"Patriot" film review, is patriotism a mistake?

Idell 2022-04-20 09:01:12

"The Patriot" is an old film. The reason why I suddenly became interested in turning it over and watching it again is because I suddenly miss Mel Gibson very much.
Every time my daughter excitedly recommends to me a movie and TV series that their classmates are watching hotly, I always have patience and can't watch it anymore.
I don't think I'm old, and I'm not old and stubborn. I also hope to watch dramas with my daughter and learn to appreciate her appreciation and hobbies. I think this is a good channel for communicating with the next generation.
There's an argument that when we don't appreciate what our kids like, we're old. However, I am deeply skeptical, I firmly believe: some things are timeless, otherwise what is the need for inheritance? Where are the classics?
When I found out "Patriot", I just hope that my daughter can watch a movie with a completely different style with me.

1. Is The Patriot Really a Patriot?
Many Chinese who have watched this movie will have the illusion that Benjamin is a fighter who loves the motherland and defends the country. Therefore, Benjamin is the "patriot" mentioned in the movie's title. However, this is not the case in the first place, which must first start from the background of the story.

Mel Gibson plays Benjamin, a French-American who fought in the French-Indian War and fought many battles. The brutal war cost him his beloved wife, so he vowed to stay away from war forever.
Some film introductions explain the French-Indian War as a war between France and the Indians, while the explanation on Baidu Encyclopedia is a war between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. In 1756, the war expanded to the world as part of the Seven Years' War, which English-speaking Canada and Europe used to refer to as the "Seven Years' War North American Field". The Indians allied with France in this war and attacked Britain. The British captured Montreal in 1760, ending the war. On February 10, 1763, Britain, France and other warring countries concluded the Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded Florida to Britain, and France ceded French Louisiana east of the Mississippi River to Spain as compensation. The war was a turning point in French power in North America and confirmed British control over the eastern half of North America.

If you look closely at that period of history, you will find that this is not a "patriotic war" imagined in our Chinese minds at all, and the patriots here, first of all, do not have their own country, only their own houses, land and relatives, the suzerain country is far away In Europe, if you have to say which country you are from, you can only say the suzerainty of Europe as your own country.
If they were descendants of the second and third generations in the Americas, they might have identified themselves as Americans. At that time, America was just a colony fought over by European countries. If they did not want to admit that they were Europeans, they could still say that they were North American. Which state do you go to. In short, there was no America at that time, so which country did "patriots" refer to?
In the 18th century, Spain, France and Britain were the three major players in the North American continent. In order to compete for land and various economic interests, France, the United Kingdom and the Indians who supported them broke out many wars. The war Benjamin first participated in was the French-Indian War, a war between Britain and France and the Indians who supported France. , It was in that war that Benjamin lost his beloved wife, and he vowed to stay away from the war since then, and the safety of his family has become his most supreme pursuit.
However, after the failure of France, the United Kingdom consolidated its control and power in the thirteen states of North America, strengthened the collection of various taxes, and gradually touched the interests of the local people in the thirteen states of North America. Began to separate from the suzerain Britain for their own interests.
Therefore, the American Revolutionary War was closer to a civil war that broke out between an autonomous region separated from the military power of the original suzerain and the central government for the distribution of economic benefits.

In the American War of Independence, France was the biggest supporter from beginning to end. It can be said that without the support of France, the American War of Independence would be difficult to win. Therefore, the relationship between countries is like this, there is no eternal enemy, only eternal It was in the interest of France at the time to support a new United States that had broken away from the United Kingdom. Therefore, France chose to stand with the new United States. The Statue of Liberty, which was once a symbol of the United States, was also gifted by France to the United States.
It can be seen from this that Benjamin understood from the very beginning that the New World of America was a place where great powers competed for hegemony, and whoever fought with them would be treated as pawns and cannon fodder by those European suzerains. The reasons cannot stand up to scrutiny. In essence, they are the interests of the European powers.
Therefore, Benjamin refused to participate in this war at first because he had seen enough of the various wars that had happened on this continent before, and was unwilling to fight it in a confused way. It was his family who were hurt, but what really mattered to him was Yes, it's actually his family, nothing else matters, it's all hype, it's just an excuse for a war madman.
For us more than 200 years later, we may feel that he is too stubborn and cannot see the future and the dawn of the new nation of the United States. However, this is because we know that period of history. If we put us at that time , If we experience the same experience as Benjamin, maybe we will sympathize and understand Benjamin's choice, and even go with him.
Patriotism, maybe it's just an illusion, fighting because of patriotic slogans, and in the end, maybe it's just a change of master, the future master who hasn't seen it must be better than the old master? unpredictable.
If you are a farmer with your own territory, a large farmland, a warm house, lovely sons, and serfs who help you farm, what more do you want? If you go into the unpredictable battle with patriotic slogans, will you get a lot better than the original one? For a person who does not have a particularly big desire and pursues family life, Benjamin really has nothing to fight, so his choice is normal.
Maybe, Benjamin has made bad plans, even if the war burns to his side, as long as I don't stand on any side, you beat you, whoever is the last master has nothing to do with me, I only want my land, home and children, Let me pay the tax, I pay the tax, it's no big deal, you don't have to live or die.
However, the development of the plot made him have to choose to fight, all because of the arrogant British officer.

