I probably would never have taken the initiative to watch a war movie (except for this year's dunkirk) if it wasn't for the homework given by the history teacher. When I was a child, I watched war movies that were all anti-Japanese movies, or the heroism of the cinematic Hollywood type. I also honestly say that at that time, such "magnificent" movies really made me feel the so-called "burning". And before watching glory, I really believed that the protagonists in war films are always strategic and armed, always charging alone to kill all the enemies in the end. The classic scene that I have to mention is that the protagonist's friends/family members are killed, the protagonist roars (here is a close-up of the hideous expression), and then ping-pong-pong kills to the end, at which time the audience cheers. But like the much-maligned "Young and Dangerous" which caused a group of teenagers in the 00s to gang up at school to block people for money, when the director conveyed that "fighting is cool" and "killing is cool", I feel The film has deviated from the theme of what a war film should deliver.
"Glory" focuses on the discrimination of black people at the time and the reality of the stated battle. But what matters most is the way they fight. When the teacher showed us the beginning of the Antietam battle, I couldn't figure it out - the enemy was shooting frantically behind the cover, we always maintained a square formation, the general walked at the forefront, and walked towards the bullet without dodging the bullet at all- - Doesn't this make it clear that it is used as a target to shoot at the enemy? At this time, the teacher explained that before the First World War, the army still fought in the old-fashioned way, that is, to keep the formation and move towards the bullets, and to fight with you until it came to the front. Such casualties are really big. Moreover, the teacher explained that the soldier did not have a machine gun at all, only a rifle. Every shot has to go through a very complicated program reload, and the fastest soldier can only fire three shots per minute, which is too slow! There are only three battles in the whole film. Before the start of the third and last battle, a colonel (I can't tell the rank, I was talking about one) explained to a group of generals - the next troops on the first batch will suffer heavy casualties. , Shaw immediately ended the challenge and took his regiment to his death. This game is still the same as the first game. The enemy shoots on it, and we don't counterattack. We know how to rush. We have to rush to you before we can fight with you. As a result, Shaw also ordered to rush and rush, and he didn't kill a single enemy, so he was shot to death. But this is the real war. Even a general will be shot to death by an unknown soldier. We are all victims of war. Most of the people who can return gloriously are not the ones who rushed to the front and killed countless enemies. In fact, they all hid under the corpses of their comrades all the time, but this does not mean that he is a coward - we are all forced , What's wrong with wanting to live well? Do you have to die to be honorable? Is it honorable to kill many people? Isn't this the distorted value that many war movies have established? The real war cannot and should not make us feel "burning", but should make us truly disgust and fear, let alone establish heroism. Is this a common human disease? Humans always like to find a great image to offer every day, determined to be like him/her. But the real war is so cruel. When one day you or your family goes to the battlefield, death is such an easy thing-because at this time, human beings have returned to the barbaric society, killing will not be punished, and will even be advertised ; You don't know how long you can live, maybe a second, a minute, a day, a month, or a year.
This film is the main theme of the United States, but at least it is not like "Wolf Warrior" or CCTV's variety shows in our country now, where excessive "national pride" has penetrated and overflowed, at least it is a statement of facts. The war at that time was like this. There was no particularly powerful strategy. Most of them rushed forward stupidly, and a large number of people died. I let you down? That's what a war movie should be.
Both morgan and denzal act very well, that's it + black spirituals sounds good. I wish I was a black man who could sing and dance.
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