The three movies I have watched recently: the Da Vinci code, Crash and United 93. Very distinctive movies, from the storyline, the characters to its target audience.
The Da Vince code, a Hollywood blockbuster type of movie, leveraged on the hype of the book, didn't make me either disppointed or thrilled. I simply didn't have much expectation for this type of commercial movies. I thought it was quite entertaining, and Andrey Toutou didn't look as great as she was in "Amelia" but that was 6 years ago, she was much younger by then. I think French women have a charm and elegance that are hard to beat.
Crash is such a good movie that it blends the racial issues, humanity and social and moral values into one box and shakes it up, make you really thinik deep and comtemplate on who we are and what are the secret hidden thoughts inside us. It is a rather sad movie, which I prefer in some way, because happy ending usually doesn't leave much space for you to linger and digest. On the other hand, I think dramas with a rather sad, sentimental ending are more powerful and it puts a weight on your mind.
United 93, a very vivid restrospect on what could have happened on that day on that flight, the story itself is gripping and heart-braking enough, although at the end I was surprised I didn't shed any tears. I think maybe it is much of a documentary than a movie, so I don't feel it really extends beyond the story itself which we probably already know the piece by piece details from media coverage. One of the extension or inventions by the movie is one of the hijikers who looks rather scared and nervous, and less determined than others. This is a character who was struggling between justification of his act, his love for life and the shadows on his heart. I like the way this role is portrayed in the movie because it gives a certain degree of sophistication behind the drive of human beings.
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U did not cry ??? Do you ahve a heart? The hijackers were mass murderers. Sure they were young and about to die. Every reason to look a little scared. There is no guarantee of endless virgins in the afterlife. But your sympathies and feelings are with the wrong people.
I cant spell ! Have not ahve!
I think that you made a rather harsh and quick judgement. I DO NOT sympathize the hijikers!!!
What I do appreciate is that a movie or art in any form, can explore and reflect true inner feelings of human beings!
What I don't like is to portray enemies just as mad and crazy murderers, that doesn't help us to understand why certain things are happening and how we can stop them.
If you ever lived in a country with media censorship where in movies bad guys all look alike - twisted faces with fiece looking eyes, or put in another word, look no different from animals. You would understand why I appreciate certain subtleness of art!
I think when you have deep sorrows, you don't cry. I have to stay there are some people who cries over the movie because they saw themselves in the same situation, flying around in comfortable business/first class, and all of sudden the comfortable life is confronted by brutal and heartless killers. Life has been so good for the lucky birds, they simply can't accept the thoughts that life could be taken away. Do they really care millions of others dying everyday in Africa due to poverty, disease and war. Not really!! Every life should be respected, not just the ones blessed by the wealth of western civilization.
I have to say, not have to stay.
But they were "mad and crazy murderers." There is no better description for them.
This is so simplistic and so naive that it is sad. We are discussing United 93 not the sadness and chaos that exists in much of the world. How dare you think that people are as simple as you portray or as heartless as your comment suggests.
Life has been so good for the lucky birds, they simply can't accept the thoughts that life could be taken away. Do they really care millions of others dying everyday in Africa due to poverty, disease and war. Not really!! Every life should be respected, not just the ones blessed by the wealth of western civilization.
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