The film expresses a symmetry, that is, the crimes committed by the characters at the beginning and the final outcome - dead or alive, are closely related; no matter how the duty of a soldier is not fulfilled, no matter how dead. There is a detailed presentation; as people explore step by step, they discover wonderful layouts and arrangements. I will expand gradually.
The sanctity of continental warfare
The film expresses the relationship between the crimes committed by each character and the final outcome of life, but if it also expresses the legitimacy of the anti-Nazi war in Europe, there will be no basis and basis for the will of the characters. There was also no context for the soldier's words to comment.
The justice of the European Anti-Nazi War expressed in the film is not expressed through one scene and story, but is integrated into the whole film through the interludes of several stories and many small scenes, that is, after the beach landing, the officials opposed Soldiers open fire, fire at will, Chief Marshall's speech, Captain Miller forbids Capazzo to take away the little French girl, Captain Miller's order to attack the radar station and the soldiers' reluctance, and then the release of German prisoners of war or not Disputes, private Ren's unwillingness to selfishly quit the team and leave his comrades, etc. Connecting these stories together, we find that the film more fully expresses that the war against Nazi Germany in Europe was in line with the laws of war and justice, with clear legitimacy—rather than relying on the audience’s own assumption that the war was justified. righteousness, and a theme of kindness is highlighted in this context: saving a special person, no matter what the person is, is worth saving simply because he is the mother's last son - like biblical teaching, does not make Family names are smeared.
In the face of the specificity of this war, the film expresses the individual soldiers' doubts, incomprehension and inertia about justice, and deliberately highlights that such a arduous war was completed by a group of dull soldiers who were timid and timid. Desertion, questioning orders, evading, and the more striking irony is that Corporal Upham (Upham), a well-educated translator, is timid and not like a soldier.
Let's look at each one in detail.
Capazzo and Molixi
The tough guy Vin Diesel's Capazzo is a bit sluggish, and his first impressive scene is picking up a Hitler Youth Sabre from a dead German soldier in a trench after taking a beachhead in Utah. We know that the Nazi party revived ancient Norse mythological cults, with totem markings on various objects and decorations, and after Capazzo handed the dagger to the Jew Melish, Melish said with relief, "This is now a Sabbath bread knife"—how can something idolatrous be holy? Capazzo and Terry Xi join forces for a botched drama of "keep what's to be destroyed". The crime scene was also linked to the subsequent deaths of the two men. Capazzo was shot by a secret German sniper because he wanted to take away the little French girl. He should have been vigilant and formed a battle formation with the crowd. When Tai Lixi finally fought with the German devil, he was stabbed to death with a saber.
Medic Wade
The image of the medical officer Wade was described flatly without any surprises. The movie seems to tend to show that in the midst of a tragic war, physical healing has little effect. He was mad at the failure of field operations, and could only bored with morphine on one dying body after another. The film focuses on the description of his transcribing Capazzo's bloody family letter - every audience who has insight and participated in the film's expression can realize that this is not physical comfort, but soul comfort. He is also depicted in the film rushing to rescue a German soldier who has been shot. In the end, he was shot while overrunning the radar station. The movie does not show him helping others to relieve physical pain, but it shows that he helps himself. His request to take morphine to himself is also a kind of offset for the pain of death. He has never had a chance to save the world, and finally did a good thing to himself.
Jackson and Aben
The two did not speak in the movie, but there was an exchange of equipment. Because Jackson needed a semi-automatic rifle instead of his own sniper rifle during the operation to capture the radar station, A Ben got Jackson's sniper rifle and scope. Because A Ben is only a civilian, he has always wanted to integrate into these soldiers who participated in the war, to learn from their appearance, to imitate their speech, and to a certain extent, to gain some confidence in them to participate in the war. In the director's cut, there is a cut-through scene. After Jackson finished sniping the German sniper who killed Capazzo, he got his own gun scope from someone. Who is interested in his magnifying glass? With reference to the entire film, only Ben is interested in learning about the great fighting spirit, and the German who he finally killed with his own hands is also shown in the film as a sharpshooter - he shoots continuously and accurately. It seemed that A Ben wanted to gain fighting spirit and confidence, and he did get it. And, the movie shows it as Jackson, who is so confident and fighting against God's promise, conveys his confidence to him.
