Deer hunter-miserable, because of that damn war.

Arne 2022-03-22 09:01:13

A few good friends in the same workshop of the steel plant, after work, they drink and have fun together. After a large-scale and joyous wedding, the three of the friends, Michael, Nick and the groom Steven, arrived. Vietnam battlefield. They saw the Viet Cong throwing grenades into the cellar where many southern villagers were hiding, and strafing the women who had fled with their children. After being captured by the Viet Cong, they were forced to play Russian roulette and almost went crazy. Michael led Nick to shoot and fight hard with several Viet Cong members, and the three escaped. When Steven returned to China, he refused to return to his wife who had given birth to a baby, and would rather live in a wheelchair in the hospital. Nick is in Saigon, sinking into Russian roulette. After Michael returned to China, he didn’t want to attend the party hosted by his friends to welcome him back. Then he lived with Nick’s fiancee Linda in need of mutual comfort; he went to visit Steven, and he kept receiving mails from Vietnam from Steven. It is concluded that Nick is still alive in Vietnam. He took a military plane to Saigon. After many twists and turns, he went deep into the tiger's den and saw Nick, who was almost numb; he risked his death against Nick and played Russian roulette. Nick seemed to move. He played again, but shot a bullet from the gun. Michael transported Nick’s body back to the country. The friends sent Steven and his wife to the funeral. Afterwards, they went to a friend’s bar for coffee together. Linda took the lead in singing "God Bless America", but their souls were traumatized. It is no longer possible to heal completely, all because the United States "wrongly" got into the damn Vietnam War.

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  • Dedric 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    20200802 Shanghai Film Festival @大光重看, after watching it, exhausted and severely injured movies, like the feeling of exhausting a lifetime of energy with the people in this industrial town; it is much more shocking than watching the download, and it is also very impressive. In fact, There is no high-level ingenuity in this film. It is even clumsy. It is so painful to hit you with three thick blocks. Compared with the brutal post-war trauma of war, this big screen seems to be more focused. For the contingency nature of ordinary life in a broad sense—repetition and repetition of Russian revolver roulette, every transition or choice in life, whether you are alive, incomplete, or never awake again, is tantamount to a question of pure probability without knowing the consequences. People who have experienced war will live in war forever, and those who have returned will always have a part of their souls on the battlefield. It’s really hard to rewatch old movies. For example, Nick said to Mike who was drunk and streaked. When I brought myself back to my hometown, I was already very sad; I also found that most of the shots were multi-person, and close-ups were rarely used. You can perceive the creator's intention of group portrait panoramic display from the scene alone.

  • Florine 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    The most overlooked part of the Vietnam War tetralogy is obviously inferior to "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Shell" in terms of reflecting on the war, but the film takes another shortcut, focusing on several Russian descendants before and during the war. The post-war mental state, portrayed calmly and objectively, is still commendable.

The Deer Hunter quotes

  • Michael: We gotta play with more bullets.

    Nick: What?

    Michael: More bullets...

    [gunshot]

    Michael: I gotta get more bullets in the gun.

    Nick: What?

    Michael: We gotta play with more bullets.

    Nick: More bullets in the gun?

    Michael: More bullets in the gun.

    Nick: How many more bullets?

    Michael: Three. That means we gotta play each other.

    Nick: More bullets against each other?

    Michael: We gotta do it!

    Nick: What? Are you crazy?

    Nick: Nicky, it's the only way. I'll pick the moment. The game goes until I move. When I start shootin', go for the nearest guard, get his gun, and zap the fucker!

    Nick: I'm not ready for this!

    Michael: You gotta listen to me... You wanna stay down here and die? Go on. It's up to you. Now it's up to you.

    Nick: NOOOOOOOO!

    Michael: Hey! Him against me! Side by side! Side by side!

    Nick: Get away! Get away!

    Michael: Side by side! Me and him! Me against him!

  • Michael: I feel a lot of distance, and I feel far away.