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"this Matt Damon thriller is certain to be politically polarizing"...

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In Reply to: RE: Green Zone... posted by mkuller on March 13, 2010 at 09:51:34

Just saw it and really enjoyed it. Thought it showed the Iraqi "man in the street" concerns pretty well. Lots of confusion and tension--and then the quest for truth. If you want to see just how polarizing this film is, read some of the comments about it on IMDB. It's amazing what people read into things. I didn't think it was anti-American, I thought it was anti-bureaucratic myopia. Scary the public reaction sometimes.

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Rotten Tomatoes wasn't so kind to it - rnhood 14:27:44 03/13/10 (4)
I like Matt Damon but, I don't like movies that struggle with the critics. I will probably see it, after it hits the DVD scene.
- Rotten Tomatoes isn't the final arbiter of taste. - Harmonia 16:30:48 03/24/10 (0)
  It's flawed, certainly, but interesting nonetheless, far more interesting than most of what's playing at the cineplex. RT has critics who are basically movie fans with a website - how seriously can ya take their opinion? Actually read a couple reviews from some writers with sense, like Ken Turran or A. O. Scott or Stephanie Zacharek. Don't just glance at the Tomatometer.
  
  Excellent performances all around. If you liked the Bourne flicks and Bloody Sunday this is worth seeing in the ceneplex.
  
  It's necessarily somwhat simplified from the non-fiction book it's based on because it's a 2 hour movie, not a 6 part documentary. Some of the the bits in the last 20 minutes are a bit too...movie movie...for me. And the fact that there never were any WMD is hardly news.
  
  But the point of the movie - it *matters* WHY we go to war - remains highly relevant. And GZ also raises excellent points about the disenfranchisement of the B'aathists.
  
  And it's fun playing the game of recognizing which characters are based on which real life poeple.
  
  How can this stuff be "controversial" at this late date????? Good grief...
- Bush apologists might be offended by it...(nt) - mkuller 16:00:58 03/13/10 (2)
  (nt)
  - Let's not forget Clintoon was on the WMD bandwagon on his watch. * - mr grits 20:05:36 03/13/10 (1)
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    Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
    - Nice try - but he didn't go to war there...(nt) - mkuller 10:41:56 03/14/10 (0)
      (nt)

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