1. This " Changjin Lake " is not easy!
The box office broke 2 billion in 5 days!
This year's National Day file, this "Changjin Lake" is not easy!
According to Maoyan data, had a box office of 2.13 billion as of 10:00 on October 5th.
9.5 super high score, 460,000 people praise, "Changjin Lake" successfully won many domestic best.
Some people even predict that his final box office will surpass "Wolf Warriors 2" and win the domestic box office championship.
Review the domestic movies that have exploded in recent years, such as "Wolf Warrior 2", " Operation Red Sea ", " Operation Mekong " and so on.
Such military-themed movies that were previously "not favored by others", why have they become popular in recent years? Is it because the people's vision has become higher?
In fact, the military patriotic movie has exploded. In addition to the shocking scenes and excellent production, it also reflects a social phenomenon, that is, the national pride and national honor of the people have been unprecedentedly strengthened! Heroic movies are even more popular!
2. Psychological factors of "heroism" movies
Heroic movies are different from the life dramas and idol dramas we know well. They can often mobilize the deepest part of the human heart. belief.
Whether it is a heroic film and television drama in China or abroad, it can't ignore the 3 points that can drive people's hearts the most.
1. Courage
Courage refers to the spirit of selflessness erupted by human beings in the face of difficulties and setbacks.Psychologist Obern divides human courage into three types:
(1) The courage to act
Dare to take risks, be brave to sacrifice, and be willing to give. Such as revolutionary heroes and American superheroes belong to this category.
(2) Moral courage
Stick to the bottom line, stick to the truth, and stick to the principle. When entered in the Qing Dynasty and issued a haircutting order, the Chinese people prevalently said: "Keep your head without keeping your hair, keep your hair without keeping your head!" This is the courage to comply with Confucian morality.
(3) The courage of life
The love of life, acting as a life saver in times of crisis, just like the white angels who were active on the front line during the new crown pneumonia period.
2. A sense of social responsibility
Heroism has a strong sense of social responsibility, and they have great abilities and responsibilities. Heroes often take the world’s major events as their own responsibility, and will destroy the country, the nation, and even the rise and fall of mankind. Take it as your own responsibility.
They stick to their promises and make a promise, which is what we call in ancient my country, "a gentleman cannot chase a horse with a word" .
Heroes often shoulder important missions and have a strong sense of social responsibility.
3. Feelings
The famous psychologist Alice Agri once published an article in the "Journal of American Psychologist" and pointed out that:Human heroism exists in the historical and cultural memory of all human societies.
No matter what era, people have always admired heroes. From ancient times to the present, in most literary works, games, movies and even music, people’s worship of heroism has been reflected.
This is a natural yearning for positive energy of human beings, and it is also the pursuit of dreams. Therefore, the spirit of heroism has universal meaning and evolutionary value.
3. Collective heroism and individual heroism
In the classification of heroism, it is mainly divided into two categories: collective heroism and individual heroism.
1. What is collective heroism?
Collective heroism, also known as revolutionary heroism, refers to a collective belief in a group of revolutionaries who have a firm belief in fighting the enemy for the benefit of the masses. Its biggest characteristic is that it is not afraid of sacrifice, has the courage to give, and disregards personal interests.
Compared with individual heroism in Europe and America, collective heroism not only expresses the differences among groups, but also the following two differences:
(1) Different service targets
Collective heroism is often a revolution Pioneers fearlessly pay for the motherland and the people and seek benefits. The background of the movie "Changjin Lake" is the in the 1950s to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
World War II has just ended. Those who could have put down their swords and guns and returned to the work of building their homes are willing to travel thousands of miles to the Korean Peninsula to fight against the US military for the motherland and the people. This is the volunteer army serving the people of China and North Korea.
The target of personal heroism may be the common people all over the world,It may also be the people around you or yourself. For example, in Hemingway 's "The Old Man and the Sea", a lonely old man goes fishing in the sea.
Although the old man fishing is not a special thing, the old man in Hemingway's writing uses his tenacious perseverance to fight against nature, and finally uses his perseverance to conquer nature.
This is very different from the Taoist thought in our country to let the flow go. Therefore, the service object of personal heroism is likely to be yourself.
(2) Pursue the difference
Chinese-style collective heroes have the world in their hearts and support the common people. Their moral character is extremely high, and they are even willing to sacrifice their lives for the benefit of most people.
Collectivists don't care about the eyes of the world, they will only do what they think is right for their own beliefs.
In "Changjin Lake", the recruit Wu Wanli played by Yi Yanqianxi has no exact prototype in history. He is only the 677th soldier of the Seventh Company.
And those members of the Volunteer Army who buried their bones in their homeland but were unknown, Wu Wanli did not have a history, and no one deliberately brags or admires him.
But he reflects the soul of hundreds of thousands of unknown heroes.
This kind of mentality that does not seek fame and fortune, but is willing to remain silent, just to help the world, is the Chinese-style collective heroism.
And Western individual heroism may be for the relief of the common people in the world, or it may be just for the pursuit of one's own dreams.
This is just like the superheroes in Marvel . They are not only heroes in the city, but they are also worshiped, aura and honored by people and become familiar "big men".
2. There are differences and intersections between the two.
Some people once believed that collectivism belongs to China and individual heroism belongs to the West. However, this statement is too absolute.
In our country, collectivism prevailed in the 1930s and 1940s, and reached its peak during the War of Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Collectivist hero images such as Huang Jiguang and Qiu Shaoyun are also deeply portrayed.
However, collectivism is not our country's patent. Countries such as Japan and Germany also believe in this kind of thinking.
However, the Japanese and German people during World War II were mostly instigated and inspired by those in power, and they put the interests of their own people above other nations.
But it is undeniable that this is also a kind of collectivism in the hearts of the people of other countries.
After entering the reform and opening up, the people of our country also began to accept Western ideas, and many Chinese people also have personal heroism.
For example, the rise of some martial arts TV dramas and the prevalence of anti-war dramas are all like this.
Therefore, there are both differences and intersections between the two.
4. Why does collective heroism become popular?
Actually, collective heroism has always been more popular than individual heroism in modern world history. Collectivism mainly relies on the construction of a common narrative and a long-term stable closed social environment.
Personal heroism requires a non-common narrative that is widely spread in turbulent times. Westerners unconsciously bring this personal heroism into society when they pursue equality, freedom, and release their individuality.
In our country, collectivism has always been the main theme. Although it is now influenced by Western individualism, in the hearts of Chinese people, collectivism is still full of respect.
For Chinese-style collective heroism, a hero does not necessarily have to have superhuman abilities, but a big person who can turn things around.Instead, they are a group of ordinary people who are visible and tangible around us.
is like Cheng Yong in " I'm Not the God of Medicine". He was originally just a vendor selling men's health products. He was so poor that he couldn't even pay the rent, but he was taking the next step in the current situation. The land has changed and it has become the "savior" in the eyes of leukemia patients.
Cheng Yong can't say that there is nothing extraordinary, and there is no common protagonist halo in Marvel movies, and even his entire personality is very unpleasant.
However, it is precisely because of his imperfection that this collective heroism character appears more real and vivid, as if he is right beside us.
In general, collective heroism is more in line with our reality, which is one of the underlying reasons why movies such as "Changjin Lake" can explode.
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