call to god

Delaney 2022-04-23 07:01:27

Although JC is not the protagonist, his performance in the film is really impressive. Those big blue eyes naturally reveal a natural compassion and kindness. He played Witt, innocent, kind, and witty. He likes everything peaceful and beautiful, but he will never back down when charging into battle; after capturing the Japanese fortress, when others are beating and shooting prisoners, he holds the hand of a dying prisoner, and sees the surviving comrades on vacation, He shed tears in sadness. When two recruits were sent out to scout and looked terrified, he volunteered to join them; and when surrounded by the enemy, he led all the enemy troops away by himself, sacrificing himself to save other comrades in arms . . . So many people have died, and his death is the most shocking and sad.

In the second half of the film, it is repeatedly mentioned that God is not habitually moaning. In fact, war is nothing more than a means for politicians to seek profit. War brings the ugliness and cruelty of human nature to the extreme, and it also makes life fragile and helpless to the extreme. In an environment where death is extremely insecure, people can no longer be trusted, no matter how good it is. Friends may also die at any time, not to mention that everyone's self-danger is also mixed with utilitarian lies. In peacetime, belief may or may not be necessary. At the juncture of life and death, belief becomes the only spiritual support and solace for one’s soul. Don’t you see that after the Japanese fortress was captured, some of the prisoners folded their palms and meditated, and there was also a Buddha statue that was burned in the raging fire. . .

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  • Angelo 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    The cinematography is really good, Terrence Malick's style of making a war movie is a little too pretentious. It's a bit incredible that a five-person team can capture so many Japanese troops in the bunker. The battle is like playing a game. The wounded Japanese said that you will die too. "You were born in the right era. I waited fifteen years for this war." - This is the war madman that should be in a war movie.

  • Shanna 2021-10-26 03:30:48

    I have always stayed away from war films and can't stand the cruelty. In the extreme environment of war, the weakness of human nature has been exposed extremely prominently. The thin red line is almost the most realistic one of the war films I have ever watched. Because it is realistic, it is shocking.

The Thin Red Line quotes

  • Private Edward P. Train: Hours like months. Days like years. Walked into the golden age. Stood on the shores of the New World.

  • First Sgt. Edward Welsh: I don't have that feeling yet. That numbness. Not Iike the rest of you guys. Maybe cause I knew what to expect. Maybe I was just frozen up already.