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Little Monsters
| 4.7 | 3,896 |
[
"Brian (Fred Savage) is a sixth-grader who recently moved to a new town who finds and befriends Maurice (Howie Mandel), the monster under Brian's bed. While Brian and Maurice have a lot of fun making mischief, things turn serious when Brian's brother gets kidnapped!"
] |
9.99
|
B00O8NQV0S
| 2 |
Two Stars
|
A bizarre and fun children's gem.
|
B00O8NQV0S
|
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| 1,424,711,332,000 | 0 |
A bizarre and fun children's gem.
| 33 | 10,256 |
Little Monsters (1989)
| 1,972 |
Little Monsters
|
Little Monsters
| 4.7 | 3,896 |
[
"Brian (Fred Savage) is a sixth-grader who recently moved to a new town who finds and befriends Maurice (Howie Mandel), the monster under Brian's bed. While Brian and Maurice have a lot of fun making mischief, things turn serious when Brian's brother gets kidnapped!"
] |
9.99
|
B00O8NQV0S
| 2 |
Two Stars
|
A bizarre and fun children's gem.
|
B00O8NQV0S
|
AGLJIVRMCT2FGTRT2PVYILOPBGAA
| 1,424,711,332,000 | 0 |
A bizarre and fun children's gem.
| 33 | 10,257 |
Little Monsters (2019)
| 1,972 |
Little Monsters
|
Little Monsters
| 4.7 | 3,896 |
[
"Brian (Fred Savage) is a sixth-grader who recently moved to a new town who finds and befriends Maurice (Howie Mandel), the monster under Brian's bed. While Brian and Maurice have a lot of fun making mischief, things turn serious when Brian's brother gets kidnapped!"
] |
9.99
|
B00O8NQV0S
| 5 |
Memories...
|
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her (she's 4), without being over the top. She loves it!
|
B00O8NQV0S
|
AGYKOVSIBIEJUYYISI53TJTQZB3Q
| 1,449,107,006,000 | 0 |
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her she's 4, without being over the top. She loves it!
| 165 | 10,256 |
Little Monsters (1989)
| 1,972 |
Little Monsters
|
Little Monsters
| 4.7 | 3,896 |
[
"Brian (Fred Savage) is a sixth-grader who recently moved to a new town who finds and befriends Maurice (Howie Mandel), the monster under Brian's bed. While Brian and Maurice have a lot of fun making mischief, things turn serious when Brian's brother gets kidnapped!"
] |
9.99
|
B00O8NQV0S
| 5 |
Memories...
|
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her (she's 4), without being over the top. She loves it!
|
B00O8NQV0S
|
AGYKOVSIBIEJUYYISI53TJTQZB3Q
| 1,449,107,006,000 | 0 |
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her she's 4, without being over the top. She loves it!
| 165 | 10,257 |
Little Monsters (2019)
| 1,972 |
Little Monsters
|
Little Monsters
| 4.7 | 3,896 |
[
"Brian (Fred Savage) is a sixth-grader who recently moved to a new town who finds and befriends Maurice (Howie Mandel), the monster under Brian's bed. While Brian and Maurice have a lot of fun making mischief, things turn serious when Brian's brother gets kidnapped!"
] |
9.99
|
B00O8NQV0S
| 5 |
Memories...
|
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her (she's 4), without being over the top. She loves it!
|
B00O8NQV0S
|
AGYKOVSIBIEJUYYISI53TJTQZB3Q
| 1,449,107,006,000 | 0 |
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her she's 4, without being over the top. She loves it!
| 165 | 10,256 |
Little Monsters (1989)
| 1,972 |
Little Monsters
|
Little Monsters
| 4.7 | 3,896 |
[
"Brian (Fred Savage) is a sixth-grader who recently moved to a new town who finds and befriends Maurice (Howie Mandel), the monster under Brian's bed. While Brian and Maurice have a lot of fun making mischief, things turn serious when Brian's brother gets kidnapped!"
