10. Troy
"Troy" is from Homer's epic poem "Iliad", and the young Trojan prince Paris was invited to a banquet by the Greek king, but fell in love with the king's wife Helen, so he brought Helen back to his country. The move provoked the wrath of the Greek nations, and at the call of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, a powerful coalition marched towards Troy, followed by a long war that lasted for a decade, with Achilles, Odysseus, and Hector, each fighting for honor and his people.
Ancient Greek mythology has never lacked heroic stories. The Battle of Troy was a battle of heroes, and when Achilles rushed to the enemy for honor and his young cousin, Paris made a firm promise to Helen, and when Hector swung his sword to protect his family, their eyes shone with heroism.
Although history is written by the victors, it is not only the victors who are heroes.
There are no gods in the story, and director Wolfgang Petersen makes the war as real as possible. Achilles' participation in the war was more of a sense of helplessness and mission. He is the son of Thetis, the daughter of the god of the sea, and the human hero Peleus, a warrior with no guns, an arrogant general, and an emotionally rich man. Otherwise, there would be no pity when Priamus asked him for Hector's body. He was the darling of Homer's ballads, and Peterson cared for him equally.
It was a war of plunder between humans, Agamemnon's infinitely inflated desire to possess the territory of Troy; Paris's uncontrollable love for the Spartan queen Helen's desire to take it away, and the Greeks did not hide their desires. On the screen, "Troy" is an epic of war, although slightly deviated from the original story, but it reveals that the essence of war is human desire, and at the same time, it creates a hero who has the most primitive power and charm of human beings.
9.《圣女贞德》The Messenger The Story Of Joan Of Arc

Some people say that Joan of Arc is the French mulan. In 1337, the so-called "Hundred Years' War", which lasted the longest in European history, broke out. The two sides of the war were France and Britain. In 1428, after capturing Paris, the British devoted themselves to besieging the city of Orléans, the gateway to the south of France, and the situation was very critical. At that time, the eighteen-year-old Joan of Arc, convinced that she was guided by God to save the French nation, dressed as a man and dressed in armor, resolutely asked Prince Charles to join the army. In April 1429, Joan of Arc was appointed military commander for the rescue of the city of Orléans, leading more than 6,000 men to launch an attack on the English army. She was brave and good at fighting, leading the way, and finally defeated the British army, lifted the siege of the city, turned the tide of the war, and won a major victory, so the people honored her as "Hero of Orleans" and "Holy Daughter of Orleans". At a time when the French resistance was at its lowest, the victory at the Battle of Orléans greatly encouraged the French people.
The people of the West are religious, they respect God, they fear God, and they follow God's guidance. For those who live in the midst of war, having faith means having the courage to live. For Joan of Arc, God was always with her.
8. Heaven and Earth
The phrase "Everything happens for a reason" is always said when people can't explain their fate. The film tells the story of the destruction brought by the Vietnam War from the life of a Vietnamese girl, Lee, and does not say the question of who is right and who is wrong with the Vietnamese government, but from the perspective of an ordinary Vietnamese, it reveals the trauma and suffering brought by the war. The story unfolds in a self-narrated form, in the summer of 1953, the United States invaded, since then Lee's peaceful life is broken, fate like an invisible hand, pushing Lee into an unknown, miserable future. Lee's experience is a microcosm of that history and an indictment of war. At the end of the war, no matter which side wins, the damage will be two-sided.
In just over a decade, Lee suffered many encounters, having been coerced by government forces for assisting the Viet Cong guerrillas, but in the blink of an eye, he was suspected of being a traitor by the Viet Cong, and was raped by the Viet Cong militia; later he went with his mother to work as a maid in a wealthy business in Saigon, but was driven out because he fell in love with his master and became pregnant. In the face of various setbacks, Lee still did not lose the courage to live, relying on the sale of illegal cigarettes and drugs to support himself and his son. In the film, Lee's father once said to her: Life is to follow love, perhaps with this belief, Lee does not despair, and even she can love again. The film doesn't depict big war scenes, but "Different skin, same sadness."
7.《亚瑟王》Who Was King Arthur
In the twelfth century AD, the legend of King Arthur was widely sung by bards. The Celtic peoples who once ruled Britain were ruled by the Roman Empire in the first century AD, and after the sixth century, the Germanic peoples invaded one after another, and their power gradually declined, and they were finally forced to give up the British throne.
Legend has it that Arthur appeared as a Celtic hero during the period of the Germanic invasion. He led various tribes in a battle called the Battle of Patton Hill to defeat the Saxons belonging to the Germanic peoples, and was regarded as a famous legend in medieval Britain. However, Arthur's image continued to change with the evolution of the legend, and finally evolved into the king who ruled Britain, became the leader of the "Knights of the Round Table" who took Lancelot, Tristan and other legendary knights under his command, and a hero with the highest honor.
