the Red Army base in Stars is the same as the "ground" used to refer to the command center on earth in Skywalker. )

The literal translation of времяпервых20 17 should mean "the first (second) era", and the most appropriate title is the English version of Time. This film, together with Space Rescue (20 17) and Fighting Space (20 13), can be jokingly combined into a trilogy of Soviet space history. I read it backwards: From Space Rescue, it was 1985, and Ni Zan Bekov completed the manual docking maintenance of the spacecraft and the space station for the first time in human history; Skywalker mentioned in this article is the first spacewalk in human history completed by leonov in 1965. Space fighting is the most famous one: Gagarin, who entered outer space for the first time in human history and became the first astronaut in 196 1.

Skywalker tells the story of the Soviet Union's first spacewalk in 1965 by sending astronauts leonov and Beliaev into space two years ahead of schedule under the pressure of space competition. Without 100% prepared tasks, there will naturally be many thrills, such as the expansion of the spacesuit, the failure to close the door, oxygen poisoning, positioning failure, landing error, etc ......

Some people commented that the film was too documentary and dull, and the crisis encountered by the two protagonists did not have the climax of increasing thrilling degree. The plot of leonov's good partner Beliaev recovering before the mission also seemed redundant. But I would rather know more about Russia, which is often discredited, and imagine the Soviet Union, which no one remembers for a long time, than to attack the heroic feelings of the terrorists I created.

I don't think that the fire in the space capsule is more dramatic than the inflation of the spacesuit until the astronauts almost die, and the power stop of the spacecraft is more dramatic than the oxygen poisoning in the cabin or freezing to death on the ground. Similarly, after Beliaev tried his best to recover and finally caught up with the launch mission, he really took the command in the cabin and didn't step out of the boat, as if his feet were not important at all. But if leonov didn't overcome the obstacle of the spacesuit at the last minute, wouldn't Beliaev plan to go out and save his partner? Then unbuckle your seat belt and balance your limbs and senses in a weightless space. Isn't he the one who successfully controlled the joystick?

More thrilling bridges, more and more huge sound and light effects, Hollywood has served perfectly many times, and we don't lack it. Space mission is not a settable video game, especially leonov, whose experiments have never been successful, and there is no precedent for reference. As long as they can survive in every link and the earth can summon two people, the plot is meaningful.

What's more, there are some cute jokes in this film, such as stealing drinks, the general secretary making a phone call, the camera lens cover and so on. It is also a good arrangement to appear several times with leonov as the first perspective.

Moreover, compared with Space Rescue, the plot of the former is obviously more tense (the engine room is on fire), but the rhythm of Skywalker is more compact and smooth, which can better grasp people into the situation. Many times in the middle, when leonov was a child, he looked for a bird's mirror on the grassland where fireflies were flying at night. The arrangement of "Seeing the Light of Angels Twice" in "салют-7" is a representative poetic technique, but the latter is well integrated, which also gives leonov a specious side to his family relationship.

The more wonderful part is the manual landing of the spacecraft on the earth-the parts are separated one by one, and the shocking images of the hull burning through the atmosphere remind us that human beings entering space are not as silent, weightless and calm as leonov's "walking".

In the last fifth of this story, the spacecraft landed safely, the great mission of the Soviet Union ended, and the broadcast was ready for the country's due speech, but the mission of leonov and Beliaev was not over yet-deep in the frozen forest of Siberia, their spacesuits could not keep warm, their radios were unanswered, and they didn't know that a snowstorm was coming.

It was 24 hours after landing that their signal was discovered. The fact that there is no performance in the film is that it took another 24 hours before they walked to the temporary airport 9 kilometers away and boarded the flight to reunite with their families.

I don't know the intention of directors and screenwriters to join the line of leonov's childhood memories, but when they let leonov pick up his daughter's picture and connect it with the picture of little leonov being picked up by his father, a lot of things are inexplicably strung on this line.

After following two lines throughout the movie, I saw a man who always went forward and lived with life like a child, even though his childhood in World War II experienced many hardships.

In the play, leonov, who put down his paintbrush and embarked on the road of being an astronaut, admitted that "the allowance of aviation school is more than that of art school" and laughed that "I can paint while flying in space, but I can't fly while painting". He regarded Beliaev as an air combat hero and the only partner, and insisted on returning to the team after recovery, while Beliaev obviously wanted to give up pragmatically before the mission, but he still tried to recover. Later, I revealed that I didn't even fire a shot in the war, and I only flew once, and I didn't meet the enemy ("they surrendered the next day"), but I always made up the last step at the last minute to save their lives.

Whether it's leonov who is naive, optimistic and fearless or Beliaev who is mature, calm and tolerant, please don't dislike that the film doesn't last long and doesn't deeply depict their dreams and motivation for space flight. Because they are just ordinary people, they may not be affected by earth-shattering and unforgettable events on their way to becoming astronauts. They just make choices for life at every link and do what they should do-which makes them unusual people and accomplish unusual tasks.

Postscript: Actually, I saw tears when I watched Space Rescue and Skywalker. Not because the plot is popular, but because the space is so beautiful-it seems that our life on earth is very small. Skywalker highlighted the great perseverance and courage needed to "live with life" and "do every little thing well"-it seems that as long as we pull the trigger like leonov and Beliaev, there will be a glimmer of hope tomorrow.

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