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true absurdity
D'angelo 2022-03-23 09:01:55
In fact, the male protagonist himself is an ordinary person with high self-esteem, but fate will make you from a mortal to a hero, and then from a hero to a cripple. And heroes and cripple are relative. Everything you go through that you think is unforgettable is just shit in the eyes of others. You feel worthwhile, and you live. But when your faith collapses, how do you find the proof that you are alive, how do you find the reason why you are alive. What are you going through for what? This film indicts the absurdity of war from the life of a civilian.
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Clinton 2022-04-24 07:01:06
At the beginning of the Vietnam War, Americans realized that they were not gods, but unfortunately, the Chinese have not realized this until now. ---- To eliminate the Nazis, we have to rely on our own hands.
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Zechariah 2022-04-22 07:01:28
The contrast between the two parts before and after the film is extremely strong, especially the inner condemnation of the Vietnam War shown in the second half is still moving
Born on the Fourth of July quotes
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[Ron is attempting to walk in the hospital; Willie is beside him]
Ron Kovic: Am I good? Hey
[drags himself forward]
Ron Kovic: , am I good?
Willie: Man, you're one crazy Marine, Kovic - so gung-ho and everything, but you don't know shit about what's really happenin' in this country.
Ron Kovic: Fuck you, Willie.
Willie: I'm serious man. It ain't about burnin' the flag and Vietnam, man. While we fight for rights over there, we ain't got no rights at home. It's about Detroit and Newark, man. It's about racism, man.
Ron Kovic: Is that right?
Willie: Because you can't get no job at home. Vietnam is a white man's war, a rich man's war.
Ron Kovic: (contemptuously) Where's my money?
Willie: I'm serious, man, you gotta read some books. There's a revolution going on, Kovic. Brothers are gettin' it together, and if you ain't part of the solution, man, then you're part of the problem.
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Chaplain - Vietnam: How are you?
Ron Kovic: [weakly] Tell them - they have to operate on me. There's something wrong with me.
Chaplain - Vietnam: The doctors are real busy right now. There's a lot of wounded here today. No time for anything except trying to stay alive, so you got to try and stay alive, okay? You hear me? Try and stay alive.
[pause]
Chaplain - Vietnam: I've come to give you your last rites. Are you ready?
Ron Kovic: [weakly] Yeah.
Chaplain - Vietnam: I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. You brught nothing into this world, and it is certain that you will take nothing out of it. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.