英语影视与社会文化--《ThePatriot》英文影评

The Patriot宋凯文 05A11428 页 1 The Patriot Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country J F Kennedy Brief introduction Everyone loves peace and harmony Everyone hats war Had once been into the ruthless war Benjamin knew well about the cruelty of it His intensive determination to prevent and to avoid the war is for less blood and sacrifice But the time has changed It was only after Gabriel showed such great will to join the army his son was killed and his house was burnt that Benjamin realized the independence doesn t come from the peaceful agreement or mild negotiation and freedom can t be found from stable normal life After an uplifting revenge for his son Martin gathered a militia to fight against the Redcoats Extremely difficult as they were the militia and some troops of regular won several battles and held on to the day when the French army came to help them In the end the American won a most essential battle and the scale of victory came to lean towards them The Patriot宋凯文 05A11428 页 2 Three stages Thinking over the film we can figure out several stages that Martin was on That is there are several certain turning points in his attitude and conception towards the war At first he dare not go to war with England for fears of losing family At the beginning of this film was his guilty words I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me And the cost is more than I can bear So he didn t cast the vote which would sent both his family and others to fight Even when asked about his principles by an old comrade Chris Cooper he replied I m a parent I haven t got the luxury of principles The second stage came not long When the cruel even monstrous British Colonel William killed his son without mercy though Benjamin went to the war his struggle had appeared obviously to be a bit limit cause he was holding the state eager to revenge There wasn t any patriotism in this but rage for losing family members As time went by a lot of battles he had been through with his militia Martin gradually became mature The moment his oldest son Gabriel got killed by Tavington his heart nearly broke up He was unavoidably a part while he tried to keep distance from this cruel conflict But he didn t drown in grief Affected by his sons will and his own reflection he was awaken and fought again For some time he did fight for his family but now he went to serve the glorious cause of liberty and nation My feeling In this film there were many scenes that moved me Of course the most inspiring chapter is the last battle Seen the fallen of Benjamin and the cheering people rushing forwards The Patriot宋凯文 05A11428 页 3 everyone including me may think that the movie is over The end must be Benjamin s tragic death with the final success of the battle When the butcher who took away his two sons life is going to kill him the miracle happens He killed the butcher with the bullet made out of his son s toy let him die before the end of the war and fulfill his promise Papa don t go I ll say anything I ll say anything you want Tell me what you want me to say I ll say anything Well I