So, is The Patriot really fighting because of patriotism? I see it more like a forced choice to line up.

Later, I checked on the Internet, and the original English name of the film was "PATRIOT", which was literally translated as Patriot. Family, in medieval Europe, was not just parents and children. The original meaning was "people under the same roof", including servants, subjects, and subordinate knights; in short, people who lived together in the castle during the war . The origin of the word fully shows that patriots are first and foremost family lovers.

From this point of view, the so-called "Patriot" may be a problem of our translation.

2. What is a country and why is it necessary to be patriotic?
"Country" does not always exist, it is the product of the development of human society to a certain extent.
There are many viewpoints and theories on the formation of the state. For the Chinese, the most familiar one is the theory of Marx and Engels on the formation of the state, that is, the state is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions.
Of course, for well-known reasons, the relevant theories of Marx and Engels are only recognized in socialist countries. Then we put aside the theoretical vortex of ideology and political opposition, and speculate and deduce from the development process of human society. The generation of , perhaps can be described not so empty and abstract, but more easily imagined and perceived by people.

We can't know whether the folk customs of the primitive society that historians have told us are real, because we don't have a time machine to travel back to the past. However, maybe we can refer to and observe the animal world and see their social organization. At the same time, By connecting with the human social forms in remote areas far from the national political center in modern times, it roughly outlines the primitive features of a human childhood, and peeks into the formation process of the country.
The earliest form of human organization that we can imagine before the state was formed must be a family-based social organization, just like the animal world we see. In the animal world, tigers and lions, for example, often take one family as a group, have their own territory, and have their own family and sphere of influence.
The weaker animals tend to have larger group forms, such as cattle, sheep, deer, horses, dogs, etc. However, they will have a leader, and there will be a leader who does not exist on the premise of violence like ligers and tigers. , Most groups migrate and multiply under the leadership of the leader.
The primates closest to humans, such as the monkey group, have always been the focus of observation and research by human sociologists. The monkey group often has a king, and there will be struggles for the throne. Only the monkey king has the right to mate and food. the right to enjoy. And this is closer to the early form of human society.

In fact, the early stage of human society must have been a family-centered organizational form. Even the names of some villages now allow us to see the social structure at that time, such as Zhaozhuang, Zhangcun, etc. A village may be a A person surnamed Zhang or Zhao, the people in a village may be related to each other. For this village, there is no need for the existence of modern grassroots politics such as the village chief. It only needs to have the oldest member of the same surname group in the village. , the highest-ranking, the most respected, will naturally become the order manager of this natural village.
On the other hand, this is also the difficulty of democratic elections in grassroots natural villages. Some villages have several big surnames. Obviously, which surname is the most ethnic group has more influence in the village, has more voice and status, and is elected through democratic elections. Naturally, the family with the largest surname has more votes, let alone other people who can't be elected, even if they are forced to arrange it from outside, they will not be able to lead at all, and they have to listen to the words of the family with the largest surname.
In recent years, many places in China have carried out the construction of large villages and towns for various reasons. This is similar to the miniature version of the urbanization process in the countryside. When several villages are merged together, the original family power pattern has undergone tremendous changes. The original appearance that water cannot get in has changed, and the rebalancing of various forces has become an opportunity, which makes it possible for grass-roots elections and democratic discussions.
This is obviously similar to the process of transitioning from clan families to tribes in primitive societies. Families that live close to each other, communicate more, and have similar languages, communication and emotions come together to form a tribe, making each family stronger. The backing makes every family more reliable in the face of threats from wild beasts and foreign tribes.

