I still think he's too realistic. There were no grand explosions of all kinds, no hero came out to save the world, just a bunch of people, a bunch of real people, and battle scenes that looked bland on screen but were in fact extremely dangerous.
War is actually more brutal than we think. When the first shot is fired, it means that people start to die, and the story of the hero happens all the time.
It's not that they won't sacrifice because they're seals. It's not that they're not afraid because they're marines. When they see their comrades who get along day and night fall down beside them, no one won't feel afraid. Bullets whizzed past, who would feel confused and at a loss about themselves, about the future, about choices?
Aside from the plot set by the movie, don't care about the so-called main theme, just go back to this group of soldiers, which is still awesome. The comrades around him fell but couldn't bring them back. I don't think this was their original wish. No one has the heart to ignore the companions they get along with day and night, but they are soldiers and have to make such a choice. Knowing that it was a mortal action to rescue the target, they still went without hesitation because they were soldiers. Soldiers are also human, and they pretend to be iron men, but in the end they are still human beings with flesh and blood. This inhuman sin, the sin of war.
"Marines fight for their teammates, they fight for the wounded. Fight to give other people a chance to make a difference. So our sins can be forgiven. If we're lucky, in the midst of war and death, we Hope can be found. Among all the wounded, bloodshed and sacrificed comrades in arms, there will always be cauldrons. Their families must bear their sacrifices."
I think that's what the movie is really trying to say. There has never been a just war, even those who were forced to take up arms to resist, let alone those who took the initiative to provoke it. I don't think anyone can guarantee that in any war, not a single innocent civilian will be sacrificed, and not a single family will not be sacrificed in the war. However, what is the meaning of war? It is not an order from the top. For these soldiers, the meaning of war is to protect the brothers who lived with them, trained together, and bleed and sweated together. It is to protect the distant rear. Family, relatives, friends who are still enjoying life.
I think this is the real meaning of war for them.
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