generally the husband and i have pretty good luck with movies we get either from the library or from netflix. today, however, we watched Syriana. we thought it was terrible. to save you time from having to search and try and find my review on netflix, let me reprint our impression of this wretched flick:
Who needs films that make Americans look bad? We do that enough by ourselves. (spoiler alert) In this movie we support the bad guy and kill the good guy as well as his family. Sheesh. And why the death of the 6-year old? The plot was disjointed, confusing, convoluted, and bleak, and much of it never made sense. The denouement was sickening -- is this what our government comes down to? I was left with hatred for Americans and hatred for Muslims. What's the point of that? This movie isn't healthy, it fights good world interaction, it (hopefully) is nowhere near accurate, and isn’t even entertaining. Too many characters, no morals, very depressing, and plenty of so-so acting, with the sole exception of Alexander Siddig (the Prince) and his sadly futile efforts to make his country a better place. What a waste of time!
and there you have it. if you have any thoughts as to the movie's redeeming value, please comment. and if you didn't like it either, that comment is welcome, too.
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I haffn't seen it, although I tend to like what Clooney has to offer. I suppose I'll get around to seeing it at some point and then either concede or refute! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I finally got around to syndicating your blog on lj, so the chance that I'll be checking in more-periodically has increased slightly.
although for some reason on this (and one other) it cut off the entry early). Poo.
ReplyDeleteWe like both George Clooney and Matt Damon so we were at least expecting to see some good performances on their parts. Unfortunately the script was so disjointed and the editing so helter-skelter that we never were able to appreciate either of their performances.
ReplyDeleteI did just recently watch Good Night, and Good Luck, also by Clooney, and I thought it was OK but it probably would've meant a little more to someone who'd actually seen the original Murrow broadcasts.
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