There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.
You are going to become soldiers. A soldier does not think. He only obeys. Do you really think that if a soldier thought twice he'd give his life for queen and country? Not bloody likely.
Oh, yeah. 'That guy can't open a film. He does all those weird art movies. He works with directors whose names we can't pronounce.' ... But there are worse things you could say.