The posture when the film first came up seemed to be the rhythm of "Love Before Dawn". The director's first shot was directed at a place that was almost impossible to beat the core point of World War II. The protagonist’s acquaintance, love, and procrastination, I began to wonder if the way I opened it was wrong. Finally, when it comes to getting married, the hero's sudden happiness brings back painful memories of his youth. From this moment on, the small black room that kept appearing whipped everyone's appetites, but in the end it was discovered that the scene inside was nothing more than that. Not to mention that it is for Chinese audiences who have gone through various anti-Japanese dramas and are accustomed to the imperial army. Even for Western audiences, this level of torture is far from the shocking scenes imagined. I fully believe that Mr. Lomax, the original character of the story, really left a deep psychological shadow because of this experience, but now that the film is made, the director should come up with more shocking scenes to satisfy the audience’s curiosity. Psychology; if the director refuses to add fuel to respect the original, then he shouldn’t be surprised to raise the audience’s expectations at the beginning. If you are not sure that you can shake the baggage later, it is wise to make a fortune obediently from the beginning instead of always thinking about making big news.
Among the protagonists, Nicole Kidman basically completely acted as a vase this time. Although Uncle Skarsgard, who put on his pants, is a key figure in the subsequent plot, his behavior is still a bit incomprehensible. , And it is also a bit contradictory with the theme of the film. What the film wants to express seems to be to overcome the past and move towards a new life. The uncle who survived the war ended up having his own life in a hurry, and in fact he does not have the psychological shadow of Colin Firth. In short, what I am most dissatisfied with is that the setting of an old version of Avengers in the dream of the two uncles fell through.
The acting skills of the actor, Collin Firth, are nothing to say, but this time the protagonist image is really not cute. Although he was a poor man who was traumatized by the war, his behavior in the first half made it impossible to sympathize with him. However, after meeting with Captain Sanada, the whole person was refreshed, and at this time, I felt that it was still in line with the "breastest and most powerful one of us" described by his comrades-in-arms.
The most interesting of the protagonists is of course the military police played by Captain Sanada. The biggest characteristic of this person is that the subject likes to use "them" and "us" when speaking, and deliberately avoids the word "I". He is actually a lack of opinion who loves to embed himself in the group behind him. When the group he merged into was the Imperial Japanese Army, he could torture the captives without blinking his eyes, and when the group he merged into became an American soldier, he would face an unrecognizable skeleton again. Feel sad. It's hard to say that this person is a good person. He is cunning, evasive and has no principles, but he did a lot of good things. If he was born in an age where there has never been a war, he might become a respected person. In reality, his character prototype and Mr. Lomax became an irresistible acquaintance. It can be seen that at least the British veteran who had been injured by him thought this man was not bad. So I'm more inclined to define this role according to Lomax's thinking when he first met him-a sinner. It is more difficult to judge good people and bad people. Different people have different standards, but guilt and innocence are objective. This Japanese veteran spent the rest of his life doing good deeds atonement, but this does not change the fact that he is a sinner, even if he may be called a good sinner.
Because the film was adapted from real people and real events, when the photos of the original characters in the final story came out, it still moved me. But even so, I still have a poor impression of this film as a whole, because it runs counter to my fundamental criteria for judging Japanese-related films. My consistent stance is that all actions that leave other Axis power partners alone to cleanse the imperial army are hooliganism.
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