The "Knight of the Round Table" is an earlier presence in chivalric culture, a symbol of faithfulness, valor and loyalty. Arthur in the movie is more like a hero with romanticism, the director's several big battles are quite distinctive, the beginning of the rescue battle, the samurai have their own tricks, very individual; the ice sniper in the middle, although a little idealized, but also quite imposing; the end of the Armageddon scene is magnificent, very heroic, the same theme of the film has a characteristic, that is, the narrative is relatively weak, but the grand war scene is also the reason why people flock to it.
6. Gladiator
From 96 to 180 AD, Rome was ruled by five wise emperors, known as the "Five Wise Kings", namely Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antony Björ and Marco. Aurelius. Under their rule, Rome's territory expanded to unprecedented proportions, from the Euphrates River in the east, to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, from North Africa in the south, to Great Britain in the north, swearing allegiance to the emperor and accepting his favor, countless rare birds and beasts of prey were sent to the Colosseum of the city of Rome, and slaves were forced to fight with them to entertain Roman citizens and nobles, show the strength of the empire, and at the same time deter the barbarians in the distance and the conspirators around the emperor.
Speaking of the fight scene in the movie, in the Roman Arena, the fight between the slaves cannot be called a battle at all, more like a group of wild beasts tearing each other apart for the entertainment of the nobility, but it is more like a battle than the sweep of The Germans at the beginning of the film. It is the story of an empire that has gone from prosperity to decline, and a wise king can lead a nation better than a warlike king. The Germanic aggression does not appear to be major here, but it is an important force in driving the plot forward.
Mark Ole left in the Meditations and said, "Meaningless exhibitions, performances on stage, flocks of sheep, herds of beasts, training of knives and guns, a bone thrown at a puppy, a little bread thrown in a fish pond, the labor and handling of ants, the running of frightened rats, the puppets of line manipulation, and so on." It is your duty, then, to be in the midst of these things and to show good humor rather than pride. As a king, more like a thinker, he warns every idealist that it is irresponsible to have any idea of staying away from worldly life, and that our attitude toward all mediocrity is "humor" rather than "pride."
5. Alexander the Great
The path of the winner is destined to be lonely. When the 12-year-old Alexander tamed Severus, when the black god carried the boy to fly above the land of Macedonia, it was doomed that his land would not be the Macedonian that he had taken from his predecessors, he was going to find an empire commensurate with him, Alexander created an unprecedented empire, but he was never satisfied, his empire had borders, and his dreams had no end.
His father said, "Son, go find a country that is worthy of you, Macedonia is too small." So he went on a campaign, surrendered Greece, destroyed Thebes, destroyed Persia, occupied Egypt, conquered India, and established an empire that had never been seen before, but he was far from content with it, he was called the son of Zeus, but he actually worshipped the heroes and not the Greek gods, he longed for Hercules, Achilles, worshipped their great deeds, he was a warrior in all directions, he was also an emperor, his inner fears followed him, but his desires always followed him, Alexander aspired to conquer the distant unknown worlds like the heroes of the ages, rather than the Aegean-only regions of Greek mythology.
4. The Four Feathers
Four Feathers is a masterpiece of English literature written by A.E.W. Mason, a story of redemption in which England went to war with Sudan in 1898, and a newly married aristocratic officer, Harry, after receiving the name of his departure to North Africa, decided to retire on the first day of the expedition. The move made a huge splash in British high society, where nationalism was high. His fiancée, along with three friends, threw him four feathers that represented shame and contempt.
In the 2002 version of the film, the highlight is the entire battle of Abu Klea, in which the British still wear their red shirts, when in fact the British army has changed into khaki uniforms. For the sake of plot needs and sadistic purposes, the outcome of this battle in the film is changed to the British army is broken, the rout retreats, and the Mahdi army wins. In literature, writers give deeper meaning to specific objects. Not so much Harry's counterattack, I would rather say that his withdrawal from the war was just unable to let go of his present happiness, he was not a coward, he followed the front-line war reports every day, and was deeply tormented by pain and guilt as he witnessed the defeats of the British army and the ever-increasing casualty list, he felt that he had to make up for the mistakes he had made before, he wanted to help his best friends in a foreign country, wash away his shame, and redeem his lost reputation. A long way to Sudan is not a man who can save a country, but he can choose to fall or redeem himself.
3. Heaven Dynasty Heaven and Earth
The story takes place in 1184, during the Third Crusade, when the Frankish blacksmith Balian, summoned by his long-lost father and seeking redemption for his suicidal wife (in Catholic doctrine, a suicidal person cannot ascend to heaven) came to Jerusalem, the holy city of the Three Religions. In the meantime, his father died, he inherited titles and fiefs, and soon found himself caught in the vortex of Crusader politics.
