This is a film that is clear at a glance, whether it is "the main theme for the post-80s generation" or lamenting "the red flag has faded", as mentioned in the introduction, four young people in St. In 1942, which was full of war, it returned to modern times after experiencing the baptism of gunfire and gunpowder of the Great Patriotic War, and became mature in just 62 hours.
The four trendy men on the poster, a military history fan, a computer nerd, a rock man and a skinhead, constitute the representatives of the young Russian youth, symbolizing self-righteousness, incomprehension, cowardice and ignorance and violence respectively. The main problem solved by the film is how to face history, how to overcome one's own narrowness, and how to draw spirit from the predecessors who died for the country.
If lake water is an indispensable medium for crossing, then the cigarette case engraved with red stars is the ultimate goal of crossing.
It was not an ordinary cigarette case, it was left to him by the soul character Dima Sokolov's grandfather who participated in the First World War. The cigarette case was engraved with the words of Budyonny, Marshal of the Cavalry Army: for the loyalty of the revolution. This is also a spell. Finding the cigarette case means finding the loyalty of the revolution, it means taking over the gun of the Red Army, and it means you have become a real Russian man.
The four military history fans, Berman, were guided to the lake by Dima's gray-haired mother, thus falling into the smoke-filled Leningrad in 1942. At the beginning, the four of Berman shivered and shivered in the battlefield where the heavy rain ravaged the cannonballs and refused to integrate into history. They wanted to escape for the first time, but the ruthless lake water did not send them back to the warm 21st century. They travel into the past with commitment, not just to show off a guitar while sing-along between battles, or have an irresponsible romance with a beautiful nurse. The war quickly ripened them. The price of their maturity was the sacrifice of two warriors.
An old warrant officer taught them: In war, you can only run in one direction, forward, and charge. When this old warrant officer led the four rookies to the German position to grab their tongues, he left the hope of life firmly to the future big boys after he was alone.
The other is Jima, the owner of the cigarette case. The rookies who traveled through found that the Red Army soldiers who were tortured by the Germans but refused to disclose their intelligence were holding the key to their return to the future. When Dima heard that "on the streets of Moscow, there will always be people who raise their hands and wear a swastika icon", she angrily pinched the rocker's neck, "there will always be justice and evil, and our cause is justice. Moscow I'll never shout long live Hitler!" Even if the future broke his heart, like the old warrant officer, Zima sacrificed himself without hesitation in order to cover the rookie's escape.
The Bermans finally understood that they were reselling the medals of martyrs and digging up the bones of soldiers. No wonder they dug up the Red Army soldier certificate with their own photos. They are selling the pain of the nation and the blood of heroes, and they are playing with history, which is like digging a grave for themselves. There is no doubt about the sacred war to defend the homeland.
In the film, the captain and company commander Giomin chatted with the skinheads and found that they were not only fellow villagers in the same city, but also lived on the same street, attended the same middle school, and even had a teacher with the same name. This is a hint that not only the present is the inheritance of the past, but even in a fashionable different-dimensional space, the you in that place can correspond to the you in this place. The historian said: "History does not look at yesterday from the standpoint of today, but looks at today from the standpoint of tomorrow." Treat history with respect, loyalty, objectivity, calmness, and reason, instead of avoiding, rejecting, denying, even overthrowing, tampering, and destroying . Only in this way can human beings grow in reflection and avoid repeating the same mistakes. Therefore, every "history lover" should also look at what is being done from the perspective of the future.
The old warrant officer once asked, "When will the war end?" He got a positive answer, so he was relieved, "We can really survive!"
However, the battle in front of him and the stubborn enemy on the opposite side must rely on their own flesh and blood to continue and resist. Whether it was the old warrant officer, Jima, Captain Giomin who was actively planning a counter-offensive, or even Cheka, who always had a gloomy expression on his face, none of them pinned their hopes of victory on the people who passed through in the 21st century. As always, they fought hard, fought hard, fought tug-of-war, and struggled to regain lost ground. "Even if the final victory belongs to us, there must be someone to complete it, to turn the bright future into reality, to fight and shed blood, otherwise, victory will always be a mirage."
It is this kind of perseverance and backbone . Only then did he severely educate the frivolous young people of the 21st century, including the self-proclaimed skinhead.
Of course, there is no shortage of romantic, fragile and sad battlefield love songs in Soviet-Russian war movies. "We Are From the Future" pays homage to the birch forest in the classic "Ivan's Childhood". Captain Giomin wanted to transfer his sweetheart nurse Ninochka to the big hospital to stay away from the war, but Ninochka was absent-minded, "Soon If we are going to attack, we have to consider this.” It can be said that they are different from the world, and the same sadness.
The glamorous Ninochka fell in love at first sight with the protagonist of time travel under the instruction of the screenwriter. Although I can't imagine why Ninochka would accept Berman's stalking and accept Berman's use of skyscrapers and spaceflight to fool around, but the girl's will is very firm, and she never thought about taking me to the future to get rid of this Damn war, but to go to the battlefield with comrades without hesitation, brave the artillery fire, drag the wounded back to the trenches for treatment again and again, and finally sacrifice heroically. The truth of war is to tear apart all that is good.
When the subtitles come out, the voice-over repeats the old warrant officer's words, "When will the war end? . Touch your soul deeply. Mysterious, divided, with sadness in his eyes, but still a smile on his face.
Director Malyukov's "Storm Gate" filmed in the same year was widely acclaimed. In "Storm Gate", the weapons and equipment of the Russian army cut the Chechen rebels to appear in full metal, and the positional warfare blocked the mountain defense warfare, and the battle was very handy. He probably gave all his energy to "Stormgate", and the tanks in "We Are From the Future" look like paper, and launching a battle is just a battalion-company-level offensive. Even so, the film also creates a battlefield atmosphere where the sun and the moon are dull, so that the audience, like the rookie who has passed through, has been baptized by the harsh war on the Eastern Front.
The actors also have familiar faces that Chinese audiences know. Captain Giomin and Ninochka. Daniel Strahov and Katrina Klimova collaborated in "Love in Petersburg", playing the rebellious little baron and the beautiful and intelligent princess respectively. They were broadcast on CCTV and caused a burst of watching Russian dramas. boom. They also collaborated again in "Stormgate", where Daniel snatched Katarina, who was originally the main character. In "We Are From the Future", Katerina was snatched from Daniel by the protagonist who crossed over again. At the time of writing this article, "We Are From the Future 2" has been released in Russia, and nurse Ninochka is back in our sights!
Think back to the song in the film: I have a
submachine gun in my hand, because it's a warrior
medal shining, because it's a war
I'm back home, because it's a hero
back home, still alive,
this silence and sunshine, suddenly no more talking about death
just Sunshine and quiet
suddenly everyone said - the war is over!
March 2010
"Watching the Movie" draft
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