"The Hurt Locker" selects the most representative entry points in war - dangerous bombs, lurking danger and an atmosphere of hanging by a thread.
Watching a love chapter will inevitably expect the hero and heroine to be happy together, so watching a war film will always care about the life and death of the characters consciously or unintentionally.
As Sanborn said, every day of life and death is like flipping a coin. So every time I performed a mission, I broke a cold sweat for them, and paused several times during the movie, for fear that these American soldiers would be wiped out in the next second. At this time, I did not consider that they were on a battlefield full of death; nor did I realize that they were invaders in the eyes of the Iraqis.
James, Sanborn and Owen. Three distinct personalities represent three different perspectives on war.
There was always fear in Owen's eyes - he saw the cruel side of war. The shadow of the death of teammates, the retreat when performing the task, and the fear of the "Mujahideen" when facing the confrontation. It represents most people's impression of war, and saves lives as much as possible.
Sanborn is a seasoned, highly trained and disciplined veteran. He took every assignment seriously, and at the same time was tired of the depressing days of worry and fear. He is the representative of most American soldiers, and he has some anti-war sentiments in his heart. Also like most soldiers on duty, "none of them were ready to die."
James is the main image of the film, and he has a strong sense of personal heroism.
He uninhibitedly listened to rock and roll and appeared in this desperate bomb disposal team with a cigarette in his mouth. Every mission does not play cards according to common sense, does not use robots, hands-on no matter how many bombs, ignores the reminders of comrades in arms, takes the removed bomb lines as souvenirs, and magically saves the danger every time.
In addition to superb skills, heroes must also have excellent psychological qualities. When everyone felt that he was about to "go to the west" after procrastinating for a second, he could be calm and attentive like doing a math problem.
A hero must have tenderness in addition to chivalry. His family, the encounter with Beckham, surrendered the drink to Sanborn's loyalty.
Notably, the only time James was "out of shape" was Beckham's death.
This is about halfway through the film.
After all, Hero Zhan couldn't bear to destroy Beckham, who had become a human bomb. He took out explosives from the corpse and preserved the last dignity of this young life.
He even followed the DVD's owner to find out who was responsible for Beckham's death to avenge him.
Stop, please don't be moved by Zhan Daxia's righteous deeds.
When he recklessly broke into the house and was thrown out by the housewife with a dish,
he walked on the street in a daze. The images on either side are fast-moving traffic, cluttered lights and hostile glances from Baghdads.
He was so confused, so decadent. He even forgot that Beckham's death was ultimately due to the invasion of the United States; Beckham became a human bomb, and it was these American soldiers who he wanted to kill who stepped into their homeland.
On the battlefield, there is no savior. He could never be a hero who made peace in the world. From his point of view, he will never understand the meaning of this war.
Seeing this, I began to notice the Iraqis in the film. Those "jihadists" with stubborn eyes.
The last person who felt the deepest feeling was the person who knelt on the ground and asked for the bomb to be defused. He used a lot of steel locks to firmly chain the amazing bomb to his body - how determined he was to die with these Americans. Then, two minutes before the explosion, he suddenly knelt down in front of the enemy, and he was talking about his relatives and his family.
In the end, the bomb could not be disassembled, and he was annihilated in prayer.
The three members of the Hurt Locker finally successfully completed their mission and survived. However, the war continued.
At the end of the film, James told his son that he loved only one, and everyone knew that the director must launch the theme of "love of peace" at the end.
As a result, the actions of James and others have become "fight for peace". However, there is no savior on the battlefield, even if he can defuse all the bombs of the enemy? There will still be more people who will throw their heads and blood for their country.
Once the war begins, there will be no savior. The only way is to pray to the impossible myth - No war
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