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Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "U-571"
On the list Reason: Naval battle classic, unique
Classic index: ★★
During World War II, Germany’s traditional maritime power was not dominant, so Germany launched a large number of submarine warfare, using this ghostly The unpredictable tactics caused heavy losses to the Allies. Therefore, it became extremely important to grasp the movements of German submarines. "U571" is the code name of a Nazi submarine. It was originally just an ordinary one among the many German submarines. However, after careful planning, the Allied Forces: a nine-man team risked their lives and forcibly boarded the U571 submarine. From then on, a thrilling story began. Underwater journey.
The Allied team captured the code transmitter. With this equipment, the Allied forces can grasp the dynamics of German submarines. But just when the mission was completed, German reinforcements arrived and blew up the responding American submarine. The 9-man team was forced to fight back on the severely damaged U571, and more catastrophic blows followed...
"U571" is definitely a big-budget film. , but he did not fall into the misunderstanding of big scenes and computer stunts. After every big scene outside the submarine, he always returned to the small submarine cabin to leave enough room for the actors to make witty remarks and explain the new things that happened inside the submarine. crisis. The director's ingenious space transformation arrangement creates enough tension between the plots of the film, making the entire film so tense that it makes people breathless. So much so that even the officers who served on such submarines were amazed.
Top Ten Classic Movies of World War II - "The Thin Red Line"
Reason for the list: Epitaph of World War II: There is only a "thin red line" between sanity and madness.
Classic Index: ★★☆
Like "U571", "The Thin Red Line" is a film that was recognized as a classic as soon as it came out. "The Thin Red Line" describes the battle between the United States and Japan on Guadalcanal. The entire film revolves around the male protagonist. Master Chief Welsh's company is responsible for seizing Position 210 from the Japanese. After months of exhausting killing and bloodshed, his company Position 210 was finally captured, but this victory was only a small step in the war. The endless war would continue, and Wales also died in the subsequent battle.
"The Thin Red Line" is definitely a film worth going to the cinema to watch. Many people are amazed that war movies can be so beautiful. There are many freehand scenery scenes in the film, showing the blue sky, clear water, green grass and young life of the Pacific Islands, but this beautiful nature is all enveloped. Under the gunfire of war, human life is also extremely fragile in the war created by itself. The film beat Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" to win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1999. Although many people doubted whether "The Thin Red Line" surpassed "Saving Private Ryan", "The Thin Red Line" The classic status of "Red Line" has long been recognized.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "Tank Wars"
Reason for the list: Giant Tanks in the World War II Film Library
Classic Index: ★★☆
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This film is recognized as the most classic film depicting tank warfare. The film was adapted from the "Ardennes Counteroffensive" that began in the autumn of 1944. Although there are a lot of fictional plots in the film, it respects historical facts in terms of overall strategy. Germany's "King Tiger and Tiger II" heavy tanks were the most powerful tanks in World War II. Until the end of World War II, the Allies could not find an effective way to deal with them. The movie "Tank War" tells the story of the Allied forces being passive in the tank battle and retreating steadily on the frontal battlefield of the tank battle. However, the German tanks consumed huge amounts of fuel, and due to the pressing pressure, the German front line was too long and supply problems occurred. difficulty. Although the Allied generals had no choice in the tank battle, they discovered the weaknesses in the German army's strategy, lured the enemy deep, cut off the enemy's supply lines, and finally won.
The film's director Ken Anakin has a good grasp of the narrative rhythm, coupled with the dedicated performances of veteran actors Robert Ryan and Charles Bronson, making the film entertaining in terms of entertainment. It has become a classic in terms of recreating war.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "Tunnel War"
Reason for the list: The tunnels extend all the way into the hearts of the Chinese people
Classic Index: ★ ★★
This kind of music is familiar to every Chinese, and anyone who has watched this film will never forget it. No matter how much time passes, I will always remember this tune and countless details, big and small, in the film. There is no need to introduce too much about the plot and content of the film, because this film has even penetrated into the lives of Chinese people. In an era when the whole nation is preparing for war, this film has even become a textbook for every household to dig their own tunnels. From 1966 to 1970, "Tunnel War" became one of only three films shown nationwide.