Going forward, there will be wars between tribes due to competition for water, fruit trees, grain, and living places. A recent news article said that two villages in a certain place in Quanzhou, China, have been fighting for many years because of water sources. They have not intermarryed for more than a hundred years, and only recently did the two villages break their poisonous vows to intermarry. It can be seen that when competing for the common interests of the group, each individual within the group will strictly abide by certain agreed value goals and safeguard the interests of the group. In primitive society, when there is no greater power to intervene and mediate, wars and mergers between tribes are inevitable, and as long as there is war, there will be mergers. In this process, tribes will continue to expand until the formation of The cities, and the mergers between the cities gradually formed a wider territory until a state was formed.
To say that the state is the product of violence must be certain. From the perspective of the foundation of the state, the state is the security guarantee for every inhabitant, and at the same time is the launching unit of foreign wars. If there is no war and annexation, it is impossible to produce” Unless we call a small family within a narrow sphere of influence a country, such a large organizational unit, the country must be the result of war.

So what is the point of being patriotic?
From the foundation of the country, patriotism is to protect one's place of residence, protect one's family, maintain one's labor achievements and a safe and stable life. However, the country is a complex machine. From the day the country was born, the country has not No matter how simple it is from its generating unit, it is not a simple community of interests. Internal contradictions and disputes are no less than external disputes.
For example, the monkey king in the monkey group, the monkey king will lead the war of the monkey group of his own tribe when the foreign monkey group invades, until the invasion of the foreign monkey group to his own habitat is driven away. However, the absolute enjoyment of the monkey king within the tribe Authority cannot be challenged by other monkeys. At the same time, the privilege of the monkey king must be based on the suppression of other monkeys. Therefore, you can say that the monkey king is the organization and protector of the monkey group. At the same time, it is the internal monopoly of interests.
Of course, human nature and animal nature cannot be completely equal. What did Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden lose when they ate the forbidden fruit? When I was a child, I didn't understand the philosophical meaning of this story, but now I understand it, it lost the animal nature and raised the human mind.
Humans are different from animals, so it is possible for humans to establish countries with huge territories and complex organizational forms. In a sense, the group power of human beings is very powerful, but the individual power of human beings is very weak in the animal kingdom. If there is no strong power It is impossible for human beings to develop to the current level with the emergence of the organizational capacity and the form of social organization.

In fact, China's modern concept of state was gradually developed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Before that, the concept of China's state was closely related to the monarch. Loyalty to the monarch and patriotism were inseparable, because China's state was the state of the monarch. , is the world, whoever has the ability will be in charge, and whoever is in charge is just changing the country name. In folk dramas, people like to refer to the monarch as the imperial court, so the common people's understanding of the country is very realistic, and the influence of the country on me is different from The concept is not so lofty and meaningful. Whoever is in the court is the matter of those big men, and it is no different from our little people.
Therefore, it is said that when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the people lay on the city wall to watch the excitement. For the common people, it was to see who was going to become the new imperial court.
Some people commented that the people did not know that there is a state, and the state did not know that there was a people, and it was the mentality of the monarch and the common people at that time.

So why is the concept of a country so strong in Europe? The reason is very simple, because Europe is not large, and Western Europe is much smaller than China, so many countries are crowded, and wars continue. Strengthened, and this strengthening is for the whole people, not only for the monarchs and elites.
Therefore, China's concept of a country is not strong, and the people's patriotic awareness is not strong. The main reason is that China's reunification is too early. For many years, all ethnic groups have taken turns to sit in the village. The concept of the court, but not the concept of the state.
Therefore, when China was frequently invaded by Western countries and Japan in modern times, both elites and ordinary citizens had a deeper and more in-depth understanding of the concept of China as a country, and everyone realized that we all belong to one country. Only by fighting together for this country can we restore our country and seek peace. Patriotism is also continuously strengthened and improved in this process.
In the same way, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the external environment of New China has not been peaceful. Faced with the suppression and threats of the two major powers in the east and west, the pressure of the Cold War, the difficulties of blockade, and all kinds of hostility and slander have instead made China's concept of state stronger, making this country stronger. The country is more united and the patriotism is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Why, after the reform, Hong Kong TV dramas such as Huo Yuanjia, Chen Zhen, and Huo Dongge will become popular all over China. The patriotic spirit of their main theme can be said to be fundamental. Remember that often-heard phrase? "The Chinese people can no longer be scattered!"

