people, country

Sunny 2022-03-22 09:01:20

Although I was surprised and disappointed to know that the director was Spielberg and the screenwriters were the Coen brothers after watching it, this film still touched me a lot.

The barrister was reluctant to defend a Soviet agent at first, (Tom Hanks confessed: didn't you say that I hate being called a barrister?!) But under the persuasion of his boss, he still accepted This proposal (Tom Hanks confession: I actually rejected it at first~). Then, because he was too conscientious, he was scorned by the people, and some people went to his house to shoot and terrorize his family, and even the judge and the BOSS who assigned him the task did not give him a good look (Tom Hank Si confession: I'm really innocent, I just want to do my job well).

Those who admire the barristers have their own principles. (It is said that principled men are the most handsome!~) It also shows two truths. Therefore, when encountering a thing, don't just look at the surface, but also think about whether there is any situation behind it, and think about the problem from the perspective of others. The most taboo is to follow others' opinions. (Author's confession: I'm not writing a success essay...)

When seeing the captured pilot being rudely woken up in the middle of the night, various tortures made him hand over information; on the other hand, the American agents seemed to be polite When I woke up the Soviet agent and politely told him to talk about something, I expressed that I did not believe that the United States would not use torture to extract a confession~ Isn't this what you are best at?

In fact, looking at the Cold War period now, I think it is quite a ridiculous thing. Two countries with different lifestyles, political systems, beliefs, etc., are divided into two worlds, but this does not ignore that we are all human beings living on the earth. Although it seems a little naive to have such an idea, isn't that the truth? The original intention of building a country is to make people richer, and the main body here is people, please don't forget this. Now, for the sake of the country, he is willing to sacrifice one's life, but also to avoid leaking his own information. With such a government, who can guarantee that the next moment will not sacrifice the "small number of people" including you and me for the benefit of the so-called "more people"? Really thoughtful. I think the most basic thing for a government is to have humanitarianism. If my view is too ideal, or naive, then I believe that the world still needs people with such ideas to change the world. Ideally, perhaps the world will gradually become without love, tolerance, and friendliness.

I hope that one day, there will be no disputes between people, and there will be no concept of a country.

Maybe this is just an ideal

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Bridge of Spies quotes

  • Rudolf Abel: Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man'. So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.

    James Donovan: And I remind you of him?

    Rudolf Abel: This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. "Stoit i muzhik," I remember them saying... "stoit i muzhik." Which sort of means like uh, 'standing man'. Standing man...

  • James Donovan: [forced to leave dining room before eating his meal] Enjoy your big American breakfast.