Lame in 2007: War/Political Dramas (#22)
 Lame because: Fiction always fudges, judges and nudges. If we care, we already know what's going on. If we want to get insight or get fired up, we'd rather watch a great documentary. Or two. Or three.How to turn it around: Stop sending high-priced stars to do a newcomer's job. Stop sounding so self-righteous. Tell us something we haven't heard before. Better yet: forget the drama and make a comedy. Send Borat to Iraq. That's a movie we'd all pay to see.
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12-12-2007 @ 4:15PM
elessar said...
I'm actually in favor of war/political dramas, just not this year's crop. Most of these suffered from placing message before story and from just generally being bad (Rendition was flawed, but it at least was worthwhile). Perhaps not surprisingly, the best pseudo-political movie this year looks to be Charlie Wilson's War, which takes a much more humorous take on such topics.
I think next year will see two really good politically-related films: Ridley Scott's BODY OF LIES (written by Bill Monohan and starring DiCaprio and Russell Crowe) and Kevin MacDonald's STATE OF PLAY (with Crowe, Edward Norton, Jason Bateman, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, and Rachel McAdams). These look like they'll actually be good.
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