first thoughtful Oscar best picture of the 3rd Best Picture Oscar, war, peace, eternal topics of mankind.
What is patriotism? What is war? The film begins with the professor impassioned calling for student volunteers to devote themselves to defending the country. The hot-blooded youth did not understand anything, and rushed to the battlefield with enthusiasm. When Paul came back from vacation, he saw that the professor was still urging students to fight. He was disdainful and helpless, and said a bunch of real but unpleasant things. Defend the motherland? Died for the country? Tired of staying alive? Equal to death? In fact, it is very ironic. How can a person who has never been to the front line incite irrational young students with patriotic slogans, and how can he question the words of a soldier who has returned from the front line like Paul. Is it patriotic? Or do you think you are patriotic, but just talk about it? Such patriotism is too stupid.
Often wonder what is patriotism? What is national identity? Smash Japanese cars and don't buy Japanese goods? A Korean stick in one bite? In this day and age, there are still such narrow-minded patriots around. Do you love country? Or is it the indignant heroism in your heart? Love does not have to be sacrificed for love and blind to love, and the country will not be strong because of your boycott of Japanese products. Family and country feelings need to be possessed, but they must be based on a rational and peaceful mentality.
Another thing that struck me deeply about the film was that when Paul returned home, the people in the back had no idea what was going on in the front line, but they just wanted them to rush forward. Paul felt that he could not go back. He ended his vacation early and returned to the battlefield. Many times, only those who have experienced it can understand the various tastes, and bystanders cannot feel it at all. Even with empathy and not having the same experience, it is still difficult to communicate with each other on one level. Back at the back, Paul found himself alone in his heart, because no one understood him.
Paul is an ordinary male protagonist without much aura or so-called heroism. He is just an ordinary person who comforts injured teammates, sympathizes with the enemy killed by himself, fears death, and wants to live. But in him, we see the cruelty of war. As a small member, we just want to live happily and peacefully, not the victims of the power struggle, not the meat of the careerists. War has two sides, but what ordinary people see more is the damage it brings. Perhaps in the entire long history, war has brought an indelible impact on the progress of mankind, but at the moment, it is cruel and tragic.
Reach out to touch the beautiful butterfly, longing for a life full of hope, but gradually drifting away, leaving a free and easy soul and a prison body. The report of the day was: No war on the Western Front.
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