Ten years, for what?

Gayle 2022-04-23 07:01:24

The 9/11 in 2001 really shocked the world, angered, saddened, and united. At the beginning of this film, the shocking picture of the plane hitting the World Trade Center was not used to reveal people's memories of 9/11, but The simplest black screen was used, and the background sound was 911. People in the World Trade Center made a recording of the call to 911 after the tragedy occurred. One by one, their lives disappeared behind the sound. Although it has been more than ten years, it can still be very unbearable. , to face the lives that disappeared in the darkness. Such an opening seems to show an attitude that this history cannot be forgotten!

Then there's the torture and inhuman treatment of al-Qaeda personnel by CIA agents for any clues to al-Qaeda executives and bin Laden personally. In fact, a large part of the whole film is about how to gradually find the informant by abusing and torturing prisoners. Finally, with unremitting efforts, it gradually focused on a key person who sent information to bin Laden.

The plot of this film is very realistic. Many plots are derived from the situation announced by the US military and the CIA. The heroine in the film, Maya, has only done one thing since joining the CIA for ten years, that is, chasing bin Laden, even if A little clue.

In fact, in the beginning, she was not a very professional and persistent agent. In the face of many confessions from prisoners, she sometimes even showed pity and believed it naively. Perhaps, at that time, the CIA paid her to pursue bin Laden. Salary, it's just a job she needs to do. But an explosion in a US military base made her good friend leave forever in this incident, and it was al-Qaeda who planned the explosion. They used their naivety and eagerness to find clues to put the bomb on the ground. At the US military base, many CIA agents and soldiers were killed. That night, Maya curled up in the office, inside the computer where she was talking, stuck in the question mark, and the other party never responded. Perhaps, starting from this moment, chasing bin Laden is no longer a job assigned by the CIA, but becomes her responsibility to avenge her friend, a mission that must be completed. In the later stages, she became more devoted and crazier. In the face of her superiors, she was very persistent in trying to accomplish what she wanted, in the face of the slack of her peers, she faced scolding, and in the face of prisoners and any clues, she Become as unscrupulous, as long as the other party can provide a little clue. In the end, she succeeded, and finally tracked down the yard where bin Laden lived, and started the hunting plan. And when she faced the SEALs, she said that when she saw bin Laden, she must kill him for her! I think, at that moment, she must not only complete this task, but for revenge!

In fact, this reminds me of many movies that reflect the war. I don't remember who said a word. We were sent to the battlefield, maybe with the ideal of defending the family and the country, but when the war continued, our hearts were already numb. Continuing to fight is not for some bullshit country, for some ideal and future, in fact, it is for those brothers who were killed by the enemy, for those killed relatives, for their revenge, it is not so noble, it is just human nature!

Indeed, when she finally saw bin Laden's body, the man she had been chasing for ten years, lying in a cold body bag, I was thinking, if I were her, how should I feel? Is it ecstasy? Is it a relief? Is it crying? Is it laughing? It seems that no emotion can express the complexity and intensity of the past ten years, so she chose silence, walked out of the tent alone, went outdoors, and felt lost under the lights. Perhaps, in these ten years, she finally paid for it. return, but now, what should she do?

In the past ten years, in order to chase bin Laden, she should have paid a lot. In the eyes of her colleagues and superiors, she has become a lunatic, but in the end, after she successfully hunted bin Laden, let's look at the past ten years. Why? ? Maybe, just for that revenge instinct!

Sometimes, persistence does not necessarily require a very noble reason, but it absolutely requires respect for human instinct.

In addition, the movie brings up another topic, that is, torture of prisoners, for the purpose, or for a so-called noble purpose, to abuse and inhumanely treat other people, is this reasonable or appropriate? In fact, a few months ago, when I was reading Xiong Peiyun's book, I put forward this kind of thinking. We used to use extreme methods against some people with lofty revolutionary ideals or goals. The methods may be more cruel, but they instead He also stood on the moral high ground to preach his greatness. Is this what it should be? Can a "noble" purpose cover up the shamelessness and despicableness of the process?

I think, no, because it makes the final purpose lose its original meaning, what do you think?

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Zero Dark Thirty quotes

  • Dan: He's being a dick.

    Joseph Bradley: He's trying to outsmart you. Why don't you tell him about your Ph.D?

  • Dan: State your request.

    Maya: Move Heaven and Earth and bring me this fuckng Sayeed's family phone number.

    Dan: Okay, I'll go and talk to "The Wolf."