The faint sadness that pervades the poetry of the battlefield

Mona 2022-04-22 07:01:02

I regret not seeing this movie sooner

Now I'm about as emotionally attached to this movie as I was to Bohemian Rhapsody last year.

I didn't think it was possible to get BP

But still love it from the bottom of my heart.

The film is best known for its long takes. The one-shot performance makes you feel like you're right next to Scofield. Accompany him from the trenches to the grass to the ruined city.

A mirror in the end will make you feel. Right next to the battlefield. Glad that Blake was marching alone and told jokes to make the serious Scofield laugh; heartbroken that Blake was stabbed to death for the good.

Along the way, Scofield was more like the man leading the two-man squad, serious and cautious. With the thoughts of the most ordinary and ordinary soldiers, complete the mission, survive, and don't let the last time you meet with your family become a farewell. Blake is brave, optimistic and kind, an ordinary young man with a dream in his heart. Desperate for honor, he resolutely took on the suicide mission not to become a hero but because of the 1,600 people who had their own elder brother. The two soldiers who took over the mission and rescued their comrades through the no-man's land were just two ordinary youths with only a faint light on their bodies. The heart is still afraid, but no turning back.

What fascinates me the most is what makes this movie the most unique. It made the battlefield poetic, "Blood Battle Hacksaw Ridge" is heroic and the battlefield is tragic, "Fury" is the love of comrades in arms and the iron blood of soldiers, and this "1917" is also filled with a touch of sadness in poetry.

The two crossed the German trenches and walked onto the grass with cherry blossoms on the ground, and there was even leftover milk to drink. There is a strange silence in the battlefield. But Blake stayed here forever because of the kindness in his heart. After the death of his companion, Scofield sat in the car of other troops, listening to other people's jokes, alone in a trance, his face full of sadness, even if the whole world was happy, he was only infinitely sad.

The ruined village on the green grass, the ballad sung by one person before the final attack, D Company, and finally the grass is covered with trenches of white sand. 1917 is showing the brutality and brutality of war, but it's not like your average war movie. He doesn't focus on showing you bloody stumps. It neutralises this cruelty into sadness with those beautiful views that shouldn't be there, like a spray. Blake was stabbed to death on the grass like a fairyland because of his kindness. Scofield never took the initiative to shoot and kill. Even if he ran into the German army face to face, he tried his best not to kill him, but he was in danger many times; The trenches are the prelude to the next meat grinder war.

It doesn't seem like it's cruel, but this kind of grief keeps lingering in your mind. When Scofield was absent-minded in the car, when he finally completed the task, he leaned against a tree trunk holding a photo of his wife and looked up at the absent-mindedness in the sun's eyes. Yeah, he still has a chance to "Come back," but what about Blake, what about the others.

"Age before beauty"

"The elders are in the front, and the handsome ones are in the back"

It's a pity that I got out of the trenches half earlier than you, so I didn't get the chance to meet your brother in the end.

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Extended Reading
  • Bud 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    It's shaking, let's go to sleep first

  • Merle 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    In fact, the story of "1917" is very simple and clear. Director Sam Mendes created a lot of new gameplays in the scene scheduling, superimposed on the protagonist’s character shaping and emotions. There are several character emotions that are still very interesting. Moving, this immersive shooting also puts the audience in the cruel and real world of World War I. After all, One Shot has not been played by photographer Roger Diggins with a very amazing new trick, but the use of light and shadow and composition are still Roger's trump cards, but I can also understand why the 1917 upset won the Golden Globe Award. The best, because compared to the films that were shortlisted at the same time, it did not stand out. Perhaps the theme of the war of the First World War (the weather vane of the war theme this year?), and the non-Netflix movies, made 1917 very lucky.

1917 quotes

  • Lance Corporal Blake: Sir, the General is sure the enemy have withdrawn. There are aerials of the new line...

    Lieutenant Leslie: Shut up. We've fought and died over every inch of this fucking place, now they suddenly give us miles? It's a trap.

    [Leans in to Schofield]

    Lieutenant Leslie: But, chin up. There's a medal in it for sure. Nothing like a scrap of ribbon to cheer up a widow.

  • Lance Corporal Blake: [Schofield and Blake are in the underground German billet] Bloody hell! Even their rats are bigger than ours.