Overall very good! (2007/10/27)

Bertram 2022-10-26 19:39:33

God will take the best things around us to remind us of how much we get. -- "Four Feathers"

God is an unknowable excuse. The truth is that we miss it, only to find that what we have lost is so precious to us, so we can see our ignorance and conceit clearly.

Just for this line, I went to watch this movie.

A tale of courage and honor, "feather" is a contempt for "cowards," which are as light as a feather in the heart. It is these four white feathers that inspired a series of heroic actions after the protagonist.

What attracted me was the initial hesitation and cowardice of the protagonist.

War is connected with honor, but what kind of honor in war is really worth the exchange of life?
When such questioning and introspection are also prohibited, only fanaticism remains. If you do not obey this fanaticism, you will be abandoned by the fanatical crowd.

At this time, rational hesitation and natural cowardice are more true to human nature.

However, the protagonist went around in circles and did not find a better way. Among the four white feathers, he was confused and finally walked to the battlefield. After that, the plot is all logical and cliché.

The limitations of people are obvious, and I have no better idea, and I am very concerned.

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The Four Feathers quotes

  • Harry Faversham: When something like this happens you are lost. You don't know who you are anymore and what you're capable of. Unless I do something this is always how people will remember me. A feather. And that is how I will always see myself: a coward. All I know is that I can't live with myself like this.

  • Abou Fatma: I found you half dead crossing the desert alone and you say you are afraid?