Chapter 313 Saving Private Ryan 2
After several twists and turns, Captain Miller learned the whereabouts of James Ryan from a soldier who was injured in his ear. The private was following a colonel and guarding the key bridge in a small town.
Their uncle finally appeared! To put it in the jokes of several team members in the team.
The audience breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Since they learned about Ryan's whereabouts, they would just find him and send him home. The team might complete the task smoothly.
However, the plot of the movie is always full of twists and turns. The team encountered a German radar station, and there were many American corpses lying nearby. It seemed that there were German machine guns defending here.
Another small controversy arose.
Most members of the squad suggested taking a detour and avoiding German fortifications and machine guns, and Captain Miller did not see it that way.
"The Air Force will not come here to deal with a machine gun."
"This is not our mission!" This is what many people think. "Our goal is not here."
"We can go around, should we watch the troops behind us?" Responsibility is sometimes necessary, "Our goal is to win this war."
Urban stayed behind, looking at the charger's comrades and the battlefield that reaped lives through the scope. You can say that he is timid and cowardly, or that he is a normal reaction. A civilian soldier who has never been to the battlefield, if he needs to appear like in some movies, he will become a fearless fighter, which is just a falsehood that is out of reality.
Captain Miller and others won the battle, but paid the price. Military doctor Wade was shot and injured. This soldier who was calm and calm on the battlefield and tried his best to save his companions' lives, but could not save himself.
"Mother……"
"I want to go home..."
This is his words before his death, without any bold words, only nostalgia for his family and relatives. Perhaps Spielberg wanted to show the cruelty of the battlefield to others in this way...
The German soldier captured by the squad became the target of venting his anger. Many people insisted on killing the prisoner and avenged the dead Wade.
The complex side of human nature is undoubtedly displayed here.
In order to survive, the German soldier kept saying words praising the Americans and even scolded 'damn Hitler!'
Finally, Captain Miller let the German soldier go, and the team broke out in fierce quarrels over the task of saving Ryan again, but did not come to any conclusion. They could only wait for the end of the movie to let the audience understand or judge it themselves.
There are a hundred Hamlets in one hundred people's hearts, and every audience has their own understanding of the movie.
The movie slowly approached the end. Until this time, the protagonist in the movie's name had not yet revealed even one side.
You know, there are many people, especially those teenagers, who come here to watch Ryan's performance, but he is reluctant to reveal his true face.
"The movie is wonderful, but is Ryan too few scenes? It's been an hour and a half now, why haven't he appeared yet?" Many viewers made a low voice in private.
The name James Ryan is the main line of the movie, and this role is also the top priority. Spielberg will definitely not shorten his scenes too much. So after an encounter with German armored vehicles, the soldier who was about to be rescued and the old man of this small team finally appeared on the big screen.
And a Ryan, who is completely different from Frank Jr. and Jack Dawson, also appeared in front of everyone.
His short hair was tenaciously like a weed, and under his thin body, he was with the persistence of a soldier.
After hearing the purpose of Captain Miller and his group, Ryan did not agree to leave immediately. He refused to leave his guard position and refused to abandon his comrades.
This is one of the characters with the least roles since Ryan has been in the film industry, but he uses his superb acting skills to tell some people that even if they don’t rely on the handsome face in their mouths, they can still play any role.
I heard all my brothers rolling silently when I was killed, my stubbornness when I refused to leave the position, my guilt towards the members of the team, my persistence in the combat responsibilities I shoulder, and my silent silence sitting behind the bunker...
In this long shot that requires explosive power, the character's emotions continue to change. Ryan grasped this very well. Many people ignored the actor under the dirt and dirty military uniforms, and regarded the person who appeared on the screen as the most ordinary American soldier.
If the character Ryan, after Captain Miller found him, could not wait to return to the United States like the first Ryan he found, would definitely disappoint the audience.
After all, how could the soldiers who were saved by the squad paying a heavy price be soldiers with no sense of responsibility?
Therefore, the movie gives this character more, and he is also the most ordinary soldier in the American army, of course in the minds of all Americans.
As Ryan insists on guarding the position, Captain Miller and his group finally decide to fight with them, and the movie also uses lines and unique scenes to exaggerate the brotherhood between soldiers.
