From the perspective of the theme, it can only be said that this should be regarded as the main theme of the film - a celebration of the glorious humanity of the people at the bottom, although there is a positive image of the national army, but the core is undoubtedly the rendering of those prostitutes. It can be said that this theme was chosen quite neatly, in line with the main melody but not so bold, which can not only explain it to the top, but also meet the pursuit of the so-called human nature film by the young people. But in my opinion, this film is just about making things happen: I always wanted to balance all aspects, but in the end it was a half-hearted project, so that one of the core issues of the film was ignored by the director.
I think one of the most important questions that this story raises is why is it reasonable for prostitutes to die in place of schoolgirls? Although John raised this question in the film, it was perfunctory by George Jr. saying "we can only do this". The most worthy of digging in the subject matter in this film was hastily because of the director's inability or daring to challenge. If the director can turn the time of those wars or sex scenes to the discussion of this issue, I think this will be a work by Laomouzi. It is a pity that he not only did not discuss the rationality of this issue, but also seems to be reinforcing this rationality. For example, the scene where the prostitutes dressed up as schoolgirls in high spirits actually agrees that the status of schoolgirls is higher than that of prostitutes. Values, for example, when female students know that prostitutes die for them, there is no very emotional expression, and they can express their gratitude by calling "sister"? The design of these scenarios finally expresses the truth to the audience that the prostitutes are great, but they die in this way. This is a very disgusting value transmission, and it is also a conscious or unconscious value propaganda of the class concept that TG has always formed. If we do not see this problem and relish the so-called promotion of human nature, it can only show that our society Something went wrong.
Digression is that the movie spent most of its time exaggerating the heroism of the national army. I don't know if it is to make an addictive war scene or what, I don't know what it is!
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