Today’s film review | "Enthusiasm" burns youth and sports movies.
Special feature of 1905 film network By, starring, at present, the box office has surpassed and become the box office champion of domestic sports films in China film history.
The film is based on the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and its latest competition event, Break Dance, is the creative theme. The whole film was filmed in Hangzhou, and it tells the bloody story of young dancers who love to pursue their dreams, overcoming many difficulties and finally realizing their dreams in the Asian Games under the guidance of the old gun coach.

Although the film won a good reputation, this sports-themed film still failed to get more attention in this summer’s summer file, and the box office was far from the optimistic expectations.


Behind this is the bottleneck and limitation of sports movies, and it is also a collision and exchange between minority culture and mass culture.
Limitations of sports movies
At present, the domestic movies with the whole sports theme are directed by Leap, who tells the glorious history of China women’s volleyball team. Although the short track speed skating movies with the theme of Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival this year have been released since then, the box office results are not satisfactory.

Although these films have their own shortcomings, they also illustrate the limitations of such films to some extent. Sports movies also have their own bottlenecks to break through.
From a technical point of view, competitive sports are very professional and difficult to shoot. With the rapid change of competitive competition, the mental journey of athletes on the field and some technical characteristics, how to turn these "moments" stories into continuous films is very difficult for shooting and script creation.

In addition, there are no small challenges for actors, and there are also higher requirements from performance to body. In sports movies, actors need to show their mastery of sports in addition to their interpretation of roles, which is a difficult problem for actors.

In terms of content, sports movies are undoubtedly passionate and inspirational, and the audience has already had certain psychological expectations for such themes, so it is difficult to get some surprises and it is difficult to innovate in plot creation.
Fortunately, we saw that Enthusiasm can make a breakthrough in these bottlenecks, incorporating comedy and other elements, and also including some social topics such as young people’s pursuit of dreams and middle-aged difficulties. In addition, YiBo and Bo Huang’s wonderful performances in street dance enabled the film to highlight the tight encirclement of sports films and set a new box office record.

The development of minority theme films has a long way to go.
This year’s summer file is an unprecedented excitement. Although the box office of "Enthusiasm" is not as good as a series of drama films, it has brought us great surprises as a domestic sports film.

It is not only because the box office of Enthusiasm is at a new high, but also because its form of expression is different from traditional sports movies, which brings new experience to the audience. More importantly, it makes our eyes pay attention to the minority culture again.
The theme of minority culture is true because its audience is limited, so it is more necessary for movies, an art form of mass entertainment, to let more people see, understand and understand it.

Enthusiasm is such a film that interprets the mainstream of subculture. Hip-hop itself belongs to a small subculture. In recent years, it has gradually come to the public through some variety shows. This film completes its mainstream shaping by shaping a little person who stumbles on the road of chasing dreams.
The victory of the final competition in the film shows us the spiritual and cultural power of street dance. He proves to us that street dance is not only a sport, but also a culture, and it has the power to be believed by a group of people.

Admittedly, Enthusiasm is a successful sports movie, but there are many other minority themes that are the same as other sports movies. Because of the minority themes, the failure rate is high, and it is difficult to break the circle, to be seen by the public, and to get the same attention as Enthusiasm. The dilemma of folk music and the traditional lion dance culture described in the previous article also represent the efforts of minority art.

The "minority" also needs the attention of the public, so that they can develop and pass on better.
The development of sports films has a long way to go. Similarly, other minority topics also need our more attention. However, Enthusiasm has brought us a good case, and its popularity can make us pick up the love we once gave up, and let us pay attention to the power of minority culture again.

Perhaps through "Enthusiasm", more minority themes can get the public’s attention. After all, "a hundred flowers blossom" is the real spring garden!
















