Posted by Wen Hui on August 30, 19102 at 10:14:27:
As a general saying in English ¡°A good book is like a good friend¡± , I would like to say that this proverb also apply to a seriously designed movie. It is true that a movie can contain a series of different values, including educating value, entertaining value, and also making commercial profits value. While among these values, I appreciate more on the first item.
A good movie can provide people with emotional movement as well as rich knowledge. When it comes to this, I can think of no better illustration of the idea than the example of Forrest Gump , which has won the yearly Best Picture of Academic Awards in 1994. Not only does it cover a series of important historical events in the United States between the 1950¡¯s and the 1980¡¯s which can dramatically strength one¡¯s acquaintance with history, but also it narrates a moving story of an incredibly kind, decent though somewhat slow person named Forrest Gump which can deeply touch people to think over their own life and recall a love-filled heart to return to them again. It is also these two reasons that make me treasure this movie so much.
Also in China, around the 1950¡¯s to 1980¡¯s, good movies even greatly influence the faith and the ideal of several generations. What they learned from those is to become a honest man, a brave man, a selfless man who makes great contribution to the whole society and they really do so. And their efforts realistically change the situation of China.
Although the entertainment is somehow a integral part of a successful movie, I think it is never as invaluable as it is the educational meaning¡¯s role.
In a word, if I was forced to make a choice between educational film and entertaining one, I would rather to spend my time on the former one.