by around 1hr 20min, their focus on the female fbi agent made no sense. i thought they were testing her so she can join the cia or something. the way it ended made this movie so fucking stupid. spare two kids so 10m people can die? how could you ever justify a war then?
shareWell the goal was to bring 2 different perspectives to the problem, each having their own merits and flaws. H's technique was effective but at what cost? He couldn't have a regular life and was forced to live in hiding for the rest of his life. Brody's moral compass was to show how empathy can sometimes blind you to the reality of a situation and make it worse because you aren't seeing the potential effects of the bigger picture. I don't think her character is meant to be seen as the "hero" in the story as she obviously failed at her mission by refusing to torture children. H was the one who had the most experience and knew how to deal with it the most effectively and had it gone his way could have succeeded at finding the 4th bomb but in turn he has to give up some of his humanity and security in order to achieve his goal and there are only a select few people who can do this. You might think that in this situation you would have done what was required but faced with the reality of killing an innocent person and torturing children you'd probably have at least second thoughts if you are a normal human being.
sharebut they didnt give it a second thought. its been a while and i forgot exactly but some of them were fighting tooth and nail to save 2 kids and let 10m people die. no shit in real life you give it a second thought, that's how you analyze the situation. in real life, everyone in that position would choose 10m people unless it was their own kids, which it isnt for this movie.
shareI don't necessarily agree that everyone in that position would "choose" to torture children to save millions. From a third party observer it seems logical because we don't have to deal with the psychological effects of having to deal with this dilemma which, I think, was the point the movie was trying to make. There might be a part of you that thinks things can be resolved another way or that you simply refuse to torture (or potentially kill) children either on principle or because you just aren't mentally capable to go through it no matter the consequences. I am not defending Brody's actions just pointing out the psychological/emotional aspect of it rather than the rational.
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