Looking at one less work, "Indiana Jones 5" counts as one

Author of this article: Li Xiaotian

Some movies, watch one less, although it is not necessarily good, but for veteran fans it is still necessary to watch after all. It's like your love beans, the songs are not very good, but you still have to listen to them.

The "Eastwood" Clint Eastwood mentioned in the previous article, the grandfather is 93 years old this year, and he is still continuing to be a director and has not yet retired. Of course, Toki's works in recent years, after 2016's "Captain Sully", are of average quality, but just because he is Toki, he will watch one when he comes out, none of them fall, and he is willing to be a brain-dead fan.

For example, a film like "When the Wind Rises Again" has long known that its reputation is very bad, but it shoots the theme of Hong Kong's golden age, tells the story of the "four detectives", shows the afterglow of the Hong Kong film boom, and under the feelings, I still watch it obediently. Moreover, in addition to the fact that the script is really poor, the main creator's attempt to restore the golden age of Hong Kong films can still be obtained, but the ability is insufficient to support his ambition. But some of the shots are still quite good, you can see a trace of afterglow, under the auspicious light feathers, I can see it in my heart.

In the same way, when "Indiana Jones 5" was about to be released, I immediately asked Du Shen for the resources of the first four parts, and took advantage of a weekend to watch it systematically. Then, go into the cinema and see this latest version.

In fact, I didn't like the "Indiana Jones" series before, but its status in film history is there, so I have to watch it. It is a golden sign of the golden age of Hollywood movies, spanning 40 years without falling. To get an idea of the glory days of Hollywood movies, this series is not to be missed.

First of all, this is a joint work created by two legendary Hollywood bigwigs, produced by Lucasfilm, owned by George Lucas, the "father of Star Wars". Many people think that Lucasfilm is not only "Star Wars" one IP in the end, but in fact it is not, the "Indiana Jones" series is its second big IP. From the first to the fourth, all written by George Lucas, directed by Steve Spielberg, and created by the two gods.

The current "Indiana Jones 5" is also produced by Lucasfilm, although the director has been changed to James Mangold, but the producers are still George Lucas and Steve Spielberg, and the god has not left.

Back in 1981, "Indiana Jones" was released.

Movies at that time, whether it was "The Godfather" or "Star Wars", the way of telling stories was told, unhurried, and left enough time for the audience to enjoy. And George Lucas also had the heart to develop a new series after filming the first two "Star Wars" films. In his mind, science fiction is his heart, and another area he needs to explore is exploration. So, he found Spielberg, and the two hit it off, both wanting to create a 007-style work, one story at a time, which can be both wonderful stories and travel around the world. So, together they jointly developed Indiana Jones.

The biggest change in "Indiana Jones" to film history is to greatly improve the pace of the movie, although the duration of a single film is up to two hours, but the sense of urgency of the story is full, relying on the wonderful and continuous storyline, one ring after another, seeing people's pores upside down, nervous tension, forgetting the existence of a bubble in the bladder.

Since then, the development of films has entered the fast lane, and it is no longer possible to see that kind of slow and leisurely film except for art films.

The development of the times, the global economy in the 1980s is soaring, fast-paced life has arrived, "Indiana Jones" was born at the right time, just grasped the pulse of the times, with its own rhythm to meet the rhythm of the times, stepped on the G spot of the times.

It's as if there are still people lamenting that no one appreciates opera. Just listen to the rhythm of the drama and know that it will no longer be popular and can only become a niche game. Because the pace is too slow, modern people have long since lost that kind of patience.

"Indiana Jones" influenced many movies, such as later "The Mummy", "National Treasure", "The Da Vinci Code", "Tomb Raider" and other adventure or tomb robbery movies have been affected. "Indiana Jones" also filmed three in a row, completing a commercial classic.

"Indiana Jones 3" ended in 1989, 19 years later, with Harrison Ford's popularity, George Lucas teamed up with Spielberg again to make another "Indiana Jones 4", and the whole sci-fi effect was made, but the reputation was not good.

Just when everyone thought that this series was like this, there would be no follow-up, but I didn't expect that "Indiana Jones 5" would be released again. At this time, 42 years have passed since the release of the first film, and the starring Harrison Ford is 81 years old.

