Suddenly, it was like reading the book "Pride and Prejudice". There was a time when I watched movies and always thought of love, and the topics I talked about were nothing more than family, friendship, and love.
In fact, most of the stories are inseparable from this love word, but watching these films recently, I always think of Pride and Prejudice .
The thing that impressed me the most in "Parasite" was the smell, and this smell made me recognize a very uncomfortable word, arrogance.
To be honest, I seem to have seen the first few Ip Man films, but I don't seem to have seen them, maybe I have seen some and forgot.
When you have time, you can pick it up and read the whole series, and then write a summary.
I don't often watch this kind of biographical film, and most of what I know about Ip Man, the great master of the generation, comes from Donnie Yen's interpretation, so I don't talk much about this legendary figure.
It's a series, and one of the things that's certainly done well is that it's not hard to understand the ending of this last one, even if you haven't seen the first few.
And today's "Ip Man 4", I want to talk about prejudice.
The main line of the story can be said to be two biases .
The first is within the family, mainly manifested in the mutual prejudice of parents and children.
The story mainly describes two kinds of families, one is the typical doting parents, no matter what the children do, they always stand on the side of their children, and the representatives are the police officers of the White Immigration Bureau.
Such parents are not worthy of encouragement towards others, and blindly spoil their children, which will make their children lose their correct judgment on things, become narrow-minded and do not know themselves, and do not know how to introspect and review.
Another typical example is represented by Ip Man and Master Wan. If there is any problem, they will find their own children.
Although the reasons for the two may not be the same, the prejudice against children is the same.
In the eyes of such adults, children are rebellious, and their so-called liking is the illusion of short-lived youth, and these adults who are deeply in love stand in the perspective of past people and turn a blind eye to the children's resistance, even force pressure.
But two children who have never met each other thousands of miles apart say the same thing.
Many of us have said this sentence in adolescence, and even today, I sometimes cry this sentence when I have disputes with my family.
"In your eyes, everything I do is wrong!"
I don't know if this is a coincidence of the director's design, or is it really the difference between Chinese and Western education. I don't think the unreasonable indulgence in the story is right, but equally, the unreasonable scolding hurts the hearts of children even more.
Believe me, the saddest thing is never the maliciousness of the strangers I met, but the incomprehension of the people around me.
I wrote this sentence in the text when no one shared it. I seem to be able to remember the days when I closed the door and cried bitterly because of the game and the parents arguing with the parents through these helpless words.
Because even if the whole world is against it, the harsh words of strangers across the screen are hurtful, but what really breaks people down must be those people they love who don't understand and don't support themselves.
I remembered the definition of girlfriends on Douyin a while ago.
I know that you are the fairest and most just, but if you are my best friend, can you just scold me and vent my anger when I complain to you about someone being bullied, instead of scolding me that there is a problem?
Even if I know that those doting parents are wrong, I am also very envious and even jealous. It is a blessing for someone to stand on your side regardless of right and wrong.
A lot of right and wrong in the world are from different perspectives. You are not the judge of life, let alone God.
Sometimes I prefer that my family is just my family.
So I totally understand Ye Zheng and Wan Ruo Nan.
Ye Zheng likes boxing, but in the eyes of his father, Ye Wen, because he has suffered too much in boxing, even though he makes a living by teaching boxing now, he does not want his children to go back to the old ways.
And Wan Ruonan hates Tai Chi. Although she doesn't know if she likes cheerleading, she definitely doesn't like practicing martial arts, but in her father's eyes, even a girl has to inherit the mantle, so she gave her the name "Ruonan" .
Fathers use their own life experience to deny their children's hobbies. In the end, they still think that children are just children, and their hobbies are short-lived and useless, so they stuff their children with what they think is good.
This is how rebellion and prejudice are formed.
Of course, prejudice is actually a fair word.
He is a force of interaction, and children have prejudice against their parents.
It is also a kind of prejudice that our parents will never understand our stereotypes.
Because of this kind of prejudice, we can't listen to any words at the age when our hearts are the most excited, and we seem to understand all those sermons, so we always frown at those who speak, and are disgusted.
The reason why children are concentrated in their teens and adolescence is actually because our three views are rapidly being established at this age, and our cognition of the world is no longer just from the mouths of parents. At this stage, we are really indifferent. , very stubborn, do not let what must be done.
Although I'm past the age of rebellion, I'm still a stubborn person, but there are times when I let go of my prejudices because I'm starting to get scared.
Afraid that our final reconciliation is because one party is leaving.
In fact, some words and some things make her so what?
I think when Ye Zheng learned about his father's condition, he must have regretted not answering the phone call at 10 o'clock every night, and he must have used a curtain to separate the distance from his father...
Indeed, I don't know if my current hobbies will still be liked in a few years, but I know that the person I love will still love after a lot.
So I want to grow up and learn more to let go of my own prejudices, rather than asking her to let go of her prejudices.
Just think that the person you love will let go first, because she is afraid of hurting her.
I recently liked a lyric very much: exchanging joys and sorrows with each other, those who love more always shed tears first.
Share with those of you who are still suffering from prejudice in adolescence.
Another type of prejudice is country-to-country, race-to-ethnic, and culture-to-culture.
The most obvious one is racial discrimination. The unfairness encountered by the Chinese abroad is often linked to national strength. The reason why white people proudly advertised it was that the United States was the most developed country in the world at that time.
