Pseudo-profound meaning

Alexandro 2022-03-18 09:01:02

Very good movie, but some points of view disagree. The movie refers to the arms dealer as the king of war, which seems to explain the harm caused by the arms dealer for profit, and it also seems to reveal in depth that the real largest arms dealer is the government. However, the arms dealer is only a businessman no matter what, and war is a war. It is not that war cannot be fought without these arms dealers.
In the African massacre, if there were no arms dealers, there would still be slaughter. There were no arms dealers in wars around the world, and it had fallen back to the era of cold weapons, and even hand-to-hand combat where there were no weapons. From this perspective, the label at the end that "the five permanent members are the largest arms sellers" does not make much sense. Only a country that creates war for the sale of its weapons like some countries is the king of war. It is not manifested in arms trafficking.
At the same time, those "good guys" continue to play roles in this type of movies where success is not enough. Cage's wife stated frankly that she would not ask her husband anything at first, but afterwards she was able to claim justice to herself and stalked her husband privately. Cage's younger brother didn't understand the theory of one thing and two things. He either couldn't get rid of it at all or persisted to the end. However, he suddenly became a hero when he arrived at the place where he sold weapons and almost killed his brother together. Good people are always here to make trouble. The weak always appear to lash out the conscience of the strong, but in reality they are useless except to prove the superhuman ability of the strong.
Putting this aside, the story is well told. The movie began to use the perspective of a bullet to show the whole process of bullets from manufacturing to launching. It has a bit of CS flavor and is very well done. Even better, after the story begins to develop, the use of fancy shots is almost gone, and it is completely in line with the plot. A good movie will definitely not interfere with the audience's understanding of the story with weird shots when the plot develops. This is basic It makes sense, but many movies can't do it—especially in Hong Kong or South Korean movies, the overuse of fancy shots has become a headache.

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Lord of War quotes

  • Yuri Orlov: [Offering Sierra Leonean natives free guns, rocket launchers and ammunition] help yourselves no charge everything goes free, don't forget the bullets you can't shoot a gun without bullets EVERYTHING GOES FOR FREE

  • Mbizi: [to Jack Valentine, holding a machete to Yuri's neck, while restraining his arms] Can we make him disappear? Around here people disappear all the time

    Jack Valentine: No, don't do it

    Mbizi: Look where we are, who will know?

    Jack Valentine: We will, his going to get what's coming to him

    Jack Valentine: [to Yuri] what are you doing in Sierra Leone?

    Yuri Orlov: [lying] I'm on safari

    Jack Valentine: [amused] Oh really? You're hunting wildebeest with a Submachine gun?

    Yuri Orlov: You also work with the park service? Hunting without a license? Is that the charge?

    Jack Valentine: Why are we playing games? You traffic arms

    Yuri Orlov: [protesting his innocence] Trade

    Jack Valentine: Trade, traffic you get rich by giving the poorest people on the planet the means to killing each other