Introduction: After the major forest fire in Muli County, Sichuan at the end of March 2019, the sacrifice of the thirty firefighters who were called heroes is no longer a "natural" effort but a seemingly Ordinary but extraordinary "going forward". In the era of peace with sharp edges and corners, we feel that the years are quiet, but there are still gray areas that we cannot reach. When faced with the rampant forest fires, someone rushed in front of us for the first time and carried the burden for us. The disaster theme movie "Going Forward" is adapted from the deeds of the "Granite Mountain Master" in the largest forest fire in the United States after the "9.11" terrorist attack. It is gratifying that director Joseph Kosinski changed the usual disaster film mode. I chose to focus on the jobs and families of those firefighters while focusing on three words: responsibility, family, transformation. At the same time, it shows the friendship and love behind the work of firefighters. We have witnessed many disasters and paid tribute to the heroes who worked hard for it, but fire is fire after all, and heroes and martyrs are people after all. Ken Nolan, the screenwriter of the film, once said: "They are high-spirited and indomitable, but they are also ordinary people with flesh and blood - they will also be tired, they will be afraid, and they will joke with each other." It is precisely because heroes have the same things they should have. The details of life, that's why the director shortened the distance between the audience and the hero with silent warmth and silent admiration in the movie "Go Forward".
[The mission given by the profession, the courage to walk against the fire]
Joseph Biden said: "All men are created equal, and some people become firefighters." However, Marsh clearly explained the mission of this profession, "Once we have been baptized by fire, we can no longer simply enjoy the scenery." In the face of every time-consuming surprise detection, even in the simulation of the fire, the director passed Marsh's monologue: "The wind roared like a hurricane, the fire was like a hundred trains passing overhead, and the temperature was as high as five hundred. Abundance." Let the audience indirectly but deeply understand the real situation of this profession in an extreme environment. The thousands of hectares of forest are gradually swallowed up by thick smoke and fire, and the rapid and shocking music echoes in the ruins in the blink of an eye. Therefore, the cold and dead picture is the living environment that this profession must face.
In this profession, it is worth mentioning the hierarchy of the American fire brigade, which is roughly divided into secondary teams and vanguards in the film. In the true story, the Granite Mountain Masters were the first team in U.S. firefighting history to qualify as a National Pioneer. Only the best mountain fire brigade deserves the word "master". Team leader Marsh proved their strength with their strict standards and hard training and was certified by the examiners. From the moment they are called "heroes", they are destined to be extraordinary. As Marsh said, they will work harder than before in the future, they must work together, and they must be worthy of their name, not just a false name.
This assessment between twenty men is no longer as simple as a professional responsibility, but a kind of resolute, tragic and heroic in awe of nature. In order to highlight the "hero" image in front of his professional mission, the director also used the symbolic symbol of "bear" to bring the black bear full of fire into the audience's field of vision in the title of the film, bringing it into the plot dramatically. Marsh once said that this fire bear is the most beautiful and scariest thing I have ever seen in my life. In the rescue scene, the fiery bear running wildly looks like a flame burning like hell. The dead bear head and the bronze bear belt sign all imply that this profession is always filled with the crisis of life and death.
Wildfire fire brigade is a profession with no certainty about life and death. There is no gorgeous appearance at the accident scene, only the ruins and the desire to survive, risk assessment, and quick selection of rescue plans. In the face of disasters, these firefighters risk their lives to move forward again and again. Just to protect their loved ones and homes. Marsh's life has been an unquenchable fire bear, and even every member of the Granite Hills Fire Brigade has unspeakable pressures, "Going Forward" is a sad disaster. But the director has no intention of exaggerating sadness. What we see is the courage and dedication of the firefighters in fighting against the fire, as well as their bravery and loyalty towards their profession and life.
[The helplessness of fighting against disasters in the raging fire, the love that I miss in the ashes of the spark]
Everyone behind the work of the Gran Hill Fire Department is running for their own lives. Among them, Marsh struggles to balance the relationship between work and family, the team leader Jesse is about to take over as the commander and is responsible for the work of the vanguard, and he has a lot of criminal records. In order to be a good father, the new member Brandan can only seize the opportunity to move forward and work hard. The director broke the previous model of disaster films and cleverly designed the subtle living conditions behind the heroes. When they took off their yellow gear and rescue helmets, Marsh became a conscientious husband, Mike still longed for love, and Ashkettraf was chatting about his band dreams after the mission, and they chatted The most mundane things among ordinary people, telling trivial jokes, talking about which girl is beautiful in the town, and some of them will leave the team to increase their income... The heroes in our eyes are unloading At the moment of the armor, they will also carefully consider the shortcoming of their parents, and they will also live the days of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.
What cannot be avoided is the burden and pressure on everyone. Forest firefighting gathers less and leaves more. We have seen their heroic sacrifices and are convinced by them, but every choice made by them will become the spiritual pain of those around them. The team leader Marsh was unable to take care of his wife because of his work and eventually did not leave her a beloved son. The movie dramatically conflicts between the "helplessness" of work and the "love" of life. These two are the most important motivation for every ordinary person to survive, and also It is precisely because of the contradiction between the two that constitutes a heroic situation. We salute life, but life has never been anything but maverick. There is also a cruel and silent scene in the movie. When all the family members learned that only one person survived, they went to Brandan to slowly stand in the hall and faced dozens of pairs of lucky and desperate eyes from the family members. Through the noise and silence, the director seems to crush every beating heart and throw it back into the sea of fire. Perhaps only a firefighter can understand the complex emotions of this moment.
