American Westerns have always followed the line of martial arts, a man of gallantry galloping in the wilderness, a heroic sharpshooter with the fastest speed of drawing a gun, and a buddy of heroes who cherish each other's loyalty is shrouded in the vast and lonely wilderness of the west. If you've been to Death Valley in the American West, you'll understand how such a bleak and ancient West is full of character, past and legend. Standing on the pristine land, I feel the lonely sound of the wind passing by my ears, I feel the desolation and confusion of no one before and no one to come, I hear the footsteps of history stepping in a certain place, and see the legend in the distant sky. There are bright colors everywhere.
The movie 3:10 to Yuma fully captures this western feel and spirit. From the flowing shots to the gray and bleak colors to the distant and unrestrained music. This is a movie full of western hot air, very exciting, but the most touching thing is the steam of potential buddy loyalty between the two men, a seemingly cowardly house man Dan's strong hero heart.
First of all, the director chose to look domineering and domineering. The proud Russell Crowe played the robber and the appearance was calm and calm, and the calm Christian Bale played the husband with his wife and children is the best proof. Crowe's rough-hewn masculinity and Bale's emaciated contrast is a stark contrast, both physically and mentally. One is the wandering thief Jiang Yang, the other is a cautious family man, the other is a "martial arts master" who has been on the battlefield for many years, sees through the time and emotional world, and is used to killing people without blinking an eye, and the other is a pastoral worker who tries his best to maintain his family's finances. He was willing to sacrifice his father for his two sons. Wherever these two images stand, you feel that if you do it, your father is not a master opponent at all.
But this father is so touching! His personality is simple and straightforward. At the end of the film, Ben said to Dan (to the point), if you let me go, I'll give you a thousand dollars. Dan's look went from disbelief to momentary hesitation to a bitter smile, saying (to the point) how could I spend your money, people see me paying for everything with money, ask me the reason for my sudden wealth, I'll be able to meet right? Wow, in order to be worthy of his own innocence, the poor father who needs money the most dares to turn a blind eye to the money. Such people are rare nowadays. Such a spirit that would rather be broken than broken tiles is full of martial arts spirit.
Finally, everyone backed away and Dan decided to single-handedly escort Ben to the train station, at which point everyone shuddered. At this moment, the audience and I secretly hope that he will retreat, so as not to die on the battlefield, and end up with the separation of his wife and children. Because alone and alone in the face of the sinister world surrounded by all the outside world, the possibility of surviving is equal to zero. But Dan didn't retreat. The reason is very simple. On the surface, if everyone retreats, I'm sorry to everyone who died for escorting the thief along the way. The deep reason is that he wants to use his own life to prove his cowardly son. In fact, as a father, he also has the courage and pride in a man's heart. As he himself said, I have never been a hero in my life, but there is not a father who is not saddened by the contempt of his son. In a word, he is unwilling to live in this way, for the dignity and pride of a father in the eyes of his son, he wants to be a hero in spirit.
Dan is a touching father who lives all year in the lonely and desolate West, working as a cow to make ends meet so that his young son who is terminally ill (tuberculous) can live in a dry climate in an era without antibiotics. He stood up at the juncture when everyone was retreating to save his life in order to restore the dignity of the eldest son, who had always looked down on him, to his father. Brave man.
What the movie wants to tell us is that the so-called hero is not just those "martial arts masters" who are fearlessly galloping through the battlefield, but a family who is loyal to himself, loves his son, and is willing to sacrifice his life for it and dare to sacrifice his own life. husband and father. A real hero is a man who is willing to sacrifice himself for the people he loves and everything. A real hero is a father who is willing to educate his son with his life to become a real man. A real hero is a man who does not give up his promise in the face of death. (he promises to escort Ben to the train to Yuma, although the reason for that promise is to get $200 to support his family), the real hero is a man who is responsible, compassionate and determined to get the job done.
In front of such a careless husband, father, and the loftiness of a man, Ben, who saw through the world, was moved. Dan aroused the silent humanity in Ben's heart, and warmed the coldness of Ben's lonely life. He is willing to grant Dan's wish to help him escort him to the train bound for Yuma. In that moment, Ben Wade, played by Russell Crowe, and Dan Evens, played by Christian Bale, are one hero on the outside and one on the inside. The two heroes cherished each other at this time and went to the battlefield together.
The ending of the film is intriguing. The robber Jiang Yang killed all his men who fought bloodlessly to save him, because he knew that his men were a group of inhuman beasts (he once said to Dan), and he had experienced Dan's great sea and it was difficult to deal with the inhumane. Water; and the son who finally understood that his father was a hero finally put down the pistol that was facing the thief Jiang Yang, for the education his father bought with his life, the real hero is not someone who can kill casually, but a man full of love and responsibility .
Such a movie full of human brilliance has already explained all the heroes at this moment, and silently warned future generations.
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