Flat and straightforward

Dewitt 2021-11-20 08:01:27

After watching this movie, I can only say that I understand some general procedures of some Americans working overseas. Nothing else was impressed. After decades of development, Hollywood movies have been constantly changing. From the first Schwarzenegger's exaggerated play of cool drama, it has gradually developed to the low-key play of cool on the road of "similar to reality", secret agents, FBI, etc. The staff is no longer so cool and how to come, but try to consider some authenticity, their work is also difficult, there are frustrations and frustrations. This is a low-key playing cool in the cloak of reality, but in fact, the real situation is that the real agents, FBI, etc. are more plain, more subdued, and less cool. Agents like Jason Bourne only exist in the movie. This is not the case for special agents in life.
From this I thought of the recent Mekong tragedy. The police, undercover agents, and agents played by Yuyan Peng and Zhang Hanyu are cool. The undercover agents and agents in real life are more like fellow Yunnan villagers in Tubula, not cool at all, but they The feat is much cooler than the movie. This is true, this is the respect for the facts, and this can touch people's hearts. Taking into account the background of the incident and
the various "methods" of various political propaganda, the film is so cool, it is simply an insult to the facts and brainwashing of the audience. Is there really such a relief in real life? Is there really such a cheerful and fierce victory over bad guys? Do you really care about the life and death of border residents? The movie is bragging. This is a kind of brainwashing.
Going back to the movie on the battlefield against terrorism, there is no highlight in the plot. I told the story plainly, and I forgot the plot after watching it. At the beginning of the film, the brotherhood card is played, and the original intention seems to have been forgotten in the second half of the film. The plot advancement buckle and sex are poor, the link is not tight, and it looks boring. The big bad guy was killed without pain, and the audience watched the movie without pain.
I don’t know exactly how to make a good-looking shot.

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Extended Reading
  • Wayne 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    This movie reminds me of the Hurt Locker, but the middle part is too boring. Fortunately, the beginning and the end are okay. The two whispers at the end tell us that the war is still going on. . . .

  • Wayne 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The suicide bombing at the beginning is too shocking, the blood is flying, the dagger plug is the dinner, because "we're gonna kill'em all!"... The first "close-up" understanding of terrorist attacks. Very sincere Big production, let go of the "world police" shelf, and face the insurmountable gap between cultures from bit by bit.

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.