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The bomb disposal team of B Company consists of three people. They sacrificed the bomb disposal captain in one mission, so the film protagonist James joined in. James is a strange person. He has no fear of his own death. He doesn't follow the operating procedures at all. He always dismantles bombs single-handedly, and even takes off the bomb dismantling suit again and again at the risk of his convenience. But this person who is not afraid of self-death was touched by the deaths of others in the process of carrying out the mission, including US military comrades and Iraqis. The deaths of these people gave him an indelible impression. Over time, it affects his psychology and behavior. In the film, James is not so much a strong soldier as he is a confused participant. Facing an invisible enemy, fighting a war that he does not know who to fight with, all of which makes him a little at a loss, but in his bones The unique heroism complex of the Americans made him want to make everything better in front of him through his own efforts, because in this seemingly illusory battlefield, the casualties of his comrades are real. So at the end of the film, when he returned to his home country, he chose to return to Iraq because "the bomb disposal personnel are even more needed there to avoid threats to the lives of his comrades." But is there any real meaning to all of this?
The film uses documentary shooting methods, and the dangling shoulder-mounted camera lens brings us to the real Iraqi battlefield, surrounded by feared American soldiers and ant-like Iraqis. In the midst of a war, everyone is weak: American soldiers armed to the teeth may get on a "turf plane" at any time; Iraqi militants are also easily killed by the 50 machine guns of the US military; not to mention civilians, both sides Any small conflict is enough to crush them.
The director used a sloppy narrative technique that can only be found in independent films, and through James' eyes, he showed us fragments. There is no compact narrative and repeated climaxes, but it really suffocates me. In my opinion, life does not actually have a main storyline, it is just a superposition and accumulation of events. People living in the world are the process of constantly encountering events and solving problems. Just as the fragments of our lives are strung together to record the trajectory of our lives, each of the events and encounters in the film write about James' journey to Iraq. In these clips, the director seems to be on the sidelines, but it is difficult to hide her anti-war heart. Let's analyze these scenes together.
Fragment 1: The death of the former bomb
disposal In fact, from the selection of the cast of the dragon set, we can see the extensive contacts and unique intentions of the director Catherine Bigelow. At the beginning of the film, the bomb disposal expert played by the well-known Guy Pierce appeared. This famous actor who starred in "Time Machine" and "Memory Fragment" almost deceived me. Seeing such stars as standard heroes It’s impossible not to misunderstand that this movie is a Hollywood hero film with Guy Pierce as the core. The hero must be undead in all battles. In the end, he saved his comrades, saved the people, saved the country, saved the world, and embraced. The beauty returns. However, this common sense misled us this time and helped the director to be naughty. A few minutes later, the bomb disposal failed and Guy Pierce died. It turns out that his role is the predecessor of the protagonist James, because he died, James appeared. The function of Guy Pierce is to show the audience the correct bomb disposal procedure, and through the demonstration of the formal procedure, it left a reference for James's serious violations after his appearance.
Guy Pierce’s death is actually the director’s opening remarks. She first broke people’s usual movie-watching psychology and made a solemn statement that in the face of war, everyone is weak. There is no undead Rambo in the world, including Guy Pierce’s "press Truth" should be an immortal star.
Fragment 2: The Death of the Bonus Hunter
After a mission, James’ bomb disposal team encountered four British men dressed in Iraq. Their job was to arrest people in accordance with the poker warrant. I don’t know what their status is, Special Forces? Because they are equipped with big snipers that can take down helicopters; bonus hunters? Because they attach great importance to bounty. No matter who they are, let's call them bonus hunters, because if they are special forces, they will not need the help of the brothers of the bomb disposal unit after encountering Iraqi militants.
What's interesting is that the role of the leader of the bonus hunter is actually played by Ralph Vannes, who starred in "Schindler's List". The hunter’s boss’s looks are extremely awesome. Aside from his sturdy outfit, Barrett alone can kill a large movie. According to conventional Hollywood thinking, this is another one who can never die. Rambo, who swept all war films, was born. However, a few minutes later, Vannes the Great was shot in the heart by the Iraqis, and he completed the guest appearance heroically.
