Films you've watched recently

[Renegade]

I just saw this on demand
it was ok but I thought sometimes it would get too dramatic

[puffyrock2]

French film that features music from one of the members of Daft Punk. It was very violent and graphic, but well acted & directed, and quite powerful overall.

[ajaccio corsica]

hi
this one should be shown in schools, directed by brian de palma

another good movie, directed by françois girard

cheers

[dreamer]

"Redacted" is an atrocious film. I don't say that because I don't like the message but because it simply is a bad movie. De Palma must be pretty desperate...And of course such a film should not be shown in school. Schools should be places of learning, not of indoctrination.

Yesterday I saw "There will be blood". Highly recommended. Excellent soundtrack and great actors.

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[ajaccio corsica]

hi
actually war is an atrocious thing, and de palma is probably one of the greatest us directors
I think this movie deserves an award, I hope it will get one
and I insist: this movie should be shown in schools because we all hope the next generation will NEVER do the same mistakes, well, I don't even know is the word mistake really fits this disaster
cheers

[Yaceman]

Originally Posted by ajaccio corsica

hi
actually war is an atrocious thing, and de palma is probably one of the greatest us directors
I think this movie deserves an award, I hope it will get one
and I insist: this movie should be shown in schools because we all hope the next generation will NEVER do the same mistakes, well, I don't even know is the word mistake really fits this disaster
cheers

Its about A particular war? or war in general?

I could talk about war, but i doubt anybody would like me anymore

(sigh! whats he talking about?)

[ajaccio corsica]

hi
basically wars are always atrocious, many members of my family are/were in the military
however some are more atrocious than others, especially when we heard about soldiers who raped a girl aged 14, killed her, then burned the body and then massacred the whole family
most scandalous thing is that their officers tried to hide this event argueing it would be too negative for the public opinion to know this
well, it's just a movie, thanks god this kinda stuff just can't happen in our modern democracies
cheers

[nurvonic]

sadly, AJ, its a true story. do some research about it, look it up on wikipedia.

the 5 soldiers involved does not reflect the way the rest of the US military really is.

on a lighter note, i saw the simpsons movie not too long ago. lol it was really hard not to like that movie.

[dreamer]

De Palma has made some good movies in the past. However, this is not one of them. And while war is always bad it is sometimes necessary (the fight of the allies against the Nazis in WWII for example). And it is too early to know if Iraq will be a disaster. If the country becomes relatively stable and democratic it will have been worth it. And by the way: Rape and other atrocities happen in all wars, everywhere. In fact, one could argue that there have been remarkably few such incidents in Iraq.

[fsquared]

Originally Posted by ajaccio corsica

well, it's just a movie, thanks god this kinda stuff just can't happen in our modern democracies
cheers

I presume AC was being ironic/sarcastic for effect here, since this was a well-known incident.

Originally Posted by dreamer

Schools should be places of learning, not of indoctrination.

Ha ha, that's a good one.

I think a lot of the indoctrination of American schooling is by "omission", e.g., things that are censored or omitted from the curriculum because they are considered too offensive. I guess it's off-forum to get more specific, so I suppose I won't.