Let me tell you what is true patriotism!

Clifford 2021-12-19 08:01:24

I believe that most of the audience agree with this view: a good movie is not just a commodity, but an ideological output method. The ideology itself does not prevent it from becoming a good film. This also explains why Riefenstahl’s "Victory of Will" for the Nazis is an excellent film, while "The Founding of the Army" is A bad film. Just like the green and green people can also shoot excellent films with strong propaganda, and will not deny the value of the whole film for the blood of Allah. On the contrary, the most rubbish movies often don't even have an exportable ideology. The whole story is nonsense, and a so-called "story" is pieced together, but when you analyze its values, it is paradoxical. Just like the current social situation in China, the source of the degeneration is "unclear", unclear right and wrong, unclear aesthetics, and even unclear good and evil. It's like the "follow-by-step teaching" of those self-confident middle-aged men on the crew: young people, be sleek.

Sleek ass! I'm a little actor. What do I need to be smooth? I don’t have to slap a horse, flattery, or even confuse, I just want a superior opportunity, and I’ve known for a long time that in front of a real resource advantage opponent, all these tactics combined are not worthy of a fart. Perhaps the vast majority of middle-aged and elderly men have been brainwashed by "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I really think that the bottom line can change the world and change their destiny only by playing their wrists. In fact, there are only a few black swans in the world, and most of them are mortal. A wisp of smoke, an illusion, is entirely a cognitive illusion! When I understood all this early, I gave up smoothness early. I knew that I might be "unsuccessful" in my life, so I only hope to live out myself, so that I can behave like, be loving and righteous. More importantly, there is a "clear" view of right and wrong, good and evil, and aesthetics of their own. Right is right, wrong is wrong, there is no gray area where right and wrong are ambiguous. Those are shameless people who want to confuse themselves and make excuses for themselves!

"Patriot Day" has a clear value. This value is nothing new. It is a cliché to promote truth, goodness and beauty, and abandon fake, evil and ugliness. It can also be said in another way: "Love is the only way to defeat evil", but it is also It's not "new" at all. The important thing is that it is clear and runs through. It does not evade some key issues: For example, the evil carrier is Muslims, and the government deliberately concealed the details of the case from the public and even ignored terrorists who should have been watched closely, just to not arouse anti-Muslim sentiment. With this alone, maybe Chinese movies will not be able to do it in another 20 years! (Think about 75, my family’s relatives are witnesses, the degree of cruelty is rare in the world, there is not even a documentary, let alone mainstream narrative movies)

Why is this? It's really infuriating! No one in China dares to make such a major social theme that often makes great movies! Do you say that Chinese filmmakers are aggrieved? Is it fair? Don't keep talking about Iranian movies, they don't work at all! Except for the few literary and artistic films directed by a few geniuses, Iranian films are not even a fart in the world film market! Because their censorship system is determined, their film industry simply cannot develop! If the film industry does not develop, it won't matter how many film awards you win! You are still behind, still unable to occupy the high ground of ideological output! Literary and artistic youth do love Iranian films, but those few Chinese literary and artistic youths cannot support the entire industrial system. This is the simplest truth.

China does not lack excellent films that explain clear values, but such films are not currently the mainstream of the market. Our patriotic films have not revealed what is true "patriotism" at all, including "Wolf Warrior 2". In many movies, including in the hearts of the audience: love DANG is patriotism, love ZHENFU is patriotism, and love the People’s Liberation Army is patriotism; but facing one’s own countrymen: no love; facing foreigners who kill Chinese: no talk Hate; tears in the eyes of the pet being slaughtered. This is what you call "patriotism".

The country is by no means an empty slogan, nor is it a hypocritical concept. A country is made up of living individuals. You don’t love the living people in it, but you proclaim that you love such a slogan. Isn't "patriotism" the biggest self-deception in the world? You have no love for the people around you at all, can you still call yourself "kind"? You have absolutely no sense of hatred and resistance to the mobs who slaughtered your fellow nationals and the criminal forces that are struggling to suppress your nation’s rise, but only fear and "self-protection". What do you talk about "patriotism" and "justice" Woolen cloth?

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Patriots Day quotes

  • Interrogator: Are there more bombs?

    Katherine Russell: I want a lawyer.

    Interrogator: No.

    Katherine Russell: No? "No" what?

    Interrogator: No.

    Katherine Russell: I have rights.

    Interrogator: You ain't got shit, sweetheart.

  • Jessica Kensky: [recuperating in the hospital] Bet I'll run the marathon before you.

    Patrick Downes: It's "befo' you."

    Jessica Kensky: Before you.

    Patrick Downes: "Befo' you." The "R" is silent.