eternal theme

Daniella 2022-03-21 09:01:45

It seems that wars and conflicts between the United States and certain countries in the Middle East are always the director's favorite subject, and there will always be endless stories. I remember the previous "True Lies" in "You can freely drop bombs in our country, why can't we resist", and now it feels like "pirate" bin Laden's "video policy", and conflict seems to be inevitable forever.

What shocked me the most was when a door was opened, and everyone, old and young, looked horrified, but when I was about to help the "leader" to see his broken finger, my sympathy suddenly overflowed, and I shouted "Run away." "I don't know if it's pity for the soldier in the Middle East, or it's a pity that he protected the United States but did not end well.

The final ending is also meaningful. The hatred is passed down from generation to generation, and human nature may never be able to truly let go of something, let alone when you see your relatives being killed. . .

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Extended Reading
  • Shaina 2022-04-23 07:01:49

    Although there is a bit of an American world view, the events reflected in the values ​​created are universal in the world.

  • Alessia 2022-03-24 09:01:41

    Such a handheld style 11 years ago should be considered characteristic. The story and characters themselves are tedious and American-centrism offensive, but it's impressive to think that Hollywood has become so adept at being innovative and visually stimulating.

The Kingdom quotes

  • Adam Leavitt: [Asking about Saudi Arabia] What's it like there on the ground?

    Grant Sykes: A bit... like... Mars.

    Adam Leavitt: Mars? Sounds like I didn't pack right.

  • Attorney General Gideon Young: [reading] Contrary to the State Department policy, the FBI has sent an investigative team to Saudi Arabia. In so doing, I have come before this committee with a painful admission. I have lost all confidence in the FBI. Especially its uppermost echelon.

    Attorney General Gideon Young: [to Director Grace] That's you, baby.

    Attorney General Gideon Young: [continues reading] Entrenched and outmoded, the leadership has show itself fearful of the pioneering thoughts this committee and I have tried to imbue. It is thus an agency at contretemps hindering our every effort.

    Attorney General Gideon Young: [to Director Gates] And by "committee", I mean the fucking Senate Select Committee on Terror.

    FBI Director James Grace: So you're going before the Senate Select Committee and not to the President who appointed you. Why is that? I bet the President wasn't the audience you thought he'd be. I'll bet the President realized that you can't have voters asking why the second-longed serving FBI director got fired for doing his job. For sending agents to Saudi Arabia just seven months before mid-term elections.

    Attorney General Gideon Young: So you want to bet?

    FBI Director James Grace: Mister Attorney General, I obviously already have. I bet my job.

    Attorney General Gideon Young: I'm gonna bury you.

    FBI Director James Grace: You know, Westmoreland made all of us officers writer our own obituaries during Tet. When we thought the Cong were going to end it all right there. And once we clued into the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what. The only thing that matters is how do you want to go out? On your feet or on your knees? I bring that lesson to this job. I act, knowing that someday this job will end no matter what.

    FBI Director James Grace: You should do the same.