of Billy's life. He has family,battle companion, stranger and girlfriends. Sometimes he is distracted at his important moment,sometims all in front of him remind him of war. He sees and thinks.He might find that life is difficult to choose,finally he go back to the place where he belongs.If you can feel you are Billy Lynn, you can feel how ridiculous this society is.Nobody understands you,people see what they want to see.the sad thing is, you can change nothing but follow the direction of fate.If you don't have sensory substitution,this movie is boring.From the beginning of Billy's halftime show， I can't help crying. I even can't detail the reasons of my tears. The emotion is so strong, so complicate and so advanced. I feel so sad about Billy's life.I think it is a good movie, not very fun, but revolutionary.

cheerleader he hooked up with only to find she only was interested in him as a hero.Another great realism shown is how the slimy developer magnate played by Steve Martin wants to short change them for rights to a film about the soldiers.Liked how they are so unappreciated by the guys back home who try to pick fights with them The most touching parts are with his sister played by Kristen Stewart who is the only one who really cares for him and tries to do something about it. There is no sentimentality wasted in the movie so their final scene is more meaningful for that. Kristen acts convincingly as the injured sister. Subtle and thoroughly convincing.Joe Alwyn as the title character is a good choice. He isn't too good looking so it's realistic. And he doesn't overact either. Just the right amount of emotion.This movie makes one think about it after it's over. Best Ang Lee movie for a while.

rest of the team did an amazing job with this. If any hour's plus worth of film can communicate so, so many of the true dynamics involved in the "War on Terror", this is the film to do it.This film should be mandatory viewing for all middle school or high school students. The characters and dialogue are so over the top sarcastic and poignant, that I truly believe all but the most dense and indoctrinated Americans will be forced to think and question by this film.The moment where the union thugs, whose conflict started over their slighted authority to clear the stage previously, ambush the shoulders, really drives how upside down our society has become with regards to where the reins of power are. They are there in hands those who put on the show to support the empire. Not those whose story is propagandized to in the first place.Military or Minimum Wage Service, which one will it be? Too many Americans are forced with that brutal choice for survival. This film does an amazing job of touching upon the absurdity between 'rich' and 'poor'. Above and beyond everything this film did well, the dialogue and casting for Garrett Hedlund as the SSGT leader of Bravo was beyond stellar. He perfectly projected that manipulative technique, that the military uses as a lever to keep some of the most good intentioned troops engaged in combat."No matter how screwed up the mission. No matter how dire the circumstances. It is all about the man to your left, and to your right. They are there for you, and you are there for them."Or as it was written in the film. paraphrased "I need you Billy. I need you to help me keep these guys alive." It was the moment that Lynn decided to stay with the guys. It is a moment that anyone who has ever made a commitment to someone else, and had that commitment tested in a manner that few ever will, can perfectly understand.I hope that people, after watching this film, take a real hard look at what is going on behind the reasons they are given. That they look at the reasons television, and the Internet give them for supporting a government, that sends good men, to do violence in some of the poorest places on earth, for the benefit of fewer than 1% of the world's population. Not just less than 1% of America's population, but of the world's population."It would take a real hero to stand up to our country." as Kathryn Kristen Stewart says at the end.But first, heroes would have to unplug from the narrative.

he meets, even those who are supposed to love and know him best. To the Army, he becomes a recruitment tool. They send him on tour to be the Face of the War despite accomplishing nothing more than anyone else in his unit.To Hollywood, he becomes a character. A fiction to be utilized in winning more accolades for people who already have plenty of it.To his admirers, he becomes a "hero". A walking uniform onto whom one can pin all their unfulfilled aspirations and unrealistic expectations. One whose hand they can shake and be freed of all responsibility.To his sister, he becomes a victim. An unwilling pawn of an unjust war, no matter how he himself feels about it.To everyone, Billy Lynn becomes everything except Billy Lynn. The flesh and blood and memories of the person disappears into the mystique of heroism, until the only people left who still see it are his fellow soldiers. And the only place left where he isn't a symbol, the war.This is not a war movie. If that is what you are expecting, don't see it.

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captured on video for all of America to see, Joe Alwyn who plays the title role and his infantry squad are paraded throughout the U.S. to be used as living propaganda for America's war against Iraq. On the last day of their "vacation" in the U.S. before being shipped back to the war, Alwyn's experiences in Iraq and his first days of coming home are told in flashbacks. He clearly suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, and he finds a way out of going back into combat duty thanks to his loving and tenacious sister played by Kristen Stewart. But he must make a tough decision whether to take care of himself and take the way out, or take care of his squadmates and go back into combat with them.My most memorable, movie moment of "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" is the scene when a civilian starts making fun of soldiers during a football game. One of Alwyn's squadmates puts the loudmouth in a sleeper hold, silencing his big mouth in seconds.Ang Lee does a great job with "BLLHW," focusing on Alwyn and allowing the audience to see what this soldier has seen and what he is thinking. I especially enjoyed the unpredictable nature of this movie, as it could have gone in so many clichéd routes in the third act under the guidance of untalented directors/producers/writers; but the filmmakers chose to take the road less travelled, and produced a relatively quiet ending that is still emotionally powerful.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

empathy for those who put the uniform on and protect this country. Unless the movie puts service members in a bad light, those types will always give the movie a bad rating, which is sad. Many of these movies are well scripted, directed, with amazing settings and great acting. None of that matters to the anti-military types, they treat these reviews as an opportunity to put their political viewpoints out there, and ignore the story, or how it is presented. You see it time and time again on thousands of reviews on IMDb. It is almost as though those making the reviews use this as their platform, because bashing troops out in public while protesting is no longer "fashionable" like it was in the 1960's.

and post war recognition as gone through sensitive minds of young soldier. Movie has acknowledged rule of detachment from Hindu epic philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita. Also I am glad to see Lord Ganesha worshiped by a crew member.

think after the movie. Every characters have their own thought, there is no right or wrong, they all have their reason. Most importantly, soldiers are people too. Everyone of us are competing each other in order to survive and earn for our living. Soldier did the same...they did it for survive and for a reason. So, this movie let us witness the one day trip of Billy Lynn, and you will see how people around him react and think.I will not suggest this movie to those who seldom think after the movie or just purely want action scenes BIG MISTAKE IF YOU EXPECT ACTION . This movie is great and let u think from different perspectives.Thank you for your time.