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...relationship. Or that?. But it may not matter. Austen has become, in recent years, a kind of movie franchise, in some ways not unlike Harry Potter - except, of course, for a much more limited and self-consciously literary audience. With the exception of the rambunctious and highly cinematic Emma Thompson-Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility of a dozen years ago, these adaptations always strike me as rather wan and patronizing - and this movie is no exception to that rule...
Teen angst has a whole new dimension for protagonist Hal Hefner (newcomer Reece Daniel Thompson), a withdrawn, passive boy whose severe stuttering problem keeps him isolated from the rest of the world. Part of the problem is his family: Hal’s parents are divorced and he has a psychotic kleptomaniac for a brother (Vincent Piazza). As the lead, Thompson does a credible job as this troubled character, who must deal with an apathetic world that defies Hal’s every attempt to gain some control over his life. Hal’s faltering speech comes across...
...battle space," says Grigsby. "We know that." Because of the time taken to acquire and assemble bomb parts, his men seek to interdict bomb materiel and maintain pressure on the militants, to put them on the defensive in the hopes of disrupting their offensive plans. Capt. Richard Thompson, 35, explains the thinking: "If we don't kill or capture a bad guy that [particular], night the message to him is still, you are not safe...
...Gathering intelligence isn't the only challenge; Sunni militants are well practiced at basing themselves in areas where it is difficult for the U.S. to operate. Thompson says that the Sunni insurgency in Madain - as elsewhere in Iraq - is divided between nationalist elements and the jihadists of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The al-Qaeda group has based itself in a bend in the Tigris River dominated by fish farms, and the dike roads that criss-cross the area cannot carry the weight of U.S. vehicles...
...There aren't really a lot of people, and they can stage from there," says Thompson, who commands a company based at one of the combat outposts. "They're smart; they will go where we are not." Anticipating that difficulty, the Americans practiced helicopter assaults before leaving for Iraq from their base in Georgia...