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Mainstream American values as the film promotes
Timmy 2022-04-21 09:01:09
A movie I watched by accident. I didn’t like war movies very much at first, but I was attracted by the gimmick of a biopic adapted from a true story. There was nothing commendable about the scenes of U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, and it didn't make much of an impression on me. What left a deep impression on me in the whole film was the values of the mainstream American public from beginning to end, and the film also made a positive identification with these concepts. Especially at the end of the film, the funeral of the protagonist is a bit like Zhou Enlai, the prime minister, sent him off on Chang'an Street. The film has rendered that part very well. The final shot is placed on the protagonist's coffin board, which is full of medals of honor. An ordinary person became a legend, and the country also remembered the honor he gave him, and the citizens did not forget him, sending them along the way. This is what Laomei’s films are so powerful. It draws those of us who don’t share the same cultural values into the film, thinking and scrutinizing it. This is really worth learning from our country’s films. Film is also a medium for cultural transmission.
Extended Reading
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Taya Renae Kyle: You're my husband, you're the father of my children. Even when you're here, you're not here. I see you, I feel you, but you're not here.
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Taya Renae Kyle: If you think that this war isn't changing you you're wrong. You can only circle the flames so long.