Don't generalize

Jaida 2022-03-21 09:02:22

In the after-film, several actors who play soldiers (who are themselves active or retired U.S. soldiers) discuss it. The general conclusion is that violence due to post-war psychological problems (PTS) is an isolated case. Most of the soldiers who participated in the war did not have pts, and even if they had pts, it did not necessarily lead to violence. And they don't understand why pts can cause such an event. (The film is based on real events, and the father of the deceased in the footage, the prototype of the protagonist in the film, was also interviewed.)
So I found that although the film itself is a thought-provoking anti-war film, it is too general. The Iraq War (or any war) cannot be completely denied because of this case, and it is subjectively believed that the war has only a negative impact on the character building of the soldiers participating in the war.
You can look at john mccain, 5 years of life as a prisoner of war in Vietnam did not destroy him, but became an excellent capital for his presidential campaign. . .

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  • Fern 2022-03-28 09:01:06

    Haha~ It's beautiful, much better than I imagined

  • Jerad 2022-04-21 09:02:44

    Anti-war is the strongest plot I ever see before.

In the Valley of Elah quotes

  • Hank Deerfield: That's how you fight monsters. You lure them in close to you, you look them in the eye, you smack them down.

    David Sanders: You fight a lot of monsters?

    Hank Deerfield: Yeah.

    David Sanders: You win?

    Hank Deerfield: If I didn't I'd have been crushed, right?

  • Corporal Steve Penning: We seemed to always pull sentry duty together. Freezing our asses off. He tried to convince me of the craziest things.

    Hank Deerfield: Try to get you to wear pantyhose?

    Corporal Steve Penning: Did he tell you?

    Hank Deerfield: No, I told *him*. Cuts the cold like nothing else.

    Corporal Steve Penning: So he wasn't lying.

    Hank Deerfield: You just don't want to get shot wearing a pair of those things. You'll never live it down.