The goodness of "Brothers" lies in the cruelty of war and the preciousness of comradeship, but in its truthfulness and humanity.
The picture-in-picture in the first episode asked the question "Why join the army?" The soldier looked blank but numb. At the beginning, a veteran recalled that "paratroopers can increase their income by 50 yuan, which is 100 yuan."
Why join the army? Why is a paratrooper? Why participate in the war? for money? To protect the home and the country? When the Webs finally yelled at the retreating German soldiers, "Drag us from half of the earth and disturb our lives... What is this for? You ignorant and humble scum, what are we doing here?!" Someone said look. When I went to the German concentration camps, I saw the persecuted people and understood why they were fighting for justice. Justice and patriotism are the causes of war, and these concepts are too large and remote to belong to daily life.
In the second episode, Malarkey and a German prisoner of war had a very happy conversation. Born in the United States and growing up in the United States, because he was of German descent, he listened to his parents' opinions and chose to station in Germany and became the so-called enemy. This enemy was still living on the same street with you yesterday, no more than a hundred miles away, doing the same job. There is no life-and-death hatred between Malachi and the German prisoners of war. If it is peacetime, a glass of beer will become a close friend. Everyone has a last resort, everyone is forced to stand in line, and standing in the wrong line in a war is death. The phrase "see you next time" means never seeing each other. The best interpretation of the wrong time and the wrong place has nothing to do with justice and patriotism.
It does not matter which American soldier or officer killed the German prisoner of war. It just conveys the emotions of human beings. The soldiers are frightened, can't eat enough, don't wear warm, sleepless at night, can't walk in the day, don't know when to see death, how to die... This will make every normal person crazy, normal People will need to vent. There is no need to judge from the moral high ground.
Pride and lofty ambition is the passion of a moment, and fear is the original sin in the heart.
When the screen showed a close-up of Edelweiss for the third time, we should guess that Blithe did not survive (the first two Edelweiss were on dead German soldiers). Blithe wandered off the battlefield from time to time because of fear, and was temporarily blinded because of fear. When he spoke of his fear, Spiers told him that he was afraid because you still had hope, and you were fearless by treating yourself as a dead person. This is the basis for all wars to survive. Surviving life and death is a word we learned from childhood to describe heroes, and the conversation between Spiers and Blithe did not exaggerate such big moral values and values, but a veteran's most practical and desperate survival guide for newcomers. When Blithe fired a shot independently, he became a qualified fighter, and the fighter must die. There was an episode before his sacrifice.
Nix asked Harry why he kept carrying his parasol. Harry said that because it was silk, he wanted to bring it back to get married... Nix said he didn't expect Harry to have the idea of returning to England alive.
On the one hand, he regards himself as a dead person, on the other hand he is eager to go home alive. Such schizophrenia is the cruelest part of war. On the shelf in the laundry room are packs of clean clothes that no one will ever come to pick up. They use silence instead of a thousand words to describe the war ahead and the pain in the rear.
Another terrible part of the war is not the physical injury, but the mental trauma.
Winters, the soul of E Company, hesitated when he saw that the German army was a baby soldier. The moment he pulled the trigger, he struggled so much that he later saw a French boy of the same age on a bus in Paris. I imagined the baby soldier who was shot by him in my mind. Even if he is the righteous party, he still can't let go of the guilt in his heart. He shot and killed a child in the blooming season, bringing infinite grief to his family and personally stifling all hopes of the family. But this boy in France sees Winters as a hero and wants to imitate him and approach him in behavior. This is the absurdity of war.
When did Buck's transition begin? Injured last time? When in hospital? ... All of these are no match for a comrade in arms to die at your own feet.
I saw my comrades fall again and again, and felt my own powerlessness again and again, and desperately held you tightly. I couldn't escape without getting rid of them. The physical injuries were cured, and the psychological pains were hard to heal.
The medic Eugene represents many small people who fill every gap in the war. He silently does his own affairs: collecting medicines, bandages, escorting the wounded... When his comrades go to the front, he silently guards in the back, staring at the front. 'S movement...
The tacit understanding between him and the nurse in the medical station was also bombed by the Germans. The beautiful moments close at hand turned to ashes, no one smiled at him anymore, no one handed him chocolate...
He carried the headscarf that he found her in the ruins in his arms. He thought that this was the most affectionate scene of the children in the whole show, and the headscarf would be the thought of a lifetime. When he was dealing with Babe's wound, he hesitated for a moment to tear off the turban to wrap the wound.
Despair and hope coexist, and death must be worthwhile.
However, not everyone can die well, Hoobler's death is too dramatic.
Ever since Romanty landed, Hoobler has been talking about getting a Luger. I finally got it, tucked it in my pants, the gun went off, and shot through the artery of the thigh.
A second ago, he was still boasting with his comrades that he was the German army on the horseback shot by a sharpshooter. This is reality, not everyone is a hero.
It’s unbelievable that there are no characters like Dike in this drama. There is a backstage but no ability. They just come to gilded, keep getting sleepy, often disappear, and even can’t find their foxhole. They said they would go when they were strategically deployed. The battalion held a meeting or called because his incompetence almost pushed the entire company to the German army to be a live target... Dike was not disappointed because he made a wrong decision, but he didn't make a decision at all.
The beauty of "Brothers" lies in that it never avoids the weakness of human nature, and it also gives you hope.
Spiers was ordered to take over Dike and lead E Company to complete the attack mission. When I could not be reached, he rushed through the German army area alone. The German army did not shoot. Everyone believed that the enemy did not react or the German army did not believe what they saw. When he returned, the Germans still did not shoot. Maybe this was a miracle?
Whether there is a miracle in this world is unknown, but the most unexpected thing is that Winters is sympathetic to the soldiers and concealed the fact that the superiors actually called off the second patrol mission. For the subordinates, this is a miracle, because they can go home alive (so there is no soldier blocking the muzzle and shouting "fire at me" in the strange scene).
In addition to being truthful, an excellent war drama should also have a moment of tenderness. When the American soldier handed chocolate to the Dutch child, the smile of the child can warm the soul of every soldier. This is the brightest star in the night sky, which is the reason for the bloody battle.
The most funny thing is when Lip pulled Paikanti from the arms of the enthusiastic Dutch people:
PS
This American drama of 2001 is my enlightenment drama of American drama. After two days of heavy brushing, it is simply counting the stars.
Winters is the homeland security agency, billionaire male protagonist
Sobel is the ross in Friends
Buck is Edie’s perverted husband in Desperate Housewives
Hall is the Moriarty of Sherlock Holmes
Spiers are Ruffles of Gossip Girl
Ranney is the mafia in the Atlantic Empire
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