Among Chinese directors, some people prefer Stephen Chow and some people love Xu Ke, but I admire Ang Lee the most. In my mind, Ang Lee is a gentle and powerful director, and his works contain both Eastern implications and Western techniques. He also has a place in Hollywood with his distinctive style.
If the creation method of the blank space in the movie "The Fantasy Drift of the Young Pi" and the interpretation of the theme show the strong oriental charm in Ang Lee's work, then the 120-frame film shooting technique used in the film "Billy Lynn's Halftime War" highlights his love of innovative Western shooting methods. In this film, in addition to this new technology, Ang Lee explains to us his understanding of the story.
Billy Lynn, an 18-year-old Texas soldier, was assigned to the battlefields of Iraq after he joined the U.S. infantry unit. On the Battlefield in Iraq, Billy and 7 other commando members engaged in a fierce battle with the local Iraqi anti-armed forces.
The battle was fierce, and except for the accidental death of captain Brem, all the other comrades escaped the disaster. The scene where Billy braved the hail of bullets in this war and desperately saved Brem was also recorded by the camera and praised and praised by the people of the United States. In this way, Billy became the national hero of this war.
In order to change the depressed mentality of the American people at that time, Billy and his comrades were recalled to the United States for a series of propaganda tours. In the course of a Thanksgiving Rugby Open performance, Billy experienced the most glorious day of his life, but Billy's heart was full of struggle and grief, and the war scenes he had experienced before became a sad memory that lingered in his mind.
Many people think that this movie is mainly about war and glory, but if you carefully taste this movie, you will find that it only tells a story about "understanding" and "respect" through the shell of war and glory. From this story, we may be able to understand some mysteries that are closely related to life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > thought he would be respected by everyone, but was accidentally ridiculed by them</h1>
After Billy is filmed risking his life to save his comrades from the enemy, for a time, he and his B commando team are regarded as heroes by the public.
Billy returned to the United States with his comrades, greeted by countless flowers and praise. They are no longer as ordinary as before, but can sit in the extended version of the Hummer, perform on the same stage with the goddess of the crowd, Beyoncé, and even their story on the battlefield will be made into a movie. It all looks exceptionally good.
But the truth is often incredibly cruel, and those who seem to celebrate for them are not from the heart.
Before they could perform, they sat offstage and were deliberately provoked by the surrounding audience; after the last performance, they were immediately left out in the cold and left unnoticed; when they arrived backstage, some people planned to use their heroic aura to make a movie, but offered a very low price to humiliate them, and so on.
These warriors who fought on the battlefield, on the surface, won the respect of the people, but in fact they were ridiculed by these people who did not care about themselves.
Through these descriptions in the film, it is not difficult to see that in fact, from beginning to end, no one except themselves knows about this group of soldiers. Those so-called spectators have a wrong understanding of war and soldiers, and each of them does not care about the hero himself, but the title of hero.
In life, few people will put themselves in the shoes of others, try to respect others, but will make all kinds of subjective speculations about others, even in the face of those who have made great contributions, there will still be people with stereotypes to mock them, with malicious thoughts to speculate on them.
We often don't resonate strongly with things we haven't experienced firsthand. Therefore, we will act as a reasonable and outsider to look at these people and things, and think that these people and things are correctly evaluated. But I think we can sometimes try to respect them instead of being blind and treating others with a biased attitude.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > think they can be understood by others, but never know their own hearts</h1>
In addition to the self-righteous contempt and ridicule of everyone, the true love in Billy's heart has never known Billy.
While Billy performed with his comrades in midfield, he became acquainted with cheerleaders Fisan. The two fell in love at first sight. Billy thought he had met the true goddess in his heart, and he even wanted to give up going back to the battlefield for a while and live a stable and happy life with Fisan.
So, after Billy heard Fishan expressing his reluctance and love affectionately, he happily told Fisan that I almost wanted to leave the battlefield and run away with you. Billy thought that he would get Physan's affirmation and touch, and then he followed his sister's advice, gave up the war, and spent the rest of his life with Physan. Unexpectedly, Fei Shan said in surprise, why did you run away, don't you want to return to the battlefield? You are a hero in people's hearts. Billy was utterly disappointed when he heard this.
It can be seen that Physan does not love Billy, but the heroic symbol he represents. Fissan didn't care or worry about Billy, she just worshipped heroes and loved the values that came with them. Without the title of hero, Billy would have no place in Phaesan's heart.
In fact, after experiencing such a cruel war, Billy has always longed to find someone who can understand him, care about him, and understand that what he has experienced is not glory and light, but fear and cruelty, but Billy has not found anyone who can understand him.
Human sorrows and joys are not the same, and very few people can really understand each other or understand others. People are still accustomed to looking at others in their own way of thinking, using their own brains to think about other people's behaviors and thoughts, they can not personally feel the inner thoughts of others, nor can they understand the desires of others.
Therefore, in this world, it is difficult for us to meet people who really understand ourselves, and it is difficult to really learn to understand others.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, even if not understood and respected, one should not doubt oneself</h1>
I think that this film, on the surface, is about the cruelty of war, but in fact it is about a story of "understanding" and "respect".
Everyone is born lonely, and we come into this world alone and leave this world alone. Therefore, we long to be understood, to be respected. However, through Billy's experience, we understand that it is actually a very difficult thing to understand and respect between people.
Everyone in the film wanted to put Billy into what they thought was a story. In the eyes of the boss who invited them, he was a teenager who embodied the fighting spirit of Texas; in the eyes of the oil developer, he was a victim of being involved in the oil industry; in the eyes of his beloved girl, he was a talking point.
Everyone sees Billy as the way they are, but no one really tries to understand and respect him.
I admit that understanding a person is hard. In our long life, in fact, no one can have a truly complete understanding and respect for us, some are more those moments that are not valued and no one cares, and the sense of loneliness and powerlessness that is not understood and respected also plagues the hearts of each of us.
We cannot deny that not being understood is a normal thing, and everyone cannot be truly understood. But even if we are not understood and respected, we should not doubt ourselves because of this, but should continue to be brave to be ourselves.
We must learn to adjust our own mentality, make our hearts strong, and do not affect our attitude towards life because of the misunderstandings of others. Instead of choosing to give up on themselves because others do not understand, they give up their own growth and development.
Like Billy and his comrades-in-arms in the film, although they have become heroes in the crowd, they can only be ridiculed and misunderstood by everyone. However, they did not doubt themselves, let alone give up the persistence in their hearts, and they were still able to devote themselves to the most correct cause in their hearts and continue to realize the value and meaning of their lives.
In fact, in this world, not being understood is the norm. We can be ununderstood and we cannot be expected, but we must not just doubt and give up on ourselves.
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