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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  • [Mr. Thorpe has offered Derry a job as asst. floor manager and part-time soda jerk]

    Fred Derry: At what salary?

    Mr. Thorpe: Thirty-two fifty per week.

    Fred Derry: Thirty-two fifty. I used to make over four hundred dollars a month in the Air Force.

    Mr. Thorpe: The war is over, Derry.

  • [Al is explaining to the bank president why he made the loan to Mr. Novak]

    Al Stephenson: You see, Mr. Milton, in the Army I've had to be with men when they were stripped of everything in the way of property except what they carried around with them and inside them. I saw them being tested. Now some of them stood up to it and some didn't. But you got so you could tell which ones you could count on. I tell you this man Novak is okay. His 'collateral' is in his hands, in his heart and his guts. It's in his right as a citizen.