Therefore, the more objective reality is that although China has a civilization of thousands of years, after the Qin Dynasty unified China, the concept of the state did not develop into modern times in the process of division and integration. The concept of the state, the modern concept of the state was born in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China when the country was destroyed, when Japan invaded China and was about to destroy the country and exterminate its species, when people called you the sick man of East Asia, and with the introduction of modern Chinese geographical knowledge, people After a more accurate and clear understanding of the world and China's geographical concept, the concept of China as a country is gradually completed.

So, what is the point of being patriotic? It is very simple, as long as there are more than two countries on this earth, as long as there are wars between countries, the meaning of the existence of the country will exist, and the meaning of patriotism will exist. Only one day, when the earth is united, mankind is united, there is only one country in the human world, and there will be no regional discrimination, ideological differences and hostility between people, the concept of country and patriotism will undergo profound changes.
What happens when there is only one country in the world? Perhaps the internal governance of the country has long been different from what it is now. Because of the improvement of scientific and technological means and the convenience of people's literacy and information exchange, the country's management mechanism exists in a way that we have not yet imagined. At least it can be confirmed that "patriotism" It will no longer be as meaningful as the earth where many countries exist, and will inevitably die out, and people will pay more attention to how to "love yourself". Unless, the interstellar war breaks out again, and the new national concept of being a human being is brought up and emphasized again.

So why are many people questioning the meaning of patriotism today? This question is actually very easy to answer. Just look at who first mentioned this question to understand.
In today's world, the connections between countries are inextricably linked, and there are more and more multinational companies. The size of large world-class multinational companies has grown to an astonishing level. Operational problems will affect the health of many countries. The economy and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. At this time, many people naturally question the meaning of the country and patriotism.
Nowadays, many people have multiple nationalities and have the freedom and happiness of being "people of the earth". For these people, nationality, green cards, customs and other things are things that hinder their freedom. Countries have borders, Having border defenses and customs is a constraint on human freedom, and patriotism is a coercion to human freedom.

So what is freedom? In fact, freedom not only refers to physical freedom, but also spiritual and spiritual freedom. Of course, we usually discuss mostly the former.
However, freedom is always a relative concept, and freedom has different boundaries and definitions for different people.

For the rich, when the individual strength is higher than the majority, he has the freedom beyond the average person. Even in war, for those who are rich, they can come and go freely without any damage.
For example, there are constant wars in the Middle East, people are dying almost every day in Syria and Iraq, there are bombings almost every week, and there are suicide attacks every month. Don't forget that in the Middle East, there are dozens of casualties every year.
At the same time as the war in the Middle East, refugees were flooding, and many people desperately boarded black boats and drifted to Europe, the holy land in their hearts. However, can those who get there get what they want? Probably not, at least not at all.
War, for most people, is a disaster.
Wife is separated! Home is broken! Devastated! Corpses are everywhere!
Those families who could not escape the war and were destroyed by the war must have an unparalleled desire for a peaceful life.
The so-called "I would rather be a dog of peace than a person in a troubled world."

However, when we look at the human dramas in those wars, the other side that we can't see is that wars often bring about the flow of money, which is why "Currency War" can be widely accepted and sold well.
War will inevitably lead to the escape of funds to non-war zones. For example, at the beginning of the war in the Middle East, or even before, those rich people had already packed up and moved overseas. For them, the war was just lying on the sofa and drinking coffee and watching TV news leisurely. The so-called motherland, the so-called war, is just a distant story.

Obviously, it is not difficult to see through comparison that the concept of a country has completely different meanings for people of different strengths. Therefore, the concept and meaning of patriotism are different for people of different strengths.
Don't talk about foreign countries, just talk about China. Wasn't it the same in China during the Anti-Japanese War? This was the case even in China during the war of liberation. There were a lot of national army generals and dignitaries who moved to Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States before and after the war. What did the war mean to them? What does the state mean to them? Ordinary people can't compare at all.
So, what class has what kind of interests, what kind of pursuit is what kind of identity. This is especially true in Europe and the United States, where the culture of the jungle is prevalent. Take a look at the disaster movies made in Europe and the United States. When a shocking disaster strikes, most of the people who can escape are the rich, while those who are abandoned are often ordinary people. Fortunately, they are good at telling stories. , the story of uniting ordinary people to overcome difficulties is also so moving.

