A female film

Terence 2021-12-27 08:01:29

When you are riding on a spinning bike for thousands of kilometers and walking down to observe the indentation of the bicycle on the carpet, you actually find that you are going backwards. This is the heroine running from the desk to the war-torn Afghanistan to be a war correspondent. Reason.
It should be said that the heroine's work performance is still very good, and she quickly became a member of the Marine Corps colonel and the Afghan Interior Minister. In Afghan words, this woman is a Muslim boy wearing a headscarf.



In a relaxed tone, the film shows the transformation of a female war correspondent in the war. She relies on her female identity to understand why the wells in the Afghan village are blown up every time. The reason is that women think of the opportunity to fetch water by the river. Socializing, so the wells drilled by the US military were blown up with Soviet-made landmines. When the colonel knew the reason, his face was dull for nearly a minute. Maybe I can't understand women before thinking about it. There are descriptions in the film that Afghan women cannot go to school or appear in political gatherings.



In the second half of the film, after a happy description, the cruelty of the war is finally revealed. After learning about the tragic consequences of a friend who caused one person to die and one person lost an eye in an adventure interview in order to win a contract with a TV station, the heroine was almost angry. Slammed the door out. And her friend coldly told her that after the heroine quoted a Marine's unloadable description, the soldier was dispatched to a dangerous area and his leg was blown off. In fact, in this tragic story, the heroine was asking another Marine before, and the other party had told her in a very subtle way, reminding her to put her legs, otherwise she might lose her pair in the car when encountering an improvised explosive device. Legs, but the heroine did not understand at the time. This result puts a great psychological burden on the heroine, but unlike her friend, the friend never felt guilty, and after returning to China, she still found the soldier with the broken leg unforgettable. This is the essential difference between the two women: kindness And selfishness.
The general tone of the film is still very literary. After learning that her boyfriend was kidnapped, the heroine threatened the US military colonel and the Secretary of the Interior, and finally got her boyfriend rescued. When the US army rushed into the rescue scene, flashing bullets flying across, the soundtrack turned out to be very literary without you, making people feel that this killing is no longer so bloody. After the rescue was successful, she decisively ended her adventurous career and returned to the United States.

The Afghan style in the film is worth seeing, especially when the Afghan translator finally bid farewell to the heroine, the close-ups given made people think that this Afghan man is indeed a handsome man.





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  • Brent 2022-04-21 09:02:50

    It's not so much an anti-war film, it's more like an alternative self-seeking

  • Braden 2021-12-27 08:01:29

    At first, I couldn't stand the arrogance of Americans who wanted to save the world, but later I discovered that this story is quite interesting.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot quotes

  • Specialist Coughlin: I hope you got all that on film, ma'am,'cause that right there, that's what we do best. Hearts and minds: the two best places to shoot somebody.

  • Kim Baker: [Putting on blue burqa] It's so pretty I don't even want to vote.