Second Lieutenant Michael Robert, a retired soldier, has worked in the military office for many years.
There is no intersection between them, like you and me.
But Lieutenant Michael volunteered to escort the young Chancellor back to his hometown, back to his parents' arms.
The storyline of Escorting Chance is very simple. It tells the process of Second Lieutenant Robert escorting Chance's coffin back to his hometown. So simple, yet so moving.
Chance's journey back to his hometown is a journey through which his life shows value.
When people see a second lieutenant in a military uniform, the airport conductor will automatically buy a first-class ticket for him and arrange the itinerary; the stewardess will give him a special cross with a blessing in his eyes; the child will cast a ball at him through the glass Come with a big smile. When people see Chance's coffin, every pedestrian will take off their hats and pay tribute; everyone who drives will turn on their lights and form a long queue to clear the way for Chance. Under the wide-angle lens, it is a picture What a touching picture.
The second lieutenant knew, everybody knew, that smile, that blessing, that light was for Chance, brave Chance.
Everything is carried out silently, without language, people have channeled everything, silent at this time, it seems even more sad, for Qians, but also for the living. Chance moved the whole of America.
Chance's journey back to his hometown is also a journey of awe and admiration of a soldier to the real soldier in his heart.
Every time he passed the transfer station, the second lieutenant greeted the real hero with his proud military posture, and the slow camera seemed to make everyone feel the pain and respect of the second lieutenant.
Michael and Chance arrived at Minneapolis and needed to rest overnight for tomorrow's flight. Then Chance would have to spend the night outside the warehouse. The local government has already set a hotel for the second lieutenant. When the staff settled Chance, they said to the second lieutenant, "I'll drive you to the hotel!"
"No, I don't want him to stay here alone." That night, the second lieutenant accompanied Chance to spend a long night outside the warehouse. A soldier wants to use his own temperature to warm the soul of a hero.
He kept stroking Chance's relics, seeing them, what the ensign was thinking.
When he opened the coffin and saw the neatly laid uniforms, he burst into tears -- for a soldier.
"Without witnesses, they would cease to exist." This is the most memorable line in the film.
The second lieutenant is Chancellor's witness, witnessing Chancellor's return, and Chancellor's honor. What people saw was not Chance, but a second lieutenant, a second lieutenant in uniform. Now I understand why the lieutenant refused to take off his uniform when he died, because it was a symbol of life, it was a symbol of Chance.
The war was so helpless that it took Chance's life, after all, he was only 19 years old. From the perspective of life, war is ruthless. In a letter from Chance's platoon leader to his parents, there is this sentence: I wonder if this is ironic, if there are more soldiers like Chance, then the entire Marine Corps (Chance's unit) will not be re-exist.
But there are so many brave soldiers like Chance, who gave their lives for the country, so many that even the conductors understand the meaning when they see a soldier in military uniform like a second lieutenant, and every passer-by sees a soldier salutes the coffin. meaning. But the war is still going on, but we can't stop it, and there will be more soldiers like Chance who will sacrifice their lives in the war.
"Without witnesses, they would cease to exist." This sentence is the best answer to the second lieutenant's desire to return to the battlefield.
What can we do in the face of war? Including the second lieutenant.
Not to continue the war, but to witness.
"Escort Chance" is based on a true story. It shows America's respect and awe for fallen soldiers from a unique perspective, and an extraordinary life course from an ordinary perspective. The film does not describe the heroic scenes of Chance in the war, but simply states the return of a soul. However, we can deeply feel the awe of Americans for life and for Chance.
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