watching this movie, I was wondering how to define his theme, the West? hero? Badass? Father? Watching Ben Wade volunteer to get on the train for dan and then kill his minions, it's better to say this is a movie about heroes and men. Of course, family affection and responsibility are also involved in this movie, so I won't discuss it here for the time being.
Several male characters that are common in life are actually shown in the movie. Officials, civilians, gangsters, outstanding people, etc.
Ben Wade should have been pursuing it, pursuing a way of living and a worldview different from others, with ideas, strength and bastards, which also reflects some rebellious people in our lives.
Before meeting dan, Ben Wade didn't realize what was wrong with his way of life. Ben Wade should only appreciate dan's ability at first, but he still did not agree with dan's worldview. The real change should be when dan says the reason for his broken leg, and dan's hero theory
is Ben Wade a hero? Ben Wade is not a hero, he just always wanted to be a hero or insisted on his own pursuit, and was chasing and searching according to what he thought was heroism. But is his heroism right? Ben Wade should have never thought about it, and he doesn't want to think about it. The fact is that people are afraid to face their own pursuits, because if you face your own pursuits and find out that your pursuits are actually wrong, it is A very scary thing. The loss of pursuit and the denial of it is devastating to a man who has always had heroic beliefs. Denial means loss, and losing one's pursuit means becoming a person who has no pursuit that he originally hated. One argument for this view is Ah Q, too many people in history have gone down a terrible path, such as Yang Guang, because they dare not face up to their wrong heroism.
The reason why the protagonists of this play are Ben Wade and Dan are not escorts or officials, perhaps at least because they are both heroic people, and escorts also have heroism, but he has entered the world too deeply and has no pain or sense of accomplishment. His heroism will be slowly worn away. In the end, he even used his mother to insult Ben Wade. Such a person no longer needs Ben Wade's heroic approval, so he can only come here.
Let Ben Wade help dan in the end because dan dares to face his heroism and deny himself a hero. It takes a lot more courage to admit that you are not a hero than to aspire to be a hero. Ben Wade does not have this courage, how many people can have this courage. Perhaps at this time Ben Wade admitted that he is not a hero, and dan is a hero.
Having said so much, it is actually not difficult for Ben Wade to kill his subordinates. It can be said that they are gangsters, and they actually have no heroism. Under Ben Wade's halo, they got a different life and a sense of heroism, but they couldn't understand this sense of heroism. They didn't resonate with Ben Wade's pursuit at all. They couldn't understand this sense of heroism. Just to enjoy it, in fact, this kind of gangster is better than the officer who has not pursued and the sheriff who abandoned the gun and ran away. Since they can't understand Ben Wade, they're even less likely to understand Dan. How disgusted Ben Wade must have been when Prince Charles (perhaps the only name with heroism) said "XXXX looks like this farmer is a man too". He can't tolerate someone he considers a hero being killed and commented on by thugs. So his subordinates must die.
This is my first time writing a film review. The film has been out for many years. I was fortunate enough to see it. I just watched it once. It is worth reading several times. After reading more times, you will have a deeper understanding and then add it.
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