The film tells the story of "Zhang Sanfeng" becoming a master. Of course, whether it is in line with the historical truth is not emphasized here. I just want to talk about my feelings after watching this movie.
Zhang Junbao (Jet Li, later "Zhang Sanfeng") is a young monk in Shaolin Temple. He is kind-hearted, sympathetic to the weak, loves to fight against injustice, and has low material requirements. As long as he has something to eat and a place to sleep, he is satisfied. One day, his master brought another child similar to him, Tianbao. The biggest difference between him and Junbao is that he always shows better than others. As long as someone is better than him, he is wronged. No matter what means are taken, he will get the upper hand, and even take extreme measures to suppress him everywhere and make others afraid of him, so that he will be happy. The most important thing is that he is too utilitarian. In his view, as long as you become an official, you will have both money and power, and you can dominate one party and be above anyone else.
Of course, such personality differences doomed the two of them to go their separate ways and even be hostile. The iconic plot is like this-a street performer, Tianbao's rhetoric won the favor of a patrolling father-in-law, was enlisted into the army, became a poor man, and finally got his wish; But he is just an ordinary soldier and still doesn't meet his needs. On this day, the military camp held a grand meeting. Whoever wins the final victory will be promoted to Daotong and can take charge of military power. This is an excellent opportunity for Tianbao. So he made full use of his own advantages and even took cruel measures to defeat all his opponents and won the final victory. However, because he was just an ordinary soldier and had no outstanding military exploits, he was not promoted immediately. Later, he was hinted that he was trying to get rid of the rebels who opposed the imperial court, which was actually tantamount to declaring war on his brother Zhang Junbao.
Tianbao tricked Junbao into trusting him and asked Junbao to contact a group of heroes who rebelled against the imperial court. Because Junbao is kind in nature and mindful of the friendship between teachers and brothers, he readily agreed. On the day of the uprising, a dozen people with lofty ideals led by Junbao arrived at the military camp under the leadership of Tianbao, preparing to assassinate the biggest official here, eunuch Liu Gonggong, but they were ambushed. A large number of soldiers rushed out of the tent and surrounded Junbao and others. In the end, because they were outnumbered, most people with lofty ideals were killed, and only two or three survived. A friend of Junbao's (Yang Ziqiong) was arrested, and they ended up on an old road. At this point, Junbao realized that it was his classmate and his best partner who betrayed him.
In a burst of abuse, Junbao went to save his good friend the next day. Although he paid some price, fortunately, his good friend was rescued safely, which also declared the end of his friendship with Tianbao. Junbao came back as a different person. His hair is messy and his clothes are dirty. He is crazy all day, and he is extremely dishonest in eating and sleeping. When the old man saw him like this, he said with a half smile, "Don't call him Junbao three times a day, just call him' Sankuang (Feng)'!" As we all know, an unintentional joke made Artest a master of the pool. What a coincidence!
My friend couldn't stand it, so he decided to help Zhang Junbao. One day, it was sunny, and I took Junbao to play in the wild. When I came to a section of dead wood, I saw buds growing on it. A friend told Junbao that although the tree is dead, there will still be new life born here. Looking around, I saw a villager carrying firewood at home in the distance. At this time, his relatives came to say that his wife had a baby and were waiting for him to go back and name the baby, but the villager still had to carry firewood. His relatives are in a hurry, so let him put down the firewood and go home quickly. The villagers put down the firewood, ran away and disappeared at once. This scene gave Junbao great encouragement and made him understand a truth: only by letting go of the burden can he rush to a new life!
Finally, Junbao rallied with the help of his friends, found the secret of mental method taught by his master, studied it carefully, experienced it with heart, and practiced it again and again, and finally formed a unique kung fu-Tai Chi. In the end, Tianbao was defeated, and Zhang Sanfeng's position as an airbender was established.
This is the end of the movie. The reason why I appreciate this movie is the wonderful fighting, but what I value more is the two principles of being a man told in this movie: one is to be a kind person, not to pursue things blindly and excessively, and not to be too utilitarian, because being too utilitarian will lose your mind, be calm and not be bullied.
The other is that if a person wants to succeed, he must stick to his beliefs, endure whatever difficulties and blows he encounters and never give up his beliefs. It doesn't matter if he fails. It is important to sum up experience from failure, find your own shortcomings and actively find ways to make up for them.
We are now living in an era of rich materials and diverse interests, so many people have been completely driven by interests, and few people have considered spiritual needs. Of course, the pursuit of interests depends on what interests are. Some basic interests are to be fought for, but not all of them are worth pursuing. In the face of various interests, we should think about what we really need. As long as we think this problem clearly, no difficulty will overwhelm us, and we will have full courage to overcome all kinds of difficulties and setbacks. I think this is the fundamental reason why this film attracts me.