Revman50
Joined Dec 2002
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There are moments that work but, for the most part, the film either lacks the grit to make it a thriller or the humor to make it a comedy.
The ending is abrupt and premature.
Hackman's performance is the only thing that makes any of it work.
For years we've been told that there is a schism that exists between mystic spirituality and hard cold provable facts from western science. One of the key elements that this film provides, is the fusion of these two, seemingly disparate, orientations to life.
It turns out that love and cooperation are in our genes, that our connection to all life can be measured and proved and that when anything in nature takes more than it needs, it becomes sick; "cancerous" is the movie's term for it.
The need for balance between enjoying our human experience while maintaining our connection to God is at the heart of it all.
This documentary flies in the face of what we, in the USA, would use as a measuring stick for how successful we are in life; more stuff does not mean more happiness.
A great film and definitely worth seeing.
It turns out that love and cooperation are in our genes, that our connection to all life can be measured and proved and that when anything in nature takes more than it needs, it becomes sick; "cancerous" is the movie's term for it.
The need for balance between enjoying our human experience while maintaining our connection to God is at the heart of it all.
This documentary flies in the face of what we, in the USA, would use as a measuring stick for how successful we are in life; more stuff does not mean more happiness.
A great film and definitely worth seeing.
The opening to this film provides, perhaps, the most gut-wrenching battle scenes ever filmed. The sounds of bullets whizzing through the air and screams of the wounded and dying coupled with an occasional, momentary respite from the cacophonous din of battle, while underwater, had me trying to crawl over the back of my theater seat just trying to get away.
The story line is adequate but, for me, the real value was the historical glimpse into what my father's generation faced during the European campaigns of WWII. This movie clearly explains the message "War is Hell!"
The story line is adequate but, for me, the real value was the historical glimpse into what my father's generation faced during the European campaigns of WWII. This movie clearly explains the message "War is Hell!"