After writing "David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai", I felt dissatisfied and wanted to rewrite it, but after thinking about it, I decided not to rewrite it. I felt that although the narrative was a bit messy, it was still a mess. The style of miscellaneous talk has not changed.
To talk about this topic in more depth, you must read the original book. After I bought the novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" by Pierre Boolean and read it, let's continue to write another one.
After reading the novel, I feel that the movie is indeed better than the original novel, which is the credit of David Lean. I've always maintained that one of the film's greatest successes was saving the protagonist Nicholson. This Greek-style tragic hero was framed by David Lean's awakening and finally blowing up the bridge with his body over a blaster.
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a story about soldiers, a story about building and blowing up bridges, a story about dignity and honor, and a story about how to make life choices in the face of adversity and hardship.
The film begins with Nicholson leading a British army ordered to surrender into a camp for the construction of the Bridge on the River Kwai. In the face of the brutality of the Japanese army, the other British surrendered troops lost their fighting spirit to some extent, and the officers worked like small workers. However, abandoning the principle did not bring about a battered change, and the high mortality rate was the bitter fruit of suffering.
Nicholson led his troops into a different choice, whistling into the camp at marching pace. In the face of Colonel Zotten's request for the officers to work together, Nicholson chose to refuse to obey. Zotten set up his machine gun, and the British officers did not flinch.
In the confrontation with the Japanese army, not only British officers, but every soldier participated in it. They deliberately slack off, making a mess of the project and unable to move forward; they bravely accepted abuse, and even formed a "shift system" to bear the threat of death. The novel describes this aspect better, and this is where the real essence lies.
Losing the first principle will also lose all principles. Although he was ordered to surrender, he had to live with dignity, and a scholar could be killed but not humiliated. Under the premise that the Japanese army was willing to abide by the principles, Nicholson commanded the troops to no longer slack off, demonstrated the strong organizational construction ability of the British army, and built the Bridge on the River Kwai under difficulties. This is the most important praise to be expressed in this film.
The film completely adapted the commando leader from the novel, Colonel Hills, who became an American prisoner of war. He chose another path, which was to escape. You can choose to die if you are not free, or you can sacrifice your life to complete the combat mission. The film's portrayal of this character was very successful.
It is everyone's sacred choice to live with dignity, and once you have made such a choice, leave the outcome to fate. Do what you should do, success or failure depends on the sky.
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