At the beginning of the film, the male protagonist Taylor came to the jungle somewhere on the battlefield in Vietnam. From the obvious immaturity at the beginning and the heroic fighting in the back, it can be seen that Taylor is a very courageous, righteous and ideal boy. However, perhaps this war was doomed to a tragic ending from the beginning. Taylor first entered the war when he found the enemy but could not move to avoid exposing his embarrassment. The helplessness in his eyes is unforgettable. The contradiction between Barnes and Elaine in the film is particularly brilliant. People often say that war obliterates humanity, but there are people who have experienced war and still have good intentions. Barnes and Elaine are the typical representatives of these two types of people, the devil and the angel. Only when Barnes pulled the trigger at Elaine did he realize that war had so thoroughly aroused the killing in human nature. When Taylor and the others temporarily withdrew from the battlefield at the time by helicopter, the two or three shots of Elaine were struggling to survive under the pursuit of the North Vietnamese Army. The scene when they were still in disaster was also very shocking. I have to say this. The plot setting is too brilliant, and it has an impact on the cognition of ordinary people. Taylor consciously stood on Elaine's side and insisted not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. But when he squeezed the trigger against Barnes in the last fierce battle on the battlefield of Vietnam, I don't know what he felt in his heart, did he become a killing machine? Perhaps the last tears Taylor left on the helicopter leaving the battlefield contained all his own feelings. His departure took away the fear of war and the innocence in his heart.
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