The plot of the movie can be divided into two by the recruits going to Vietnam. The front and back plots are not very closely connected. They tell how this war distorts humanity in training and actual combat. At the same time, the first part has the most drama. Two characters, Bill the Fool and the harsh Sergeant Major, have ended their lives in the twists of the war.
The beginning of the film is quite touching. Compared with the physical torture in "Brothers", the training of recruits in Vietnam War in "Full Metal Shell" is a kind of mental abuse. Now think about the old A in "Soldier Assault". The set of that and the training in the movie also have a lot of compatibility. The instructor’s insults are constantly making you give up all your previous cognition, and then continue to gain confidence from the instructor until you are recognized as a navy. Marine Corps soldier, and in this brainwashing process, Bill has lost himself in various eyes. He finally became a soldier qualified in various skills and qualities, but his eyes have lost the brilliance of humanity, so Kill the sergeant chief and then commit suicide. The sergeant chief was afraid that he was just a set of brainwashing methods as a teaching method and eventually became a eulogy for burying himself... and all of this has nothing to do with the individual itself, but the meat grinder of war that is constantly distorting human nature, who Who knows the outcome of an irreparable mistake.
Bill’s skillful recitation of the soldier’s rules and neat gun actions before firing the shot seems to me the most vivid scene among the many ridicules of war in this film. We have seen too many distorted scenes on the battlefield, but all of this is actually As early as when young people walked into the barracks, they were already doomed.
In the first paragraph, the clown is a very brilliant character, outstanding in all abilities, a good player among recruits, an excellent army reporter, a contradiction that advertises himself as a killer but also wears a peace medal. Indeed, human beings are themselves. A contradictory creature, we can offer love to each other on weekdays, but once we step on the battlefield, there is no ethics and morality to speak of. What so-called conventions and disciplines are naturally in the battlefield of life-and-death matters, and human nature is twisted in the smoke of gunpowder. It's not anymore, because at the moment you set foot on the battlefield, people are no longer people in that social state, they are just tools for game and killing.
In fact, the description of the battlefield in the second part of the story is not very exciting. Compared with Spielberg and Eastwood’s battlefield of blood and fire, there are not many battlefields in Vietnam under Kubrick’s lens. The torture of human nature and the affirmation of brotherhood are just individuals who are helplessly manipulated in the hope of the battlefield. Soldiers who want to save their brothers are instantly beaten into hornet's nests, making all the squads heartbeat for a long time. The sniper was just a seemingly soft Vietnamese girl, and the first person to die under her gun was the black man who was showing off his powerful genital organs like a Vietnamese prostitute before. The soldier told reporters in front of the camera that I could not understand that we came here to take us. The freedom is given to them, but they don’t seem to appreciate it. They don’t want freedom, but want to survive.
Many lines mocked that war intentionally or unconsciously, mocking all the wars in human society.
The cold-blooded and bloodthirsty helicopter gunner said that the Viet Cong would run, and the well-trained Viet Cong would not run. In fact, many people are just ordinary Vietnamese people. Even though this sentence is ridiculous, it feels vivid. , The definition of too many terms on the battlefield becomes so absurd, the enemy, who is the enemy, who is our enemy, who is our enemy...
After killing that sniper girl, there are still a few United States left. Soldier, when you drag the progress bar to the front to look at the lively faces in front of the cameras, you feel even more joking. That's how they might be gone after only a few hours.
In fact, compared to a war movie, this "Full Metal Shell" is more like a war-themed literary film. It is full of all kinds of black humor about war. What is war, what are the people in war, and how Who likes things like war...
2010.10.21 Wuxi
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