The Hurt Locker: I can see why this film has had such good reviews and so many awards. It’s just a very well made film. It seemed to me to have a kind of documentary style about it. I also liked the dynamic of the main characters, the fear and the fearlessness too. I don’t […]
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Film: Che Part 1 & Part 2 (2008/2009)
Che Part 1 & Part 2: This was a slow going biography of Che Guevara, of days before and during the Cuban revolution in part one, and then the failed Bolivian revolution in part two. The two films had quite different imagery, Cuba seemed to be better organised, while Bolivia just didn’t quite get to […]
Film: Mongol (2007)
Mongol: This film is about the rise to power of Genghis Khan. I know very little of the history of Genghis Khan, except that he was meant to be a ruthless leader who took over a large part of the world. The film starts with Temudjin/Temujin as a child and his not particularly peaceful childhood. […]
Film: We Were Soldiers (2002)
We Were Soldiers: A film about the first major battle in the Vietnamese war. It’s actually an amazingly good war film, yet again. Though it is definitely very ‘American’. The battle scenes did get to be very confusing – I really wasn’t too sure what was going on for chunks of the actual battle. I […]
Film: Tears of the Sun (2003)
Tears of the Sun: A film about troubles in Nigeria, and the US military trying to take some US citizens out of troubled areas. It concentrates on the rescue of one doctor, who will not let her patients be left to suffer against the rebels who would massacre them. It’s got some really brutal imagery […]
Film: The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
The Eagle Has Landed: A film about German Paratroopers who were tasked with kidnapping Churchill, in an attempt for Germany to have a negotiated peace, not necessarily to win the war. A good thriller, keeps you wondering what’s going to happen next, and where the story will go. I never quite figured out the point […]
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Behind Enemy Lines: A fairly standard action fare. Owen Wilson plays a pilot who is shot down over enemy territory, and has to escape to a safe zone. It gets a bit too American, especially near the end – sickeningly so. But, parts of the film are quite good. The action is quite good too, […]
Film: Days of Glory (2006)
Days of Glory: A war film about North African soldiers, fighting for France, in world war 2. The discrimination shown in this film is very interesting – it’s apparently based on reality, but, I obviously don’t know that for a fact. The interestingness is that even though these soldiers were fighting to free France, and […]
Film: Assembly (2007)
Assembly: I’m not sure for what reason another war movie has made it onto my ‘normal’ list, but, I’m glad this one did – even though I didn’t fully understand what happened in the middle. As the synopsis says – this film is based on reality (as much as you can believe, anyway) of a […]
Film: Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds: A Tarantino film, but, I think you could’ve got away with not realising it was. A film set in a slightly alternate reality of the second world war. It’s very violent/gruesome at times, and also incredibly funny, with a few emotional parts too. I also thought that Brad Pitt’s acting in this film […]