Behind the sacrifices are often more lingering regrets. The director's warmth is not hypocritical. Brendan's growth story typically reflects how disasters inspire growth. What fills the picture is a man's spirit. In order to be a conscientious father, in order to give his daughter the happiness she has never had before, she would jump into a frenzy because of the child's fever in the middle of the night, secretly deliver baby supplies again and again, and leave silently, from the unfamiliar to the blurted fire code, Resisting morphine even when bitten by a snake, a year ago he was an addict and a year later he became a hero to everyone. It can be seen from the above that the director did not exaggerate the pain, but let us intuitively understand that it is not the disaster but the responsibility given by life that makes people a hero, and the work is also the family. This is the real firefighter, a person and nature A story of strength, life pressure confrontation.
As ordinary people, we watched the heroic deeds and realized that there are such a group of people in the world who guard not only their families but also the homes that we accompany day and night. Even if life is a wild fire, they are willing to cherish for us Keeping the beauty, the film does not have stunning special effects or earth-shattering love, but the love that even ordinary people have, but they have to give up hard, this pain is directly hitting the audience's heart, not fiction or fantasy, bear it With endless grief, they have really existed, and it is deeply felt that the reality is the most cruel and moving.
【How to endure life, why not fear death】
The disaster theme movie "Going Forward" shows the audience the fate of extreme professional groups and is also exploring a truth, what is "death"? The topic of life and death is always unavoidable for us. Water and fire are ruthless, but the world seems to be full of love. In the last unwinnable fire, nineteen lives were devoured by the fire, ending their lives. Today, we pay attention to various media and wait for the headlines, thinking that we will know what is going on in the world. But in the face of natural and man-made disasters, as the movie said, the most beautiful soul bears the most terrifying responsibility, which is the safety of the people. In the face of life and death, why are they not afraid of death? They can only press their personal emotions on the soles of their feet, and desperately build a fire ditch to protect a century-old tree. From the perspective of God, it is like heaven and hell, separated by a thin line. There is no way back, so the only option is to move forward.
Every time they rush into the fire, their identity will only be recognized as heroes by everyone, and they are the last line of defense between the fire and the thousands of residents behind them. For them, death is suddenly far and near. When it is calm, the forest that is not on fire It is a pleasing landscape, the black bear is still the animal that walks freely, Marsh and his wife enjoy the beauty of life together, and Brandan plays with his daughter carefully. How to endure life behind the calm, in every day with family, everyone's heart is full of unknowns. Due to the profound analysis of the sensibility of the characters, the film has the temperament of both a disaster film and a biopic. It uses a large number of simultaneous sounds of the sound of dead branches and leaves breaking, and the surround sound of ashes filling the air, which truly reproduces the sense of despair in the hearts of the disaster team members. The examiner said to Marsh, who was playing with the beads, "If the situation is not right, nothing can save you, not even the Buddha." This monologue is a hint at the end of the event, and it is our deepest in this confrontation between man and nature. Sadly, it turned out that the Buddha said that he would save all sentient beings, but he did not let them go to the end of the disaster.
In this world, everyone is taking risks. Some people are on the front line of disasters, some people are lurking on the edge of danger. They have essentially abandoned their children in the world. They struggle and suffer, but when they stand in front of us, they are A look of high spirits and high fighting spirit. Fear of fear is a no-no for them during the Yarnell Hill fire accident at the end of the movie. At the end of the film, nineteen fireproof covers lie quietly on the scorched earth, watching God-like, silently, and the vaguely burned relics are small and heavy. Brandan's heart-wrenching cry and self-blame are very similar to the family members who cried for the 30 sacrificed heroes in Muli County, Liangshan, Sichuan recently. , as ordinary people, we cannot go retrograde on the passage of life like them, so what we can do for their dedication is to give them more understanding and recognition. This is also the director's intention to weaken the disaster and use silent warmth to reach people's hearts and resonate.
The firefighters themselves, their courage and spirit, make us have a kind of respect for them, and they guard the love in life. They have contradictions, responsibilities, unwillingness, and helplessness. It is precisely because of their flaws that we feel more The kindness and nature of the hero. The director, however, weakened the beloved. The last wildfire was not extinguished. The fire brigade in Hanaokayama was suffocated by an unfueled enclosure and succumbed to the flames that were close at hand. In the face of disaster, they would also be afraid, would Fear, will be helpless. When death hits, everyone's hope is turned into a sentence in the raging fire, "God bless." This shock of not being afraid of death came from the sight a few minutes ago, and a few minutes later from the heart. There are also classic photos of 20 fire fighting heroes stacking Arhats under the ancient trees of cultural relics, which have been deeply imprinted in the minds of the audience. Only through "Going Forward" can we better understand that ordinary people should be ordinary most of the time, and only in that moment, the brilliance displayed makes their life great.
We were born in this ordinary era, and we are living our lives bravely under the protection of these heroes and giants. A few years later, we may forget their names and appearances, but their actions will definitely be engraved in this extraordinary world because of them. Therefore, the sad thing behind the raging fire in the movie "Going Forward" is that when facing death, the firefighters could not shed tears of longing. In this fire that cannot be won, fire is fire after all. Use fire to make fire, use fire to make fire, and let the flame ruthlessly let love float in the wind, making us lose our voices. But we still pay tribute to the nineteen heroes from the "Lagnetea Alpine Team" who lost their lives in the rescue operation. At the same time, this film commemorates the 30 firefighters who died heroically in the forest fire in Muli County, Liangshan, Sichuan.
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