craven's class

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2009)

*** The symbolism for the Russian Roulette sequences. What was the director trying to get at? Do you agree or disagree with his concept? Include with this our discussion as related to patriotism.
I believe that the director is trying to show his audience the lose lose situation the Vietnam soldiers had to be a part of. The fact that no matter what you will die eventually in Russian roulette, is just like the feeling for the soldiers. They can go for a short tour and come home and be called a baby killer. or in the long run not come home at all, and if you are lucky and do come home, you will never be the same. Same with how you play the game, if you get lucky and get a blank chamber, you will end up keep playing until you get the loaded chamber. You can't win. I agree with this concept because it seems to make sense. You can see the toll that the game takes on Nick throughout the movie. He takes that long trip that turns him into a completely different person. Because the longer you play the game the worse you become. Exactly like the war. the longer that you're on tour. The worse you are going to end up. Personally I do not see the connection between this and patriotism, nor do I remember the discussion we had about it. All i can think of is that by going to war they were showing their patriotism. but that is all i can recognize.