Hollywood has always assumed the heavy responsibility of promoting the mainstream ideology of the United States. More specifically, its profound understanding of money makes the center of the global film have the energy that other countries can’t match in shaping “justice”. In the 1940s, it urged the United States to join the World War II. During the cold war, the Soviet Union was its aggressive onscreen enemy. With the intensification of the space race, Even ideological blockbusters such as “Star Wars” have appeared. Now, there is no doubt that anti-terrorism has become an important element that puzzles Americans. This is not alarmist. Look at how Charles Ickley analyzed it. The former Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States pointed out in his monograph “Internal Destruction – the Ultimate Threat to the Nation State” written after September 11, Once weapons of mass destruction fall into the hands of terrorists, in the view of the famous scholar Fukuyama, the capitalist form that can end history will also be caught. What is more worrying is that the information shows that terrorist organizations acquire such weapons “only a matter of time”. What should I do? When the federal government of the United States is unable to formulate anti-terrorism policies to appease the people in the short term, Hollywood, of course, is bound to be an invincible and courageous hero. Schwarzenegger went to be the governor. Looking at the “Tiger Daredevil 4” and “Indiana Jones 4”, we also know that Bruce Willis and Harrison Ford are old, and Batman and Spiderman have to take care of the local people, so who will fight the terrorists outside the country? Yes, they are either Transformers or Iron Man. It is gratifying that the common ground between them is that they are backed by high technology. Don’t worry about their combat effectiveness.

Soon, the film is moving towards a perfect marriage of personal heroism and national form. Iron Man said, “To be peaceful, your pole must be thicker than others.” Obviously, there can be no compromise in dealing with terrorists. When anti-terrorism is not only an American task, Stark flew to the headquarters of the Middle East terrorist organization alone and staged a victory drama of unilateralism. He went down from the sky, defeated the terrorists and left contentedly. People living in the Middle East looked up to him, just like looking up to God, The whole play shows that the United States is highly confident in its pan-peace and anti-terrorism efforts, and its savior identity. It takes it for granted that it has this obligation, and at the same time, it is quite puzzled by the hostility of the savior towards it.

From “Damn me, I’m not a soldier, I’m an army” to “Yes, I’m Iron Man”, when personal heroism is expressed in the form of a country, no one’s sacrifice belongs to meaningless writing. When the Middle East friend who helped Stark build the steel battle clothes died, we can clearly see the American flag he was holding, the assistant who bought the fight time for Iron Man and was killed by the enemy, It has been upgraded in time: everyone has an unshirkable responsibility for the country. The role of Air Force Commander Jim has therefore become very important. He must let the world know that there can be no objection to the unconditional cooperation for the barrier-free passage of Stark/America’s unilateralism. We have reason to believe that this message is being perfectly spread to all corners of the world with the help of the global box office of US $200 million in the first week and the following unstoppable achievements.

Stark and Jim have a good relationship, which indicates the close relationship between the US government and the arms dealers and the financial group, which leave hidden dangers for the local terrorist activities. Naturally, the film does not forget to criticize the illegal outflow of American arms for the promotion of terrorism. The fierce battle between Stark and his company partner, the big villain Stein, took place at the end of the film. While bringing the audience a hearty pleasure of watching the film, for anyone, It is no different from an alarm bell. Everyone knows that there is no Iron Man or Transformers in this world. At the same time, the film also tells us that anti-terrorism is an expensive war of money. The United States is rich and powerful, and it can afford to fight. The film does not do a macro analysis of this aspect. It explains why Stark is a rich playboy and “contemporary Da Vinci” from the micro aspect: billions of family assets make him able to build super weapons; With the rascal character of a playboy, our protagonist will not have too painful psychological struggle against terrorists. After all, like Batman and Spiderman, who are often trapped in a state of mind because of seizing the power that should belong to the law, will hinder anti-terrorism. Although Stark once recognized the interests of nuclear weapons and publicly announced that he would close the company’s arms business, the film did not follow, Just in a TV program, the host sarcastically suggested that Stark did not make weapons, could he make milk? Stein’s words about the steel war suit hit the nail on the head: “It is a super weapon that destroys nuclear weapons.” Bergman’s thinking is not popular in front of the hegemonic United States; The identity of “contemporary Da Vinci” makes everything in the film seem convincing, and tells the spiders that the technical content of Iron Man is by no means benefited from super ability.

After September 11, from “World War”, “Die Hard 4” to “Transformers” and “Iron Man”, with the box office booming, comic films are becoming an important genre in Hollywood, rather than anti-terrorism has dominated the narrative strategy of American blockbusters. Compared with the naive “Transformers”, “Iron Man” is a very good movie. From the rhythm of the operation, the entertainment of the story to the polishing of the characters, it is indeed meticulous. The fact is, in many large productions, “Iron Man” has few flash lines. They endow the film with humor and make “Iron Man” coarse and fine. Of course, the familiar special effects do not damage the delicacy of the story’s gradual progress, The latter is exactly what Transformers does not have.

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