It's not as good as Norway 722, what about love, terrorism can't knock us down, it's a great city. This clichéd American theme makes the film empty except to record events, leaving only the United States' patriotic education. In fact, I watched it for about ten minutes at first, and suddenly I remembered the Aum Shinrikyo subway terrorist attack I watched some time ago. At that time, I was not thinking about politics, international relations, cults, or terrorism. The issue, but all the ordinary people involved in the event, had their lives turned abruptly into the abyss without warning on an ordinary day.
The calamity they endured, for no reason but a heavy price, became a momentary news report, a short-lived national issue, and soon after the event faded out of the public eye, it became a completely personal incapacity. A lifetime of pain. These tarsal maggots of pain, fear, and loss are not something that can be resolved with the understatement "We have to love," nor can it be downplayed with "We have to look forward." Talking about terrorism in this way, it's almost disrespectful and frivolous to talk about every innocent victim. When I abandon the macro perspective and look at a terrorist attack from everyone's perspective, what I get is more confusion, anxiety, and pain than the movie expresses. So in the second half, when the protagonist is asked "then how do we prevent these terrorist attacks?" and the protagonist answers "love," I'd rather he say nothing.
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