Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Syriana
Greed for power and wealth drives this political film about the control of Middle East oil fields. Alien can see why critics could rave about this movie. It has a great cast with terrific performances and has very interesting backdrops from around the world. However, it is a thinking man’s movie. You got to pay close attention and remember the different intermingling story lines. Nothing is clearly explained. It is just laid out there for the audience to interpret. It is a giant jigsaw puzzle with many pieces to fit together. It is a quiet film, probably so you can contemplate what is going on as the movie progresses. In the end, Alien felt like he was missing some pieces and couldn’t quite picture the whole puzzle.
Alien gives it 2 “time consuming without closure for the jigsaw puzzle challenged” stars out of 4.
Greed for power and wealth drives this political film about the control of Middle East oil fields. Alien can see why critics could rave about this movie. It has a great cast with terrific performances and has very interesting backdrops from around the world. However, it is a thinking man’s movie. You got to pay close attention and remember the different intermingling story lines. Nothing is clearly explained. It is just laid out there for the audience to interpret. It is a giant jigsaw puzzle with many pieces to fit together. It is a quiet film, probably so you can contemplate what is going on as the movie progresses. In the end, Alien felt like he was missing some pieces and couldn’t quite picture the whole puzzle.
Alien gives it 2 “time consuming without closure for the jigsaw puzzle challenged” stars out of 4.
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