I learned from the news that the film "Confucius" was filming, and I was really looking forward to it. Although I know that Confucius' thoughts have been integrated into the blood of our Chinese people, but because of subtle influences, it is really easy to ignore or even forget. It is difficult for someone to think of making a Confucius movie, which is worth watching. Later, I heard that "Confucius" will be released during the schedule of the imported blockbuster "Avatar", and will directly compete with foreign films at the box office. What a "Confucius", the courage is commendable! But I expect it will definitely lose at the box office, even ugly. Sure enough, although the filmmakers made great efforts in the promotion of the film, the film lost points before it was released. It is rumored that a certain competent authority issued a notice to stop the release of the 2D version of "Avatar" since the release of "Confucius", which caused great disgust and even boycott of the audience. Watch "Confucius" in the theater. Although this news has not been confirmed, the rumor itself is very strange. Everyone knows that "Avatar" is a 3D movie, and most audiences go for 3D. Stopping the 2D version of "Avatar" will have little impact on its box office. , on the contrary, it makes the audience prejudice against "Confucius".
But "Confucius" may have failed at the box office, but it is like a test paper that measures the ebb and flow of Eastern and Western civilizations under the calm waters. Foreign films have won more audiences in China because of their technological advantages, and although domestic films have worked hard, not only the audiences are not sold, but also the gangsters are doing a disservice. This situation is enough to make people of insight in our country vigilant. Even "Confucius", one of the basic elements of Chinese civilization, is a reflection of this, so after a few generations, will they simply know that Hollywood does not know about the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties? The reality is not optimistic. However, if the failure of "Confucius" can make more people recognize the reality and work together for the long-term interests of the prosperous country and nation of Chinese civilization, then the defeat of "Confucius" can be regarded as a glorious defeat.
As for the film itself, I think it can be given four stars. If you consider the importance and difficulty of the Confucius theme, five stars is not an exaggeration. Although "Confucius" has the factor of insufficient preparation time to catch up with "Avatar", I feel that the quality of the film is not bad after watching it. The details of the film are faithful to history, and the various utensils and terms have been studied by scholars. From time to time, you can hear some friendly philosophical words, and at the same time you can see the origin of the philosophical words; the selection of actors is not blindly pursuing star effects, but It is a good representation of the group portraits of the special intellectuals who have been wandering around the world, who are united in knowledge and action; in terms of plots, some allusions that are both representative and realistic are selected, such as when Confucius suddenly destroyed three important ministers in order to enhance the power of the monarch. The city wall, as a result, attracted foreign invasion without risk. Even so, in my opinion, the problem of ancient themes not easily resonating with audiences is still the biggest shortcoming of Confucius. For example, many people do not understand, why did Yan Hui desperately save the slips from falling into the water? Confucius in the movie has a great personality, but is it a great achievement just to lead a group of students and to put forward propriety, righteousness, benevolence and ideas? These incomprehensions are exactly what the film needs to answer. Now we can easily obtain books and education, but we are not aware of the preciousness of books and the rarity of education at that time, the difficult and far-sighted discussions that Confucius made for the rise and fall of the country and the world, and the thought of Confucius as the foundation of Chinese civilization. An important cornerstone has played a great role in condensing the great role of the Chinese nation in standing in the forest of nations in the world despite the hardships and dangers.
Finally, there is a small thing to ease the previous seemingly pessimistic mood.
When I was shopping in the supermarket today, I passed the home appliance counter. The sample TV was playing a recent movie of the late Qing Dynasty. There was a child sitting on the ground in front of the TV watching it with relish, so I asked him if the movie was good?
The child said it was beautiful.
I asked him where he thought he looked good. Isn't martial arts great?
The child was silent.
So I laughed at him, shouldn't an older child like you like watching cartoons?
I said again, "You see the people in the movie who still have pigtails from the Qing Dynasty, do you know the Qing Dynasty?" The
child shook his head.
I think the Qing Dynasty didn’t even know it, so history classes haven’t been taught yet. So I asked him how old he was? Is there a history class?
The kid told me he was in sixth grade and had no history class yet.
I think this kid doesn't even know about the Qing Dynasty, I'm afraid he doesn't know Confucius, but before leaving, he still asked "Do you know Confucius?"
"Yes, it's Confucius."
"Yo, yes, you don't have history Where did you know about Confucius?"
"I read it from the book."
"Oh, yes, yes... I'll go first."
So I left the supermarket full of relief.
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