"The White House Has Fallen" knows the general content as soon as you hear the name. But Hollywood's products are different from Feng Xiaogang's puzzles, which are standardized. A complete story with twists and turns, a hot scene, and an American theme throughout. The theme of one hero saving the world is very old, but why does Hollywood always succeed in cooking cold rice without making the audience complain. This should be the so-called "conscience of the industry". There are people selling biscuits everywhere. If you insist on making them with exclusive and high standards, someone will always buy your biscuits. What really interests me is the plot of the American lone hero. Different from the Chinese who always emphasize collectivism, why are Americans always keen to praise the halo of individualism? What is the essential difference in the values?
Evil capitalism also has patriotic collectivism, and it also speaks of sacrifice and dedication, which abounds in movies. But in the final analysis, these are under the premise of respecting individual rights and individual values. In the film, when the life of his subordinates is at stake, the US president forcibly orders them to reveal the nuclear weapons code, and the preservation of national secrets gives way to the preservation of personal lives. This is a plot that is never dared in Chinese movies. The metaphysical integrity is subordinate to the metaphysical human nature, which is also the fundamental reason why American prisoners of war are welcome to return to China and Chinese prisoners of war return to prison. The moral prosperity that Americans, defined by the People's Daily as "unvirtuous and untrustworthy," never seem to need, must be difficult for new clothes-loving emperors to understand. Therefore, American screenwriters are not afraid of handing over the White House to sturdy terrorists, not afraid of the destruction of the great Washington Monument, not afraid of the famous special forces being beaten down... Everything can give way to the theme of outstanding heroes . These plots that vilify the country, what are you trying to do?
It is precisely because of the focus on real human nature that people do not have the sense of logical disorder and distortion of time and space like the domestic theme movies. This is a tried and true killer of Hollywood. Just stupid.
Nations and collectives are not abstract concepts, but are made up of real individuals. The value of the individual constitutes the value of the state, not the other way around, the state at every turn represents the individual. In this sense, Hollywood has always been keen on individualism, which is essentially the embodiment of the core spirit of the American Dream, encouraging the realization of personal values. Some people shouted the national dream in the name of national and national rejuvenation, saying that it is only the spring dream of the Sun and Moon God to rule the rivers and lakes for thousands of years, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people.
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