source of strength

Jordyn 2022-04-21 09:01:02

Apocalypse Now has nothing to do with anti-war at all, and explaining it with things like justice and morality would simply tarnish this masterpiece.
One thing that is particularly obvious but almost everyone does not realize is that the Viet Cong did not appear at all, that is, the enemy was missing. What is the implication of this arrangement? The cynicism of the U.S. military, the labor party, the melee without a commander, and the constant fog of the wheel cover, this is a purposeless war without an enemy.
Speaking of which, it seems to be anti-war. If it is only anti-war, it is not great. Anti-war is a bullshit similar to political correctness. As the French officer said, the students in Paris left a note in the soldier's grenade to support Vietnam. They are simple-minded, stupid and ignorant.
The director discussed why the Vietnam War suffered so much but fell into a quagmire. This is not something that can be explained by an unjust war. What is the so-called justice? Why is it that justice must triumph over evil? Come up with reasoning evidence like Newton's laws. If you can't come up with it, your head is a trash can. Whatever others put into you, you should treat it as the truth. Did Genghis Khan swept more than half of the world by justice? Is it justice to slaughter cities along the way, rape and loot? Only by throwing away the so-called justice can we explore the idea of ​​this film.
The director explores the logic behind reality. Why is the U.S. military in a quagmire? Why is the Viet Cong so tenacious? The answer lies in the strength of human zoology compared to modern Western civilization. The flaw of modern Western civilization is universalism, which has no boundaries. For example, terrorists can attack the West by any means and without moral constraints, but the West's counterattack is bound by moral constraints. The bomb hurts civilians, and the Virgin of the world will come out against you. How is this different from terrorists? So the civilized world falls into the shackles of civilization, and suffers from it. This kind of bullshit logic is easy to deceive people. The defect of Western civilization is this kind of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy and unscrupulous primitive forces have no chance of winning. There is no moral judgment in unscrupulousness here, and morality is the interpretation of ignorance and laziness.
I can't write it down, think about it and make it up.

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  • Chef: [after having encountered a tiger in the jungle, returning to the boat, and proceeding into a nervous breakdown] You can have the whole goddamn fuckin' shit, man! You can kiss my ass in the county square cause I'm fuckin' buggin' out! I didn't come here for this! I don't fuckin' need it, I don't want it! I didn't get out of the goddamn Eighth grade for this kinda shit! All I wanted to do was fuckin' cook! I just wanted to learn to fuckin' cook, man!

    [laughs manically]

  • Kilgore: All right, let's see what we have. Two of spades. Three of spades. Four of diamonds, six of clubs... there isn't one worth a jack in the whole bunch. Four of diamonds...