] |
9.99
|
B00O8NQV0S
| 5 |
Memories...
|
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her (she's 4), without being over the top. She loves it!
|
B00O8NQV0S
|
AGYKOVSIBIEJUYYISI53TJTQZB3Q
| 1,449,107,006,000 | 0 |
I loved this movie as a kid, and now my daughter can enjoy it as well. It's just the right amount of scary for her she's 4, without being over the top. She loves it!
| 165 | 10,257 |
Little Monsters (2019)
| 1,972 |
Little Monsters
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 4 |
See The Man
|
Burt Lancaster is great as usual, and Tony Curtis plays his part like nobody else could have in this great, dirty little picture.<br />SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is so good even Marty "Adam-12" Milner seems like a decent actor.
|
6301976126
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| 994,606,671,000 | 0 |
Burt Lancaster is great as usual, and Tony Curtis plays his part like nobody else could have in this great, dirty little picture.br SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is so good even Marty quotAdam12quot Milner seems like a decent actor.
| 225 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 4 |
See The Man
|
Burt Lancaster is great as usual, and Tony Curtis plays his part like nobody else could have in this great, dirty little picture.<br />SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is so good even Marty "Adam-12" Milner seems like a decent actor.
|
6301976126
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| 994,606,671,000 | 0 |
Burt Lancaster is great as usual, and Tony Curtis plays his part like nobody else could have in this great, dirty little picture.br SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is so good even Marty quotAdam12quot Milner seems like a decent actor.
| 225 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
CLASSIC NOIR
|
This movie all by itself made me forgive Tony Curtis any cinematic sins he may have committed before and after. He is completely Sidney Falco. The movie's edgy, near-explosive tension is all Sidney. Burt Lancaster plays a soft-voiced psychotic who always seemed in danger of an explosive break. Sidney and he are meant to be entwined. James Wong Howe's cinematography in moody black and white is superb. For this movie, color would be wrong, wrong, wrong. This is one of the few movies that doesn't make a misstep. SSOS has to have been a lodestone for Scorese. I can't recall seeing split shots previous to this (could be wrong here.)<br />See it, it's a gem.
|
6301976126
|
AFQHN6KJ5BGEKXAH7Z5KXKF5CG5Q
| 975,943,227,000 | 2 |
This movie all by itself made me forgive Tony Curtis any cinematic sins he may have committed before and after. He is completely Sidney Falco. The movie's edgy, nearexplosive tension is all Sidney. Burt Lancaster plays a softvoiced psychotic who always seemed in danger of an explosive break. Sidney and he are meant to be entwined. James Wong Howe's cinematography in moody black and white is superb. For this movie, color would be wrong, wrong, wrong. This is one of the few movies that doesn't make a misstep. SSOS has to have been a lodestone for Scorese. I can't recall seeing split shots previous to this could be wrong here.br See it, it's a gem.
| 653 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
CLASSIC NOIR
|
This movie all by itself made me forgive Tony Curtis any cinematic sins he may have committed before and after. He is completely Sidney Falco. The movie's edgy, near-explosive tension is all Sidney. Burt Lancaster plays a soft-voiced psychotic who always seemed in danger of an explosive break. Sidney and he are meant to be entwined. James Wong Howe's cinematography in moody black and white is superb. For this movie, color would be wrong, wrong, wrong. This is one of the few movies that doesn't make a misstep. SSOS has to have been a lodestone for Scorese. I can't recall seeing split shots previous to this (could be wrong here.)<br />See it, it's a gem.
|
6301976126
|
AFQHN6KJ5BGEKXAH7Z5KXKF5CG5Q
| 975,943,227,000 | 2 |
This movie all by itself made me forgive Tony Curtis any cinematic sins he may have committed before and after. He is completely Sidney Falco. The movie's edgy, nearexplosive tension is all Sidney. Burt Lancaster plays a softvoiced psychotic who always seemed in danger of an explosive break. Sidney and he are meant to be entwined. James Wong Howe's cinematography in moody black and white is superb. For this movie, color would be wrong, wrong, wrong. This is one of the few movies that doesn't make a misstep. SSOS has to have been a lodestone for Scorese. I can't recall seeing split shots previous to this could be wrong here.br See it, it's a gem.
