British national character self-criticism

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Britain's performance on the international stage can be summarized as suffering for face and feces. After two world wars, the empire on which the sun never sets finally collapsed, but it still remains stubborn to this day. The arrogant attitude can be seen from the 2012 Olympic Games that were the most messy in history. However, after all, the British know that they have lost their original pride, so they can't help reviewing their own mistakes from the bottom of their hearts from time to time, just like the concept of ugly Japanese after the war in Japan. This film fully shows how the British think they are wrong by portraying Col. Nicholson, and also portrays an American fake officer Shears as a sharp contrast to show what kind of better national character the new world hegemony has.
The first impression I got from the British army in the film was that they were extremely bureaucratic, so they insisted that the reason for their surrender was because they accepted the order from their superiors, not because they couldn't beat you Japanese monkeys, so they got a funny joke. Corollary: Attempting to escape from a POW camp has changed from being a soldier's duty to a violation of discipline... The British officers have always adhered to their principles in the face of various abuses by the Japanese army, which is indeed fearless at this point, but the plot takes a turn, and Nicholson gets Saito's right. After the recognition of the Geneva Convention, the whole army was mobilized to repair the bridge for the Japanese army, and to repair the bridge, the junior officers and all the British soldiers were even persuaded to start working actively. The reason is: It's essential that they take the pride in their job. In the end, the Anglo-Japanese coalition miraculously built a high-quality railway bridge that the Japanese army could not have imagined before the deadline. Nicholson even helped the Japanese army investigate potential safety hazards, which led to the tragic ending. I didn't realize what had I done until I was about to die!
The British prisoners of war basically survived well and their morale was maintained, in sharp contrast to the previous group of American troops who came to build the camp and were almost wiped out by Saito's abuse. The mistreatment of captured U.S. troops on the Asia-Pacific battlefield by the Japanese army is famous, such as the Bataan Death March, but this is because of the strange perversion of the Japanese army. From the perspective of the mentality of the Americans themselves, it is well known that they love life and freedom. This attitude towards life is also praised in the film to express the problems of British nationality. For example, during the march of the special forces, Shears used the words of Shears to think that the British army had an obvious tendency of self-destruction, either destroying the bridge or destroying itself. The screenwriter and director shouted loudly: The only important thing is how to live like a human being!
Finally, it is against the military regulations for the British army to cross the bridge in unison. Are you not afraid of resonance...

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