The protagonist of Measuring the World is two eccentric geniuses in Germany at the end of 18, namely the naturalist Humboldt and the mathematician Gauss. They are "measuring the world" in their own ways until their lives intersect.
Based on the original bestseller of the same name, the film skillfully selects the life fragments of Gauss and alexander humboldt, and skillfully splicing them. The film is also ingenious in the use and editing of the lens. The extension and symbol of various images is not only a portrayal of the protagonist's fate, but also a link that secretly connects the two unrelated destinies.
In terms of expression, the film tries to make these details complete and dramatic. Although we can feel the efforts and sincerity, on the whole, these stories are still too loose, which also leads to a little blunt interpretation of the plot and characters and fails to touch the deeper spiritual connotation.
Extended data
Gauss, a figure who has been stationed in the myth of mathematics teachers' classroom since elementary school, is a mathematics prince with numerous achievements and many auras. Humboldt is a more distant and unfamiliar figure to us, but he is the originator of physical geography and the enigma solver of mysterious America.
How the two of them realized the feat of understanding the world in different ways on their own life trajectories, and how they survived in a sinister world without changing their original intentions, is the adventure journey about these great explorers that Measuring the World will present to us.
References:
Measuring the World-Baidu Encyclopedia