After watching the movie, it seems to me that this war is in a sense "meaningless" to the North Korean people. Originally, one country was forcibly divided into two countries by foreign forces. A South Korean inexplicably becomes a member of the North Korean army, and a North Korean can inexplicably become a member of the South Korean army. This kind of reminds me of some of the plots in "The Tai Chi Flag Flying". In the film, on the high ground that has been repeatedly contested, due to the "gift" of the "crocodile squadron" to the North Korean company, the North Korean army sent them things like soju before each retreat from the high ground, and even let the South Korean on the opposite side. The army sent letters home for itself, and most of the North Korean company would also be killed by South Korean troops from retreat after retreat. Perhaps this is the inexhaustible bond between the two peoples. Even if the two sides have to fight to the death due to force majeure, the connection seems to be forever. This may also be a tragedy. At the end of the film, both sides sing the same song in the final moments, which somewhat reminds me of the Christmas Eve of World War I, when soldiers on both sides ceased fire without order. After all, these two wars were unwilling for the soldiers of both sides to take place. Originally a family, they were forced to be involved in a war that did not benefit them. For ordinary soldiers on both sides, this is not an anti-fascist war, nor a war of aggression or anti-aggression, nor a war of honor. However, I only know the skin of that history, and my views are only for the film.
Perhaps because of this, the soldiers who fought in this war were also under extraordinary pressure. It seems that they are strong, but their psychological defense has already collapsed. The only purpose is to survive, and the way to survive is to win, even if all the comrades around you fall down, even if you kill your comrades in order to survive...
Although this movie has many good points, I feel that the emotional line of this movie is still a bit abrupt. Especially in the last section where the lieutenant inserted his sharp knife into the chest of the woman he liked, although the heartstrings of the two had been plucked, they killed each other because they belonged to different camps... um...
Perhaps it was because the director had prejudice against the Korean People's Army and the Chinese People's Volunteers at that time. The Korean People's Army looked ferocious one by one, and the Volunteer Army's attack was photographed as a "locust" attack. What I want to say is that if China did not participate in this war at that time, if China did not participate, China would be threatened by the United States military at its doorstep... This is also a war that China does not want to participate in, but we have to do it for the sake of fight for their own national interests. Well...my associations are a bit too much?
Okay, that's all I want to say
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