The lines are dense and connotative, and the English is so fast. There are a lot of characters, and my brain can't keep up. It is full of literary dramas, and it will be boring when you first watch it, but as the film is played, it will become more exciting and better. Unlike other films, this one has only one climax and comes at the end. If the duration of the movie is taken as the X-axis of the coordinate system, and the audience's emotions are taken as the Y-axis, the curve presented by this movie is a curve that starts from the starting point, that is, the lowest point, and goes up until the highest point and then stops abruptly. The audience's emotions were finally released, and the previously accumulated depression was instantly swept away, which is one of the reasons why the film scored high. The climax of the film is when Tom Hayden, one of the Seven Gentlemen, reads the list of the Vietnam War dead in court, which is immediately reminiscent of the South Korean movie "The Defender" and wonders if the director is paying homage to the film. However, the two hippies in the Seven Gentlemen are really unlikable. They have the most roles and are the most brilliant, not likable. Their strengths are bragging and performance art, and the male protagonist of "The Defender" is more likely to arouse the audience's empathy. At that time, young American people were either brainwashed and voluntarily participated in the Vietnam War, or they were forced to participate in the Vietnam War. In the end, they either died as cannon fodder or died as political victims. This is the helpless act of the little people in the context of the big era. However, there are still people who choose to fight, and these people have become the "thorn in the eyes" of the ruling government, and they are bound to be suppressed. This trial is a political trial of "killing chickens for monkeys", and there is no fairness and justice at all. After all, the arm can't twist the thigh. Since failure is already doomed, why fight? Because the failure after the struggle is meaningful, we must let the whole world see the way we are fighting, and let more people hear our voice. In the position of public opinion, we keep silent, if we don't express it, if we don't speak out, if we don't publicize it, the other party will occupy it. Of course, I don't want to go into details about whether this film is different from real historical events, and I don't have time to spare. I want to know a little bit about the director.
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