Raiders of the Lost Ark will remain in cinematic history as the best example of Hollywood cinema, but the golden combination that produced commercial success more than 20 years ago - Spielberg and Lucas is increasingly incompetent to 21st century audiences .
When I was 10 years old I first saw the second level of Indiana Jones - Temple of Destruction and was fascinated by it. Every turn of the plot surprised me. The action scenes were both tense and humorous. Although the special effects at that time were not the same as today, but for me at that time, the Indian jungle river canyon, the mysterious tomb and the secret passage, The cult's heart-piercing magic, etc. was already a visual feast for me at that time.
Looking back at the movies at that time today, many places feel that because of the contrived, the scrutiny is not enough to make people laugh, but in the historical background, it really cannot be underestimated. In today's Raiders of the Lost Ark 4, the two veterans are not dedicated enough to change the soup without changing the medicine. Although Dan Bradley, the most popular action director in Hollywood (the name will be very big in the future), makes the film very eye-catching, the audience 20 years later will definitely be disappointed.
It cannot be said that the audience of today is smarter than the audience of 20 years ago. Through years of visual training—movies, TV dramas, mtv, advertisements and other media in various forms to carry out strong impact, today’s audience is much stronger than their predecessors in terms of visual comprehension. More importantly, whether the story expresses real human feelings, and the audience's true perception of life through the plot and character actions, the audience's requirements are much higher than before, not relying on a few explosions, a few lives. Hanging a thread and filling in gags for 90 minutes can satisfy the audience's requirements.
Before that, because the politicization of the old Olympics had been criticized properly, I began to pay attention to whether the Chinese audience would boycott the film, and I also asked me to take off my tinted glasses to see this famous director. Upon re-examination, what I see is a hypocrite who lacks a deep understanding of life, lacks cultural tolerance, advocates American standards to interfere with different ethnic groups, and defends American hegemony.
The Temple of Destruction once fascinated me, but I saw in it Spielberg's contempt and prejudice against other peoples: Americans themselves emotionally and subjectively decide what path another culture they don't understand at all should take, and Use American superior violence or strong knowledge to enforce your own will. I saw Vietnam in this film, I saw the Middle East, I saw the Gulf.
So there's no reason why I shouldn't boycott the film - it's a dated film and lacks basic humanistic ideology. At the same time, everyone is encouraged to resist Spielberg, the tycoon who made his fortune from American ideology, and its end begins today.
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