However, excessive screenings did not affect its appreciation, because even today, both adults and children will still enjoy watching this film. "Tunnel War" also created an artistic peak for Chinese films. The lens language, scene scheduling and actor performances used by the older generation of filmmakers are still a model for modern Chinese filmmakers to learn from.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "General Patton"
Reason for the list: After watching this film, you will have doubts: Who is the real general, the actor or Patton?
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Classic index: ★★★☆
It is as difficult to evaluate this film as it is to evaluate Patton himself, because for a unique person like Patton, any evaluation is redundant, and And powerless. Let’s first watch Patton through the film and experience the film through Patton.
The leading actor, George Scott, interpreted the role with great thoroughness both on and off screen - his textbook-level speech in the opening 6 minutes, his performance was simply possessed by the "violent military god" Patton. He won the Oscar for this film, but he did not go to accept the award at all, and relentlessly denounced Hollywood's feast as nothing more than "ridiculous sensuality." From this point of view, George Scott is indeed the best candidate to play Patton. This film is said to be Nixon's favorite film - the late 1960s and early 1970s were a dark era in American history. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and other political assassinations changed Americans' belief in the American political system. The failure of the war of aggression in Vietnam caused American young people to refuse military service and burned their military service certificates in public. In this context, the hidden political motivations of this film that promotes the cowboy spirit are self-evident. Even so, the fine quality of this outstanding historical blockbuster cannot be erased. No matter how many backgrounds behind the big screen, it cannot be erased from the collection of biopics.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "The Attack on Pearl Harbor"
Reason for the list: The only World War II film in which the United States and Japan compromised with each other
Classic Index: ★★★★
《Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! "Also known as "The Attack on Pearl Harbor", this film was co-produced by the United States and Japan. It blended the views of both Japan and the United States and reproduced the whole story of the Pearl Harbor incident. Chinese audiences are familiar with this incident and this film. It was this incident that completely involved the United States in World War II. The United States' participation in the war accelerated the demise of Japanese militarism and also helped the Chinese people's war of resistance to a certain extent. However, the United States' participation in the war also made World War II unprecedentedly tragic, especially the two atomic bombs that directly led to Japan's surrender. They are eternal scars and warnings in the history of human civilization.
After the end of World War II, another 25 years have passed, and the former enemies: the United States and Japan, can finally sit down calmly and use movies to jointly discuss the causes that triggered this human catastrophe. The Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku boldly focused his perspective on the aggressor country. From the beginning of the Japanese militarism's eye-catching conspiracy, he locked the target, deployed a specific combat plan, and deceived the United States diplomatically, until the final sneak attack was successful. It is presented to the audience, and interspersed with various plots of the United States' constant carelessness and appeasement through the US military, reminding people in peacetime of the need to take precautions before they happen.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "The Battle of Moscow"
Reasons for the list: Nights outside Moscow are an eternal nightmare for the German Nazis
Classic Index: ★★★★
A masterpiece of the 1980s, a Soviet film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the end of the Cold War. Its real and magnificent war scenes are unparalleled among modern war films. . "Moscow Defense" lasts for more than 300 minutes and is divided into two parts: "Invasion" and "Typhoon Battle". The filming process lasted two years and involved about 5,000 soldiers, nearly 10,000 people, more than 250 actors, Two hundred and two photographers participated. From Germany to the Soviet Union, from high-level decision-making to grass-roots deployment, from the rear curtain to the frontal battlefield, this work comprehensively displays the first victory in the European battlefield of World War II - the Defense of Moscow, and tells how the myth of German fascism's invincibility was shattered of.
