A Comparative Study On Themes Of Chinese And American Sports Films

Sports film is a kind of film subject which expresses sports events with movies as its carrier.It combines the characteristics of sports and movies and forms a unique artistic aesthetics.As an important part of the film industry,sports movies have a direct psychological shock to the audience by reproducing the competition scenes and sports scenes.Their inspirational and popular science role can not be replaced by other art forms.As an important component of a movie,movie theme determines the social value and cultural connotation of a movie,and is also the key to determine the box office of a movie.Sports film is not only a symbol of the development level of sports culture,but also reflects the development level of a country's sports industry.With the continuous development of sports,sports movies in China and the United States have gone through several periods of development,and gradually formed some ideas for film production.Compared with the two countries,compared with the strength of Hollywood movies,Chinese sports movies can be said to be an occasional masterpiece,and there is still a certain gap in the overall quantity and quality.Generally speaking,Chinese sports movies show strong characteristics of the times,collectivism,sports giving way to emotion,while American sports movies show characteristics of heroism,unique campus sports and critical realism.The differences between the two countries result from the differences in cultural connotation,school physical education mode and film censorship system.This paper compares the differences in themes of sports movies between China and the United States,analyses their characteristics and causes,and provides feasible suggestions for the development of sports movies in China.