Kathryn Bigelow's film has a clear theme and is marked with the director's verytough personal brand. When watching her movies, all the love between children disappears. Anyone who sees this kind of man's movie and sees the feeling of being a base should really face the wall. Because of the above style, audiences often forget that this is the work of a female director. An addiction, soaking in the flesh and penetrating the spirit, can't be stopped, absurd and ridiculous. It's like James' dependence on nicotine, a cigarette lit every time he successfully completes a task, like an after-the-fact cigarette at the end of a hearty sex. Not knowing who the enemy is, James is not a hero, but a confused person. The old society alienated people into ghosts, and war alienated people into addicts.
The theme of the film is "War is an Addiction". After reading it roughly, it only felt shocking and great, and then it felt absurd and painful. It is by no means a war movie that simply makes people cry or shock, but like Apocalypse Now, it makes people sink and look at themselves and this new era. Seeing Captain James stepping on the land of Iraq again, the back of the heavy bulletproof suit seems to have an unexplained epic feeling when Gagarin stepped on the moon. But there are far more people disposing of bombs than people who have landed on the moon. 03-10 Al Qaeda has no way to confront the US military head-on. Human bombs, earth bombs, and car bombs are prevalent. Therefore, a large number of bomb disposal experts will be needed to frantically get involved in wars that are not on their own territory, in the name of "help".
What kind of people are addicted? Such a person must not be strong-willed, nor must he be sober. Addiction is like a hidden disease, no one but the client understands its pain. Xiaobai doesn't understand why James can worry about the lives of himself and his teammates, and Xiaohei doesn't understand why James is like a homeless homeless person even if he has children and a family. When James returns to the U.S. from his B Company rotation, there's a long shot at the supermarket: his wife asks him to grab a box of cereal from the shelf. Very simple task, just step on your feet or bend over, without even thinking. At this time, James was in a trance, and there was a withdrawal reaction. Such a peaceful life is completely different from the battlefield. We look at Iraq through James' eyes. It is a fragmented mass of short and fast shots. It is neurotic and mentally unstable. It is always distracted and disturbed. It needs to be maintained The spirit is extremely excited; in the United States, time has slowed down, and it is unbearable. The raindrops rolling down the eaves and the autumn leaves are all slow motion shots. This kind of slowness is like the orderly arrangement of goods on the supermarket shelves, which is boring. He couldn't find his place. The image of the military doctor was used as a control. As a sober and kind military civilian, he provides psychological counseling for Xiaobai, saying "this is not the worst experience in your life" and "joining the army is glorious" chicken soup for the soul, Xiaobai chokes him: "Where did you do your military service, Yale?" In the end, the doctor decided to go to the front line to take a look and go on a mission with the bomb disposal unit. At this time, James was dismantling the child's human bomb, and wrapped the body in a white cloth and walked out in the dust. Immediately, the doctor was blown up by a soil bomb, almost simultaneously. The sensitivity and empathy that symbolized the human heart disappeared, leaving only numbness. Meaningless, war is meaningless, alienating everyone. Xiaobai didn't believe that the doctor was dead. Xiaohei was lying in the car crying and wanting a child. Only James was the same as usual. He came from Afghanistan. There are too many such things. He is no longer close to Iraqi residents. "Are you sure he's the kid at the barracks?" "I don't know, Iraqis all look the same." "You'll forget the things you used to love. At my age, there may only be one or two left. There are only one piece left, for me there is only one left." James is not a role model, worthy of emulation and emulation, returning to the battlefield is not cool, and one-sided people can see heroism from it. Seemingly clear enemies, people who want to protect but have become indifferent, family members are only superficial fetters. What is the cause of war, and what kind of result does it turn people into? The taste of human bombs is sweet, and the taste of earth bombs is salty. James relies on this taste, and he cannot escape. Like nicotine in the lungs, addiction enters the heart. Where is his return? Maybe on the battlefield, maybe, on the moon. Perhaps only to indulge in this terrible addiction, a morbid love, the sneer when you put on your bulletproof suit and helmet, and make yourself feel alive. We end up dying of what we love. "What's the secret to a successful bomb disposal?" "Fix it alive."
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