The assault on the compound was the best filmed military maneuver in any movie I've ever seen. Kathryn Bigelow is the master of setting the stakes of her films and the beginning with a blank screen and audio of 911 calls from the WTC was harrowing. I tear'd up and almost kicked the guy in front of me in the back of the head for whispering the whole time. Disrespectful, but that's the kind of "this isn't a documentary but I want you to feel like it is" stakes she's so great at setting.
++ though my audience didn't whisper. I can see where some critics are uncomfortable with the movie's take on torture. While she doesn't outright promote it, she implies that a lot of useful information was gathered from it.
not to mention her implication that the money/power approach leads to you being blown up
agreed...great film. That compound assault scene made me forget what I was watching. The one cut away to Maya during that made me go, "oh, that's right, I'm watching a movie". Completely drew me in.
I was surprised at how she treated the differences between Bush and Obama when it came to intelligence gathering. It was almost as if she was saying the Bush administration had the better approach - or, at least, gave us better intel.
The assault on the compound was the best filmed military maneuver in any movie I've ever seen. Kathryn Bigelow is the master of setting the stakes of her films and the beginning with a blank screen and audio of 911 calls from the WTC was harrowing. I tear'd up and almost kicked the guy in front of me in the back of the head for whispering the whole time. Disrespectful, but that's the kind of "this isn't a documentary but I want you to feel like it is" stakes she's so great at setting.
++ though my audience didn't whisper. I can see where some critics are uncomfortable with the movie's take on torture. While she doesn't outright promote it, she implies that a lot of useful information was gathered from it.
not to mention her implication that the money/power approach leads to you being blown up
agreed...great film. That compound assault scene made me forget what I was watching. The one cut away to Maya during that made me go, "oh, that's right, I'm watching a movie". Completely drew me in.
I was surprised at how she treated the differences between Bush and Obama when it came to intelligence gathering. It was almost as if she was saying the Bush administration had the better approach - or, at least, gave us better intel.
Some dick head in front of me scoffed when they showed the clip of Pres Obama saying "America is a country that doesn't torture" as if not torturing people = liberal coward.
I watched Bernie on Netflix streaming this weekend. Really interesting dark comedy. It almost feels like a Christopher Guest mockumentary, except it's a true story. Jack Black is charming and does a great job with some subtle humor.
cardinalkarp wrote:Watched the first DVD of the Paradise Lost documentary. While it has been interesting, it's not quite as good as I was hoping. I'm hoping the second DVD which I believe goes into how they were falsely accused gets better.
Another thing, I swear to god if I didn't already know that this took place in the mid to early 90's I would have been convinced this took place in the 70's. No offense to West Memphis, Arkansas...but wow, just wow....that place looks like it was in a time warp.
Well, watched the second DVD & while it was good, overall I wouldn't by any means rate it as a "must see". I wish something even more current has been released showing that the west memphis three have now been released. It's a shame that I'm guessing the case is still unsolved, but it almost seems too easy as to the person who actually committed the crimes. Watch the documentary, and you will know exactly what I mean. There's a guy in there that the instant you see him your mind registers that he's obviously insane, and every word he speaks is calculated (well as calculated a guy w/ his IQ could be) and just seems guilty as hell.
cardinalkarp wrote:Watched the first DVD of the Paradise Lost documentary. While it has been interesting, it's not quite as good as I was hoping. I'm hoping the second DVD which I believe goes into how they were falsely accused gets better.
Another thing, I swear to god if I didn't already know that this took place in the mid to early 90's I would have been convinced this took place in the 70's. No offense to West Memphis, Arkansas...but wow, just wow....that place looks like it was in a time warp.
Well, watched the second DVD & while it was good, overall I wouldn't by any means rate it as a "must see". I wish something even more current has been released showing that the west memphis three have now been released. It's a shame that I'm guessing the case is still unsolved, but it almost seems too easy as to the person who actually committed the crimes. Watch the documentary, and you will know exactly what I mean. There's a guy in there that the instant you see him your mind registers that he's obviously insane, and every word he speaks is calculated (well as calculated a guy w/ his IQ could be) and just seems guilty as hell.
cardinalkarp wrote:Watched the first DVD of the Paradise Lost documentary. While it has been interesting, it's not quite as good as I was hoping. I'm hoping the second DVD which I believe goes into how they were falsely accused gets better.
Another thing, I swear to god if I didn't already know that this took place in the mid to early 90's I would have been convinced this took place in the 70's. No offense to West Memphis, Arkansas...but wow, just wow....that place looks like it was in a time warp.
Well, watched the second DVD & while it was good, overall I wouldn't by any means rate it as a "must see". I wish something even more current has been released showing that the west memphis three have now been released. It's a shame that I'm guessing the case is still unsolved, but it almost seems too easy as to the person who actually committed the crimes. Watch the documentary, and you will know exactly what I mean. There's a guy in there that the instant you see him your mind registers that he's obviously insane, and every word he speaks is calculated (well as calculated a guy w/ his IQ could be) and just seems guilty as hell.
