Jiang Wen is a good storyteller. The film is full of dramatic conflicts from beginning to end, and there are countless funny lines and scenes. The film of more than two hours can make people watch the end without getting tired, and laugh sadly. The moral of the film seems to be very profound, but it also seems to be very simple. The profound thing is human nature, and the simple thing is the expression of human nature. Human nature is actually very simple. Look at yourself, then look at others, look at history and then look at reality. Human nature has not changed since ancient times, but we have never faced it squarely. Nietzsche said that the treasures that people dug out of the field of thought were buried in advance. Ma Dasan said, without white flour, where will the twist come from, and where will the food come from if you don’t go to the military camp? Normal people don't need to be well educated to understand simple truths. As long as they see enough facts, anyone can directly distinguish right from wrong. However, in China, the right to judge who is right and who is wrong is always in the hands of a few people. Hundreds of years ago we were told that we should be loyal, decades ago we were told that we should fight, now we are told that we should be harmonious, and we are too critical. There are too many people, and there are too many people to worship, but too little reality to face up to. .
It is said that this film describes the inferiority of the nation. In fact, the film just shows the real human nature in a straight line. War is the truest test of human nature, but no war has ever been truly publicized. Although the film was still released in Japan despite being threatened by terror, it was silently banned in the mainland. The two attitudes can probably explain something.
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