As the highest rank and most experienced combat experience, Captain Miller became the combat commander. He led members of the squad and the 101st Airborne Division to use various existing equipment to make some simple weapons to fight against the powerful German tiger tanks.
"What should I do?" This is a question from Ryan.
"The only thing you have to do is be by my side." Captain Miller has not forgotten his mission until now.
The battle was about to break out, and the soldiers gathered together to enjoy the last peace before the war. Someone found a record machine and gathered to listen to music. The soldier Ryan sat in the ruins and talked about his past experiences with Captain Miller.
The dim sunshine fell on the dilapidated town, and the soldiers gathered together to chat happily, laughter and joy continued to appear, showing a different style.
Leisure on the battlefield is a luxury. The sniper Jackson, who was on guard, soon heard the news of the German attack, and the final battle was about to break out.
Armored vehicles, Tiger tanks and infantry, this is the German combination faced by Miller and Ryan. Spielberg still adopted portable photography and realistic shooting methods here, but unlike the cruel beach landing war at the beginning, the old Jewish man obviously wanted to give this battle more meaning.
Friendship, in the face of the upcoming shelling of the tank, the sniper Jackson first did to remind his companions to be careful.
Fear and cowardice, the companions upstairs were fighting for life and death, Urban lies on the stairs in a shrunk, not daring to lend a helping hand.
Complex, the German prisoners who were released by Captain Miller killed him and Merrisey.
Fearless, he was hit by several bullets, and the tall sergeant said it was just blown by the wind.
The team paid a heavy price to save Private Ryan's life, and Urban eventually killed the German soldier.
Hopefully, Captain Miller, who was seriously injured, leaned on the bridge and shot the crushing Tiger tank with a pistol weakly. During the explosion of the tank, the P51 anti-tank aircraft passed through the sky, and the US support troops rushed from the rear one after another, hoping that it had never become extinct.
However, the theme of the movie, is it worth saving one? Spielberg did not give a clear answer. The ending of the movie was just an alternative way to show James Ryan, should he be saved?
"That's the P51 anti-tank bomber."
"Our Guardian Angel." Captain Miller was already dying. He trembled his hands and attached himself to Ryan's ear, as if he had used the last power of his life. "James, don't let everyone down."
This is the last sentence in his life, and it is also the words James Ryan has kept in mind.
This former teacher became a determined warrior because of war. He used the price of his life to explain the meaning of the soldiers to be responsible. His last look at the moment of death also made people see hope in sadness.
The eight-person team paid six lives to exchange for James Ryan's new life. I believe every audience will have a different understanding of whether it is worth it.
The film ends, and the camera cuts back to the War Cemetery. The old James Ryan squats in front of Captain Miller's grave, whispering his experience over the years, saying that he has been trying his best to live his life, and he does not want to let them down...
"Tell me that I have never lived in vain in my life." He stared at his wife very seriously.
"What?"
"Tell me, I'm a good person," he said again.
"You are a good person!"
James Ryan stood in front of the white cross and performed a standard American military salute.
Like all Spielber-style movies, the old Jewish man would not hesitate at all when it should be sensational, but compared to the slightly deliberate sensationalism at the end of "Schindler's List", "Save Private Ryan" is much more natural.
At the end of the film, he did not even use too excited emotions or words. Those simple conversations had their own touching power, and many viewers unconsciously felt their eyes moist.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely outstanding film, which almost perfectly combines visual effects and profound themes, and the outstanding performances presented by Tom Hanks and Ryan are enough to make "Save Private Ryan" one of the most attractive works of the year.
Of course, the humanistic spirit and that paradox will definitely become the focus of later debate.
With the warm applause, Ryan slowly flapped his palm and stood up. With the other members of the crew, he received congratulations from people around the people, anti-Nazi anti-fascism and the humanistic spirit transmitted from the movies, in mainstream Western society, that is the most basic political correctness. Except for the kind of slutty director, who would support the Nazis at this time?
As for the theme of the movie, Ryan didn't care much and wouldn't think about it unnecessary. For movies born under the Hollywood production mode, discussing these things has no meaning.
Chapter completed!