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The Disappeared (2012)
Pretty bad
Low budget and really slow and unoriginal.
There was nothing at all that I learned from this movie.
Thirst, hunger, death, vastness of Atlantic ocean?
Despair of being lost? Sailors going crazy?
Distorted sense of humour, personal issues brought to light?
There is at least 10 other movies on the same subject and I cannot recall a single thing that makes this particular movie any different.
As for the end, I didn't expect a Hollywood end, but I didn't expect no end at all either.
Save these two hours of your life for something else.
War of the Century (1999)
An outstanding documentary
I bought this documentary on a DVD, and seen it at least 20 times so far. No matter how many times I've seen it, every time I find a new interesting detail. It consists of 4 episodes, with the overall length of 4 hours so.
The brutality of the eastern front is revealed vividly, and one starts to understand where the second world war was really decided. Listening to real people (of all kinds) on both sides, and connecting this to historical facts gives a full picture of events.
This documentary is a masterpiece, and if you buy this DVD, you won't be sorry.
Sicko (2007)
Is Moore really looking for the truth, or is he pushing his agenda?
The info shown in this documentary is Cherry-picked and does not show any of the problems of health systems praised in the movie. The main purpose of the movie was, obviously, to make money for Michael Moore, not to be non-biased and show all the facts.
I live in Canada, and I also lived in the US, and I had experience with both systems.
In the US, if you have a good insurance (like blue cross PPO) and don't have to worry about the money, the service is usually outstanding. You can pick your own doctor, and waiting times are non-existent. Even with good insurance, there is usually some cost (deductibles).
In Canada - almost all medical care is free (but not everything - emergency costs 50$ or so, medications are not covered, etc). You cannot pick your own doctor (in theory you can, in practice only few doctors accept new patients), and MDs do not treat you as they should - all they want from you is to get in, and get out as soon as possible, so that they can get their 40-50 bucks from the government (they are paid per visit, not hourly). Rarely it will happen than some MD dedicates you time and attention. Waiting times are horrible (months for MRI, specialists, etc). Michael Moore never talks about this, and I'm sure he must have heard about it, as EVERYBODY here knows that Canadian health system is broken (when it really matters, not when you have something simple like a cold).
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
Not the "Law & order" I loved to watch.
After a while, I finally got annoyed with "Criminal Intent". The main character, Detective Robert Goren, is all-wise, all-knowing, can give a psychiatric diagnosis in an instant, finds clues right away, regularly breaks suspects when there is no evidence available, etc. All this with his "stuttering" approach that just looks like bad acting.
You can make one or two episodes as described above, but you just can't make all of them that way. Makes me feel I'm watching the same episode all over again.
The original Law & Order, and even SVU series always gave me impression of real events being behind the episodes. Not CI series. Stopped watching it.