This is the second time I have watched this movie. I remember that when I watched it for the first time, I just didn’t understand why Jintae didn’t escape back to the Korean army with Jinseok, and chose a very weak person to resist behind him. North Korean army; I don’t understand how such a person can hate, and take revenge on the country that hurt his brother and family by betraying him; I don’t understand what his beliefs are.
After watching this time, I understand. Actually, the film is not discussing with us the question of which ideology is better or worse. It is also not a scene of ugly communism as many Chinese people say. It’s still spectacular; it doesn’t give the slightest praise to the Rhee Seungman authorities. The indiscriminate shooting of civilians by anti-communist groups is all an indictment of the government’s brutality at the time. And above ideology. As Yingshun said, I don’t know anything about communism, I just want to get food. Indeed, how many of the peasant brothers who followed Chairman Mao in the revolution had a firm belief in communism? People are the same. This is true for the Chinese nation, and so is the Korean nation. According to this logic, it would be no surprise that Jin Tae went from a Korean combat hero to a North Korean army leader. He has no faith. He only fought for his feelings and himself— —This is the biggest difference between him and Jinseok, who was branded with intellectuals. Jinseok has his own values, he will weigh the pros and cons for his family, brother, himself and the country; and Jintai, whether in the Korean army or the Korean army, the first thing he thinks of is his younger brother.
That's why he had the last desperate, desperate suicide in his film. He knew he might survive, but he wanted to buy time for his younger brother with a leg injury to escape back to the South Korean position safely, so he stayed and used his own flesh and blood to block the pace of North Korean pursuers. He did it. He won tears from the audience and left Zhenseok a lifetime regret.
To be honest, this is a very bloody film, whether it is a battle scene or a medical scene, it is surprisingly violent and bloody. I believe that everyone will have a deeper aversion to war after watching this film. I do not agree with the remarks that "we have never given up using force to regain Taiwan." The existence of emotion is always an argument that transcends ideology. This is why Jinseok, an intellectual, broke into the camp of the North Korean army alone at the expense of "surrendering to the enemy" in order to go to the Daqi troops to find his brother.
Fortunately, when the camera turned away from the gray areas of Pyongyang, Panmunjom, and Nakdong River, and returned to Seoul, the sun once again fell on Jinseok's shoulders.
I have been accustomed to the Korean War in the eyes of the Chinese since I was young, and it was full of volunteers; "Xiangyu"; Huang Jiguang, Luo Shengjiao and other words, and promoted "the great international friendship between the Chinese and North Korean people" and "the arrogant and domineering U.S. imperialism." . No one has ever cared what the Koreans think. They seem to have played a dispensable role in the entire war. From the beginning of the war on June 25, they were besieged in Daegu within a month; even the final counterattack. It is also because Mike Arthur is regarded as the classic Incheon amphibious landing, they are in a dispensable supporting role, and who cares about the feelings of this nation? Only the Koreans know it. The Korean War depends on the war written by South Koreans and North Koreans, not Chinese or American.
Finally, I would like to pay tribute to Li Eun-joo, who has passed away for two years. The role of Young Sun is not difficult to play, so it is difficult to perform well; but the role of Jiahui in "The Scarlet Letter" may be her destined fate. Nominated for Best Actress in the Blue Dragon Award, go well.
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