Terrorist sacrifices are immortal

Cristian 2022-03-21 09:01:45

It is called another street fighting blockbuster after "Black Hawk Down". My impression is: It's basically okay to look good, but it hasn't reached the level of "Black". "Black" is war, life and death, weapons and tactics; while "Anti" intends to deliberately highlight the humanistic temperament of the film from the perspectives of human nature, religion, and ideology behind the war. I really like the kind of movies that can both entertain and reflect, but "Anti" seems to place too much emphasis on the effect of "reflection", and the characters and plots are often designed to match "reflection". Let the characters and the plot have some kind of blunt connection. For a seasoned war (counter-terrorism) moviegoer, these associations might be better off without a formal breakthrough. Because once the audience sees your first gimmick, all the remaining gimmicks are not gimmicks. They can only be linked to far-fetched, thus diluting the brilliance of the rest of the film.

The current war movies seem to be deliberately downplaying the boundaries between justice and evil. What the audience sees is only the difference in political stance. The winner does not mean glory, and the loser will not be labeled as shame. More extreme, losers tend to receive more sympathy and moral support, such as the terrorists in "Anti", in the slogan of "Assembly": their sacrifices are also immortal. I can't tell what position the director of "Anti-War" takes to view the war between the United States and the Middle East countries. In my impression, the American literary and artistic circles are the main force in the anti-war camp. Although they are unable to stop the war, they Through literary and artistic works, many people have changed the way of thinking about war, that is, they have broken through the narrow view of war between justice and evil. It is said that "Assembly" has set a precedent for Chinese war movies in this regard. I haven't watched it yet. If so, then I think Feng Xiaogang can be upgraded from a famous director to a respectable director.

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  • Candelario 2022-04-22 07:01:15

    The historical background explanation of the title is very cool. Later, the FBI agent was played as a fairy.

  • Jefferey 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    You think about why they are coming to bomb you, you will cry for a long time when an FBI agent is dead. "You want me to weep over 50 civilians? You people kill that number everyday..." is the theme again. . . Originally, I thought there was a drama of a palace coup, but now I completely regard the other party as a terrorist, and I don't like it very much.

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  • Ellis Leach: I met with Prince Thamer at Saudi Embassy fifteen minutes after hearing this morning's news. And after speaking with Thamer, I advised withholding additional U.S. personnel, because a large part of the religious justification for these bombs is the presence of current U.S. personnel. More boots on Saudi soil is only gonna make an already combustible situation that much more so.

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