Tendency problem

To express destruction, the destruction of the loser, and the destruction of the sinner, this seems a bit politically incorrect. Only the glorious ending is worthy of people's regret, and only the noble death is worthy of people's sympathy. But the director showed the last 12 days of the evil leader of an evil regime. We can see that there are still a large number of people supporting the Nazis and surrendering without compromise, and those who followed Hitler's death have no regrets. What is ridiculous about Hitler is that in the end, he was still thinking about the counterattack, did not admit his failure, and he did not run away. This is really admirable.
But this kind of admiration is only one aspect of the individual, and the bigger aspect is that the world has been destroyed, and countless people have died because of you. The film does not show the Soviet Union too much. It seems that the Germans look down on the Soviet Union and do not want to be caught by them. But after all, the Soviet Union rarely invaded, did not have massacres, at least did not engage in foreign affairs, and did not cause war. This is where they are mild. And Germany, not only restored the enmity of France, but also attacked some innocent countries.
The film restores many small people in the war, as well as big ones. Their despair and dying struggle when they finally failed, especially when Mrs. Goebbels poisoned six children to death, it was shocking. This is not the horror of war, this is the horror of faith. War is nothing more than injury or death, but faith lies in uncompromising, knowing that failure does not compromise. This is completely different from classical warfare. Classical warfare believes that admitting failure is also brave, dying to fight, and fighting back is completely stupid. This is based on the rational principle of war. War is only for victory, not for destroying the other side.
But here, war is not for victory, war is for a belief. Failure is not allowed, and success means destroying the other party. This is the most terrifying mode of war. The war between nations has turned into a new round of crusades, conflicts between Islam and Christianity.


On the whole, it is very realistic, with big and small people interspersed with each other, the main line is clear, and many small points in the sub-line are also mentioned one by one. But on the whole, it is still relatively loose, and the documentary style is too obvious, which makes the film lack sufficient tension. With such a fragmented narrative, all I can remember is just a few lines.
Take Hitler, for example: He hates compassion, and the weak should die. Not worth surviving.
The same goes for Goebbels. Hard-hearted, no sympathy at all.

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