Only, the movie should have ended before the last comment, which was a nod to the communist regime and their usual message that oppression is a means to universal peace. Right.
Err, the postscript was there to let people know whether and how the General kept his promise to the Soldier....
To spout yet another big word, you are "insinuating" things you can't prove-- I mean, if it's a matter of your opinion, then say so and stop presenting it as fact... do you know how much fuss people (aka political hawks) made about the postscript to the Ip Man movie BEFORE they even read it?
I mean, do you even think through your arguments? If there was no postscript, people would never know if the Soldier achieved any thing in letting the General go; and if the postscript said that the General fought and died against the Qin Army, the Soldier's simple wish for the General and his family line to stay alive would have similary come to naught...
But I suppose you would rather have the movie would be laughed out of the theater by having (a Shyamalan twist?) the General fight and beat the Qin Army, retaking the Liang city and avenging the Soldier along the way? *cue canned laughter*
Again, if you have read any of the other threads-- setting the story at the end of the Warring States effectively limits its ending (Qin does conquer all), but it is also what gives it its poignancy (in how helpless/clueless both the General and the Soldier are)... were you perhaps expecting a feel-good farce like Inglorious Bastards (when in fact the Allies "allowed" the holocaust to happen)?
Think, man, think-- even before you spout, I mean use, those little, every-man/day words of yours. This may not be the fairy-tale (see Inglorious Bastards) you want to see, but it is a more tightly/coherently structured fable than you are able to deconstruct.
Of course, if it makes you feel better, the descendants of all conquered states later rebelled and overthrew the Qin government-- but adding THAT kind of postscript doesn't really invalidate the Chinese government's "hegemony" (every Chinese government in every era came to power through rebellion), so you're still dreaming/propagandizing about the kind of politics that are NOT even in this film.
It is simply the elephant in the room for all China period pieces-- the central Chinese authority/bureaucracy developed thousands of years ago crumbled and re-invented itself over time, but never really went away.... Trying to complain about the politics of China period pieces, by ignoring its actual political history; is like trying to complain about Chinese currency/trade manipulation, by ignoring how it props up foreign governments through buying their bonds.
Yeah X 3, seeing as how the OP throws bare assertions around, I know what he/she is gonna say-- tl;dr... LOL
If you care enough to go around telling people you don't care... you obviously care.
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