The Chinese in the past also encountered more prejudice and injustice in the world, so the Chinese at that time could only bear it. After all, it was on other people's territory, and this was Master Wan's teaching to his daughter.
In a sense, this represents a kind of thinking in China that peace is the most precious thing. If you can endure it, you will endure it, and take a step back to see the world.
And I think to this day, we can still remember people like Ip Man and Bruce Lee, because they broke this prejudice, not only the prejudice of foreign karate against Chinese martial arts, but also the prejudice of the United States against China, but also broke our treatment of being When you are bullied and suppressed, you need to rely on beating!
Master Wan was inspired to be arrogant when his daughter knelt down to the foreigner and begged for mercy, and he also took on the challenge.
And Ye Wen stood up for the injustice of those who practiced martial arts.
Compared to these two, I admire Bruce Lee more.
He has a better understanding of the situation abroad, and he has a deeper understanding that if words can't explain prejudice, then he can rely on fighting! Break the prejudice!
So he took a very casual attitude towards everyone who came to provoke him, looked down on him, and then beat him.
People who practice martial arts should be like this.
I think this is also the reason why Bruce Lee's reputation is not inferior to that of his master.
I also used the idea of breaking prejudice as the title. The first step in our diplomacy is to pay attention to courtesy and then soldiers, but think about how to make the other party recognize you, only you can become stronger.
Only the strong have the right to speak . Whether it was Bruce Lee who brought Chinese Kung Fu to the world by himself, to this day, the most recognized martial arts star in Hollywood is still China's ping-pong diplomacy. I think that no one in the world dares to do so. Underestimate China, underestimate the Chinese, and travel around the world will add Chinese. In the final analysis, this is because today's China is stronger.
Maybe those prejudices are outdated, and they have existed for too long, so submissiveness has become the choice of many people, but it should not be like this.
And the prejudice of the story is actually not just white people against yellow people, but also a few scenes brought to black people.
In fact, many problems can be seen in this white officer.
Even in the nearly 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech "I Have a Dream", although there is less and less prejudice against black people in the world, some prejudice and arrogance are ingrained in the bones.
Just like the officer in the story, although he says I'm not racist, the arrogance and prejudice in his behavior and demeanor are really unflattering.
It's not that they claim to be non-discriminatory, but holding a flag to demand fairness means that those prejudices do not exist.
I think this is also what the director wants to express in the film. No matter how the times develop, prejudice, which is rooted in ideas, cannot be eliminated overnight.
This is why we emphasize the meaning of a community with a shared future for mankind. Even if we are prosperous and strong, we do not want to be another America, a power and hegemony in another sense. We hope that one day our black brothers can become stronger and personally break those prejudice and discrimination. .
Of course, Chinese people also discriminate against foreigners. Just like the masters of the All-China Federation, they refused to accept foreign apprentices because they felt that foreigners were all alone and would be ungrateful.
In fact, on the road to breaking prejudice, Bruce Lee's apprentices also helped, such as Xiao Hei's kind reminder from the Immigration Bureau.
Of course there is a more generalized bias between kung fu.
Whether it's between karate and Chinese Kung Fu, or between Wing Chun and various other factions.
It is said that colleagues are enemies, which is really good
In the beginning, the hostility of the All-China Federation to Ip Man was not only because Bruce Lee broke the rules and taught foreigners, but it was not easy for them to live abroad as Chinese, so they were very hostile to foreigners who were always looking for trouble.
Of course, part of the reason is that they don't think Wing Chun can represent the whole martial art.
Of course, this is wrong in the film, and it is more of a contest between foreign karate and Chinese kung fu.
In a sense, Chinese Kung Fu is one of the earliest Chinese cultures to go abroad.
From being suppressed as a liar by everyone to being universally recognized internationally, the martial arts practitioners headed by Bruce Lee played it out step by step.
The Baidu entry says:
He was the first person to spread Chinese kung fu to the world, and he wrote kunfu into the English dictionary once.
I think the reason why Ye Wen is in this story is probably because he is Bruce Lee's master.
Last but not least, a few of my favorite shots.
The best shots of kung fu movies are always the fight scenes.
Especially the duel between Chinese Kung Fu, I thought that the two scenes between Ip Man and Master Wan were the best.
Black long coat, thin figure, he doesn't do anything, you would never know that such a gentle and introverted person is a great master of the generation, Ye Wen.
I really sigh and thank the development of science and technology, and thanks to photography, I have retained my father's last teaching for a child.
Of course, this lens is also very beautiful! What is light and shadow, this is it!
The final flashback reviewed Ip Man's life, and by the way gave a summary to the series.
Inexplicably like this shot, the wind blows over and the sun hits their faces.
Suddenly I thought of Gu Cheng's poem: The grass is knotting its seeds, the wind is shaking its leaves, and it is beautiful when we stand without speaking.
Many times when I watched this film, I felt that I had a lighting lesson again, and I missed it.
I deliberately went to the end of the film to search the lighting teacher: Liu Min
(Probably idle...)
I just want to say that a good movie will shine, and everyone behind the scenes will always find you and find you.
I also hope that I will continue to write film reviews, and one day I will be discovered by others.
Don't seek information, but seek confidantes.
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