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In Reply to: RE: This reminded me of Beaufort - another Israeli war movie with no actual point (nt) posted by Doug Flynn on May 16, 2012 at 12:19:09
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original point.
As far as bureaucracy, you obviously didn't see "Lebanon." The tank crew repeatedly were told not to leave the area; they were told to trust in the Phalangists. The film also exposed the myth of the "superior officer."
The Israeli films, of course, had exactly the same "theme" as "Paths of Glory:" war is cruel, brutal, and senseless and the most devastating decisions are made by men who view the lives of their soldiers as pieces on a chessboard.
That "character development" thing has been overplayed by 10^16 times. People do not have to "develop" to be interesting. It is all just some dumb notion from the Appreciation of Movies 101. If normal people are too boring to you then you need to examine yourself.
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You are wrong, of course. I can think of quite a few Norris' movies where his "character" "develops". In fact, "character development" is one of the regular cliche's in bad films.
I would much rather take viewer's development. Something that comes through brain activity, and not primitive writing.
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