After traveling for half a month, it was very relaxing to read the spring in the world and enjoy the social customs. Now it's time to go back to the original ecology of the movie.
First choose a "big bombing" to watch. Having seen the online publicity for a long time, and listening to the gossip behind the scenes, I can't help but be a little curious. I thought it was a description of the "May 3rd and May 4th" bombings in Chongqing in 1939, so I read it. In fact, my guess is not entirely wrong. The film uses a small part of the footage to show the Jiaochangkou tragedy, and the main line of the film is the compiled air battle. The film brought together many Chinese and foreign movie stars, spent a lot of money, used a lot of explosives, drew a lot of 3D comics, dug out the most unbearable plots in each movie, and made a bad movie that couldn't be worse. Fortunately, my patience is better, and I endured to read it. I think, if you add the plot of tearing up the devil, then this film will be more complete. (Of course, this is just my opinion. It will not affect the award of this film.)
Frustrated, I had to watch another movie to ease my mood a little. So I watched "BlacKkKlansman".
It is about the United States in the 1970s, when black police officer Ron Stallworth first served as an undercover agent of the Black Panther Party, and then went to the Ku Klux Klan with his colleague Flip as an undercover agent. After various tests and repeated contests, they finally thwarted a KKK terrorist action against black people.
The film explores the racial conflict in the United States in depth. In the case of black people, a speech by the leader of the Black Panther Party is very provocative: "You have to think about it, you are the future talents of the motherland, you must show the beauty of black people for this country, this is the power of black people We are black, but we are beautiful. Now I will beat those white people to death and let them go back to their European hometown. The vast majority of black people live under the shroud of capitalism, and they must Endure oppression, we have to resist now. Fuck you, we won't surrender. I'd rather see our brothers kill a racist white cop than kill Vietnamese. If we don't do it for ourselves War, who will fight for me? Long live the Negroes!" And among the whites, there was a similar incitement. The KKK commander put it this way: "A close friend of mine, William Shockley, whose eugenic studies have shown that we all white people have more noble blood. Building a white empire. It takes a stronger mind, a great heart, orthodoxy. A pair of hands that are clean but ready to fight. A man of honor, an honest man, a man who is not afraid to face the devil. White man Hooray!" And the white and black crowds, full of rage and rage, plunged into the battle of racial division.
In today's American society, the situation of black people has changed a lot, and there are many provisions restricting racial discrimination in various laws. Blacks and other minorities in the United States have been able to participate in all aspects of social life and even become president. However, these superficial progress cannot hide the undercurrent in people's hearts. As soon as the opportunity arises, it will come out. At the end of the film, we can see the Ku Klux Klan chanting "Blood and Soil" and the cross burning. The film used a documentary to show the right-wing rally in 2017, and a speaker said: "This is our first step, as Trump implies, take America back from them!" Black people Not to be outdone, in recent years, black riots have occurred from time to time. All of these have plunged American society into turmoil.
In fact, it is the same here. Although there is no difference in skin color, the new word "regional discrimination" has emerged. People in the city despise people from the countryside, people in northern areas despise people from Henan, people in Hong Kong despise tourists from the mainland, and people in Shanghai despise the "lower legs" of northern Jiangsu. Even in the same city, the Wuhua District of Kunming looks down on Guandu District, and Haidian in Beijing looks down on Chengnan. And so on and so forth.
In a society, discrimination against people of different colors, beliefs, classes, and regions has a long history. In depth, the actual root cause is people's contempt for poverty. Take the United States for example, white people regard black people as descendants of slaves, inherently inferior and poor. This trend of thought gradually developed into an official culture. Black Americans in the early years did not have the right to vote and to receive education. Caste hierarchies have long existed in India, and South Africa also had brutal apartheid policies in the past. The people who are discriminated against are the masses living at the bottom.
Poverty is not a reason for discrimination. Not to mention that Africans are actually the ancestors of all human beings on the earth, that is, white people in the United States. At the very beginning, weren’t hundreds of poor people drifting to this barren land? The prosperity and prosperity of the United States that we see today should be remembered even more from the pioneering spirit of their ancestors, including millions of blacks, Mexicans, and Chinese. The world is so big, the economic development is unbalanced, and the civilization development is equally unbalanced. Although people have different skin colors, different experiences, and different classes, they have one thing in common: they are all people who can think and work in this world. All of our kind. They were supposed to live in harmony with each other. But whether it is the Black Panther Party or the Ku Klux Klan, they have chosen another path, that is, extreme confrontation, passed down from generation to generation, and deepening the division of society.
Speaking of superiority, one thing comes to mind. I remember at a party more than ten years ago, a returnee who was born and raised in Beijing once said in a Hong Kong accent: "Let me think about the Chinese meaning of this word." In this way, he showed off his wealth and returnees. identity. These are the people who call themselves the elite, caress their pets all day long, dwell on the difference between garlic and coffee, but cannot tolerate the existence of other ethnic groups. They mock poverty and discriminate against the bottom. In fact, it is their own ugliness and ignorance that should be despised the most.
As a human being, the most basic qualities are kindness and integrity. And the greatest good should be tolerance and equal treatment of all people. The most basic strategy of a country should be to treat all citizens equally. Neither should we encourage ethnic confrontation, nor should we use some so-called "preferential policies" to imply that they are different from us. Look at ancient Rome, the Gauls and the Spaniards were able to be elected consuls of the Roman Empire, what kind of mind and insight! And we modern people are not as good as the Romans thousands of years ago. Thinking of this makes me sad.
There are no grand scenes, no bizarre plots, just a straightforward narrative, showing the audience the current racial situation in the United States, let us judge for ourselves. The male lead is played by Denzel Washington's son, who is budding and has average acting skills.
My rating: 6.5.
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