General Patton's perspective

Kris 2022-04-22 07:01:27

I just watched it, I was surprised that such a film could also be selected for the Oscars, but then I think about it, it's not surprising that this kind of thing that expresses American personal heroism wins the Oscar, it's just a matter of cultural differences between the East and the West, in my opinion The image of Lai Barton is far less tall than the film itself wants to show.

According to my understanding, the image of Barton rendered in the film should be like this: First of all, he is different, and all parties think about him when he appears. The parity in the sixth century is definitely different. Secondly, he is so resolute and resolute. As soon as he takes over the army, he has serious military discipline, which makes the army look completely new and the combat effectiveness is greatly improved. The most important thing is that he is good at leading the army to fight. The commander-in-chief, even fights on the front line a lot of the time. Moreover, he is a pure soldier, which is also very important. Because he is a pure soldier, he thinks about things only from the battle, accompanied by some mistakes, but these mistakes are in the United States. It seems to be innocuous, and even a reflection of his personality. Of course, the above is just what I think the film is trying to express, it may not be accurate, and I don't know much about the history of World War II, and I don't even know the mainstream evaluation of Patton at that time, so watch It’s normal for the problem to be one-sided.

Next, let’s talk about my understanding of Patton’s character after watching the film.
It seems inappropriate to describe him as a brave man. After all, he is a commander in command of the three armies. What I saw was a Patton who was no different from a reckless man. In the face of two German fighter jets whizzing past, he was able to confront them with a pistol like a pebble, and the German army's row of swept bullets arrived all the way. But it stopped abruptly in front of Patton, which made me sigh that Patton is lucky to get home, and the old saying that there will be blessings after disaster has been proved once again.

After reading the first confrontation with Rommel, I felt that the Yankees were beautifying themselves again. At least one battalion or more of the Desert Fox's troops "obediently" entered Patton's ambush circle, and of course they were hit by Patton. Patton said, "It's a pity to waste good infantry in this way", as if Rommel was a character like Chahoulin. The Americans seemed to think that describing the Germans' combat effectiveness in this way would not fool many people, so they came to the point In the episode, under the unfavorable situation of the war, the German fighter planes made their debut again. The Americans are not too kind, at least Germany's air combat capability has been recognized. Facing the German fighter plane Patton is not a Zhuge Liang, so he had to find cover immediately, the fighter plane Afterwards, a soldier not far from Patton died unfortunately. For a while, I thought of Ji Xin who died for Liu Bang. But then I thought about it, it was not too much.

Then the US military quickly beat the German army out of Africa, giving people the impression that Patton is a great image. , but think about it carefully, when the United States joined the war, other countries were crippled, and it was Montgomery, who felt inactive in the film, who stalked the German army in Africa and kept half of the Allied forces in Africa. .Then

the Allies conquered Sicily, which made me feel Patton's boredom further, and I don't know how he understood the sentence "obeying orders is the duty of soldiers". For subordinates, he required them to obey his command absolutely, while for subordinates, he required them to obey his command absolutely. The superiors, it seems that the orders they issued are fundamentally wrong, so they treat the orders as bullshit and go their own way. It seems that this is also a typical embodiment of American double standards. In this battle, in addition to the superiors, many subordinates also expressed dissatisfaction with him. In contrast He is much worse than the protagonist Li Yunlong in "Bright Sword". Although they are both foul-mouthed, good at leading teams to fight, and like to make their own decisions, Li Yunlong's subordinates absolutely trust him. Li Yunlong will do whatever he says and never complain. Not at all. The scene where the two donkeys were thrown into the river seems to have happened here, I do n't

remember it clearly. It was also a very boring scene. In wartime, a commander and fighter who knew that every inch was worth the money was very common. Now, just looking for someone at that time would have known that the situation should immediately dispose of those two stupid donkeys. This kind of scene made Barton appear to be too overkill, but it gave people the feeling of killing a chicken with a bull's knife.

After starting the attack on Germany, he said this sentence, which made me even more confused. "Building defense projects is stupid. When the sea and mountains can be conquered, what use are these defense projects?" I don't know what to do What is the inevitable connection between half a sentence, when I look at this, I think "Eating is stupid. When diseases and accidents can take people's lives, why do you need to eat every day to maintain your life?". The
capture of Germany, everything seems so Naturally, as I said before, other countries have suffered greatly. It's just victory and defeat, there is no need to say more.

And his attitude towards the Russians makes people see a arrogant or even no-brainer Patton , if Britain, the United States and Russia went to war at that time, no doubt he was the fuse, then in history he would be nothing more than a jumping clown.

That's about it, that's all, by the way, today, July 12, 2006, Chinese Liu Xiang beat American Arnold to set a new world record in the men's 110m hurdles.

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Patton quotes

  • Patton: God, how I hate the twentieth century.

  • Capt. Oskar Steiger: [explaining Patton's attitude toward war] Sir, do you not see?

    General Alfred Jodl: What?

    Capt. Oskar Steiger: Don Quixote battles six merchants from Toledo and saves Dulcinea's virtue!

    General Alfred Jodl: Who the devil is Dulcinea?