Think about what's behind the war

Palma 2022-04-20 09:01:17

"Patriotism, that's the excuse of the rogues", people can't help but reflect on what is the source of the war? The soldiers who died in the siege thought this was their way to glory, however, they were only victims of the general's self-interest.

I respect the captain's words: "We will take Ant Hill, if anyone in the world can take..., we will take Ant Hill", he knew that the "patriotism" in the general's mouth was just empty words, but he Powerless to change in that position, and ultimately choose to live and die with the soldiers.

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  • Pamela 2021-10-22 14:41:47

    I was shocked by Lao Ku again, oh oh, is this true? It’s too cruel to Nima, it’s so dark that it’s so dark, this is, so this film is banned. Then Kirk Douglas really looked like Michael Douglas when he was young!

  • Kathleen 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    The whole film is cold, decisive, and not procrastinating, and the people watching are very worried, especially the execution scene, which is too cold~PS: Mike is just a copy of his father Kirk, do you want it to be like this!

Paths of Glory quotes

  • [first lines]

    Narrator of opening sequence: War began between Germany and France on August 3rd 1914. Five weeks later the German army had smashed its way to within eighteen miles of Paris. There the battered French miraculously rallied their forces at the Marne River and in a series of unexpected counterattacks drove the Germans back. The front was stabilized then shortly afterwards developed into a continuous line of heavily fortified trenches zigzagging their way five hundred miles from the English Channel to the Swiss frontier. By 1916, after two grisly years of trench warfare, the battle lines had changed very little. Successful attacks were measured in hundreds of yards, and paid for in lives, by hundreds of thousands.

  • [last lines]

    [Col. Dax listens to his regiment humming in the tavern]

    Sgt. Boulanger: Sir?

    Colonel Dax: Yes, sir.

    Sgt. Boulanger: We have orders to move back to the front immediately.

    Colonel Dax: Well give the men a few minutes more, Sergeant.

    Sgt. Boulanger: Yes, sir.