From the very beginning, the film was kicked off by the instructor's crazy abuse. The absolutely incredible verbal garbage was poured on the heads of all the students in an overwhelming force, and they were all accepted irresistibly. From the point of view of words alone, what the instructors said was only orders and reprimands in the ordinary sense. Although the tone was strong enough to have personal characteristics, it did not change the essence of the words. However, through the combination of a series of shots full of tension, such as the long shot during the group lecture changes to the quick change of the shot against a single student, and some meaningful inner repetitions, such as running and singing, although the melody remains unchanged, the lyrics often It is new, and the content of the contrast is extremely concentrated, but the finishing touch is placed at the most critical time. The whole process brings a military philosophy to the foreground from the background, making people feel uncomfortable but unable to escape the responsibility of thinking. There is no doubt that this kind of training is anti-human, but it also seems to have its own reason, why?
The whole second half is the actual performance on the battlefield of the people trained as weapons. The good news is that these machines have not lost human activity. They know how to save their comrades and write fake news to meet their needs. No matter how tough the soldiers are when facing the camera, they are at a loss. The same kind of creature executed by the machine fully embodies the ruthlessness of the machine. This ruthlessness even erupts in an animalistic way. An extreme example is the soldier who shot civilians with a machine gun. His joy can be said to be to Uncle Sam. Extreme irony of the messianic gesture.
The rhythm of the whole film is very well grasped. The first half of the life of the general battalion is strung together with scenes similar to documentaries. Each branch occupies almost the same time period, and the atmosphere of repetition and rigidity is infiltrated in this way. The non-frontline part of the second half is relatively procrastinating, there is no real plot, but it also wastes a lot of time, which seems to be slightly out of tune with the whole film. However, the part of the front line surrounded by snipers is an absolute masterpiece! The rhythm of this battle is slower than the usual war movies, which is very in line with the overall documentary style of the film. At the same time, the capture of details and the setting of the plot are also just right, whether it is watching the outpost in the rear, requesting reinforcements in a panic, arguing, advancing collectively, being attacked by two Sub-sniping, encirclement, empty guns, and besieging are all step-by-step, real-time online street battles full of crises, making people's blood expand their atmosphere, and it can be regarded as a masterpiece depicting specific tactics and battles.
The depth of thought in the film is obvious to all. The first half shows the inherent contradiction between military and human nature, and introduces the first small climax in Fat Man's suicide. The second half has been ruthlessly criticizing the rationality of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. Blind and crazy soldiers, ignorant and arrogant generals, and hypocritical news agencies, a series of stubborn and bitter fruits are finally at the end of the film. Bloom and bear fruit. What is the moral justification for a war in which even a little girl is forced to act as a sniper? The only result of this war is the all-metal shells, which cannot block bullets to protect the life inside, but isolate the emotions and suffocate the soul inside.
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