The United States is a country that advocates heroism and violence, and the mainstream values represented by John Ford to Spielberg have always been like this. Like Rome, the United States is also destined to be born and grown in war. American democracy is bred in artillery fire, and American freedom is guaranteed by citizens’ freedom to hold guns.
For me, a foreigner who has never been to the United States, and perhaps has never been to that land in my life, most of my knowledge of that country comes from Hollywood movies. And I am deeply influenced by this kind of political propaganda under the cover of business, that is, the cultural concepts exported from the United States---freedom, democracy, and individual rights. American democracy is not empty slogans, rigid preaching and boring official textbooks, but hidden in the quiet duel of John Wayne and the modern legend of Harrison Ford. I like the deep and solemn and strong manly atmosphere. The ideals conveyed about the United States. In my mind, the greatness of the United States lies in his strange combination of Roman heroes and Puritan temperaments, which are both strong and depressive, vigorous and upright, tragic and simple.
Mel Gibson has a shocking spirit.
I will always remember how he rushed into the burning house in the movie, took out his axe and three guns and quickly walked down the stairs.
The blood-stained white shirt half exposed the bull-like neck, long brown hair blowing to the back of his head, a gun slung on his shoulder, and an axe in his hand.
Some people say that the image of Mr. Darcy out of the bath is very charming, but in my opinion, Mel Gibson holding a gun is really sexy.
Guns are always the perfect props for men.
This sexy is not flirty, not weak and elegant, but strong, determined, and indisputable to conquer.
At that time, I suddenly flashed a wonderful thought-if I put my hand on that shoulder, I will get a feeling I have never had but I have been yearning for-the strength and passion in that shoulder Will flow into my weak and timid soul.
A man who protects his home and his children, a father who fights for his children, is more convincing than any imaginary idol.
In the concept I usually understand, the so-called patriotism is an empty concept without enthusiasm. It is always related to things outside of oneself and has nothing to do with oneself. It is an obligation that has to be fulfilled. The patriotism in my mind is always related to the Peking opera and storytelling of the old people when I was young. The poems of Yue Fei, Yang Jiajiang, Lu You and Du Fu seemed to be the patent of a group of scholar-bureaucrats. The ordinary people are optional, and the impression is nothing more than a fleeing joke and a man who is slaughtered. Patriotism is an extravagant thing. The rise and fall of the world has nothing to do with oneself. Whoever comes here will live the same way. We Chinese think like this in our bones.
And this film conveys that although it was also an ordinary peasant’s contentment at the beginning, his escape was not because of cowardice and selfishness, but because of his dislike of war itself and the sorrow of human cannibalism. It was religious. Escape from the world.
When this kind of religious refuge is broken by the life of a child, he restores the responsibility of a man who pursues freedom and dignity, a person who defends his homeland.
He never lacks courage and wisdom, but also dares to take responsibility.
He joined the army to protect his son, not vanity and blood. The film has repeatedly emphasized a moral contest-on the one hand, there are arrogant and arrogant British troops who have no faith and moral spirit. They killed innocents and burned churches. They were aristocrats only for their own benefit, and on the other side were simple and pious. Farmers, only to defend their homes and children, for their dignity and freedom, are common people who embody equal values.
The American War of Independence was a war of middle-class freedmen vying for rights against ancient nobles. The film vividly portrays the differences between the two armies, beautifying the mainland militia army into a modern army without race and class that upholds freedom and equality, while degrading the regular British army into a ruthless and unethical mercenary. . Especially in the last scene of the shocking scene of Meier charging with the Stars and Stripes, it shows a person's fearless pursuit of freedom. It is the American version of freedom that guides the people forward. The American War of Independence is not a war against foreign aggression, but an internal struggle of the people against tyranny, a war of breaking free from the motherland and demanding independence, and a struggle of civilians against the king.
I was always surprised when I read the American Declaration of Independence, why the words in it are more like a moral accusation, an extremely personal expression, rather than the vain rhetoric that I think.
After watching this film, I realized that if there is no individual freedom and dignity, there is no overall consciousness of patriotism. He focuses first on the pursuit of individual rights, and secondly, the country and the group.
This is true patriotism. The United States is a country made up of many people who do not love their home country. It is not blood or race that connects them, but a kind of belief-
freedom.
So this is fighting for the faith, fighting for the rights of the individual, so it is more real and moving.
Love freedom can love the country. If this is a country that believes in freedom, then it is worth fighting for him, because it is fighting for freedom.
That is where the spirit and strength of the United States lies.
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