Movie of the Day – Battle: Los Angeles

In a few short hours, I will be watching Battleship.  Before you ask why, let me direct your attention to the Summer Movie post I put out that indicates my general wanting to see this cinematic masterpiece.  I know it will be entertaining, explosions and gratuitous special effects can do that to a general audience.  Heck even The Avengers was a visual eye candy film and that one will be no different.  My expectations are low, low enough that I will enjoy it a base level as I will not care for the characters they are trying to make me care for.  With that said, I wanted to pick a film today that represents the sort of action film that Battleship will be, one of cliches and familiar territory, while pumping you full of action to keep you entertained.  And when you think about, that’s all you can ask in an action film.

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Movie of the Day – The Battle of Algiers

Not really the sort of film to follow up my previous Movie of the Day, but one that can’t be ignored either because of the subject matter.  I can’t begin to state that I am not fully into Geo-political conflicts, so my knowledge of the depiction of the Algerian War is a bit fractured, but make no mistake that the subject matter depicted in the film is a stark reminder of the current situation that we face during our military campaigns.  Whenever I hear about certain world conflicts in the news, my mind wanders towards this film.  It isn’t because of some knee-jerk reaction, but because the film itself is an important piece of cinema that managed to capture the spirit and impact of the beginning of a revolution.

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