Therefore, in a sense, the most patriotic people are often the most ordinary people at the bottom, because they are the people who connect with the country the most, have the most connections with this country, and are also the people whose fate is most affected by the country's fate. They can also choose not to be patriotic, but in the end, they have to choose to be a "patriot". Just like Benjamin.

3. Actor's temperament and cultural temperament
At first, I recommended my daughter to watch "The Patriot". I really didn't expect her to have any deep understanding, but I just hoped that she could try to understand and appreciate another actor's temperament.
For men, what is "handsome" in the end, this is a matter of what the benevolent sees, the wise sees wisdom, fear is afraid, the media only has one explanation about handsome.

If you look at Chinese screens, there are fewer and fewer real male images. When I say male images, I mean images with more obvious gender characteristics of men.
For example, when Xiaobei was still a heartthrob, he had long hair and a big split, which was the image of thousands of girls. After years of hard work, he shaved his head. My hope is that there will be a large number of girls who like him.

Movies, as the main means of a country's foreign cultural export, will unknowingly affect the cultural self-confidence of Chinese people and foreigners' understanding and understanding of China. Try watching the male protagonists of Chinese movies, Ge You, Wang Baoqiang, and Xu Zheng are too comedic; although the little fresh meats have won the hearts of thousands of girls, their images are too feminine; Less, Jiang Wen is one of them.

Perhaps it is because film and television dramas are more and more pleasing to female audiences, so Xiao Xianrou is becoming more and more popular; perhaps it is because of the choice of subject matter for film and television dramas. There are too few masculine men's stories, so there are few macho men in film and television dramas; perhaps it is because The psychological tendency of the current cultural creators makes us seldom have male-themed works.

In the past, I have seen a review of China's film works in the past 20 years in the first issue of the Central Ten Sets. The work has sorted out some films that have had a certain box office and influence in the past 20 years, trying to grasp China's 20 years of film works. I can only find it funny how people's lives and cultural trends have changed over the years. What are those so-called influential works and so-called blockbusters? All of them are so-called blockbusters that are burned with money, and some so-called big stars are invited. The funds are all invested in the stars, the fan box office created by the fans, and some fake data.
And the most important point is, is the movie really a box office created in the mouth of the masses? Which one is not discharged by platooning, do we the masses have so many choices?
However, it is said that it has improved a lot in recent years, and I hope it is true.

I say this because I feel that the lack of masculine images in China’s current cinema is not all about the choice and preference of the people, but more about the media’s propaganda and guidance.

In fact, looking at the temperament of film and television actors from all over the world often reflects the cultural temperament of their own countries.
It can be said that cultural influence is often closely linked with national strength.

It is undoubtedly the United States that can lead the trend and be admired by all countries in the world! Since the founding of the United States, the United States has been full of the spirit of fighting the sky and the earth. This spirit of fighting nature, exploring and adventurous has been passed down from generation to generation, and has not been abandoned. In just two hundred years of the founding of the country, it has achieved the status of the world's big brother. The national strength, cultural self-confidence, and post-World War II status have made American culture always full of fighting temperament, masculine temperament and industrial temperament. Even a woman is an image of a female man. I remember watching a foreigner's talk show recently. The foreign woman said she couldn't learn how to act like a Chinese woman, and she couldn't act like a spoiled child, didn't she? There is no such thing in their culture.
Most of the movies in European countries are slightly depressed. This is because Europe lost its position as the world's political, economic and cultural center after World War I and World War II. In addition, the huge war pressure during the Cold War created cultural depression and reflection.
The United Kingdom is relatively better, while the European inland countries are more dark and depressing. The reason is more or less related to the performance and influence during World War II.

