Monday, January 12, 2009
Chapaev Response
This movie was very difficult to understand. I think that in order to really understand this film you would need to have background information on the Russians. The whole war scenes always seem to mess with my brain and confuse me because I can never understand which side is the enemies and which side is the good guys! The one part I really didn't understand was when the opposite side was walking towards the Russians on the hill and would walk in a straight line and people would get taken out by the dozens. And even though all of these people were being taken out, their fellow soldiers would just keep walking towards the enemy. I never understand that kind of war tactic, it is pointless and does nothing good for the soldiers. I have never really enjoyed a war movie because it is all just kililng and violence, and especially this one because it was difficult to understand and very lengthy at the same time. I was also very suprised at how clear the sound was for being the first Russian Blockbuster film out! Technology always seems to amaze me! Lastly, I thought when Petka and Anka fall in love through the little machine gun was a great part of this movie as well. It set back all of the negative killing, and violence and calmed down the audience with a little romance! To wrap this movie up, I believe that for being the first sound movie in Russia, I can see why this film was such a great hit to the Russians!
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As for the war..we've learned from our mistakes. There wasn't movies or anything telling soldiers what the proper way to fight was. They learned from games such as chess (where the pieces are lined up) and went from there. I'm pretty sure the Vietnam War was the first war where there were acutal tactics for war. As for continuing to walk- they were taught to keep marching until their captains said retreat. They knew the consequences of war. I also believe this film can be understood without a Russian history lesson. It was nice to learn that Chapaev was a true war hero- however, with subtitles any person can understand that there was a war between two counterparts and that Chapaev was their leader.
ReplyDeleteI too tend to think the more significant (and lasting) portions of this film take place off the battlefield in the interchanges between the various characters on the Red side. There's so much flavorful dialogue between Chapaev, Furmanov, Petya and Anka--and it's that (at least it seems to me) that has stuck much more to the Russian soul than the fighting scenes have.
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