"Seal Team 6" focuses on the three or four core soldiers of the "Seal Team 6" who specifically carry out hunting and killing tasks. The incident is presented from their perspective. The keynote is inspiration and praise, reflecting the anti-terrorism action and heroism of the United States. of praise. The film uses clips of heroic interviews with the media, Obama's speeches, and clips of certain news reports to highlight the "documentary" quality. Fragments of interviews between soldiers and CIA intelligence personnel appear regularly throughout the film, intersecting with the development of the plot. It seems that the parties interpret and comment on the events that have occurred, and the overall structure plays a framework to highlight the "documentary". the role of sexuality.
However, "documentary" is just a shell, and the overall look of "SEAL Team Six" is still a feature film - I mean, its narrative structure and video presentation methods are more of a dramatic story. The story includes both macro and micro aspects. The "macro" aspect: how the U.S. government, from the CIA to the White House, investigates intelligence, analyzes intelligence, makes decisions after repeated discussions, and starts training exercises, and finally wins. "Micro" aspect: how the soldiers of Team 6 of the SEAL team faced difficulties and trauma, how to say goodbye to their families, how to get along, and finally returned with a victory. The two aspects are intertwined in the narrative, with the same trend and the same keynote. Both the plot description and the style of the picture are very smooth and smooth, there are no unexpected bumps, and there are not too many surprises. In short, in the end, it is a smooth way to overcome all kinds of difficulties, and finally sing a triumphant song. It can be said to be a mediocre story.
"The Hunt for Bin Laden" takes a more personal perspective. It tells how Maya, a female CIA staff member, persevered and insisted on tracking the whereabouts of bin Laden for ten years; finally, under the changing political situation, after difficult reporting, waiting for high-level decision-making and approval, and finally after Complete the mission with the actions of the Navy SEALs. This female intelligence officer, who is also one of the main characters in "SEAL Team Six", is named Vivian (all pseudonyms in the story, but there are real prototypes in reality). "Seal Team 6" also highlights her tenacity, sensitivity and resilience, but it also undergoes a relatively flat and dramatic treatment. And "Hunting Osama Bin Laden"'s performance of her is more complex and delicate, and its image is not a majestic, but disturbing. Because it's not an ode - but it makes us all the more impressed by how valuable the characters are.
"Hunting Bin Laden" does not seem to have a clear and smooth story frame. In fact, its "story" is still there, but it is more hidden than the popular drama. The director uses subtitles to segment the progress of the plot, such as: "Human Error", "Canary Action", etc., but there are no common dramatic turns and prompts in the progression of each stage of the plot; often there are only daily scenes The transition of the scene, the switch of the place, the change of the event - what emerges is a large number of scenes, and the characters seem to have no certain direction of action.
All of this is caused by the way the story is told that avoids the usual cause-development-climax unfolding, and the way the footage is presented. A comparison of SEAL Team Six makes it clear. As a movie about military and espionage, "SEAL Team Six" shows the technical points of view: how to track, how to scout, how to attack, and the process of political decision-making: how to persuade and how to decide. Tracking and reconnaissance explained the process of finding the enemy, tracking and finally finding the destination in a few minutes; the process of attack was also quite dramatic: exercises, deployments, enemy screams, resistance... In short, they are quite satisfactory . In "The Hunt for Bin Laden," there are very few technical scenes. The stalking scene is often switched between the close-up of the characters and the panorama of the downtown, and the stalker's nervousness, daze, and lucky rediscovery - a very common emotion revealed in the process, not like the "SEAL Team Six" spies. The hero seems to be confident and sure of winning. There are two ways of "seeing" the scene of breaking bin Laden's residence: one is the shadowy commandos seen in the dark night, and the other is the scene inside the house seen through the soldiers' luminous mirrors. The "enemy" in the room only had panic, dodge, and sporadic resistance, but no fierce confrontation. All in all, Kathryn Bigelow eschews a lot of the common expressions of these kinds of stories. In the end, the enemy is not even given a full face, but only part of his nose. In the end, there was no exaggeration of victory, and the heroine took a huge and empty special plane to return to China, tears streaming down her face.
From this film, you can feel the director's personal perspective on this historical event, as well as stronger questions, including: Has the highly professional ability and quality of "national defenders" ruined their Life? Is it necessary to adhere to principles and bottom lines in war - in order to avoid "being like the enemy"? Are "anti-terrorism" and "revenge" "just"? And these "human" questions were not thrown out directly, but presented through a forbearance and tough narrative.
In short, of the two films with the same theme, "Hunting Bin Laden" is better. From the comparison, we can learn how to make a better film with a theme that has its own interesting points ("good" in the sense of mainstream values) Inspired. Of course, the similar plots between the two will be connected with each other.
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