A little Review...
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Went and saw Syriana with Mike, Craig, and Andrea last night. While the story is somewhat difficult to follow at times, it is extremely well written and I would highly recommend checking it out. Personally, I don't think the writers could have made it any less simple without sacrificing the essence of the complexity they were trying to explain exists in the current economic and political structures of society today.
All in all, it wasn't the big epiphany about the role oil plays in first world nations that I was expecting, but it certainly does hint at it quite consistently throughout the movie. It's probably that fact that there is no denouement at the end, mixed with all those hints through out the movie that make it that much stronger at the end. Everything pretty much just climaxes at the end and then it's over leaving you to consider everything you've just watched and how it all played out.
I suppose if I had one complaint about the movie it would be that it doesn't really do a good job at explaining the motivation behind a lot of the characters actions in the movie. I mean, there are a lot of things that happen to everyone, but it's hard to pin point exactly what has affected who, at least with certain characters- Matt Damon’s being the obvious exclusion. Maybe that was exactly the point or maybe you just need to watch it a second time to get a better understanding.
Anyways, yeah, you should go and check it out.
Went and saw Syriana with Mike, Craig, and Andrea last night. While the story is somewhat difficult to follow at times, it is extremely well written and I would highly recommend checking it out. Personally, I don't think the writers could have made it any less simple without sacrificing the essence of the complexity they were trying to explain exists in the current economic and political structures of society today.
All in all, it wasn't the big epiphany about the role oil plays in first world nations that I was expecting, but it certainly does hint at it quite consistently throughout the movie. It's probably that fact that there is no denouement at the end, mixed with all those hints through out the movie that make it that much stronger at the end. Everything pretty much just climaxes at the end and then it's over leaving you to consider everything you've just watched and how it all played out.
I suppose if I had one complaint about the movie it would be that it doesn't really do a good job at explaining the motivation behind a lot of the characters actions in the movie. I mean, there are a lot of things that happen to everyone, but it's hard to pin point exactly what has affected who, at least with certain characters- Matt Damon’s being the obvious exclusion. Maybe that was exactly the point or maybe you just need to watch it a second time to get a better understanding.
Anyways, yeah, you should go and check it out.
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