This is a war film. Like most war films, it uses human kindness, courage and unity to reflect on the contradictions and conflicts of war itself.
The one-shot-to-the-end shooting method and the plot of the two brothers' journey to the front line made it easy for the audience to be in the atmosphere of war, making people feel that this is the war in the documentary.
I also had such a sense of substitution: I felt a little bit of inappropriate for the second male who was killed by German soldiers because of his kindness; I felt inappropriate for the male protagonist who went deep into the German army and was almost killed because of his self-kindness.
The reason is why?
I seem to be a part of this war, I want to win, I have to get things done, I have to live, someone has to pay, justice needs to be done. So I have to be ruthless to the enemy to be safe.
The same is true for every German soldier, isn't it?
Since this is the case, both the enemy and us hold the same license, and both sides recognize this standard of behavior, so why do we need kindness or human nature?
The answer is obvious. Everyone agrees that war is a huge mistake, and even in such a sharp and spiky forest, human beings will still shine with the brilliance of humanity like the male protagonist.
In the final analysis, human beings have self-kindness even in the face of cruelty like war.
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