| 653 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 2 |
HARD TO TELL WHAT'S GOING ON.
|
The dialogue moves along so fast, and the plot is so sketchy, that I had a difficult time understanding it. I know that many viewers feel the same way but don't want to bother writing a review: most reviews are positive. So think this one over.
|
6301976126
|
AGDZ4JE3LMXE6W3IGOBHR6LYI7VA
| 1,087,937,883,000 | 7 |
The dialogue moves along so fast, and the plot is so sketchy, that I had a difficult time understanding it. I know that many viewers feel the same way but don't want to bother writing a review most reviews are positive. So think this one over.
| 243 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 2 |
HARD TO TELL WHAT'S GOING ON.
|
The dialogue moves along so fast, and the plot is so sketchy, that I had a difficult time understanding it. I know that many viewers feel the same way but don't want to bother writing a review: most reviews are positive. So think this one over.
|
6301976126
|
AGDZ4JE3LMXE6W3IGOBHR6LYI7VA
| 1,087,937,883,000 | 7 |
The dialogue moves along so fast, and the plot is so sketchy, that I had a difficult time understanding it. I know that many viewers feel the same way but don't want to bother writing a review most reviews are positive. So think this one over.
| 243 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
"MATCH me, Sidney!" "Not just now, JJ."
|
This late 50's show-biz noir makes recent, silmilar forays ("Swimming With Sharks", "The Player","The Last Big Thing","Celebrity", et al)look like goofy teen comedies. An unrelenting gaze at the paranoiac,glad-handing and back-stabbing cult of celebrity. Burt Lancaster (who also co-produced) turns in one of his most chilling performances as the NYC gossip columnist who can make 'em and break 'em, and Tony Curtis' portrayal of a sycophantic weasel press agent is so oily you can almost taste the Vitalis in his hair.The film has a host of memorable supporting players--corrupt cops, cigarette girls,struggling nightclub performers, sleazy politicans,barflys and other typical inhabitants of the "noir" canon.There are so many quotable lines that you might as well put quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the script! (In fact,if you happen to catch the 1982 film "Diner", look fast for the cameo by the character who is so obsessed with "Sweet Smell.." that he has it memorized, and walks in and out of scenes spouting lines from it!) This is the sort of cynical, unapologetic portrayal of American culture that usually comes from European directors; it's amazing that this was a U.S. production, released when the McCarthy hearings were still recent history! Don't miss this one.
|
6301976126
|
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| 965,231,120,000 | 16 |
This late 50's showbiz noir makes recent, silmilar forays quotSwimming With Sharksquot, quotThe Playerquot,quotThe Last Big Thingquot,quotCelebrityquot, et allook like goofy teen comedies. An unrelenting gaze at the paranoiac,gladhanding and backstabbing cult of celebrity. Burt Lancaster who also coproduced turns in one of his most chilling performances as the NYC gossip columnist who can make 'em and break 'em, and Tony Curtis' portrayal of a sycophantic weasel press agent is so oily you can almost taste the Vitalis in his hair.The film has a host of memorable supporting playerscorrupt cops, cigarette girls,struggling nightclub performers, sleazy politicans,barflys and other typical inhabitants of the quotnoirquot canon.There are so many quotable lines that you might as well put quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the script! In fact,if you happen to catch the 1982 film quotDinerquot, look fast for the cameo by the character who is so obsessed with quotSweet Smell..quot that he has it memorized, and walks in and out of scenes spouting lines from it! This is the sort of cynical, unapologetic portrayal of American culture that usually comes from European directors it's amazing that this was a U.S. production, released when the McCarthy hearings were still recent history! Don't miss this one.
