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...appropriate to the end of adolescence, from the characters’ introspective first-person voice-overs with their unabashed expression of idealism, to the casting of “heartthrob” Colin Farrell (“Alexander”) as the angst-ridden, yet hopeful, John Smith.The film??s themes also strike close to the preoccupations of people in their late teens and early twenties: Malick explores the vagaries of love, war and the indefinite attractiveness of Farrell in various states of scruff. Whether or not Malick’s retelling of the Pocahontas story is more...
Excerpts from President Eisenhower’s farewell address begin and punctuate the film, but one excerpt from that speech serves as the film??s leitmotif: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist...
...Fight”—like Eisenhower’s farewell address—is a jeremiad warning of a future in which the institutions erected for our defense rule rather than serve our society. This Orwellian dystopia seems closer than ever to reality: in the film??s closing moments Jarecki captures Richard Perle, with an entourage of arms manufacturers in tow, strolling through the corridors of the Pentagon to finalize yet another weapons contract...
...Baltimore Sun in which he made the same arguments regarding “the cycle of violence” and why having European countries arrest and extradite the terrorists would not have been successful. In the Sun piece, however, Dershowitz also attacked what he saw as the film??s “one-sided political view” and insinuated that the film??s screenwriter opposes Israel’s existence...
Match Point” bears the most similarity); instead, she seems painfully real. Johansson appears entirely vulnerable while exuding sexual confidence, giving a heartrendingly dynamic performance as a woman with nothing to live for but her love affair. While Johansson’s performance nearly eclipses the film??s other merits, much of “Match Point”’s strength can be attributed to Allen’s spectacular writing and directing. He masterfully deludes the audience with intentionally exaggerated love scenes, expressionistic camerawork and a powerful opera score, leading them to think...