In my opinion, a qualified war film should face up to the cruelty of war and the changes it has made to people, rather than individual heroism or mindless anti-warism.
In the film, Spielberg used a documentary method to reproduce the battle situation of the Normandy landing, and reproduced the tragic situation of the year through the display of a lot of blood. The blood was stained blood red. There is no doubt that this scene shows the cruelty of war, and it also makes me deeply feel the insignificance of life on the battlefield.
In addition, the film uses the role of Urban to interpret the changes of war to a person, from the new soldier who sticks to international conventions to the cowardice when facing the slaughter of his comrades, and finally kills the surrendered enemy who killed his comrades. Urban's psychology has undergone tremendous changes, and Urban is just a drop in the ocean, as Miller said: he is no longer the original village teacher, and the war has changed him.
Of course, this film excludes the factor of war, it also explores deeper philosophical propositions, the question of utilitarianism or humanism, in short, eight people or one person, the film twice uses Lincoln's apology letter ( The beginning and the end respectively) are explained, which is also an explanation of the American spirit. But this question can only be explained by ourselves in the end. When we are in the position of the admiral, what choice will we make?
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