Love, humanity, racial prejudice, World War II, dreams, courage, Home... There are many elements to the story, but this is a $130 million epic movie, and history itself has many different elements. In any case, I think it's definitely worth the price of sitting in the movie theater to watch this film for two and a half hours, because it is called "epic" because it is all-encompassing.
The beautiful Australian scenery, the scene of 1,500 cows running on the ground, the grand scene of Japanese fighter jets bombing Australian towns, the Chinese elements in the film (the heroine's cheongsam, the red lantern at the dance)... The Chicago Sun gave The film was rated—how gorgeous, the Wall Street Journal rated it—magnificent, invincible. Under the grand scene, it is not as empty as some "blockbusters" that China claims to be, it is flesh and blood.
When the Japanese bombed Australia, the male and female protagonists thought the other was dead, but under the war, people didn't care about shedding too many tears. They wanted to save people and run for their lives... After they met again, they didn't care about what to say, only the male The protagonist whispered "You're still alive!". This is the feeling of war, not much to say, but more profound. When the hero finished saying that, the lady sitting next to me wiped away tears.
The most memorable sentence of this film is that "this is the reality, it does not mean it should be like this." After being bombed by the Japanese army, the cowboy went to the tavern he often went to, when his indigenous friends called him at the door of the tavern. As usual, the tavern owner said, "Natives can't come in." The cowboy asked the owner why, and the owner said, "This is how it is." That's it." Then he greeted the native into the tavern, and the tavern owner didn't object but said, "It's cheaper for the Japanese to keep the wine here." Then he took out a glass and a china jar. The cowboy asked the boss to replace the same glass, and the boss obediently changed it and also took a glass for himself and toasted with the cowboy and the natives.
Beautiful and brave noble lady, rebellious cattle farm worker, cute mixed-race child with dreams, honest and simple Aboriginal friend, Chinese who speak Cantonese, a bit annoying and a bit cute pub owner, symbolizing the land of Australia A native of divine power...a figure that fills the film. Although the title of the domestic film is "Australia's Troubled Times", I think Troubled Times is not only about love, but also includes family affection and mutual sympathy between people in the context of war. There is no blood relationship between the male and female protagonists who are Caucasians and the aboriginal mixed-race children, but the kinship that transcends race and region is moving.
In the end, the male and female protagonists are together, and the aboriginal half-breeds follow their grandfather to find their roots... It doesn't seem to matter what the film is about to highlight, it doesn't matter whether it's a war movie, a romance movie, or a social issue movie. The important thing is that it shows people what Australia was in World War II, it's epic, so it includes everything...
where there is courage, there is hope, and this is not the way it should be... the film is over, and it's time to leave The director's tribute to his homeland featured two lines on the screen: the Australian government stopped assimilation policies, and in 2008 the Australian Prime Minister formally apologized to the "stolen generation".
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