The film's early opening reveals the tradition of the classic heroic story, its context is almost textbook-like.
The theme of the hero's story is adventure. The beginning of the story is that people and children leave the wolf pack. This is his departure. He embarks on the road with contradictions. The whole journey is his process of resolving contradictions.
The journey is the road of trials, he will encounter danger (tiger), deceit (python), temptation (giant ape)... He encounters enlightenment, the bear teaches him to break the shackles, and the black panther teaches him to firm belief and respect tradition.
At this time, he will encounter a hypocritical victory, and he has great power. This is the moment when he thinks he is the closest to success, but it is the most dangerous moment. In the movie, we once thought that "fire" was the key factor in the battle, but this "fire" is not the fruit of labor obtained by a child through hard practice, and it is not a part of him. Reliance on "fire" is like False God. Like worship, it cannot give him real power.
In the end, he regained his self-worth. Regardless of whether there are gods or many friendly troops behind him, he needs to face the final challenge alone and win. This is his own battle.
After the hero wins, the end of the journey is homecoming. Only in the hometown, around relatives and friends, can the tired soul be filled and life has meaning.
The key word for the entire heroic journey is only three words: "Who am I". The journey begins with children, and it comes back with men. The hero is the projection of human beings' pursuit of themselves, so it can be said that "who am I" is the theme of all stories.
Ok, with the film's external technology and internal narrative skills, it can score 7.5 out of 10. But one line hit me, and it made me feel like ice and snow, and then I was overwhelmed. This line is the only sentence a human child said when he learned that the wolf king was killed: "Someone has to do something!"
Not revenge, not self-pity, but "Someone has to do something!"
This sentence is very subtle, it It did not swear that "if you fail, you will be benevolent", and it did not promise to "save yourself and save others", but it contains the need for justice and justice, represents its own position and attitude, and is full of the courage of "although thousands of people will go." He is not necessarily a life-threatening battle, but he is not afraid of the necessary self-sacrifice.
The heroic education I received when I was a child was about the type of sacrifice. "One is not afraid of hardship and the other is not afraid of death" has intensified into "one is not afraid of hardship and the other is afraid of death", and he died trying to rescue a utility pole swept away by floods. He was regarded as a martyr, kind and generous. People dare not say that this is against human nature. Over the past two decades, the word hero is more often used in the context of: "Don't be a hero!"
We think that if you become a hero, you will die, or that you can become a hero only by taking the risk of death. We are afraid of being a standout, we are silent, we pretend that we don't see it, we find a lot of reasons for ourselves, and we whitewash laziness and cowardice as prudent protection. In fact, many times, we don't need to fight gangsters bravely, we don't need to put life and death aside, all we need is "do something".
Do something? When you see someone dying in a sea of fire, ask for help and find a fire extinguisher for him, instead of making a video and uploading it; when you see someone fighting in the street, say a few words of persuasion instead of walking away or waiting to watch the fun; When an old man crosses the road, walk slowly on the outside of him and block the traffic instead of avoiding it... It's really just a little bit, but standing up requires our efforts.
Someone has to do something, not to be heroes, but because we are good people.
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