| 1,323 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
"MATCH me, Sidney!" "Not just now, JJ."
|
This late 50's show-biz noir makes recent, silmilar forays ("Swimming With Sharks", "The Player","The Last Big Thing","Celebrity", et al)look like goofy teen comedies. An unrelenting gaze at the paranoiac,glad-handing and back-stabbing cult of celebrity. Burt Lancaster (who also co-produced) turns in one of his most chilling performances as the NYC gossip columnist who can make 'em and break 'em, and Tony Curtis' portrayal of a sycophantic weasel press agent is so oily you can almost taste the Vitalis in his hair.The film has a host of memorable supporting players--corrupt cops, cigarette girls,struggling nightclub performers, sleazy politicans,barflys and other typical inhabitants of the "noir" canon.There are so many quotable lines that you might as well put quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the script! (In fact,if you happen to catch the 1982 film "Diner", look fast for the cameo by the character who is so obsessed with "Sweet Smell.." that he has it memorized, and walks in and out of scenes spouting lines from it!) This is the sort of cynical, unapologetic portrayal of American culture that usually comes from European directors; it's amazing that this was a U.S. production, released when the McCarthy hearings were still recent history! Don't miss this one.
|
6301976126
|
AFG2S5NYEBHKUVHJGGH4EV44MDHQ
| 965,231,120,000 | 16 |
This late 50's showbiz noir makes recent, silmilar forays quotSwimming With Sharksquot, quotThe Playerquot,quotThe Last Big Thingquot,quotCelebrityquot, et allook like goofy teen comedies. An unrelenting gaze at the paranoiac,gladhanding and backstabbing cult of celebrity. Burt Lancaster who also coproduced turns in one of his most chilling performances as the NYC gossip columnist who can make 'em and break 'em, and Tony Curtis' portrayal of a sycophantic weasel press agent is so oily you can almost taste the Vitalis in his hair.The film has a host of memorable supporting playerscorrupt cops, cigarette girls,struggling nightclub performers, sleazy politicans,barflys and other typical inhabitants of the quotnoirquot canon.There are so many quotable lines that you might as well put quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the script! In fact,if you happen to catch the 1982 film quotDinerquot, look fast for the cameo by the character who is so obsessed with quotSweet Smell..quot that he has it memorized, and walks in and out of scenes spouting lines from it! This is the sort of cynical, unapologetic portrayal of American culture that usually comes from European directors it's amazing that this was a U.S. production, released when the McCarthy hearings were still recent history! Don't miss this one.
| 1,323 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 1 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
The actors and story will always be fresh, but the tape itself<br />is damaged and cannot be viewed. Very disappointed.
|
6301976126
|
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| 1,368,886,106,000 | 0 |
The actors and story will always be fresh, but the tape itselfbr is damaged and cannot be viewed. Very disappointed.
| 116 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 1 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
The actors and story will always be fresh, but the tape itself<br />is damaged and cannot be viewed. Very disappointed.
|
6301976126
|
AFZQWWE6Q7AJHRFQS3MKFSEH4X4A
| 1,368,886,106,000 | 0 |
The actors and story will always be fresh, but the tape itselfbr is damaged and cannot be viewed. Very disappointed.
| 116 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Masterpiece theater.
|
The dialogue in this film makes me salivate. Ernest Lehman's script is so juicy, so dripping with energy that it leaves an indelible impression on you. The photography by James Wong Howe(Cinematographer god) doesn't hurt the film in the least. On the contrary(obviously), the film looks incredible. I once read that Curtis Hanson said he was heavily influenced(for L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) by this film in terms of the gritty atmosphere of the city. I think that is a perfect influence to have. This film is spectacular. Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster are never as funny as when their full of fiery contempt. I would quote a few lines here, but there's far too many good ones(For a good sampling of these quotable lines- watch DINER). If your a fan of noir films at all- you'll love it(and you've probably already seen it) A true masterpiece.
