The Kingdom

The Kingdom (IMDB: 7.3/10)

可以看出想要拍出很寫實的戰爭片，可是巷戰中的無敵表現，差點就毀了整部片，還好結局把整部片救回來。

一開始的恐怖行動拍的很有質感，鏡頭的切割也把緊張的感覺表達出來。然後在處理FBI跟美國政府矛盾的部份，也有想要把政治的現實面表達出來。不過壞就壞在英雄主義還是很強烈，強烈到整部片感覺有點精神分裂，一方面想要寫實，一方面有怕太寫實影響票房。

會想要跟 Black Hawk Down (黑鷹計劃) 做比較，感覺有點像，或許 The Kingdom 也想拍出那樣的質感，可是我卻同時也聯想到 Die Hard (終極警探)系列.....

全片最重要的地方就是結局，讓整片感覺言之有物。美國在中東的情況，應該就像片中想表達的吧，剩下的就是利益與仇恨而已。而且獲利的跟復仇的，還是兩批不同的人。

最後平行剪輯出來的對話：

I will kill them all.

Don't fear them, my child. We will going to kill them all.

誰說哪句話應該不那麼重要了.....

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It can find director want to take a real war film. But the heroic perfermance at the street battle scene almost ruined director's dream. Finally, the ending of the film got more extra star.

At the beginnig, the terroristic action have more quality and film editing shows the nervous feel. Furthermore, the conflict between FBI and government attempt to show the reality of politics. However, the American way heroism make this file like a schizophrenic. In the one hand, film wants to show the reality. In the other hand, the studio dose not want to lose box office receipts because the file is too real.

In my opinion, the Kingdom is similar to Black Hawk Down. Maybe the Kingdown want to be that, too. But at the same time, I think about DieHard series.....

The most important is ending which make film have substance. The USA's conditin in the Middle East, like the film want to show, just leave profit and hatred. Unfortunately, that belong to different groups. Profit just is owned by a little of people, but the majority of people only shares hatred.

The alternate scenes at the end of film:

"I will kill them all."

"Don't fear them, my child. We will going to kill them all."

But who said which one is not important anymore.

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schizophrenia [n.]

a serious mental illness in which the way you think and feel is not connected with what is really happening 精神分裂症


schizophrenic¹ [adj.]

1. someone who is schizophrenic has schizophrenia

2. frequently and suddently changing your opinions and attitudes


schizophrenic² [n.]

someone who has schizophrenia 精神分裂症患者