The absurdity and anti-heroism of war

Zachary 2021-12-21 08:01:19

There was a scene where I laughed. One of the soldiers wearing a red beret ran to grab the supplies dropped by the friendly army. When he finally carried the "big tube of supplies" and ran towards his position amidst the cheering of his comrades, Knocked down by a sniper. The scattered "big tube of supplies" spilled beside the corpse, it turned out to be a lot of red berets, exactly the same style as the tops on the heads of the fallen soldiers, and the soldiers' hats are actually brand new...

I think this The lens should explain the main point of the film, that is the absurdity of the war, not the grandeur of the Normandy landing in the rescue of Private Ryan, or the heroism of Dong Cunrui's death and bombing of the bunker, just like Oliver Stone's performance of the US military in "Field Platoon". The theme is the same as cannibalism, the war itself is absurd.

Montgomery was the father of the Second World War. When I knew him before, most of the historical materials or the shallow historical materials I came into contacted were talking about his magnificent military exploits and fame alongside General Patton, or his battle with Rommel's dragons and tigers, and so on. It is rare to mention this huge defeated battle, the market garden operation, which was planned by Montessori alone, which sacrificed tens of thousands of young lives, similar to a tragic battle that sent sheep into the mouth of a tiger.

At the beginning of the film, an officer played by Gene Hackman questioned this proposal, and some intelligence officers dissuaded the proposal, but General Browning, the executor of the market garden sentiment, clearly saw the German armored division’s Under the circumstances, continue to insist on executing the order and claim that these are just waste tanks-the general in charge of the operation is so ignorant and confused, how can the Generalissimo Montgomery give the task to him better?

After that, Michael Caine’s 30th army was like crawling ants, struggling to walk, Sean Connery’s army communications equipment was damaged just after landing, and James Caine’s army had no knowledge of the German bombing bridges, nothing about it, and Hope. Comrade Kings was thinking about taking golf clubs when he set off. How could he think that he could only dig holes and swing in the POW camp — of course, there were even more exaggerated performances, such as the crossing of the river. Change and change, the CAPTAIN in charge of command can only laugh at himself~ After finally getting the ship, it was discovered that it had to be assembled now, and there was a heavy traffic jam, airdropped supplies and supplies to the German army, etc., etc. The command, deployment, and coordination of the entire Allied force, From superiors to subordinates, from generals to soldiers, it was almost a mess. Of course, the Germans also behaved as ridiculous here. A brave soldier clearly got the Allied combat map in the Allied crash plane, but the Field Marshal cleverly insisted that "this is a fake, they used to deceive me." , His subordinates have been persuading him to blow up the bridge and directly crush the allied plan of action, but the girl insists that he should keep it for counter-offensive purposes-there are enough spoofs, perhaps in the director's view, history itself is a spoof.

The plots of the film all reveal the absurdity. The contrast is that this is indeed a historical fact. Montgomery’s tactics, the allied soldiers see death as home, and the momentum behind the enemy, fighting alone and courageously fighting style, ambushing with fewer enemies and more ten sides The heroism is permeated in the stubbornness and other tragedies, and there must be a lot of songs and tears. But the director’s focus is indeed on the absurdity of war. Compared with the realistic heroism of Ridley Scott’s "Black Hawk Down", compared with Spikeberg’s humanitarian interpretation of war, compared with The praises of the three major battles in China are endless, which is indeed a rare angle in war films. However, due to the large number of characters involved, too many geographical locations, and no core characters entangled, the story is supported by scenes and dialogues, compared to characters with distinctive personalities. , The simple scenes and the intense "Field Platoon" lack some direct lethality. Or this is also an important reason why it failed to become a classic in the war film, but it is still a good film.

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  • Travon 2021-12-21 08:01:19

    Too many grand scenes were laid out, and the paratroopers dropped very shockingly. This is a complete anti-war film. The cruelty of war, human decision-making, and unfavorable weather conditions will cost a large number of innocent soldiers and people their lives. The father who lost his parent and child, the sergeant who committed dangerous crimes to save the captain, the mother who lamented why the five-minute truce, and the German generals who tried a peaceful truce, all use their own roles to set off the "just" war. Justice

  • Viviane 2022-03-23 09:02:11

    A movie that needs an instruction manual is a complete waste of an unprecedented big kaska

A Bridge Too Far quotes

  • [after the fighting is over, Bittrich rides in to meet the English captives. He sees Frost, who is sitting on the ground with a leg injury. He offers a bar of chocolate and says something in German]

    Bittrich's Aide: My general says, please take it. It's very good chocolate. Your planes dropped it to us yesterday.

    [Frost waits a few moments, then takes the chocolate]

    Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich: English?

    [Frost nods]

  • [Bittrich listens in amazement as Frost's troops relentlessly storm the Arnhem bridge]

    Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich: [in German] Fool's courage...