But the biggest difference between A MIGHTY HEART and a documentary is that there are no bystanders. The director strives to make the film both true to the documentary and full of emotional care. The film strikes a good balance between watching and experiencing.
No matter how big an event is, bystanders always look at it from a bystander's point of view. Without personal experience, empathy can only exist on a very limited level. A mighty heart does not only record events, but restores the intertwined psychological state of the protagonist's grief, suffering, hope, strength and fear. There is not too much exaggeration here, everything is real...
There are so many things around the heroine. People who care more about her and help her, but what she bears in her heart may only be understood by herself. There were people coming and going in that apartment, all busy trying to save her husband, the child was crying and making trouble, but in many scenes she was alone.
Pain may be lonely most of the time, but happiness can often be shared with others. Because of that loneliness, we as audiences may be more likely to enter the story and be moved more easily.
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