The most praiseworthy thing about "The Hurt Locker" is the angle. It does not directly attack the confrontation scene of the flames of war. Instead, it aims at a quiet but extremely tense battle. It records a bomb disposal unit represented by James. Living and working in Baghdad for more than a month.
The devastated streets of Baghdad, bombs hidden everywhere, and malicious eyes, the first impression of "The Hurt Locker" is the oncoming real record style. It is hard to imagine such a work exuding male hormones. A female director dominates. As the director, Bigelow hopes to use memory to pay tribute to the brave and fearless members of the bomb disposal team. The film really does this very well. The film elaborates the whole story through several scenarios of eliminating the danger of different bombs. The momentary scenes will suffocate the audience every time.
And these bomb disposal soldiers not only have to complete the task of removing the bombs, but also need to beware of the surrounding open guns and arrows. They also need to support their inner doubts about the war. They can dismantle the bombs, but they cannot dismantle the hostility, hatred, revenge and prejudice. So, the time is presented here as a countdown. It is the date of returning to the United States, and it may also be the end of life.
"The Hurt Locker" not only directly shows the real life of the soldiers in Bahadad from a rough and even rough perspective, but also focuses on the endless trauma caused by the war to the warring parties, especially the ordinary people. The different perspectives are actually about the eternal theme of anti-war.
Although the details and layout are well done, it is a pity that this film ignores the deep-seated issues such as the causes of the war, which directly weakens the social value of the film. I believe that the director and screenwriter know better than we do to the truth of "do not do to others what you do not want to do", but the film blindly focuses on the hardships and difficulties of the bomb disposal process, entangled in the inner confusion of the soldiers, and caused the US military to bear the burden of humiliation. "Bringing Baghdad the illusion of security and civilization. Seemingly anti-war, in fact, the film is essentially still selling American-style salvation images and democratic politics. From this perspective, the concept of the film is not excellent, and it is even suspected to please the market.
The result of the war on individuals in "The Hurt Locker" is no longer to stay away from the battlefield or death, but to let James return to the army to continue suffering. This is not the expansion of personal heroism, nor his love of war, but that he has been unable to adapt to a peaceful life. Only a highly tense battlefield is his only destination. Saving more lives is his only excuse and the only excuse. exit. Therefore, just like the "war is a drug" mentioned at the beginning of the film, once it is involved, it is difficult to get out. At the end of the film, the "365th day" is played. This kind of fatalistic reincarnation is the greatest helplessness and sorrow.
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