By Wu Shaoxu
Originally published in "Wenzhou Evening News"
In the 1980s and 1990s, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham, from "Rambo" to "Terminator", from "Indiana Jones" to "Lethal weapon", then to "two big smoke guns", this group of action stars that dominate the world's film industry, they are prosperous and prosperous, with a heavy machine gun, a pair of fists, galloping in the rivers and lakes, happy life, and leading the way in their respective fields. . Today, twenty or thirty years later, this group of people assembled the "Expendables" series together to complete their last carnival of guns and cannons. This is not only a farewell party for a generation, but also the complete disappearance of a river and lake!
"We will not retire, I don't know what it means to retire." Stallone and Schwarzenegger answered the media interview in unison. Back then, we seemed to have heard the same call from the older generation of knights in the world of Gulong and Jin Yong. But this is just an emotion, a sense of loneliness as the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves forward. Facing the new generation of movie-watchers who like Kim Soo-hyun now, they are no longer interested in this group of old stars, and the stubble-looking Stallones are just consuming the quota they saved in the previous peak era. It is the "nostalgia" complex of the old movie fans that is firmly grasped in it.
So, if after watching "The Expendables 3", you feel that the plot is unimaginative. It only relies on the visual impact created by the number of explosions and the scene of a muscular man carrying a large-caliber heavy weapon and flying over the wall. It means that you haven't really watched it. Understand this movie. The "The Expendables" series of movies is a tribute to the action movies of the 1980s and 1990s, and in this "series 3", it is the entanglement and game of nostalgia and new life.
The helplessness of sunset near dusk, Stallone had already thought about it. In the film, after the death squad was defeated in a duel with the villain and former teammate Stone Banks, as the leader of the team, Barney is deeply aware of the seriousness caused by the aging of the team and not keeping up with the pace of the times. So letting the team absorb fresh blood became a major attraction of this film.
This group of new players are not muscular men with well-developed limbs and simple minds. Not only do they have agility and bravery, but they also have a deep understanding of the rapidly developing new technology. The scene where the old players and the new players compete head-on is a faint collision between the old and the new era. In fact, we already know which one wins and which one loses. When Barney took his new teammates to capture Stone Banks, they used high technology to easily capture Stone Banks. I don’t know if it’s because of the movie’s brilliance, or the Stallones disdain for the rise of new forces, allowing Stone Banks to escape smoothly, and finally arrange for the old team members to fight side by side in the process of saving the new players. Stone Banks, the drug lord.
The ending of the movie is very meaningful. In the bar, the new players sing together, while the old players watched thoughtfully. If it is a sign of their younger mentality, it is better to be eliminated by the era symbolized by the new teammates. . The series of movies will definitely be shot down, and I am also happy to watch Stallone complete one series after another.
It is undeniable that these fresh blood will become the main force in the next series. Whether you want to see the heavy machine gun against the heavy machine gun, and the rivers and lakes of meat and meat, it may slowly hide our vision!
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