Afghan smiles...?

Leif 2022-03-25 09:01:17

It is really lackluster to use this work as a film review. It cannot be said that it is bad, but it is absolutely irrelevant to the word reconciliation.

But this movie reminds me of a conversation I had with my classmates a week ago, which was about saying that if we didn't defeat fascism, then injustice won't win.

But thinking about it, there is no "unjust" fascism anymore. This is not just a question of the winner being the king and the loser being the thief, but whether a series of nouns with positive and negative meanings such as justice, injustice, victory or defeat are really so taken for granted, and how many concepts do people have? Didn't you imagine it yourself? We have been taught an absolute answer since we were born. Everything has its absolute nature. For example, in Chinese reading, we clearly understand things with different answers, but we have to set a standard. The characters in film and television works must be divided into a good person and a good person. Bad guys, shouting slogans are only allowed to succeed and not to fail. Everything is characterized and put into two extremes.

A soldier who was killed by the military in Battle Royale 2 said before his death, "You arrogant guy, I also have family and friends." In my heart, the soldier who looked so vicious and planned to kill the child was not a good person, but when he finished saying this, I thought maybe he would be a good father, a bad colleague, and a good friend.

Why do I think for a split second that he's damned?

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Battle Royale II quotes

  • Masami Shibaki: [Shibaki gets shot, falls to the ground, then gets up slowly, in a weak voice] No big deal... I'm glad I made friends. Go now...

    Takuma Aoi: Shibaki!

  • Sensei: [walks in dressed in jersey holding a rugby ball] Yo! So you're Nanahara Shuya? I'm Takeuchi Riki. "We declare war against all adults." Gotta hand it to you, you've got guts. Every adult on earth wants you dead. From now on, you'll have to live with all the lives you've taken. Including my daughter, who died in your terrorist attack. Neither of us have anywhere to call home.

    [Riki's necklace begins to beep]

    Sensei: Boy #1 Aoi Takuma, Girls #4 Kitano Shiori. One question, in life there's only the winning or the losing. Is that really true?

    [explosion. Things shake]

    Sensei: Go. You'll only find the answer by living your life.

    [looks at the rugby ball]

    Sensei: I... always did want to play rugby with you guys...

    [another explosion. Riki's necklace beeps faster]

    Sensei: Just go. 3, 2, 1... go!

    [Riki runs and spikes the ball. His necklace explodes. And so does the bomb]