This is a movie about war. War is no longer the background board of the fate of ordinary people, or the extreme environment of great leaders, but a protagonist in a down-to-earth manner. From the defeat of the attack on Pearl Harbor to the reversal of the entire situation in the Pacific War, the battle laid the foundation for the ultimate victory. Such a protagonist's arc can be said to be very sharp. It fully demonstrated the preparations and final decisions of both sides preparing for the war under the same circumstances. The U.S. military, which lasted the most, under extremely disadvantaged circumstances, the leading generals did not rashly follow the instructions of the White House, but chose to trust their own intelligence personnel. It was finally confirmed that such trust had not been disappointed, and the intelligence personnel accurately deciphered the Japanese code. Turn the raid into a prepared battle. The Air Force pilots who performed the mission completed an impossible mission. In the face of "common sense" that "aircraft cannot sink a warship", they sunk with extraordinary courage and super high flying skills in the face of the "common sense" that "aircraft cannot sink warships." The Japanese warship ended this crucial battle! The director has always been good at scheduling and presenting big scenes. In the process, the aircraft bombarded Japanese warships again and again, chasing, rushing, and dodging right and left with the Japanese aircraft in an anxious state, resulting in a perfect dive that caused decisive damage, and the great visual impact of a straight fall brought a sense of tension and criticality. A sense of aftermath brought by the perfect elevating of the moment. The director perfectly grasped the rhythm of the war and the heartbeat of the audience.
For the portrayal of the characters, some are few strokes, and some are full of colors. The chewing gum before takeoff; the bet that was blurted out; the glasses that were taken and returned, each individual moment of personalization, portrays the characters three-dimensionally and vividly. Illness tortured the captain who could not buckle the collar button again; the soldiers lined up in a row on the deck waiting for the return of his comrades; the military director who rushed to the high platform under the rain of bullets; and the characters with different personalities formed a team of Jedi counterattack.
Under the director's lens, whether the US military or the Japanese military, the absence of soldiers is synonymous with right and wrong. There are individuals on the screen. They want to live, they have people they want to protect, and they have their own beliefs. They will also be afraid, they will also be sad, but they are brave and fearless, and they bear the responsibility of iron and blood. They are soldiers, they are human beings. The war is cruel, because he is depriving everyone of their lives. This non-judgmental stance, to present this truly critical battle from an objective perspective on history, is also what touched me the most about this movie.
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