#Power Film Review# #Zeng Xiansen's View# "Bomb Disposal Unit": Director Catherine Bigelow does not make direct moral judgments about war in the film, that is, with a few exceptions.
She did not arouse the audience's humanitarian sympathy through the cruelty of the war scenes, did not create dramatic scenes to satirize the political mistakes of the United States in waging the war, and did not "stand" in Iraq and view the war in front of them from their point of view. The scene scheduling is excellent to create a sense of the scene of the war, technically few shots last more than 3 seconds, and the number of shots far exceeds that of ordinary movies. The tension of the bomb defusal runs through the film, and there are unforeseen encounters, all of which are unknown.
The character creation is also very complete and non-routine. The image of James, a lone hero, is not understood by Hollywood logic as the object of praise. And completely shaped into a "freak" who was alienated by the war to the point of not being able to integrate into family life and only wanted to go to the front. He even kept the fuses removed each time he defused them as a souvenir, a habit his comrades thought was creepy. He is just a dazed hero, in a strange place, doing what he thought was right, choosing to return to the battlefield to continue defusing bombs.
Catherine Bigelow became the first female director to win an Oscar with this war film full of androgens, and her control of narrative, rhythm and paragraphs is very skillful. A large number of documentary-style handheld photography, fast-paced editing and subjective lenses create a dangerous atmosphere, and the attitude of individuals to life and death, physical and mental trauma, and mutual support in the war environment have all been rendered and portrayed to a certain extent.