Some people say that the biggest difference between Hollywood movies, European movies and Soviet movies is that the editing of Hollywood movies is exciting and can be watched with the eyes; while European and Soviet movies are relatively slow and can be felt by the user. Although "The Defense of Moscow" is a war film with grand scenes, it can still make people feel a lot. For example, the most classic line of the film: Although Russia is big, we have no way to retreat because Moscow is behind us! In just one line, we can feel the Soviet soldiers' incomparable national pride and determination to fight to the death. From this sentence, it is not difficult to understand why the arrogant Nazi Germany suffered its first disastrous defeat since World War II.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "Saving Private Ryan"
Reason for the list: "Saving Private Ryan" may not be the most classic World War II film, but it is definitely the most representative one today. The most realistic film with war scenes
Classic index: ★★★★☆
There are very few films that are considered the most classic films of all time as soon as they are released, and " Saving Private Ryan is one such film. In fact, before "Saving Private Ryan" was released, many media speculated on how classic this film would be. Generally speaking, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. But nothing like this happened in "Saving Private Ryan", and after its release, this film was quickly recognized as the most realistic representation of war scenes. This title is not hyped by the media out of thin air, but is the evaluation of some veterans who participated in the Normandy landing.
Of course, this film does not just stay on the superficial level of reality. The film also arouses people's thinking about the value of human life in war. The script of the film comes from a true story: During World War II, when millions of troops landed in Normandy, Lieutenant Miller led a team of 8 people deep behind enemy lines to find James Ray, an airborne soldier. kindness. Because he was the youngest of four brothers in the family, and all three of his brothers had been killed in action, General Marshall took the soldier back to his hometown as soon as possible to avoid another blow to the heroic mother. In fact, this is almost an order to exchange 8 lives for 1 life, because on a vast battlefield, looking for an ordinary soldier is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The soldiers who executed this order were also very dissatisfied with this, but they still Observed the soldier's code and obeyed the order. In the film, there is not much entanglement with the question of eight for one, but this question mark about the value of human life has deeply penetrated into people's hearts.
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"
Reason for the list: There is always a power that makes us burst into tears in front of the silent dawn
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Classic Index: ★★★★☆
It is another movie that Chinese audiences are very familiar with. However, when the Chinese people know her, she does not have the aura of a classic movie. was labeled as promoting the horrors of war. Chinese people went to the cinema to watch this film to criticize her, but when people walked out of the cinema, they were all deeply moved by her. This film is a representative of Soviet film art. Like a prose poem, the film is tactful yet gripping. The pace is not tight but it leaves the audience more breathless than fast-paced editing. Let the audience spend three hours without knowing it. By the time the film ends, the audience has been deeply integrated into the world of the film.
This film is recognized as a classic film that reflects the cruelty of war. However, throughout the film, almost no bullets are shot into the human body, and there are no broken arms or limbs, but it vividly depicts the cruelty of war. . This film is in sharp contrast to those films that rely on a large number of bloody scenes to obtain people's sensory stimulation and satisfaction. From this perspective, it is superior to Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan".
Top Ten Classic World War II Films - "Schindler's List" Reasons for being on the list: Jewish famous saying: Saving one life is equivalent to saving all mankind. Classic index: ★★★★★
Science fiction and World War II are Spielberg's two major complexes, and most of his films are related to these two themes. "Schindler's List" is Spielberg's masterpiece of World War II. "Schindler's List" is also adapted from real events. The film tells the story of the German speculator Schindler, who after witnessing the brutal persecution of the Jews by the Nazis, changed from a womanizing and enjoying exploitative capitalist to a A warrior who would protect as many Jews as possible, no matter the cost. At the end of World War II, Schindler had spent all his wealth in order to rescue the Jews, but when he said goodbye to the Jews he rescued, he burst into tears and deeply blamed himself for not saving more Jews.
"Schindler's List" won six Oscars at the 66th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. However, it can even be said that in "Schindler's List" In front of "Dele's List", Oscar does not seem to have enough weight, because people can't even give him an accurate position. If you say it is a commercial film, it is extremely holy, and there is no trace of the copper smell of commercial films; if you say it is an art film, it does not have the delicate and self-admiring self-admiration of art films. But the film was a huge success both commercially and artistically. In fact, we don’t need to give this film any positioning, because it should become a milestone in the history of film for all film workers to appreciate and learn from.
The article is quoted from: Letter from Iwo Jima