Moulixi and Aben
It's still about Aben. It is shown in the movie that he wants to fit in with this army of soldiers, starting from when he strikes up a conversation with Tai Lixi, who yells at him, "Take your claws off". It was discussed that saving Private Ryan was a "mistake" - the original foobar. But Ah Ben, who is proficient in many languages, couldn't find the word in the dictionary. He said that he "is very good in German and has a slight accent in French". Although Tai Lixi showed off to German prisoners of war that he was Jewish, he rarely felt the sanctity of the war, and tried to teach Aben how to say the slang "bad guy". But judging from the whole movie, how hard Ah Ben tried to learn the culture of the ruffian, he didn't learn it deeply. For movie fans, at first glance, it is a coward that people can't avoid, but the cleanliness in his heart is the highlight of this team. On one occasion he also corrected a Bible verse that someone had memorized in error.
sniper jackson
Jackson, as the most characterful soldier, was accustomed to kissing the cross and reciting the psalm before shooting. We can also see that among the soldiers, he is the only one who is used as an important tool by Captain Miller, who communicates with him, many of which are tactical. Such a brave man has committed a seemingly small but fatal sin and boasted about himself. When everyone was discussing "badness", he said that the superior wasted precious military resources, "as long as Hitler was a few feet away from him and had a good view, the war could be over", but in the end, when Hitler's tank assault vehicle was far away from him Feet away, he could only make a final shout--but he died honorably, in the most tragic way than the others--the writers also hinted that the infantry could no longer withstand the ferocity of the German armor, for the last Mustang fighter. The appearance laid the foreshadowing, another wonderful script arrangement!
Captain Miller and Sergeant Howard
Miller is an officer of the squad, and because he is a teacher, on the one hand, he philosophically abides by the general principles of war, does not cross the line, and philosophically falls into panic. The general or personal weakness that appeared in him - several times of panic-like dream-like expressions, several trembling of his wrists, was more attributable to the general effect of war on people. The people in the movie show the fear of war for the people and human beings in the movie. He got up in a trance and was shot by the German he had released. Before he was shot, he was thinking and bearing the pain that the entire human race could not bear. And he was killed by the evil German, which also proved that he was innocent and died.
Captain Miller had a brief chat with Sergeant Howard. They took the fort on Utah Beach. The captain sent soldiers to attack separately. Howard joked, "It's just a musketeer." , Howard saw it and said, "If your mother sees it, she will be very disappointed!" Captain Miller said, "Aren't you my mother!" So we see, Howard is a vulgar soldier. He made the frightened Ah Ben "close to his ass", pointed the loaded pistol at Lai Bing, who wanted to leave the team, and cursed in foul language. In the end, he also tripped over his "vulgar sin" and threw steel caps at each other with the German devils, wasting the opportunity to fire. With a body that could not run fast, he was killed by multiple shots in a row.
Captain Miller and Private Ryan
Everyone in the squad was wondering all the way what this lucky Ren was like. After they found a Rayne who was not James Francis Rayne, Captain Miller said, "This Rayne is best worth saving. When he returns home, he'd better be able to hang the pot or invent the longevity light bulb. I don't want to. Exchange ten Rennes for one of my fallen soldiers." Fortunately, he was not like the stupid Rennes he met for the first time, but as a soldier, he was really not good. He talked about his embarrassing affair with his three brothers at home, saying that the eldest brother had an affair with a girl, and was seen by his younger brothers, which caused a series of disasters on the farm. Such young people are really not good students for Miller, who is an English teacher. It can be seen from this that the soldier they want to save, Ren, has no merits to boast about. He is an ordinary person. As our faith says, our salvation is not by Merit or merit, but by election.
A Ben and Lai Bing who survived
After exploring the death of many people, let's take a look at the two who survived. I think most of the audience will not easily see this man for the first time watching this movie, and they are afraid to avoid him, because he is too feminine, and his best performance is to translate a French love song to everyone. The two who survived have one thing in common. In fact, they both showed forgiveness in the release of German prisoners of war. This man showed his evil nature when he returned to the German army. After Aben discovered this man's nature, he finally understood that the law of war is not only to treat prisoners kindly and to avoid bullets with dexterity, but also to shoot resolutely for justice. Lai Bing - as I wrote his name, a city man from Brooklyn, a bit of a ruffian, although Captain Miller agreed that he could leave at will, he honestly went along with his duties. During the whole process, he complained a lot about saving people, and finally showed that he attached great importance to this trip and faithfully guarded Private Ren. In the film, there are more behavioral changes and changes of mind that express the two.
in conclusion
In general, this film embodies a wonderful promise theory, as long as the war against Nazi idolatry is carried out in the heart, revered, regarded as a just war, and the evil thoughts in the heart are washed away. Victory, no matter how weak the individual is, will receive the good fruits of righteousness, just as the Israelites conquered the land of Canaan. General Marshall, the chief of staff, used the words of President Lincoln to comfort Ryan's mother who lost three sons, and the words of President Lincoln became the finishing touch of the film:
"May God soothe your pain of bereavement, and let you cherish the memory of your beloved son forever. The very precious sacrifices you have offered to the altar of freedom will bring you incomparable glory."
The elderly Wren comforted Captain Miller's dead soul and said, "I think of what you said on the bridge every day, and I try to live every day." This is similar to what the apostle Paul said, "walking worthy of the grace of calling" . Then, the narrative structure of this film goes a step further, describing the final life effect of one life in exchange for the sacrifice of six lives: Ren was saved and transformed, from a mischievous young man to a man who values the value of life and meaningful people. The structure of the whole film is also fuller. The justice of saving one person is combined with the justice of the war against the Nazis, and the death of many people is combined with the salvation of one person, and the audience will get a film full of rebuttals.
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