The Lucky One, a film directed by Scott Hicks in 2012, tells the story of a U.S. Marine named Logan Thibault and his experience during and after his time serving in Iraq. 
He witnesses a Marine called die attempting to aid one of his men during an ambush. The following morning, he finds a picture of a young woman on the ground just before a mortar attack destroys the spot he had been sitting moments before, killing many around him. 
Logan's fellow marine declares the woman in the picture Logan's "guardian angel" just before an explosion destroys their truck. The story unfolds with Logan searching for the woman in the picture. This “war story” is simple, uplifting, and has a very happy ending-- three characteristics that O’Brien specifically claims are indicative of a false war story within his novel The Things They Carried.
The Lucky One depicts war as dangerous and heroic, but leaves the audience feeling uplifted, with a sense that war can also produce miracles. By the end of the movie, Logan finds the woman in the photo, and the two fall in love. There aren’t many significant obstacles that the two have to overcome. However, O’Brien argues that a true war story is always complicated, is never morally uplifting, and never has a happy ending.
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