This is a main theme movie that conveys the mission of the Haiphong team from beginning to end: "so that others can survive". The works of the main theme always seem to be a little old-fashioned, but they can always be touched, shocked and understood.
What struck me the most was "The Real Men's World". In a naval bar, Feish fought with a naval officer to protect his classmates who saw themselves as weak, and was imprisoned for this. In the dialogue between Randall (Kevin Costner) and his teacher and student, Randall's expression seems calm, and Fisher's eyes are red, his eyelashes are wet, his face is full of tears, and his heart is full of grievance and anger. It was in this atmosphere that the teacher-student dialogue began. "Master Chief, it's my fault, Haiji has nothing to do with this." Faish knew that Haiji was participating in the training camp for the third time. He sincerely hoped that Haiji would graduate, take him to the bar for Haiji, and fight for Haiji. And being in prison, now it's even more impossible for Haiji to suffer and be fired, and Fei Shu will bear it all. That's how the conversation started.
Fisher: "You're going to kick me out for defending the Haiphong team?" Randall: "The Haiphong team has been around for 200 years, and I don't think a fool like you can defend it. I want to know that you have It's been a while...". I don't understand why a promising swimming champion like you wants to join the coast defense team? I also learned from the Siddhartha News that a swimming team was wiped out in a car accident and only one survived. I know what it's like to lose a teammate. Hearing the instructor's remarks, Fei Shu immediately expressed the self-blame, pain and helplessness in his heart, and at the same time thought that the teacher did not understand his pain. And Randall said it: You were 16 and shouldn't have been expelled. At this time, Fei Shu's eyes were full of tears, his face was filled with emotions that had been accumulated for many years, and he was angry that he did not understand the Master Chief's actions when he participated in the training camp: "You will let me stay?" "You are too old to do this. No one wants it anymore, you don't like to teach a group of young people, right? You don't know me at all, I've always controlled my emotions." The Master Chief said with his soul-piercing eyes, accompanied by a calm smell. The difference between the two is that a memory is tattooed on the body, and I keep my comrades in my heart. I know how you feel, I ask myself every day why am I alive? The one who saves you. The two men did not teach a lesson, did not complain, but communicated with respect for teammates, awe for life, guilt for friends, and the mind of working hard in the future to repay the spirit of heaven. At this moment, they changed from teacher to student. "Affliction" friends. This dialogue and performance are extremely exciting. The stubbornness of the young man and the unyielding fight against the old man. This is the real man and the real man!
After Randall signed off from the team, his inner sense of responsibility led him to perform one last rescue, to save the most outstanding student, Faish. In the face of life and death, he fulfilled the promise of the coastal defense team "so that others can live". When it was about to break, there was no long-winded chattering dialogue. Randall stared at Fei Shu, and suddenly untied the rope. Fei Shu couldn't help but exclaimed: What are you doing? Feishu tightly held his teacher who was about to fall into the sea and said: I will never give up! Randall said calmly: I know. Then he firmly unfastened his gloves and fell into the turbulent deep sea, leaving his life to his teammates (students). This ending is not the happy reunion that American dramas like, it is sad, but more of an inspiration.
Although the context of the story is a bit old-fashioned, the reverence for life, the pursuit of career, the kindness to human nature, and the masculinity will never be old-fashioned. Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher put the man on show, and it's amazing.
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