Cultural differences or gaps

Beth 2022-11-19 11:34:12

I have to say that I watched the midnight show shortly after getting off the plane. It was very tiring. In addition, the beginning of the movie was really not that simple and easy to digest. It was really difficult to concentrate in the first 20 minutes, and I almost fell asleep several times. But as the atmosphere in the film builds up and heats up, and the tension increases, and it builds up little by little, I become unusually sober. And the processing of the picture is also very praised, and the visual impact greatly makes up for the dullness caused by the difficulty of the film (in fact, the word difficulty is not so appropriate, but I can't think of how to describe it for a while, I guess). In short, the overall emotional grasp is in place, and with the super strong BGM, it is still a very shocking feeling in the end. Especially since I was in the United States at the time, I could better understand that kind of psychology, but the differences between cultures would still affect the appreciation of many people, which made people feel boring and even unnecessary depression.
I gave it four points because cultural differences must be a big problem, and one point is that it is not rigorous enough as a historical film, but I won't go into details in order to avoid spoilers.

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Extended Reading
  • Ward 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Dealing with the subject of the civil rights movement, this film is quite restrained in emotional expression. Every parade is full of determination and belief, while maintaining the non-violence and calmness advocated by the movement itself, only at the end of Kim's impassioned speech. The part with the legendary theme song got a real release. However, from the perspective of biography, although this version of Jin has the will to remove the saint halo given to him by the historical perspective, it should still be further portrayed. The opposition among black people and many dilemmas have been simplified to a large extent. Compared with fans who have some knowledge of this history, this film is not friendly to those who try to get in touch with this history through this movie.

  • Amber 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    #CCTV6 Remembering the tragic past in black history. The evolution of human beings will eventually lead to the carnage between people...

Selma quotes

  • Martin Luther King Jr.: We need your involvement here, Mr. President. We deserve your help as citizens of this country. Citizens under attack.

    President Lyndon B. Johnson: Now, you listen to me. You listen to me. You're an activist. I'm a politician. You got one big issue. I got a hundred and one.

  • Andrew Young: Hey, what you need guns for?

    Angry Marcher: The Bible says an eye for an eye, reverend.

    Andrew Young: Yeah?

    Angry Marcher: I'm sick of this shit!

    Andrew Young: How many guns you think they got down there? That's an entire army down there. What you got? A couple of .32s? A .38? Maybe a couple of old scatterguns? What?

    Angry Marcher: I got enough to kill a couple of them crackers, that's what I got!

    Andrew Young: And how many of us you think they gonna kill in retaliation? With their 12-gauge pump-actions, their Colt automatics, their Remingtons, their helicopters, their tanks! We won't win that way, and I ain't talking about the Bible. I ain't talking what's right by God. I am talking facts. Cold, hard facts! Now you take two of them, and they take 10 of us. No. We have to win another way.