Tension there, helplessness here

Ettie 2022-04-19 09:01:15

The tension of the bomb disposal is quite good; but the part of criticizing the consumer society is too restrained, and it seems that there is no emotional clue.

After the protagonist returns to the United States, facing the endless cereals in the giant supermarket - it is a business manipulation that is more complex, intrusive and pervasive than terrorist bombs - fortunately, he smokes a box at random, like the lifeless him. Just like cutting a thread on the battlefield.

However, the foreplay of the protagonist to the other side's consumer society and family relations is obviously insufficient. If it's enough, it's not too like "The Deer Hunter".

I don’t remember who said that even if the Iraqi war movies at this stage are well-made, it is difficult to gain popular support, because an excellent war movie requires a time distance for reflection and precipitation. For example, excellent Vietnam War films were concentrated in the late 1970s and early 1980s; excellent World War II films were not distributed between 1945 and 1950.

PS played live CS for the first time over the weekend, and then I watched their desert encounter with sniper battle and reminisced.

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The Hurt Locker quotes

  • Staff Sergeant William James: [Speaking to his son] You love playing with that. You love playing with all your stuffed animals. You love your mommy, your daddy, your nature pajamas. You love everything, don't ya? Yeah. But you know what, buddy? As you get older... some of the things that you love might not seem so special anymore, you know? Like your Jack-in-a-Box. Maybe you'll realize it's just a piece of tin and a stuffed animal, but the older you get, the fewer things you really love, and by the time you get to my age, maybe it's only one or two things. With me, I think it's one.

  • Staff Sergeant William James: You'll get it, though. You'll get it.