"Face the bad things, and then fucking look forward." The soldier with a pair of prostheses sat in his garden and said to the visiting female reporter Kim. Kim was here to "apologize." A few years ago, when she reported on Afghanistan, she quoted a cynical statement from this soldier, which caused the military to mobilize him to a more dangerous place on duty. In the end, he lost his legs. Kim knew about this incident by accident and came here full of guilt and anxiety, but in the end, the soldier became her spiritual mentor, and she was relieved. From a certain point of view, this "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot" is a healing movie, but the process of healing people's hearts and enlightenment events happen in extreme battlefields.
The United States’ war on terrorism has spawned countless movies and dramas, some of which have typical American humorous styles. The seemingly mocking attitude, the ridiculous soldiers and the crowd, the story is full of farce, absurdity and funny, but in the end something can always hit your heart. This movie always reminds people of the famous black comedy series "The Edge of Political Situation", but compared to the series of black politicians, the core of "Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot" is actually described It is a story of a woman rediscovering the meaning of life.
Kim's daily work is to write manuscripts for those vase anchors, which is boring and stable. She thinks that life may continue like this, with contentment and anxiety. After a job adjustment, she was sent to Afghanistan as a war correspondent. Inexperienced, she originally planned to go there for only three months, but she worked a little bit deeper and made more friends, but her boyfriend in the United States cheated...time a little bit passed, she stayed here for several years. There, she got into trouble, reported hot news, encountered a relationship, and finally let her understand how to deal with the unspeakable thing of "life".
"Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot" wraps a very clear clue with a comedy shell-Kim has found out a little bit of experience from a mess, misplay, and mischief, and began to become a Professionals who are determined in their hearts and able to adapt to the special local culture. This is a process from inner chaos to maturity.
This is a movie that speaks in detail. Only people who really understand the battlefield can write so many cruel, joking, or heart-warming details: extremists publicly "execute" televisions, a Western entertainment device; when men and women hold hands in the street, decent aunts in black turbans Desperately beat the hands they held together; the wells built by American soldiers were destroyed time and time again, and they always blamed the Taliban. In the end, Kim discovered that it was local women who had destroyed the wells because only when they fetched water can women go out. Opportunities to chat and relax; there are ordinary people who have faith but embrace modern life; those new officials who are respectable; those foreigners who drink and have fun in a dusty environment with car bombs hidden everywhere... …All this is real and lively. Afghanistan in the news is labelled. This movie restores the soul and flesh of Afghanistan-sinister and warm-this is the complex and real life.
In terms of structure and emotional advancement, Kim's departure from the familiar United States to war-torn Afghanistan was initially a loss. She was forced to transplant from her comfort zone to a piece of soil that was not suitable for her, and she began to work hard to find herself. The process of realizing value is to find and merge. In the end, she gets friends and love, which means gain. At this point, it has returned to a closed circle. Kim entered another comfort zone. What's interesting is that when everyone felt that Kim finally got used to it, having fun in the chaos and uncertainty, taking it easy, but she herself chose to leave.
But the difference is that leaving the United States at that time was forced and full of panic, but this time leaving the United States was proactive and determined. The experience in Afghanistan gave her not only the reputation and work experience in the circle, but the ability to deal with life. "I start to feel that everything is normal now, and this is problematic." Kim said. When a person can actively jump out of the comfort zone and explore the new world, it shows that she has the courage, ability and self-confidence. A few years in Afghanistan have made Kim reborn.
To some extent, Kim is a portrayal of every urbanite. He is satisfied and uneasy about a stable life, but he is full of fear for real challenges. Life itself is an unknown continent connected piece by piece. We must dare to travel, but not everyone has such courage. Whether it is the extreme Afghanistan or the daily urban workplace, they are mirror images of each other. Some people regard their life and workplace as battlefields, and some people regard the battlefields as a place of practice. Kim said that the first thing that prompted her to go to Afghanistan was a treadmill. She found that she had run thousands of kilometers on it, but the machine had moved a few centimeters back. This is ridiculous. And does each of us have the courage to step down from that machine and rush to the wilderness?
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