When I walked out of the cinema, the stage was being built outside, which was noisy but full of vitality.
I let out a long sigh of relief, the laughter and scolding of the workers were in my ears, but the sound of Tommy's footsteps and heartbeat when he was running with all his strength filled my mind.
Dunkirk is divided into three lines and three time points, which are simply sea, land and air. These three lines are interspersed with each other, and they talk about escape, rescue and battle. Although the content of the talk is different, they all have one purpose - to go home.
My friend went to the premiere this morning. He came back and told me that he thought the BGM of the film was a bit too much. Well presented a theme, in short, just don't know what the film is trying to say.
I was a little fuzzy at first, but when I was about to write a review, I realized that Dunkirk was trying to convey the theme of simply going home.
From the smallest personal aspect, Tommy and the French posing as Gibson did everything possible to get on all kinds of ships, drive away his savior, Alex, sold his soul, and officers who resolutely prevented the French from boarding, afraid of the artillery The roaring trembling soldier accidentally killed George. The general who was in danger decided to stay and help the French. Farrier, who insisted on fighting until the last moment... These people were all trying to survive, and they all had an idea in their hearts to go home.
Small fishing boats as ordinary as the Moonstone, riding the stormy seas and braving the enemy bombardment, the captains and sailors heading for Dunkirk, to take the heroes who fought for their homeland home, to pick up their children go home.
The Farriers, who are driving fighter jets and enemy planes to the death, are doing their best to escort these brutal, desperate people home to safety.
Everyone is doing their best and doing everything they can to get home.
The other side is their home, but there is a gap between life and death between Dunkirk and home.
The film uses a large length to show what the soldiers encountered in order to return home. Whenever they ignited hope, the enemy bombs always hit them head-on, making them surrounded by desperate seas again.
However, even in desperation time and time again, those who want to go home have never given up hope.
Sitting in the theater, I was born in a time of peace and was completely shocked by their willpower. At this time, I no longer have any religious beliefs, nor the belief in defending the country. Going home is the only idea, and living is the only thing left. idea.
As a friend said, Nolan used a straightforward approach to show the Dunkirk in his heart. The Dunkirk in the audience's eyes is different, but I see shock, insignificance, and nobility.
In the face of life and death, what is noble?
One is to persevere.
When Tmmy was escaping, the chasing soldiers pressed closely behind him. He turned over the French defense and told the French that I was British. The French soldier sneered and smiled, British.
The British abandoned Dunkirk to go home over the sea. The French can't give up, because their home is under their feet.
The second is to follow.
In order to survive, the French soldier pretending to be Gibson flinched and gave up holding on to Dunkirk. He just wanted to give himself a chance to survive, so he stripped the dead and fled Dunkirk together with Tommy in order to get on the evacuating ship. Kirk, exhausted many means. At this moment when everyone was thinking about survival, the French soldier did not destroy his conscience. He risked gunfire and shipwreck to open the cabin, rescued a group of people who were about to drown, and saved Tommy many times. Even after these people pointed guns at him, he still blocked the hole with his body in order to allow more people to go first, and finally drowned in the darkness.
He was afraid of death. In many moments, he was timid and alert, but in the midst of the war, his eyes were still pure, and his heart still adhered to beauty and conscience. A person who can do this is already a shining angel.
The third is choice.
The old captain of the Moonstone chose to drive the ship to Dunkirk to pick up the soldiers home. Knowing that the engine was about to explode, but the pilot didn't know his life or death, he still chose to move forward. He, on a one-day sea journey, he and his son had countless opportunities to choose, but they firmly chose Dunkirk, which is the closest to the god of death.
Young George had not experienced the cruelty of war, he fell into the ocean, and when he jumped on the boat, he chose to be with the brave.
The plane was running out of fuel, and for the sake of those who wanted to go home on the sea, Farrier, who insisted on fighting, chose to fight until he ran out of fuel. Until the propeller stopped turning, he clearly had a chance to survive by parachuting, but look at the soldiers waiting to go home on the beach, the soldiers wrapped in oil in the sea, and the fishing boats carrying the hope of life , he chose to make a forced landing on the enemy's position.
The old general who watched his last soldier go home also made his own choice, he wanted to stay, he wanted to stay and fight with the French. Because it's not just a fight for the British, it's a fight between light and darkness, a war for home.
In the war-torn era, the choices everyone made in order to survive, under the circumstances at that time, could no longer simply make accusations. We can easily judge the right and wrong of those people, and we can indignantly accuse Alex who has lost his conscience because we are sitting in the movie theater safe and sound because we are not stressed out.
Of course, Alex's approach was not advisable, but under the circumstances at the time, he was just a poor man who wanted to go home with all his heart, so how could he have the heart to criticize him.
Regarding choice, everyone in the film gave their own answer, and they were choosing every moment. Regardless of the answer, there is only one purpose, to survive and to go home.
The fourth is firm belief.
Believe in survival, believe in being able to go home, that's not why I put these two words. The belief here lies in the people's belief in justice and in the people's belief in heroes.
The Dunkirk retreat was a great escape from a failed military operation. When there was no threat of death, the soldiers finally remembered their identities. They should fight heroically to defend their homeland, and even if they were buried in the sea, they must not become deserters who ran home in disarray.
They are disappointed in themselves.
So they took it for granted that the people standing behind them were disappointed. They came back from the battlefield in a state of fear and shame, and this shame and fear caused them to become depressed, and the bluffs of Alex's bluffs were all because they knew that their retreat was disgraceful.
Subconsciously, like young George, when they left their hometown and set foot on the battlefield, they were determined to be heroes to protect their homeland.
Fleeing the threat of death, they began to think about how to deal with the disappointment of the people when they returned home. For them, to some extent, it may be more suffocating than death.
Fortunately, they were not greeted with abuse and disappointment, but with beer, blankets, food, and laughter. The sentence "Welcome home" is probably the most beautiful music in the world for these poor people who have just experienced the Great Escape.
Like Alex, I cheered from the bottom of my heart. It feels good to believe in someone, and it feels good to be believed by others.
It is worth mentioning that one of the things that made me immersed in this film was the sound effects of the film. It can be said that the sound effects of Dunkirk can give full marks to the atmosphere of the film and promote the development of the plot.
It is recommended to listen carefully, starting from Tommy's hard running, accompanied by a panicked heartbeat and strong footsteps, accompanied by gunshots and waves, and Dunkirk full of despair is in front of you.
Until Tommy, covered in oil, was pulled onto the deck by Collins, his eyes were dull, his body was weak, and he no longer had the courage to struggle, he said, take me home.
—I was really relieved that they were home.
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