Haunting and suffocating when watching the blockbuster movie 'Tunnels' by Bui Thac Chuyen

* The article expresses the author's opinion.

A scene from the movie.

Seeing my friends on Facebook sharing that they had gone to see The Tunnels and telling me about the details they liked, I, who was lazy to go to the cinema, finally had to go see it during the last holiday so that I could "chat" with my friends. Before, I also followed the crowd and went to the cinema to watch some entertaining movies, but ended up leaving halfway and feeling sorry for the money, blaming myself for choosing a useless movie.

But this time watching The Tunnels, I found it worth the time and money I spent. Over 120 minutes in the theater was the amount of time I was drawn into the story. It was strange that the film had no grand setting, no comedy, the audience strained their eyes to follow and strained their ears to listen to the dialogue without feeling bored.

I have read many books about Cu Chi tunnels but have never seen such a beautiful and admirable image of the land of steel. The land was plowed by American bombs with tens of thousands of sweeps, it seemed like not a single tree or blade of grass could stand, yet in the midst of that fire and bullets, the small guerrilla soldier still persevered in the tunnel waiting for the moment to destroy the enemy.

The tunnels are not a tear-jerking film, but they make the audience unable to take their eyes off the screen. I feel like I am not watching a movie but watching a documentary about the Cu Chi tunnels and Bay Theo, Ba Huong, Ut Kho, and Uncle Sau are all real soldiers who seem to have stepped from real life onto the screen.

"Tunnel" attracted 1 million viewers to theaters after 3 days of release. Photo: Producer

Watching the movie, I only felt sorry for the soldiers of the past because they had to live and fight in unimaginably harsh conditions. Watching The Tunnels, I also felt sorry for the actors because I saw how hard it was for them to film. I admire both the director and the crew for bringing to the screen such a special story that made Vietnamese people watching the movie feel proud of their ancestors.

As a Vietnamese, who is not proud of the heroic history of the nation with the Great Victory of Spring 1975 that resounded throughout the world? In the atmosphere of the whole country celebrating half a century of our victory over the US and the unification of the country, going to the cinema to watch a movie filled with revolutionary heroism like The Tunnels is also a worthy way to celebrate.

Recently I watched a TV show and saw director Bui Thac Chuyen said that the purpose of making this film was to say 3 things. That is, our ancestors knew how to fight and win; Peace and national unity did not come naturally but had to be exchanged with the blood of our predecessors; and finally, we must not forget those things.

After watching the film, I found that director Bui Thac Chuyen helped the audience learn those three lessons. The image that haunted me the most was when the character Uncle Sau was captured by American soldiers. He was not afraid of the enemy's guns pointing at him from all sides, but calmly smoked a cigarette and said: "The tunnels are people's war, you have no way to win."

There were so many soldiers, so many children in Cu Chi who died to protect this land but they still chose to forgive. What more humane image could the director have chosen to end the film with the scene of the American soldier being placed on a banana raft by the guerrillas and let drift down the river.

The atmosphere of the tunnels sometimes makes viewers feel suffocated because of the narrow space underground. The film ends strangely, it's over but still there. The introduction of the elements that make up the work is quite long, interspersed with documentaries, but the good thing is, no one stands up and leaves. The film is not dramatic, does not talk about morality, but is more valuable than thousands of history books to help us and our friends around the world understand why a small nation like Vietnam can defeat a great world power 50 years ago. The only thing I regret about the film is that there is no Vietsub, many listening parts lose information, I don't know what the content was at that time, I can only feel it.

According to vietnamnet.vn

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