This movie does not say that war is so simple, nor does it say how important and sacred the profession of bomb disposal is to dealing with terrorism. Maybe it wants to say that a kind of psychological trauma caused by war? And a "sense of mission" that Americans preach? I think so.
But it's clearly not as profound as Revelation, nor the novel, human nature of Saving Private Ryan. And when "Brother Drag" took off his clothes and started to defuse the bomb, it would only make people feel that it was "Americanism". When "Brother Drag" took out the body of a child who was killed as a body bomb, I think this sensationalism is really the usual stinky problem of American blockbusters. But before the end, a conversation between the two soldiers in the car, some understanding of the war. . . It always gives people some thought, which is necessary, and the soul of war movies is here. In every war movie, there will always be someone in the middle of the night, when the garden is quiet, and the heroes have a heart-to-heart chat. . . It's a formula that doesn't work well and doesn't bother you.
Structurally speaking, this film is still a bit incoherent, but maybe it's just to show some divergent themes, so that's why.
All in all, winning this film is a big mistake at the Oscars, and the grand prize should be a film with an epic milestone like "Avatar".
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