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I've figured out why terrorists are terrorists and why Iraq is so f'd up.. (pg. 3)
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by Uber Hypnotiq
Out of like 6 tries someone finally got it right haha |
I didnt see you chipping in jackass |
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| Slylee |
| AMERRRIICAAAA... YEA! |
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| DarkAngel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
AMERRRIICAAAA... YEA! |
WTF how'd you get back in here!? I blocked the door!
Out I say! OUT!
/throws chalk and erasers at Slylee
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| astroboy |
Yeah Syriana is an awesome film, i think it portrays some of the complexities of terrorism, the world's addiction to oil as well as the politics of power etc and how all of them are linked in a self-perpetuating cycle.
If anything it at least shows that the problems of the Middle East are caused by a lot more than a lack of good comedy on tv over there. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Yeah Syriana is an awesome film, i think it portrays some of the complexities of terrorism, the world's addiction to oil as well as the politics of power etc and how all of them are linked in a self-perpetuating cycle.
If anything it at least shows that the problems of the Middle East are caused by a lot more than a lack of good comedy on tv over there. |
yea i know, i honestly felt the most sorry for the young boy who got sucked into terrorism because he had no family (his mother) or money, and was just sick of living that life. |
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| colonelcrisp |
| quote: | | women instinctively flocking like the salmon of capistrano |
quote of the year!! |
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| optik |
I reckon there is a big problem when people make decisions about what they think based upon a film.
if you like controversy, ask yourself about the motivations of the film makers; it's not about message, or truth, or compassion - it's about money in the form of box office takings. Ask that fat twat michael moore. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
yea i know, i honestly felt the most sorry for the young boy who got sucked into terrorism because he had no family (his mother) or money, and was just sick of living that life. |
Yeah, my friend just got back from Dubai where much of that film was shot and he said the life of that boy was completely realistic. He worked on a lot of large construction projects and apparently they bus these Bangladeshi outworkers into the site every morning where they are treated like and work 12 hour days then get bussed back to shanty towns constructed well out of site. Many of them have little hope for the future, no money and have lost family. To these people the extremist clerics (who also often provide food as pointed out in the movie) are a the only source of something to believe in.
The movie was great though. Did you notice all the main characters were in father-son relationships? Matt Damon, George Clooney, The prince, the Bangladeshi boy, the black lawyer etc.. Not sure what they were trying to get at there, my latest theory is that it is about the sins of the father being visited upon the son... How bout you?
I also liked how they adopted the whole cycles of addiction approach from Traffic to oil on a global level.
Yeah gotta say for a hollywood flick this has a lot of layers. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't sen it. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by optik
I reckon there is a big problem when people make decisions about what they think based upon a film.
if you like controversy, ask yourself about the motivations of the film makers; it's not about message, or truth, or compassion - it's about money in the form of box office takings. Ask that fat twat michael moore. |
Moore is a knob-jockey, but that aside I still say terrorism didn't arise because there is no Dave Chapelle equivalent in the Middle East. Besides which I think fiction films don't run the risk of turning into Michael Moore style feces because they do not pretend to portray fact. I think most people watch a film like Syriana with their own opinions and theories and the film gives them a new way to look at the facts and theories they already have - just like any good work of art should. But I agree with you to the extent that anyone who adopts their opinion straight out of another source without questioning it probably doesn't deserve to have their opinion considered. |
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| Subey |
The history of war is the history of the ennemy being less and less destructive.
NY 9/11 vs London during the Blitz
Likewise would you rather fight the Taliban in Afganistan or the VC in Viet Nam?
We can talk about "terror" all we want but a couple of generations ago every guy in this channel would be sitting in a trench. A couple of generations before that every guy in this channel would be drawing straws to see who gets to be in the front row of a melee attack.
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Iraq is a WWIII heat sink... and its working perfectly, though those within its borders might consciously beg to differ |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Yeah, my friend just got back from Dubai where much of that film was shot and he said the life of that boy was completely realistic. He worked on a lot of large construction projects and apparently they bus these Bangladeshi outworkers into the site every morning where they are treated like and work 12 hour days then get bussed back to shanty towns constructed well out of site. Many of them have little hope for the future, no money and have lost family. To these people the extremist clerics (who also often provide food as pointed out in the movie) are a the only source of something to believe in.
The movie was great though. Did you notice all the main characters were in father-son relationships? Matt Damon, George Clooney, The prince, the Bangladeshi boy, the black lawyer etc.. Not sure what they were trying to get at there, my latest theory is that it is about the sins of the father being visited upon the son... How bout you?
I also liked how they adopted the whole cycles of addiction approach from Traffic to oil on a global level.
Yeah gotta say for a hollywood flick this has a lot of layers. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't sen it. |
hmmm that's actually a really good point about the father/son thing...i didn't catch that, but you're right.
i honestly need to watch it again, and i knew i would have to about 15 minutes into the movie. lol it was kinda hard for me to follow everything going on. i had to watch the making of it on the dvd and it clarified a lot, but i'd still like to see it again.
so in the end, the U.S. blew up the other saudi prince (the good one) because they thought he was responsible for the missing missle?
oh and the beginning was a setup by U.S. right? Clooney selling the 2 missles to begin with, only to blow them up...and then he didn't know the 2nd one was being given away right? |
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| Temperate |
| slylee, enough of this. Gabbly is waiting for you. |
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