This is the most different war documentary I have ever seen. First of all, the filming method is not narrated by historical experts, and there is no picture of the parties involved. It completely uses historical video materials, accompanied by the oral history of British veterans, and restores and colors the historical images. To the extent that it restores the mental journey of ordinary soldiers in the First World War from joining the army to the end of the war, it can be used as a great movie to watch as historical data.
The second is about thinking about war, from the perspective of ordinary soldiers standing on the front line, without the sermons of politicians and the summary and refinement of historians, there are only the most real feelings of ordinary soldiers, who can't understand the war. Meaning, especially in the process of getting along with the German prisoners, they are also mostly decent people, and like the British, their bodies are just controlled by the uniform.
As a famous director, Peter Jackson can make such a non-commercial film really admirable, because it is a strong complex in his heart, his grandfather is a veteran of World War I, this work is dedicated to him grandfather.
I hope that human beings will stay away from war forever. As an ordinary soldier on the front line, I really don’t know the meaning of war. At that time, there is only fear of fear and trust in comrades in arms, and there is absolutely no grand narrative and historical significance of politicians and historians.
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