I have been looking forward to this film since it was released. I was fortunate enough to buy tickets for the first screening in Beijing, but due to some uncontrollable external factors, I was not able to watch it at the scene for the first time. I was also sad about this. for a while. I have been looking forward to the online release, but I have been pushing and pushing because of some things. Finally, during this long winter vacation, I was fortunate to watch this documentary, which was very touching.
Seeing all the soldiers dig out of the trenches in a calm and orderly manner and walk to the front line, the backs of each one are like an ark of leaves, drifting to the boundless sea, magnificent and sad, but without a trace of sound. Life and death are in the blink of an eye. After the end of a charge, the trembling arm is the most straightforward expression, telling the fear of war and the helpless group of teenage boys who have brushed shoulders with death. At the beginning of the war Qian walked into the recruiting office, in high spirits, came out wearing ill-fitting uniforms, and started the mission of defending the country; after the war, he walked into the demobilization office, handed in all the equipment, and came out wearing all kinds of clothes, but he was no longer a civilian. Before the war started, the common people encouraged the young people to join the army, but after the war, they didn't say a word, just blindly rejected them. Therefore, what the war is for ordinary soldiers can only be an unspeakable journey of purgatory, changing them from ordinary people to people who are not like people, not like people who are accepted by the world. Therefore, to say that war is ruthless, not only refers to the battlefield, but also refers to the situation after the war. All people who have experienced war or have not experienced war should do their best to avoid war. We want the world to be full of love and peace.
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