I just got back from this movie. It's been a long day and I am tired.
The film made two very good points (whether or not I personally agree with them is irrelevant).
1. The U.S government probably fabricated the WMD story in order to get us into Iraq to fight.
2. Insurgencies in Iraq might have been caused by the U.S.'s actions to disband the Ira military in defference to it's own.
These points, coupled with gritty, authentic war footage, seem poised to make this a decent, and, most of all, relevant war film.
I can say this from the bottom of my heart: this film sucks
As Plinkett would say: "If I wanted a message, I'd listen to my answering machin!"
A movie with a good message can't survive on its message alone. It has to be a good movie. There is not a good movie here. None of the characters acted like people here. All of them acted like vessels for Necessary Exposition(TM) or were meant to be carboards sympathetic oir carboard villains.
The worst casting choice was Matt Damon. He is like the ultimate soldier, and you get the impression that he could take on all of G.I. Joe and not break a sweat. Even when he is captured, you don't any sense that he is in danger. He is not dirty, and he doesn't seem concerned baout his fate. And because we know he is a big movie star, we know that nothing will happen to him. Him and the driector have worked together before, so it is clear that they are in this for a paycheck. And while the film has messages that might be important, the scriptwriters can't tell a "film story" you know, with real characters, plot developments, jeopardy, to save their lives. The female lead has eight lines of dialogue and comes across as a half-baked plot point. You never know anything about Damon's men, not even their names. I kept thinking that Damon's character was the same character as Josh Duhamal's character in Transofrmers, and I think ythat guy could have at least brought something more to the role than Damon did, even if all Duhamal did was play the same dude he did in Bay's film. Also, it's funny how the guy with the limp can walk fast enough to catch up to where the script needs him to be at the very end.
What a crappy movie.
one and a half perfect Damon faces.
The film made two very good points (whether or not I personally agree with them is irrelevant).
1. The U.S government probably fabricated the WMD story in order to get us into Iraq to fight.
2. Insurgencies in Iraq might have been caused by the U.S.'s actions to disband the Ira military in defference to it's own.
These points, coupled with gritty, authentic war footage, seem poised to make this a decent, and, most of all, relevant war film.
I can say this from the bottom of my heart: this film sucks
As Plinkett would say: "If I wanted a message, I'd listen to my answering machin!"
A movie with a good message can't survive on its message alone. It has to be a good movie. There is not a good movie here. None of the characters acted like people here. All of them acted like vessels for Necessary Exposition(TM) or were meant to be carboards sympathetic oir carboard villains.
The worst casting choice was Matt Damon. He is like the ultimate soldier, and you get the impression that he could take on all of G.I. Joe and not break a sweat. Even when he is captured, you don't any sense that he is in danger. He is not dirty, and he doesn't seem concerned baout his fate. And because we know he is a big movie star, we know that nothing will happen to him. Him and the driector have worked together before, so it is clear that they are in this for a paycheck. And while the film has messages that might be important, the scriptwriters can't tell a "film story" you know, with real characters, plot developments, jeopardy, to save their lives. The female lead has eight lines of dialogue and comes across as a half-baked plot point. You never know anything about Damon's men, not even their names. I kept thinking that Damon's character was the same character as Josh Duhamal's character in Transofrmers, and I think ythat guy could have at least brought something more to the role than Damon did, even if all Duhamal did was play the same dude he did in Bay's film. Also, it's funny how the guy with the limp can walk fast enough to catch up to where the script needs him to be at the very end.
What a crappy movie.
one and a half perfect Damon faces.
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