One movie a day until the reel change happens.
January 25, 2013 11 Comments
America, fuck yeah! Comin’ again to save the motherfucking day, yeah! / America, fuck yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah! / Terrorists, your game is through, ’cause now you have to answer to / America, fuck yeah! So lick my butt and suck on my balls! / America, fuck yeah! What you gonna do when we come for you now!
April 18, 2012 2 Comments
I typically try and stay away from political thrillers bit too much, usually because of the heavy handed tactics and message that is more or less bludgeoning you over the head at every scene. I can understand the meaning behind it, I just don’t need to sit through a political debate for two hours when I want to watch an engaging movie. There are some films that inherently use the political or social agenda to their advantage to make a statement, but too often films fall into this habit. If a director can find a topic of interest and craft a film around a particular agenda or idea, I can appreciate the skill involved in it. It becomes educational and entertaining while not diminishing the effective message or feel that they want to convey. Today’s film is a touchy subject about the effects that the apartheid had on a nation along with the blurring of the line between terrorism and freedom fighting.
April 15, 2012 Leave a comment
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.
