The tragic war in children's novels

Zion 2021-11-30 08:01:25

Audiences who are looking forward to saving Private Ryan or the Fall of Black Hawk may be disappointed. The original children's novel and PG's film classification are destined to be impossible to show the brutality of a meat grinder-style war. However, fans who are accustomed to the mainstream of the Spielberg format will recognize this typical warmth and excellent work. That so-called humanistic care, whether it's a cliché or a veil of hypocrisy, is indeed Spielberg's film philosophy.

Before watching this movie, I was thinking that if you want to make a war movie with horses as the theme, then the cold weapon age is the most suitable, so that the heroic color of war horses can be revealed. But I was wrong. This movie never wanted to be a heroic legend, but the speechless resistance of the weak in the tragedy of the great age. Just as the rescue of private Ryan is not General Patton, so we saw the cavalry against the machine gun and the horse against the tank. It is such a proud horse that will become a red rabbit in the era of cold weapons. Even in the countryside, it can be cooler than the newly invented car, but on the front lines of the world war, it can only be used as a cannon-drawn animal. Torture, isn't this a true portrayal of an individual who was getting smaller and smaller in that mechanical age?

Its first master in the war, the cavalry officer, died gracefully and prematurely, like a magnificent age blown away by rain and wind, but with dignity. The second master, in order to save his brother's deserter, died in disgrace. There is no honor but sympathy. The third master, grandfather and granddaughter, whose parents were killed while resisting the pillage of soldiers, only the grandfather slowly said, "surviving, is the real bravery" when confronted with the reprimand of the granddaughter's coward. As for the period when the British and German soldiers joined forces to save the horse, it even explained the absurdity of the war. The war here is not like the fall of the Black Hawk, the blood feud of the companions around him, but just a joke of the fate of people who could have become friends.

Due to PG's movie division, some passages cannot show blood, but there is no lack of moving. For example, the machine gun against the cavalry, of course, could not be as tragic as in the "Last Samurai". Only the first shot can shoot the cavalry rushing in, and the latter shot only left empty horses. It's a bit of the charm of Kurosawa Akira's "Kagemusha" taking pictures of the battle of Nagashino. Another example is that the deserter brothers were shot, just blocked by the slowly falling windmill page, adding a bit of poetry. Such well-trained shots are becoming rarer now. The new generation of directors who use broken shots or shaking selfies as cool styles really destroy the artistic sense of the film.

Finally, I have to mention the recent hot domestic war movie. Using such animals as the main line to express war is obviously more able to win the resonance of most people, regardless of nationality and culture; while using firework women as the main line to express war, apart from the eye-catching spectacle, it will eventually be difficult to make it into the mainstream palace, regardless of nationality. culture. Even the suet ball and the La Traviata are the final difference between Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, not to mention that these two have not yet shown off the plot of the lower body. I haven't watched the film yet. It may be really good, but it's a pity that China's war of resistance has lost a great opportunity for publicity in the world.

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  • Watson 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    Maybe my expectations were too high and the exteriors were too beautiful or too fake?

  • Eleanora 2021-11-30 08:01:25

    The story reminds people of Robert Bresson’s [Donkey Busat]. The final photography and use of light resemble John Ford again. [Warhorse] is too successful in terms of artistry and appreciation. The most impressive thing in the film is the soundtrack of John Williams and the good luck of this horse. The human role has become secondary, but it is necessary to rely on the horse and the soundtrack to support the heavy feeling of a war film. It looks too spiritual. Don't be superstitious about the director! ★★★

War Horse quotes

  • Albert Narracott: We'll be alright Joey. We're the lucky ones, you and me. Lucky since the day I met you.

  • Michael: The food in Italy is good, yeah?

    Gunther: [nods] Yes, very good.

    Michael: And the women?

    Gunther: Not as good as the food...

    Michael: From eating too much of the food?