I don't like to talk about the solid acting skills of the actor. I didn't say that the actor's performance is not important, but I prefer to think about the meaning conveyed by the director.
The movie uses a lot of wedding clips, and even when the audience feels they are about to go to war, a deer hunt is arranged for a few young people, which has become the main line of the movie. A few good buddies, a wonderful family, a kind neighbor, and all the good things in it, like a line in it: I love this bad place. Even if I die, I have to come back, and finally I do. The director tirelessly paved the way for a better life before joining the army, and even the psychological yearning of several young people. Of course, many places also hinted that a tragedy would happen, drinking a glass of wine at the wedding, soldiers returning from the front line, and the concern of friends, each of which had an ominous premonition.
When the war that devastated human civilization came, the director did not deliberately show the grandeur of the war. Instead, he described the three young men who were prisoners of war. When it comes to this, I really want to scold, why are the soldiers in our movie captured? All of them sacrificed their lives generously. It was a war, not a game. Even if it was a game, it was a game like a turntable, with life as a bet. Personally, I simply understand that the director is essentially showing the cruelty of war. How cruel is it? Broken home? People's life and death? The fall of civilization? These are worse than the persecution of human nature. Even if you lose your limbs, even if you lose your wife and children, it won't make you lose your human nature. In the end, Li Qi's death was a living indictment of the war. How did the broken buddy regain his confidence in life? When Michael returned home, he found that everything was unfamiliar. People envied the medal, but who really understood that kind of experience. One hit must hit, otherwise the corpse will be exposed. The deer hunter seems to be another allegory for the director. I can only understand this superficially, and the final freeze-frame picture is thought-provoking, I close my eyes, and with the soft background music, "watch" the end credits.
The cruelty of war can only be truly understood through experience.
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