The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon in Jiachen ended with some people happy and some sad. Some people ran away midway, while others took the lead. It was a typical portrayal of "die of drought and die of flood". I know that many friends have not had time to watch the withdrawn film, so today we will focus on <优胜选手>. Among the top three of
, " hot " and " speeding life " are subtly comparable.
The two directors - Han Han and Jia Ling , are both cross-border strongmen who became monks halfway, and their film works have very obvious personal attributes. This time we competed on the same stage. By coincidence, the films we filmed were all inspirational films about ordinary people's counterattacks. To put it objectively and boringly,
definitely has its own advantages and disadvantages, so let’s talk about something interesting. The most significant difference between the two is that has different perspectives of different genders.
Jia Ling is a girl, Han Han is a boy; Le Ying is a girl, and Zhang Chi is a boy.
"Men and women are different" means different situations, as well as different self-evaluations and self-expectations. Therefore, although they are both counterattacks and inspirational, the struggles of Le Ying and Zhang Chi are so different.
She and him, running separately
Many viewers who watched these two movies at the same time had similar feelings: "Hot and Spicy" was not that hot, while " Fast Life 2" was quite popular.
I agree.
"Hot and Spicy" sounds like you're sweating, but in fact the tone of the whole movie is rather gloomy, even though Jia Ling has used her experience as a comedian to lay the groundwork for a lot of jokes in the early stage, and even though Sister Ling'er's "big change" happened in the later stage "Living Man" is extremely shocking, but none of these can dilute the sadness that is hidden in it.
Later, I watched Le Ying being beaten one after another in the boxing ring. I felt really distressed rather than inspired. I couldn't think of the idea of "I should also practice boxing to lose weight." I could only think, "It's not easy to be a child. Life is so difficult." It’s not easy.”
It's over, the younger sister won in the end, alas~
Let's watch "Flying Life 2" again. Before deciding to fight Bayinbuluke again, Zhang Chi already had a pretty good life. The driving school was open, the boss was in front of him, and the students who took advantage of him were the teachers. Living, making money, living a small life that is more than enough than above, he is at most an ordinary middle-aged man who is increasingly blurred and vicissitudes of life. He is not a loser, let alone a loser.
What's more, he has created glorious history and is a celebrity with his own traffic. With these two points, he has surpassed 88.8% of ordinary people in the country, okay?
However, when the wealthy fans of the factory director decided to sponsor him with real money, hoping that he could fight again, firstly to help him tide over the difficulties, and secondly to help him realize his dream, Zhang Chi suddenly felt a burning sense of mission in his heart. I woke up, and all kinds of dissatisfaction with the present moment suddenly surged.
He seemed to hear the call of fate and felt that if he missed this time, he would live a mediocre life. So, with a few million yuan in his pocket, he lifted up his scarred body, gathered a group of like-minded old and new buddies, and embarked on a journey to pursue his dream.
is like gliding on the flat ground, rather than climbing from a pit to the flat ground to save yourself. The adventure and challenge of escaping the comfort zone can naturally produce brighter colors.
Therefore, compared with the "mourning" and "blocking" of "Hot and Spicy", the inspirational feeling brought by "Flying Life 2" is more familiar and more transparent. It establishes goals early, upgrades and fights monsters along the way, without advancing through layers of humiliation. The "have to" is eliminated, and there is an extra lightness and freedom that should make life exciting.
Those so-called humiliating scenes actually appeared after deciding to pursue dreams, and they are self-inflicted.
It is conceivable that people like Zhang Chi, when they were young and prosperous, happily played racing cars and pursued their dreams happily. When they reach middle age, they are stuck in the mundane world, but they can still pat the dust gently after a moment of hesitation. Continue to pursue your dreams passionately.
He has always had a high sense of deservingness. He has always felt that such a noble dream and such a great success are related to him, and he feels that he should do something to strengthen this hidden link.
The dream for him is a tool to prove himself extraordinary and a weapon to hedge against mediocrity. This is probably the core meaning of hero dreams for Han Han and many men, right?
In comparison, Le Ying's inspiration in "Hot and Spicy" is simply too heavy.
Lying down for ten years was numb, and the various whippings she suffered after being forced out of the house were painful. The meaning of boxing to her was not to fly, sublime, or become king, but to live. That brutal sport was the life-saving rope she clung to in desperate situations. Only by climbing up could she lead to a dignified life and a promising future.
In other words, being chased and beaten was a normal part of Le Ying's life. Winning once through boxing was the last thing she could do when she was beaten into a corner. If she didn't fight back, she would be bullied to death.
Rather than saying it is a counterattack, it is better to say that "a rabbit will kick its back when it is anxious".
"Winning once" is not to become a hero, but to take back the control of life and no longer let anyone control their qualifications at will. So in the end, even though she lost, she was honored because she had achieved her goal. No matter what others thought, her psychological leap had been completed, and she could calmly say to Hao Kun, "It depends on my mood."
Playing a boxing match is her attempt to renovate her own way, which is more personal and inward-looking. In addition, being isolated and helpless is one of her previous difficulties, so she has no companions, no fans, and she is alone from beginning to end. People , The boxing gym owner played by Sha Yi also gradually changed his attitude towards her from watching the fun to respecting her after witnessing her determination not to quit.