And Asian movies, such as Japan and South Korea, because the performance of their two countries in World War II makes their domestic creators almost nothing to show, so their war movies are less, especially modern war movies are even less, It can’t be exported as a cultural symbol or cultural influence of the country. Therefore, when the most masculine thing like war is eliminated from cultural expression, the influence of men is weakened from cultural influence, and the cultural output of women is power. Strengthened, so try watching Korean and Japanese movies, the overall culture is more negative, more flexible, less masculine and bloody, and rarely seen hero images and macho images.
Taiwan's culture is imitated by Japan and South Korea, because like Japan and South Korea, there are US troops stationed in Japan and South Korea. In terms of cultural expression and cultural propaganda, they follow the same way as Japan and South Korea. In addition, they are under the same strong pressure of the Cold War, so their cultural self-confidence is not strong.
And Hong Kong, because of the early urbanization process, came into contact with the British legal culture earlier, and the urban culture was well formed. For hundreds of years, it has always been a place where people at the bottom of China have made a living and gathered, so it is full of a lively civic atmosphere, but the culture is more rigid.
Let’s talk about Indian movies, because India has been valued by the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and India’s century-old British colonial history has made the Indian elites more pro-Western, and the communication with the West is also smoother. Indian elites are in India In the history of development, it has never been revolutionized and harmed. Therefore, the Indian film culture is a typical elite culture, and it is also very confident.
When the Chinese mainland culture was just founded, it was full of fighting horns, so it was a typical masculine culture, and women were also full of fighting power. After the reform, during the honeymoon period between China and the United States, China accepted and translated a large number of excellent European and American movies, with Hollywood in the United States. In most cases, this is also a typical masculine culture, full of construction and fighting spirit, and after the 1990s, Taiwanese culture represented by Aunt Qiong Yao entered China on a large scale. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, people have been thirsty for feminine culture for a long time, and people have seen another kind of life-and-death love story.
At that time, many people said that Teresa Teng's songs were extravagant sounds, but now that I think about it, it mostly refers to this kind of influence.
As for China, my hope is that there are all kinds of influences and a certain audience. Chinese culture has always been known for its openness and diversity, so keep this diversity without neglecting, and pick up the long-lost masculine culture.
Hong Kong culture may be the best combination of Chinese culture and Western culture, and it is a reference object. Recently, Hong Kong directors and actors have come to the mainland to develop, especially the entry of directors, which shows us the skills of Hong Kong directors, especially their Good at telling stories, and the ability to be down-to-earth, such as "China Partner", such as "People are on the road", if these films reflect the pulse of China's times and the changes of the times, I think it is more credible.

There is a very dangerous trend among Chinese cultural people today, that is, many cultural people do not really understand or are willing to understand the true appearance of China's times. They like to stay in their own imaginations to express the world.
In Chinese culture, there are many cultural people whose cultural nourishment does not come from reality and life, but from reading. After reading a lot of books, they write their own stories. Stories come from reference and skills. Because there is no life, They have no real understanding of the times, so their cultural interpretations are often empty. They are either only good at writing ancient stories or fantasy stories, but they are not good at grasping the pulse of the times in China. This is also due to the fact that many Chinese cultural people are not good at learning how to integrate literature with the reality of production and life, and regard literary creation as a closed-door affair. I am willing to attach myself to the fireworks, and literary creation has become like this.
As for catering to Western people's hobbies, it is even more so. If modern Chinese people are so unbearable, how can they have the current construction achievements and scientific and technological strength? If the Chinese with long whips in the Qing Dynasty were all so wise and talented, how could the Eight-Power Allied Forces enter China?
In addition, the blows suffered by Chinese cultural elites during the Cultural Revolution made quite a few cultural creators still not out of the shadows, full of disdain and suspicion towards ordinary Chinese people at the bottom. The huge economic gap has caused an unprecedented blow to the self-confidence of a generation of cultural people. They have great doubts about China's politics, economy, culture, and nation, and even hostile and disdain, which also objectively affects the trend of Chinese culture.

Therefore, the cultural chaos in China is caused by many external forces and internal reasons. So far, a good breakthrough has not been found. Perhaps, only time can change all this. It is hoped that the post-80s and post-90s can come up as soon as possible and become the backbone of the society, and China's film and television will be significantly improved.

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The Patriot quotes

  • Major Jean Villeneuve: Are you sure this is the right place to recruit for a militia?

    Benjamin Martin: [shouts] God save King George!

    [Music stops and the pub regulars pull out their guns and begin throwing stuff at them. The two men run outside and shut the door behind them]

    Benjamin Martin: I think we came to the right place!

  • Capt. Wilkins: [after they have locked the townspeople in the church] Ready to fire the town on your order, sir.

    Colonel William Tavington: [laughs] The town? Burn the church.