It's not time that makes the soul grow, it's pain

Jeromy 2022-03-25 09:01:09

Thanks to a certain gentleman, I have not missed this good film. According to my taste, this kind of theme + slow-paced film has always been skipped by me.
The movie was so hilarious at the beginning that I had to laugh every five minutes, especially at Imagine TV, where there are not only dances but also Chinese Kung Fu, hahaha, these kids are so cute, the most adorable thing is that they sell the TV to a Soldiers, soldiers kindly bought a few boxes of lunch. What a carefree life. In addition, the African people still sing and dance without saying a word. In those moments, I really felt that if I lived in Africa, it would be great to live such a happy life, dancing and singing. Then I got slapped in the face.
The style of painting suddenly changed and the war began. The little male protagonist first experienced separation from his mother, and then witnessed his father, grandfather and brother being mercilessly killed by soldiers during the escape. In an instant, he was the only one left in the world. When I saw him hiding in the depths of the forest and crying, I burst into tears. I didn't feel so sad, but the tears kept flowing. (Someone actually said that I didn’t know I was crying. Hey, how seriously are you watching the movie? I kept touching my eyes and you couldn’t see it.)
At the end, the male protagonist looked at the psychological counselor sitting opposite, listening He asked her innocuous and ridiculous questions, silently thinking that the other party didn't understand anything at all, that he had experienced the war, and psychologically he was already an old man. I was really persuaded by his acting skills when he said this line, and I really wondered if he had experienced the war firsthand. Also run to google it. The state of the little male protagonist's whole person, the numbness of the heart is indescribable to me, the eyes are very cold, and when I smoke, I really feel that I am not a child at all, but an adult in his thirties. After the war, the human soul has aged by several decades. This kind of growth cannot be given by time alone.

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  • Pink 2022-04-20 09:01:44

    Best anti-war movie I've seen in years

  • Ed 2022-04-21 09:02:20

    3.5 The cruelest thing in war is not killing, but turning innocent children into beasts. There is a problem with the overall rhythm, the foreshadowing is too long, and the ending is too hasty. There is not enough emotional exploration of the characters, and the audience's sense of substitution is not strong. The commander played by Elba is excellent.

Beasts of No Nation quotes

  • Commandant: -You wanna take that brige?

    Young Soldiers: -Yes sir!

    Commandant: -We're gonna take that fucking bridge?

    Young Soldiers: -Yes sir!

  • Preacher: Come and tell him how much we are suffering in here. Come! Everybody come.

    Commandant: So, you... You are the big man now, huh? Where will you be going? Huh? Will you surrender to the other NDF camp? No. they will eat you. And what of ECOMOD? Huh? That might be better, but what next? Jail? War crimes? Huh? You think you can just go and do what you want in peace? You will go back to your village and your family will not associate themselves with you. Huh? You will be nothing. You and your uneducated, poor mind, you'll be NOTHING. Nobody will care for you. Huh? Look at you. And you will wake up and you will rise and see the sun rise and see the sun set, and you can just wait all day ALL DAY with thousands of men just like you, waiting for somebody to give you a job. Huh? that's what you want to go and do? You are stupid! You have Nothing! No future! I am your future.

    Preacher: [Points gun to Commandant] You fucking die here, sir.

    Commandant: What?

    [Points Gun to Preacher]

    Commandant: How are you going to shoot me if you don't have bullets?

    [Agu points gun to Commandant]

    Commandant: And you, Agu? You wanna kill Commandant? Hey, Agu, I want you to kill Commandant. Come. Push it.

    Preacher: [Whispers] Do It.

    Commandant: Come, Agu, come. Put It here. Here! A-ha! Aha! Wanna Kill Commandant?

    Preacher: Do It, Agu. Do It

    Commandant: Kill Commandant! You wanna surrender? Huh? You wanna surrender? You wanna surrender?

    Agu: Yes.

    Commandant: Hey, Agu. Just get out. Just Remember, when you are all poor and hungry, you'll remember me! You'll remember your commandant. Just go! Just go!

    Preacher: Come on. Everybody, let's move!

    Commandant: And know that I will be calling for you one day. Go and drink gunpowder tea and playing draughts. No, no, no. You remember me. You remember your Commandant. You're gonna say, Yeah.

    [Points to Agu]

    Commandant: Remember, I will call for you again... and you'll come. Remember.