She does not regard her opponents as villains. After the game, the opponent who came up to hug her and softly said "Thank you" was the one who respected her the most in the entire film.
Of course she doesn’t care about the audience that much. This is a lonely, tragic and self-guided journey.
Zhang Chi’s motivation to pursue his dream is mixed with the desire to save, vanity, team honor and responsibility, so a real win is very important to him, but for Le Ying, it is very simple, it is enough to gain respect, including self-esteem. Self-love and respect for others. After all, what other distractions and extravagant desires can a person who has just died have?
Women’s inspirational road is naturally more tortuous
Of course, there is no difference between Zhang Chi’s Ying and Le Ying’s Ying, but “they” who started like Le Ying, without experiencing the transformation of "Hot and Spicy", it is difficult to have "Flying Life" 2》style success.
Women who are placed in the position of objects naturally have one more step to achieve than men on the road to success, and that is - suddenly wake up after being passively accepted again and again, and strive to find their own subjectivity.
You must first go through many twists and turns and work hard to confirm that "I am me and not defined by others" and that "my energy is actually infinite" before I can run, create, and take risks like a man, with a full sense of excitement. Instead of feeling humiliated.
In fact, not only "Hot and Spicy", the basic context of many inspirational films for women is a process of "finding yourself" and "anti-internal friction".
For example, in the popular Japanese drama "Nagi's New Life" a few years ago, the heroine, who also had a please-like personality, left her job and moved when she was extremely lost. She hid in the countryside from the big city and spent a "little vacation" full of uncertainty. Little by little, I learned to say no and found the wonderful feeling of going my own way.
Although in the end, she did not achieve any worldly victory, with no money and no job, but like Leying, when facing her ex-boyfriend's overtures, she said lightly, "Fuck you, I am beautiful alone", which is the most dazzling thing. Victory Medal.
There is also the 2018 American movie "Super Size Beauty". The fat heroine lives in disgrace because she is not confident about her appearance. She has a very low sense of deservingness and dares not date the person she likes or apply for a glamorous job. .
Until her brain was damaged due to an accident, her vision "mutated" - she was still fat, but she became a thin beauty in the mirror. As a result, her self-confidence suddenly increased, she became more energetic in everything she did, and she was no longer restrained in being in the limelight. It was as if her appearance had been upgraded, and she had gained the qualification to be confident.
A joke made by God allowed her to touch her shining side, but this was based on "I am beautiful enough to show off my teeth", so when the "mutation" stopped, she experienced the process of returning to her original form. The fear, the shame of "ugly people tend to cause trouble" and the reflection of "why fat girls don't deserve to be confident" prompted her to usher in her real highlight moment.
The journey of women’s inspiration often begins with the dilemma caused by self-doubt and self-deprecation, and ends with self-acceptance and self-confirmation. Putting inner order in order is an inspirational characteristic of women, and it is also a necessary preparation for taking command and going to the battlefield to get results one day in the future.
It is difficult for me to pass this test. It is often tragic and long, a hundred times more difficult than film and television dramas. However, if I cannot pass it, it will be difficult to remain clear in this life.
It’s okay to have twists and turns.
After seeing this, some female readers must think: "Oh, it’s not easy for us to live! As a woman, we naturally have to walk a more difficult road."
But I like to capture the positive aspects. A little different insight.
According to traditional disciplines, boys' naughtiness is allowed and even encouraged from an early age, while girls are shackles of being sensible and perfect from an early age -
You have to be dignified, but not too rigid; you have to be lively , but not too noisy; you have to be studious, but not too smart; you have to be beautiful, but not too coquettish.
has a whole "nothing will work" mentality, so in the early stages of life, they are always restrained, while boys usually do not lack the courage to take risks, and are very daring and proactive in everything.
But this is not the final chapter.
The boy is very brave at first, but as he encounters more and more restrictions, he will fall behind and may even become a little wilted. Moreover, human energy is conserved. If you are vigorous enough in the first half, it will tend to calm down later.
Girls, on the other hand, are just the opposite. In the first half of their lives, they walked forward wearing shackles, but in the end they just couldn’t stand it anymore, and then they awakened, untied, and were reborn. Only in the middle of life can they see the beauty and vastness of the world clearly, and then they are like a leaper. A young girl usually releases the energy she has held in for a long time little by little.
Return to these two inspirational films during the Spring Festival: "Flying Life 2". In the end, Zhang Chi's team won, but there was a vague sense of "success, and then what" emptiness. After all, with his body, it was difficult to survive. If he surpasses himself, how will he settle for the ordinary in the rest of his life?
"Hot and Spicy" is different. Although the whole thing is sad, at the end, when Le Ying left Haokun in place and jumped into the night alone, there was a faint light on the road ahead, but It seems to indicate a bright future. She has been confused and frustrated. At the age of 32, her beautiful life has just begun.
Look, life is a long-distance race, and you still don’t know who will win in the end~
Author: Miss Bovary
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