I have seen the movie before, Bonzi had not surprisingly.
We watched it last night.
It is a great movie. It is not really a war movie, even though obviously it is centered around WW II.
It is a story of perseverance, blind ambitions and pride. The movie portrays the good and the bad of each of these things.
The movie ends with a scene where the medic keeps repeating 'It's madness... madness... madness" As he stands and surveys the futility of all the mass suffering and death of war.
To me:
The British Colonel and the Japanese Colonel represents the two sides of war.
Both are willing to sacrifice the lives of others to win against the other.
The bridge represents the war itself. Enormous price is paid to build it, nothing is more important than building the bridge. The cost of lives and resources is meaningless, only the bridge matters.
And in the end, the bridge is destroyed. And everyone is dead.
We watched it last night.
It is a great movie. It is not really a war movie, even though obviously it is centered around WW II.
It is a story of perseverance, blind ambitions and pride. The movie portrays the good and the bad of each of these things.
The movie ends with a scene where the medic keeps repeating 'It's madness... madness... madness" As he stands and surveys the futility of all the mass suffering and death of war.
To me:
The British Colonel and the Japanese Colonel represents the two sides of war.
Both are willing to sacrifice the lives of others to win against the other.
The bridge represents the war itself. Enormous price is paid to build it, nothing is more important than building the bridge. The cost of lives and resources is meaningless, only the bridge matters.
And in the end, the bridge is destroyed. And everyone is dead.