When Vannes rolled down the hill, the director looked at us with a smirk on his face and said, "War, there is no strong one."
Fragment 3:
One day after the death of the colonel medical officer, the comrade colonel medical officer in James's army was bored behind his desk, so he found the James group who was going to work and asked to experience life together. Unfortunately, an earthy bomb killed the colonel. Again, in the face of war, official rank is not a sign of the strong. After the colonel was killed, a soldier rushed over and shouted in pain, "I was still teaching him how to use the radio..." The life is gone, even if you were together last minute and bragged and bet about the mountains. War, that's it.
Fragment 4: The death of "Beckham"
James often buys DVDs near the barracks, so he got acquainted with a kid named Beckham who sells DVDs. He has a good affection for children, bet with him, play with him, and He buys CDs. However, when he raided a bomb-making den one day, he accidentally found the corpse of "Beckham" there. The corpse was made into a corpse bomb by militants, and his stomach was stuffed with explosives.
On the way back to the barracks, James was in great pain, but the sergeant in the same car persuaded him that what he saw was not necessarily "Beckham". The reason was that "Iraqis all look the same. Who can tell?"
How many days later, when Beckham appeared at the gate of the barracks again, James was confused. He thought he knew Iraqis better than other Americans and could make friends with Iraqis. In fact, in the end, he was no different from other Americans. They couldn't tell who the Iraqis were, even if they got along with him day and night. Iraqi.
Americans look at Iraqis, Iraqis look at Americans, Westerners look at Easterners, and Easterners look at Westerners. In fact, in everyone's eyes, people of each other's race are the same and it is difficult to distinguish clearly. When we are angry that Europeans and Americans look at the Chinese and ask if they are Japanese, aren't we also shouting at the British for Lao Mei? This is probably a kind of civilization barrier, right? When will the war end? I am afraid that this estrangement must be eliminated first; when will the estrangement disappear? I'm afraid it is far away, because we don't even bother to figure out the difference between each other's appearance. Do we still think about what others think? There is a sentence that sums it up well, “The Americans don’t know what the Iraqis want, and the Iraqis don’t bother to let the Americans know what they want.”
Under the war, children are the weakest to bear the brunt, although Beckham is still alive. But the child lying there as a corpse bomb is real. Who can guarantee that the next one will not be Beckham?
Fragment 5: The death of the "body bomb"
James' last mission before leaving Iraq. An Iraqi uncle took the initiative to ask the US patrol for help, saying that a bomb was strapped to his body, but he did not want to make a "body bomb" and begged the US military to save him. This is a time bomb, leaving only two minutes for James, James raced against time to dismantle the bomb, pushing the entire film to a climax. However, the plot deviated from the audience's experience again. The situation where everyone expected to cut the red and blue lines to rescue the Iraqi civilians at the last second and then the military-civilian gala did not appear. When the time came, the Iraqi uncle was blown into powder. James was thrown to the ground by the air wave during the escape. He was lying on his back, but he accidentally saw the kite in the sky, so bright and so free.
The director smashed the audience who grew up drinking Hollywood milk with cruel endings countless times. This is the fact. The fact is not making movies. Facing the bleak facts, we are all weak.
Fragment 6 and Fragment 7: When
James evacuated, Iraqi children followed the Hummer Jeep and threw stones wildly.
James could not adapt to his life after returning to his country and returned to the battlefield in Iraq.
The interplay of these two clips made me feel desperate. The war has become an unbreakable curse, which is not only irresistible, but also impossible to escape. In the hearts of the offspring of Iraq, the seeds of hatred have been planted, and they will sprout and bear fruit at any time in the years to come. The American soldiers have been deeply trapped in war and cannot adapt to a normal peaceful life, as if war has become the only meaning of their existence. Both parties are victims. There is no difference between strength and weakness. Both are driven by a spell called "war". No matter how far they go, they will never escape the crushed fate...
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