The Originator of American Reflections on War Movies

Josue 2022-01-03 08:01:16

This film set the tone for almost all subsequent American films that reflect on war.
First, war is not what the United States wants, but is held by politicians.
Second, whether the war is right or wrong, it is for those American soldiers who become cannon fodder. , They will always be the victims of heroes and wars.
3. Don't blame the soldiers, they are just following orders and doing what they should do. As a respect for the deceased, don’t mention any meaningless meaning in their deaths.
4. With disabled soldiers as the protagonist, their experience is their capital of justice
5. No matter whether the war is worth it or whether it is really for what the government mentioned Purpose, in short, all wars are for the United States and the American people.

In summary, the war in the United States, whether right or wrong, is for the United States and the American people and everything they represent. The soldiers who sacrificed and gave everything for this are the victims of the war, not the victims of the war launched by the United States. The dedication is worthy of admiration.

There is a classic sentence in the movie: If there is another war, I think you and I don't have to worry about it, because we have all become dust.

Since 1945, how many wars, large and small, has the United States experienced? Until the people in the movie smiled six feet below. As someone said, only the dead can watch the war end. After every war, Hollywood still tells everyone the same truth. So the war in the United States cycled again and again, reflection, war, reflection, and war again. "Ira Valley", "The Bomb Disposal Expert", "Brothers", "Escorting Chance", and "The Courier", these current war-reflection films are still continuing this cycle.
The only change is that future American wars will no longer use humans, but robots. This reflection stops, and the war will continue.

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  • Fay 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    It should all start with those heart-wrenching hands

  • Rosanna 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    A neatly finished film. Maybe you can't believe the beauty in the film, but in 1946, people just came out of the war, isn't this kind of beauty what they need?

The Best Years of Our Lives quotes

  • Mr. Mollett: Say, uh, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?

    Homer Parrish: I know what it is. How did I get these hooks and how do they work? That's what everybody says when they start off, "Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" Well, I'll tell ya. I got sick and tired of that old pair of hands I had. You know, an awful lot of trouble washing them and manicuring my nails. So I traded them in for a pair of these latest models. They work by radar. Look.

    [He takes a scoop of his ice cream sundae with a spoon]

    Homer Parrish: Pretty cute, hey?

  • Wilma Cameron: Tell me the truth, Homer. Do you want me to forget about you?

    Homer Parrish: I want you to be free, Wilma, to live your own life. I don't want you tied down forever just because you've got a kind heart.

    Wilma Cameron: Oh, Homer! Why can't you ever understand the way things really are, the way I really feel? I keep trying to tell you.

    Homer Parrish: But, but you don't know, Wilma. You don't know what it'd be like to have to live with me. To have to face this

    [his hooks]

    Homer Parrish: every day, every night.

    Wilma Cameron: But I can only find out by trying. And if it turns out I haven't courage enough, we'll soon know it.