real american soldiers

Adela 2022-10-22 13:49:57

Text/Shen Xiaoqiu

often watch some European and American movies, and you will find that the focus of their storytelling is completely different from that of our domestic movies. Chinese movies always want to create something big in terms of pictures and vision, while European and American movies Always start with those small and beautiful details to explore the most real emotions in human nature. Thus inadvertently, touch your every nerve. "The Banner of Our Fathers" is one such film. Although there are many cool scenes of war and killing devils in the movie, it is based on a widely circulated battlefield award-winning news photo. The three star protagonists with flags in the photo were selected by the authorities to return to the country from the Japanese battlefield. , was sought after by the American people, and was hailed as a hero. In the roadshow to raise funds for the army, all kinds of embarrassing things happened.

Some people use the name of heroes to pave the way for themselves; some people don't even want to be heroes. They know that many brothers on the battlefield have paid more and sacrificed their lives for this. And they themselves, who survived, also bear an unspeakable price and spiritual pain for the rest of their lives.

On the battlefield, soldiers can sacrifice themselves desperately in order to keep their comrades alive. In order for their comrades to return alive, the bleeding medics insisted on rescuing the wounded in the hail of bullets. The platoon leader who bravely charged was shot and killed by his own people for no reason. The story shows us the perseverance, optimism, blunt and true "American soldier" spirit in an intuitive way, and the special emotion between comrades in arms. The hardships experienced in the war are equally embarrassing.

"The Banner of the Fathers" fully tells how an American hero is created and born, absurd, funny and ridiculous. However, no one is born to want to be a hero, and no one is born willing to leave their hometown to participate in a war that has nothing to do with them. However, from the perspective of later generations, looking back at the experiences and courage of the fathers, what did they do? Perhaps at the end of the film, when the soldiers forgot the pain of the war, bathed in the Pacific Ocean, and enjoyed the short beautiful picture of the sunset, you have already found the answer.

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Flags of Our Fathers quotes

  • [last lines]

    James Bradley: I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.

  • Franklin Sousley: So, where do you think they're sending us?

    Mike Strank: I think it's the desert, Frankllin.

    Franklin Sousley: Well, that makes no sense at all.

    Mike Strank: Well, it's just military psychology. They always train you for the desert on a volcano.

    Franklin Sousley: Aw, now you're just havin' fun with me.

    Mike Strank: Harlon, take your men right. Watch for Bedouins.

    Harlon Block: Yes, sir.

    Franklin Sousley: Hey, what's a Bedouin?

    Harlon Block: It's a guy with a camel.

    Franklin Sousley: Well, Jeez Louise, maybe we *are* going to the desert.