Medieval Europe was a "dark age" of clergy and knighthood, which monopolized not only political and economic power, but also cultural power, and the vast majority of ordinary people were illiterate and could not even read the Bible. The landless peasants became vassals of the lord class in economic and personal relations. Jerusalem at that time was a free and open international metropolis where several civilizations intermingled, where Christianity, Judaism and Islam coexisted harmoniously. It is conceivable that this "East", full of wealth and civilization, naturally became a piece of fat to be cut in the minds of Europeans, which led to the so-called "Crusades". In Scott's eyes, it was a "crazy time."
There is a classic dialogue in the film: After the negotiations under the city, Balian asks Saladin, "What is the value of Jerusalem?" Saladin replied, Nothing, and after taking a few steps, Saladin turned around, thumbs up with both hands, and waved his chest: Everything. "Dynasty of Heaven" has been hailed by many as the most successful epic film, which is true to history and rigorous in its tactical and technical examinations. The most spectacular and wonderful thing in this movie is a siege battle, and what is even more rare is that the film does not stay at the level of showing the war, when the siege tower slowly approaches the city wall, the camera sweeps the nervous expression on the young soldier's childish face in the tower, which will always be imprinted on the audience's heart when the gate of the tower is opened in the next shot, and the defender will always be imprinted on the audience's heart when defending with fire oil and arrow rain. And in the bird's eye view of the gap in the city wall, when the two sides change from fighting soldiers to cold bodies, the tone also changes from earthy yellow to cold blue, which is a rare poetic war shot, which makes the film have a compassionate heart beyond strife, and has a broad and sublime meaning.
2. Brave Heart Brave Heart
The Bagpipes of Scotland sounded, and the film began with narration, at which point a man's voice sounded: "I will tell you the story of William Wallace, and The historians of England will say that I am lying, but history is written by the man who executed the hero...". We often say that history is contemporary history for the people of the time, and that the narrator of nature's story will write it according to the wishes of the victors. What is bravery? Those who know they will win are not brave, but those who let go of the difference in their strength with each other. "Everyone will die, but not everyone will live meaningfully."
Wallace is a man who has lost his love, and has always said that people go to war for the desires of their hearts, and those who fight for freedom are to guard their hearts. “FREEDOM！” It was Wallace's last cry before his execution, and there was nothing more painful than the loss of love. There is no shortage of battle scenes in the film, the Battle of Stirling is a well-documented war between Scotland and England, on September 11, 1297, on this day, poorly equipped and poorly trained Scottish cloth peasant soldiers defeated the invincible British Royal Army, which can be said to be a strategy or a martial art.
The origin of the title, the legend of Robert. After Bruce's death, one of his retinue encapsulated his heart in a tin jar and wanted to take it with him for burial in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Passing through Spain, he happened to encounter the invasion of the Muslim army, so he joined the resistance war without hesitation, and finally fell on the battlefield just when he was about to win the victory, still carrying Robert in his arms when he died. Heart of Bruce. Later generations of poets have recited this passage and will put Robert. Bruce's heart is called brave heart, which means that as long as people have a brave heart (spirit, faith), they will also turn people into warriors.
1. The Lord Of The Rings
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy should be the memory of many people, the hobbits who lived in the Shire, the elven prince Legolas, the heir to the Gondor dynasty, Aragon... Characters are created with vivid and individual personalities, and it is also a magical epic. Although the battle scenes in the film are not based on historical facts, the director incorporates the form of medieval siege warfare in the war to show the battle between the army of strong orcs and the combined forces of Khan and Elves.
The Valley of the Helmets began with Aragon's entry into the Horn Fort and ended with the destruction of Eisinger. It is still a multi-line narrative, and it is three lines, of course, the most noteworthy one is the lone army of the Horn Fort. I haven't seen the original, but The Two Towers is definitely the best in the trilogy. As a plot here almost all the state of mind of human beings facing the end times. The defenders were alone and well-equipped, fighting with the enemy but full of desperate despair. The reinforcements of the elves are like gods, but in the end they are only a drop in the bucket. The attackers were well-equipped, poorly equipped but did not care about casualties, and finally used their superior weapons (gunpowder) to blow up the city walls to gain an advantage. When the defenders were ready to make a decisive charge, reinforcements arrived, and Gandalf, who was white-robed and white-horse, was like a light incarnation at that moment. So the tide of battle was reversed in this agitated mood.
The Lord of the Rings is a kind of embodiment of desire, and the movie Zhongshan Mu said to Frodo: "There must be goodness in this world, Frodo, worth fighting for to the end." "Yes, as long as we are strong enough. Frodo is not a warrior, but he is kind and lucky enough that fate always surprises us.
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