Comments on: Seen any bad movies lately? http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/12/04/seen-any-bad-movies-lately/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 23:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: John http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/12/04/seen-any-bad-movies-lately/#comment-633 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:02:49 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/12/04/seen-any-bad-movies-lately/#comment-633 Dan, If you won't come to us, then we'll come to you, dammit. I've only seen trailers for REDACTED, but the theme looks mighty familiar to another overwrought, anti-anti- war movie. I'll claim any war movie worth it's salt is anti-war. War is the ultimate barbarous act. You can find nobility in the courage and selfless actions of the combatants, but not in their acts. CASUALTIES OF WAR (Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn) was essentially REDACTED I (or maybe REDACTED is CASUALTIES: THE NEXT GENERATION). If you're aware of the premise of either, just change the setting and the era and you've pretty much got the gist of the plot. And no need to consider imitation the sincerest form of flattery either: Brian Depalma directed them both. Dan,
If you won’t come to us, then we’ll come to you, dammit. I’ve only seen trailers for REDACTED, but the theme looks mighty familiar to another overwrought, anti-anti- war movie. I’ll claim any war movie worth it’s salt is anti-war. War is the ultimate barbarous act. You can find nobility in the courage and selfless actions of the combatants, but not in their acts.

CASUALTIES OF WAR (Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn) was essentially REDACTED I (or maybe REDACTED is CASUALTIES: THE NEXT GENERATION). If you’re aware of the premise of either, just change the setting and the era and you’ve pretty much got the gist of the plot.

And no need to consider imitation the sincerest form of flattery either: Brian Depalma directed them both.

]]> by: Sheila http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/12/04/seen-any-bad-movies-lately/#comment-559 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:20:11 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/12/04/seen-any-bad-movies-lately/#comment-559 I saw Lions for Lambs last week and thought it was pretty good. Showed both sides of what is an incredibly divisive issue. I think most people want to keep their heads stuck in the proverbial sand rather than be confronted with the reality of what this war is about. It's much easier to enjoy ourselves over here when we don't think about the thousands of dead and maimed, Americans and Iraqis included, or about how we are now viewed by a majority of the world. And now, I think I'll go Christmas shopping.... I saw Lions for Lambs last week and thought it was pretty good. Showed both sides of what is an incredibly divisive issue. I think most people want to keep their heads stuck in the proverbial sand rather than be confronted with the reality of what this war is about. It’s much easier to enjoy ourselves over here when we don’t think about the thousands of dead and maimed, Americans and Iraqis included, or about how we are now viewed by a majority of the world. And now, I think I’ll go Christmas shopping….

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