Captain America is first and foremost a righteous hero character, established by the Captain America movie series (not discussing the comics here). What is the relationship between heroes and people? My understanding is that a hero is based on human beings, sublimates and magnifies the bright side of human nature, makes him different from ordinary people, and makes him a hero. Therefore, a hero is by no means inhuman, and inhuman is not a hero. But a hero has human nature, which does not mean that human nature is a hero. It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear of death. Romain Rolland said: "It is immoral to live comfortably in mediocrity, and one who automatically withdraws from combat is a coward." As Romain Rolland said, the bean sprout Steve in Captain America 1 had the potential to become a hero before he received the serum. When I watched Captain America 1, I had a strong premonition that this would be the beginning of a good hero story. . Bean Sprout Steve has never felt at ease not resisting bullies because he was weak, and because he was too weak to enlist in the army, he felt at ease not going to the front line and risking his life. Before joining the army, his friend Bucky said to him, "I don't understand what's wrong, you're going to be in New York. The last man, and 3.5 million women" Apparently, Bean Sprout Steve felt that everyone else joined the army and it was inappropriate for him to stay behind, he said "Everyone else is giving their lives for the country, I have no reason to be less than them, join the army Not for me." It was after hearing these words that Dr. Erkins chose him. Generally speaking, the US team's 1 fight against the Nazis is still quite satisfactory. If it is different from other superhero movies, it is that the US team has a particularly strong sense of justice and is relatively high. It is not the current popular hero with shortcomings.
It's generally accepted that the best episode of the Captain America series is Captain America 2, and I agree with that. Let me tell you what I think Captain America 2 is good at. There must be villains and opponents in hero stories, because the sublimation of human nature in heroes is only manifested when they confront the dark side of human nature. The clown in "Batman-The Dark Knight" said, "Who doesn't want justice when it's not necessary? stern?". That's why heroic stories are always inextricably linked to resistance, struggle and tragedy. Just looking at the hero eating, sleeping and falling in love will definitely not be able to feel that this is a hero.
The subtitle of the Captain America 2 movie is The Winter Soldier, but the Winter Soldier is not the real villain of this film, the villain is brainwashed to use him to perform tasks. Some people want to say that the real villain is of course the Hydra and Pierce, but I think this is the villain on the face of it. What the US team is fighting against in Captain America 2 is actually a point of view, that is, freedom should not be in the hands of the people, this is the nine-headed The snake's point of view, but this point of view is not just about the Hydra. S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury and dignitaries from various countries have also supported this point of view. Later, it was proved that this group of people is not only not a Hydra, but also very honest and brave. Just imagine, if there is no obvious villain Hydra in Captain America 2, it is just the "American spirit" represented by Captain America - the pursuit of freedom, the recognition of universal values and the government represented by Director Fury wants to strengthen the supervision and management of the people, prevent What about the criminal disagreement? This is not a superhero movie, you can write a sociology paper. But the fact that Captain America 2 can dig into this depth is very surprising and thought-provoking
Captain America 2 Rizzola also has a very deep portrayal of how people give up their right to freedom. When you want to directly seize people's freedom, they will resist fiercely. However, by creating disputes and chaos, in the name of protecting safety, they will Voluntarily give up freedom. The villain Pierce is not only ruthless in killing methods, but also very reasonable. He can't go wrong literally, all for the good of the world.
After understanding this, we can understand that the American people like to laugh at the proliferation of guns in the United States, but they have been arguing about whether to control guns, as well as the behavior of the White Left Virgin in Europe, and the left of European and American intellectuals is right in our country (this is really interesting). Sometimes resisting injustice will not necessarily elevate the personality, but may degenerate the personality. Nietzsche said: "Those who fight monsters should be careful not to become monsters. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you." This point is well represented in another superhero movie "Batman - The Dark Knight" that I like very much and the public response is also very good. The Joker uses his logic "When it is not necessary, who doesn't want justice?" to test people. In the process of confronting the Joker, the light knight Harvey degenerates and becomes a two-faced man. In Captain America 2, in the face of the temptation to easily prevent crime and kill criminals, Captain America still does not support monitoring everyone and depriving everyone of their freedom (in Captain America 3, everyone can be replaced by members of the Avengers).
Captain America 3 subtitle: Civil War. In essence, it is a continuation of the problem of Captain America 2. This time, the face is Iron Man. Of course, there is an avenger Zemo who is doing small tricks behind it. In Captain America 3, I don't feel that Captain America is selfishly protecting the Winter Soldier. He is not opposed to arresting the Winter Soldier. He implements his consistent belief that he wants to find out the truth and believes that there must be reasonableness and justice for the brainwashed Winter Soldier. trial, which is very politically correct, okay? Later in the Civil War of the Avengers, the two sides had unequal information. The US team knew that the explosion that caused the death of Black Panther's father was not done by the Winter Soldier, so he had to discover the truth and protect the Winter Soldier to clear the injustice. What intensified the contradiction of the US team's Iron Man is When Iron Man found out that the Winter Soldier was the murderer of his parents, he impulsively wanted to lynch the Winter Soldier. Captain America did not allow it. If this is selfishness, it is also a selfishness that the law allows and supports. It is against the law not to allow others to have such selfishness.
Romain Rolland said, "The real hero has no humble sentiments, but never succumbs to the humble sentiments". Therefore, in the Captain America series of movies, the selfishness of Director Fury, Iron Man, and Black Panther does not affect them being called heroes, because they all overcome their weaknesses in the end. However, when I wrote this, I thought of the last 5 minutes of Avengers 4, how the white-haired old man succumbed to his inferiority and changed history TM how to come back? Didn't he clearly say that it would not change history? After returning, there will be no Captain America Steve in the history of the world. What does it mean to not change history. The writers call this "(Captain America's) sensible self-interest," and I'll have to repeat Romain Rolland's words: "It's immoral to live with peace of mind, and one who automatically withdraws from a fight is a coward." .
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