How to say, "Indiana Jones 5" is stronger than "Indiana Jones 4", but to catch up with the influence of the first three, it must be out of drama.

Because it's so out of place.

In the end, what is the aesthetic of "Indiana Jones 5" is too retro, after all, it inherits the high-quality elements of the first three.

However, times are changing, and "Indiana Jones", which was once ahead of the aesthetics of the times, has become quite backward by the time of "Indiana Jones 5". At the very least, it's too far from the political correctness in Hollywood today.

It's hard to imagine that such a classic Norse myth as "The Little Mermaid" actually let a black girl play it. The female aesthetic in Northern Europe is standard blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin, how suddenly become a black man. This political correctness is truly outrageous.

From one extreme to the other.

But under the control of Hollywood's general political correctness, traditional aesthetics are difficult to eat.

Typical is "Indiana Jones 5", if the box office of this film is not good, the traditional aesthetic will basically disappear, at least the big investment in big production will not be again.

The mighty and majestic Caucasian man, standing up to the heavens and the earth, omnipotent, whether in IQ or physical ability, is the elite of the Caucasians, is a typical representative of the white man, and is also the god of the third world, a god who can save the people of the third world, where as soon as he appears, he can save the natives from fire and water. This is a typical manifestation of white supremacy, a direct embodiment of the tonality of racial superiority. In the most developed period of capitalism, it was very typical. Later, with the rise of Japan, ASEAN, and China, this argument became less arrogant.

White women, and more than one, are the male protagonist's small henchmen, and they are the majestic crotch of the male protagonist. Women, here just an accessory, are consumer goods, vases-like existence. This is a typical manifestation of machismo in traditional aesthetics. This has always been the case throughout the series. This is certainly not accepted by feminists. In fact, in the older generation of directors, whether George Lucas or Spielberg, most of their works, the presence of women is not enough, which is their consistent, very traditional aesthetic.

Also, for the appearance of the third world in Asia, Africa and Latin America, it must be dirty and ignorant, and live like a worm. The typical Indian natives in the second part, and then the Mayan natives in this "Indiana Jones 5", live in caves, and attack Indiana Jones from time to time, even if Professor Jones is here to rescue them, they still foolishly attack the professor. These third-world people, under the director's guide, are simply not humans, but ancient and barbaric monkeys. This is again a typical reproduction of racism, typical political incorrectness, typical Hollywood traditional aesthetic.

Moreover, blacks are often ugly and weird, must be villains, this traditional Hollywood cognition, has now been subverted, even "The Little Mermaid" has been blackened, what else can be said. However, in "Indiana Jones 5", the black chick who appeared once again assumed the role of a villain. Even, when the black girl first appeared, I thought she was the female number one, and she was a positive character. Unexpectedly, it was the kind that should be damned if it was so bad.

Moreover, there is the theory of clash of civilizations, especially the most obvious in the second part, the purpose of the cult is to let the religion from the East destroy the religion of the West through religious control, so that the Eastern and Western civilizations have a fundamental conflict, and Jones not only wants to save the world, but also save Western civilization. In the fifth part, there is not much renovation in this view, or the old trick of the Nazis to return the soul, a very traditional aesthetic setting.

The above points have basically disappeared in Hollywood now, and I never expected that George Lucas and Spielberg could still churn out such works.

This very traditional Hollywood aesthetic, very traditional Hollywood narrative, is it not worth watching?

After this village, there really is no such shop.

At present, "Indiana Jones 5" is miserable at the box office in China, and the box office in the United States is also miserable, Paramount and Lucasfilm are going to lose miserably, so that there will be no more "Indiana Jones 6".

Watch one less one, and after watching this one, there will be no later.

Go back to the traditional Hollywood narrative, and then enjoy "Indiana Jones 5", you will feel so cool, it is really a rare cool film.

Of course, applying today's American political correctness, it feels useless.

How you look at it depends on what kind of vision you use to see.

At the very least, I'm not an American, and I'm not obligated to examine this work with American political correctness. Just reduce it to a movie, and then watch it cool, that's enough.