Before the times and fate, all happiness is a fluke.
Many people who are active on the Internet now have never experienced war. Most people have watched a few anti-Japanese dramas and know that it is fake to shoot an enemy eight hundred miles away, so they feel that they have seen war; Some people have seen films such as "Assembly", "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", "Proportion Lynn's Halftime Battle", "Apocalypse Now", "Saving Private Ryan" and other films, and they feel that they have a deep enough understanding of war.
In fact, the content of war films is close to infinite. Although most war films are anti-war cores, different countries and different directors make completely different films, covering false stories with false stories. A real coat, expressing one's own understanding of war, is what every war film director possesses.
Watching Zhang Yimou's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", you can see the vivid colors and the nobility of prostitutes. Watch Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly", and watch Gu Zidi's brave heart fighting for the signal. Watch Ang Lee's "Proportion Lynn's Midfield Battle", and see the exaggerated and gorgeous colors and the fragmentation and reconstruction of the American Dream. While watching "Battleship Island", I felt the director's exploration of human nature and the enchantment of life in the conventional story. The director seemed to convey a pessimistic message, that is, for people living in ordinary times, all happiness is nothing but Fortunately, once the twists and turns of the times or fate are encountered, all of them are worthless.
Returning to the film itself, the director never wastes more than two hours of the film, but spends time to create a number of typical characters. The leader of the band was portrayed as a typical "successful person" who knew the wind and the wind. He knew how to make relationships and give gifts everywhere. He could sleep with high-ranking officials and women when he was smart. The seemingly despicable character of stealing a life is neutralized by his long-term love for his daughter and his desire for life at the end. When he stood in front of the steel ladder in the hail of bullets, his image became much more human.
Another important figure is the leader of North Korea. Although I vaguely felt that the leader was wrong before the reversal appeared, I did not expect him to stand on the opposite side of his own identity. The story of a dragon slayer who became a dragon himself after slaying a dragon is even more startling in terms of real background and old age.
In addition, the images of gangsters and prostitutes, the boss and second child of Gunkanjima, and rescue teammates are also vivid and prominent. When multiple characters develop independently in the three main stories of band leader, underworld gangster, and commando, and connect with each other, a drama of the times is officially staged. The film is rich in characters, black and white shots, and many appearances. The silent effect of the film reflects the director's meticulous attention to audio-visual means, and the most worth mentioning is still to return to the theme of the film.
As I have said just now, the fundamental purpose of almost all war films is to be anti-war, but how the director expresses the anti-war theme and what other themes are added to the anti-war theme is the key to a war film's reputation. For "Battleship Island", the core of the director's thoughts is actually the fragility of life, and existence is a fluke. The reason why the film has repeatedly emphasized the identity and fate of various characters is to emphasize that no one can escape forever in the face of war, and everything is just a fluke. Zheng, who was raped just by the wicked at a glance. As the boss of Warship Island, he died while watching the bomb. Many main characters are all dead. It is not difficult to feel the shadow of death and never forget anyone. For the film, The author's thoughts are hopeful and generally pessimistic.
At the end, a group of people escaped, which is the author's hymn of hope to history, and all the plots of the film are more like a secret reminder to us that other people are hell, and existence is nothing.
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