Pride and Prejudice in a Wooden House in "White Winter"

Dawn 2022-02-04 08:11:52

Pride and Prejudice in a Wooden House in "White Winter"

British soldiers are arrogant, German soldiers are prejudiced.

In the white snow, everything looks pure and clean, and the human nature is more flamboyant. Even the bullets flying in the air are filled with the horror of war.

Galloping through the sky above the ice and snow, the state of mind is like entering the four fields, and you can fly freely. I have to say that the director has given us a comfortable state of mind. However, when the fire of war suddenly ignited, the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere was torn apart at once, and the raging fire of war ignited on the white earth, which seemed so warm and conspicuous. The cruelty and reality of war.

When two groups of hostile soldiers are trapped in the same wooden hut in the snow and ice, our state of mind is raised to our throats, worried and expecting something to happen. Of course, it is inevitable, but what happens is always In our surprise, sometimes warm, sometimes almost angry.

The British soldier seemed very arrogant and clever, and sometimes it even made his teeth itch, and he could not wait to go into the cold world and punch him. It's just that, in retrospect, the British people seem to have some noble temperament in their bones. It seems that people can feel their long and charming historical and cultural background from the film. This point has to be said that the director's sculptural talent is amazing. .

Germans are prejudiced. From the film, you can feel it from the perspective of German soldiers. It seems that the world belongs to them. They can even feel the cruelty and hardship of war, but they feel that it is the suffering they should have suffered. or their mission. Perhaps this is because the director's prejudice is a bit more prejudiced. In the whole play, the position of the German soldiers seems to be a little more cowardly. This is more or less because we all hated the invaders! But their self-disciplined words and deeds seem to show a rigorous attitude of the German soldiers.

When the German soldier drew a line in the hut, he actually knew very well that the line was optional, but he just had to give him a form of existence. Soon, everyone needs to cross the boundary, because in the same predicament, they need each other, and in the end, we even forget that there was a boundary.

In the same war, when a burst wound was displayed in front of the soldiers on both sides at the same time, their hearts were shaken at the same time, as if they had just seen the cruelty of the war. When the axe exposed to the cold light was slashed on the arm of a comrade or enemy in front of everyone, the pain was in everyone's heart. After all, the person who was hacked was drunk and unconscious. Even if he struggled to wake up, he was knocked unconscious by a heavy punch. , the fist of love from the enemy.

A stump arm, a small memorial service for the stump arm, a few bottles of turbid wine, all the thoughts of the party. For a time, war seemed so superfluous, it was just a game of the powerful. When the bullet stirs the snow marks and burns the barrel, squeezing the air into the chest, whether it is an enemy or a friend, we all feel reluctant and unwilling. Many of the wishes he said have not been fulfilled, after all. will no longer be realized.

War is indeed a fire, but we do not know whether it is burning others or ourselves. After all, people from different places have different attitudes. Maybe I am a little more arrogant and you are a little more prejudiced, but we all live in this world, just like living in that cabin. The director used the most appropriate way to deal with this contradiction, which made us fall into it willingly.

Looking back at the whole film, almost all the scenes were taken from the white snow. Needless to say, we can understand the hardships of the entire crew to make this film. However, it is also a war. As for war, the key is that we have to wake up ourselves, and what kind of mentality should we use to face our war at all times, so as not to let our war be cruel and tragic. Because of the positive and upright war mentality of the director and the crew, they were able to overcome the disadvantage under such difficult conditions and present us with excellent products.

We all once had a kingdom of ice and snow in our hearts. Aside from the cruelty of war, the director showed us a beautiful world. The winter in Norway is indeed so beautiful and noble. One day, we have to go west. Even if you can't go, you have to dream a few more times.

Z

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  • Camryn 2022-03-27 09:01:23

    Soldiers on both sides of the enemy, in a special state, realize the intercommunication of human nature. This is a very cliché story in itself. It is interesting to shoot like "God is Crazy 2" and "The Cuckoo on the Battlefield", and it is badly shot like "Christmas". "Happy", this film is also a collection of various clichés of this type of film, such as in this Norwegian log house where no one can run away, the Germans capture the British, and the British capture the Germans until both sides are tired; Another example is that everyone chats about feelings and politics, slowly getting to know each other, and finally gives a regretful and helpless ending. Basically, every step of the plot is expected, although some characters are also set, such as the big factory owner who is not afraid of cold, the sincere Nazi boy, the restless British soldier, etc. Tragic fate, other characters are written too flatly, and the motive of the German captain not shooting the other party and choosing to take prisoners is not very clear and puzzling. As a third-party Norwegian, the director did not provide a new perspective on this story template. Only the British and the Germans have some interesting bickering about their country's awesomeness

  • Anais 2022-03-27 09:01:23

    The story is good, but I can't stand it.

Into the White quotes

  • Gunner Robert Smith: I said the soup was okay, you stupid sod!

  • Feldwebel Wolfgang Strunk: [the first time he speaks in English] Nice shooting.

    Gunner Robert Smith: Did you just... speak?