Hugo said that war is always the best subject, and then love. Spielberg is not so much about a horse as he is about a war through a horse, about human nature. From the happy time of albert and joey on the farm, to the catastrophe that World War I brought to everyone, from the honor of the father, to the growth and ideal of the son, in the face of war, everything becomes simple, real and cruel.
albert's father was a heavy drinker all day, but he was awarded the Royal Lieutenant Medal. He never told albert about the war he experienced when he was young, because "the honor of killing is not worth mentioning", the purpose of drinking is to forget Those killings, and the effort never ends.
After joey was sold to the army to become a war horse, albert has been worrying about him, joey has experienced a lot of people, a lot of dangers, the magic joey can't jump over obstacles, which makes him trapped by barbed wire in a breakout, entangled in his whole body, Can't move, it happened to be in the middle of two trenches, I was very impressed by this bridge, a British soldier and a German soldier came together because they both wanted to help the horse, they chatted, greeted each other, and the German soldiers were leaving He also gave a pair of pliers to the British soldier. He said: "Then, here's to you, made in Germany." The British soldier said, "Thank you, I will use him to tidy up the garden when I get home. Take care of you." At this time, They found that the so-called enemy was not so terrible. It turned out that the other party was a living person like me. He would also miss home, wash clothes and grow vegetables. The sooner the better.
Sometimes people just don't know what the hell is honor or whatever, we just want to grow some turnips on our family's farm and go for a ride when we're not busy. War is a game played by politicians, but it has been put on the cloak of honor, but those ordinary lives have become the total price. As the movie says, "The war took everything from the people." Speaking of the horse, joey was going to be shot because he was wounded later, but that's when albert found him , because of joey's extraordinaryness, he finally survived and was taken care of until he returned to health. This comes to the question of the value of life. In the face of war, Joey has paid as much as every soldier, or even more, then his life is just as valuable as each of our lives, and it should be To be respected, there should be no discrimination at all.
The end of the film is also worth thinking about. In the sunset, albert rode joey back to his hometown slowly. Everything was so quiet. After so many experiences, everything was like it never happened. Being alive is the best ending. .
That's all I can think of. I hope this movie will be released in China, and then I will go to the same big screen again.
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