Change Your Image
mrsmitconh
Reviews
Over There (2005)
TV isn't this bad
Well what can I say ....
The basis of this melodrama surrounds the individual soldiers, the hazards they face and the decisions they must make. On this level I suppose it's almost bearable.
It seems every action is in favour of the military .. from the initial shoot to kill policy at the road block. Luckily enough the plot clears up this mess by showing it was all a set up by the insurgents and they would sacrifice several innocents to get their man through to the twist where the embedded journalists images were misrepresented to make a US soldier the scapegoat in the eyes of the world and the media for the death of two innocents. Could this be any further from the truth when we consider the Media blanket placed during the conflict. So was it Al-Jezeera that aired this ... I think not as CNN, FOX and the like essentially prevented any critical view from any angle as did the so called embedded independent journalists.
I certainly not saying these things didn't happen but we seem to be missing a large part of the overall picture. Collateral damage! I feel for the soldiers deployed to Iraq and my heart goes out to the families for their loss but lets not forget the 100,000 Iraqis that have died or around 500,000 due to sanctions prior to the war.
It's unrealistic, biased and wholly unconvincing trite. Turning a humanitarian catastrophe into soul-less light entertainment.
I hope one day Dubya and Blair pay for their crimes against humanity.
Small Town Ecstasy (2002)
Beads, beans & bongs ... Interesting combo
**** SPOILERS **** At the beginning I thought this was a Docu-drama then suddenly realised it was real life! A really interesting story about a guy who was married very young (~18) had 4 kids got divorced and then in mid-life (crisis) found Ecstacy.
Anyone who has used E can fully understand the allure. He was so in love with the drug he even shared the experience with his children of 13/15 & 18. We can't draw arbitrary lines in the sand BUT 13/15 is far too young to experiment with any drugs.
It's interesting that he has a passion for "Cats in the Cradle" as the lyrics aren't far from his current position albeit for different reasons.
In all I really enjoyed this documentary but the idea of allowing such young children to experiment with drugs even once (any drugs including alcohol and tobacco) is stupidity and irresponsible to the extreme. His heart was in the right place but his son made much more sense than him in that respect.
I did find the brain scan laughable though ... you have a brain of a 45 year old ... oh please!! There has never been any evidence of this kind except maybe the US Government sponsored study which was later de-bunked as total nonsense.
All in all it's not so far from the truth and a pretty well balanced look at Ecstacy use ... although I hope a very rare instance where children are concerned.
Party On! ;)