Thursday, August 05, 2004
i just watched the brotherhood.
wat kind i say? guess it was korea's attempt of saving ryan's privates... but honestly, it was pretty alright.
that's if u like sitting through a 2.5hr show with 2hr of gory gunfire, bomb blasts and alot and i repeat alot of blood.
i guess i can't compare it fully with private ryan's savings cos i didn't watch it in a theatre. yes, it was NC16 and i just wasn't that old. so i sneakly watched the vcd and i guess it just doesn't do it justice.
but after watching all the war and gore, i don't think i can still fully understand the extent of which our guys friends go through in NS. i mean, it's all fine if they're just enlisting in for 2.5 yrs to train. but wat happens if the malaysian's suddenly attacked? or if we're under a terrorist attack or another communist rule? wat if a real war actually broke out and our men - our fathers, brothers, friends had to fight? wld this show really be a prequal to wat wld happen if war broke out?
then again, this was during the 1950s when they fought with tin can helmets. i guess war now adays would be biological warfare.
but yet, as i look at the 2 brothers that faught side by side, and the comarade that they share with the rest of the platoon... all the times i''ve struggle to understand why my dad still keep goes out with his army buddies, or that kc had a higher place for his men than me, or that some of my uni guy friends are as close as brothers... this show explains a little.
not that i can fully understand, but at least, i'm more acceptive.
the mentality that i can replace any of their brothers is wrong. i've not sat on a hill in brunei and smoked grass with them, or have i scrubbed the toilet floor with a toothbrush together, or have i ever got lost in the jungle with only my buddy , and neither have i looked for 3 fugitives that swam over from JB. nope.
none checked on my list.
that's why, no matter how i feel it or see it, the guys can't treat me like i'm a brother.
they can't.
cos i've not been enlisted.
