"I want to go home."

Hope and despair are intertwined.

Home is over there, across the sea, very near and far away. The enemy is around, in the sky and underground, and may appear at any time.

At the beginning of the film, the picture is a dead end, several British soldiers appear, and the flying Germans drop leaflets. But several shots broke the silence, and several British soldiers fled in a hurry in the dense gunfire. In the end, only Tommy escaped. Death, so close to them.

Boarding hopefully again and again, I haven't had time to be glad that I finally set foot on the road home, but my hopes have been dashed again and again-enemy planes bombed and torpedoed. Those soldiers with guns were so helpless that they were completely slaughtered. They had to run away, jumped off the boat again and again, and struggled desperately in the sea again and again. Fortunately, they passed by death, but more often, they never came home again.

Rivers of blood, corpses everywhere.

Water and fire.

Endless sea, burning sea.

There is a heart-wrenching scene: a ship sank, exploded and caught fire, and the whole sea suddenly turned into a sea of fire. Soldiers struggling in the sea were burned alive, crying loudly. It is said that water and fire are incompatible, but at that moment, why are water and fire compatible? That scene, how tragic and worrying? This is war, cruel, bloody and heartless.

Beauty and ugliness.

In the great retreat, everyone scrambled to board the boat home. Tommy and Gibson pretended to be health guards transporting wounded soldiers and wanted to get on the boat. They also got on the boat with the Highland Corps. I think it's just human instinct. Facing life and death, everyone wants to live, and ants are greedy for life. Ships on the beach can't float. The Highland Corps pointed a gun at Gibson and Tommy and asked them to get off the boat in order to lose weight. What they do is selfish and ugly, showing the despicable and dark side of human nature. But when they saw this scene, they felt deeper sympathy and pity. The war really distorted people's sexual orientation-these soldiers forgot that Tommy (or Gibson) ventured to open the hatch after the ship was sunk by a torpedo, and they were able to escape.

But if you can be beautiful, who wants to choose ugliness?

"I'll escort you home."

Heroic fighter pilot. Because of their bravery, because of their fearlessness, because of their sacrifice, they escorted the retreating ships. Lack of fuel, weakness, isolation, but they have no fear, no retreat, they all chose to fight, fight until the last moment. Because they know that they can help more people, sacrifice one of them and help more compatriots return to the motherland. Going home is the only motivation to support everyone to live and persist.

When someone sarcastically asked the pilot, "Where are you?" At this moment, Captain Dawson came over and patted him on the shoulder, only saying, Everyone on board knows. Yes, someone always knows what they did, and someone always remembers.

"I'll take you home."

"long live the motherland"

When those civilian ships appeared on the sea, the general said with tears in his eyes: motherland. And all the soldiers on the dam cheered and shouted: long live the motherland, long live the motherland. At that moment, I also shed tears. What is the motherland? The motherland has never been an empty talk. Many times, the motherland is the people. When they were almost desperate, the motherland did not forget them, nor did the people forget them. Old people, teenagers and housewives all came, driving their boat. It may be a yacht for business, a houseboat where a family usually lives, or even a small fishing boat that can only accommodate a few people. But when these soldiers in extreme fear saw these crude ships, they saw the hope of survival and a bright future. Perhaps, at that moment, they thought of warm home, dear family, delicious food and delicious soup.

Forgiveness and redemption.

/kloc-George died at the age of 0/7. Died at the hands of a pilot with shell shock. This pilot, they rescued him from the sea. George died, and Peter was in great pain. But when the pilot asked him: That child, will he be all right? (George was dead by then) Peter hesitated and said firmly, Yes. At that moment, I was very moved. A teenager chose forgiveness between hatred and forgiveness. Because he knew that the pilot didn't mean it, he was just too scared and had a strong desire to go home, so he and Peter's father accidentally hurt George while grabbing the rudder. None of this wants to happen, but it happened, which is inevitable. Just like war, these civilians are inevitably dragged in.

Everyone is trapped by the torrent of fate, and there is no way.

"Welcome home."

Well done.

When they got off the boat, an old man on the shore gave them blankets and food. "Well done", the old man reached out and touched their faces-the old man was blind. At that moment, it was not only hot tea that warmed them, but also the gentle touch and warm words of the old man.

Sunshine and teenagers.

Tommy on the train suddenly woke up. He quickly opened the curtains and the sun shone through the window. He saw the land on both sides of the railway, yes, the land, the land covered with grass. What does the land mean to them who finally escaped from the other side of the sea? It means practicality, safety and home. And those two teenagers. Teenagers, lovely teenagers, full of vigor and vitality, are symbols of life and hope.

"Hero."

Tommy didn't expect them to be regarded as heroes on the platform. Beer, food and praise. Although they were defeated, although they "escaped" from Dunkirk. But in the hearts of the people, they are heroes.

Yes, they are heroes, as well as those civilian heroes, such as George, Peter and Dawson who went to Dunkirk, although many people didn't leave their names. Those civilian heroes, driving their own small fishing boats, shuttled back and forth in the vast sea under the bombardment of enemy planes, and even rescued more than 300 thousand soldiers. This is a miracle in the history of war. After sending everyone aboard, the general chose to stay and continue fighting with the Allies. They are all heroes, real, unquestionable and indisputable.

Concluding remarks

It should be said that the film Dunkirk has a dark picture, harsh voice and bloody scenes, which makes people feel depressed and heavy. But this is war, and the real war should be more bloody and cruel than this. But there is no doubt that this is an epic film, which truly reproduces the scene of Dunkirk's retreat from a very small perspective. Although there was no big war scene and no big shots appeared, it was recorded through the eyes of a little soldier Tommy, especially some details were particularly delicate and vivid. For example, when Peter broke the glass cover of the fighter plane and extended his paddle to the pilot, the pilot said "good afternoon" and let us see an English gentleman-even if he just shook hands with death. When the soldiers went down to the bottom of Dawson's cabin, when Peter said to be careful not to touch the dead George, the soldiers carefully moved George aside and gently covered him with a blanket. That is, yes, the fear of life.

Although the most exaggerated war in the film is death and fear, what the director really wants to tell us is:

Hope. Alive. Go home. And love.

Although it's a long way home, fortunately, they finally went home.