|
6301976126
|
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| 969,333,477,000 | 3 |
The dialogue in this film makes me salivate. Ernest Lehman's script is so juicy, so dripping with energy that it leaves an indelible impression on you. The photography by James Wong HoweCinematographer god doesn't hurt the film in the least. On the contraryobviously, the film looks incredible. I once read that Curtis Hanson said he was heavily influencedfor L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by this film in terms of the gritty atmosphere of the city. I think that is a perfect influence to have. This film is spectacular. Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster are never as funny as when their full of fiery contempt. I would quote a few lines here, but there's far too many good onesFor a good sampling of these quotable lines watch DINER. If your a fan of noir films at all you'll love itand you've probably already seen it A true masterpiece.
| 824 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Masterpiece theater.
|
The dialogue in this film makes me salivate. Ernest Lehman's script is so juicy, so dripping with energy that it leaves an indelible impression on you. The photography by James Wong Howe(Cinematographer god) doesn't hurt the film in the least. On the contrary(obviously), the film looks incredible. I once read that Curtis Hanson said he was heavily influenced(for L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) by this film in terms of the gritty atmosphere of the city. I think that is a perfect influence to have. This film is spectacular. Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster are never as funny as when their full of fiery contempt. I would quote a few lines here, but there's far too many good ones(For a good sampling of these quotable lines- watch DINER). If your a fan of noir films at all- you'll love it(and you've probably already seen it) A true masterpiece.
|
6301976126
|
AHZ25ZDVW46ZZ7K2NFDD3WZWOUHQ
| 969,333,477,000 | 3 |
The dialogue in this film makes me salivate. Ernest Lehman's script is so juicy, so dripping with energy that it leaves an indelible impression on you. The photography by James Wong HoweCinematographer god doesn't hurt the film in the least. On the contraryobviously, the film looks incredible. I once read that Curtis Hanson said he was heavily influencedfor L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by this film in terms of the gritty atmosphere of the city. I think that is a perfect influence to have. This film is spectacular. Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster are never as funny as when their full of fiery contempt. I would quote a few lines here, but there's far too many good onesFor a good sampling of these quotable lines watch DINER. If your a fan of noir films at all you'll love itand you've probably already seen it A true masterpiece.
| 824 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Night Crawlers
|
Who among the producers of this curdled melodrama could have believed it would make money, especially during the conformist year 1957. It didn't. But it did score with critics, and has since achieved status as a minor masterpiece. Never has the tawdry world of New York show business been so savagely portrayed as in the characters of Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and J. J. Hunseker (Burt Lancaster), schemers with "the scruples of a guinea hen and the morals of a gangster". The machinations fly fast and furious as viewers reach for a score card to keep up. Still it's fascinating stuff. Tony Curtis gets the role he was born to play, a charmingly unscrupulous press agent, and a gutsy departure for this inane matinee idol. The dialogue is first rate with many memorable lines, as the characters bounce off one another like competitors in a demolition derby. Photography is aptly noirish with emphasis on lounge lizard locations. There's a distinct feel to this movie setting it apart from other depictions of New York decadence, a style and mood that linger: the leering cop, the offended wife, the crawling street scenes. Somehow a bunch of Hollywood types got together with a British director, a Chinese-American cameraman, and a couple of New York writers to craft this timeless foray into mid-century America. Don't miss it, especially if you like your lemonade on the sour side.
|
6301976126
|
AH2STQJ7FZWVGNNQ6UF43QB4SWGA
| 1,000,839,430,000 | 0 |
Who among the producers of this curdled melodrama could have believed it would make money, especially during the conformist year 1957. It didn't. But it did score with critics, and has since achieved status as a minor masterpiece. Never has the tawdry world of New York show business been so savagely portrayed as in the characters of Sidney Falco Tony Curtis and J. J. Hunseker Burt Lancaster, schemers with quotthe scruples of a guinea hen and the morals of a gangsterquot. The machinations fly fast and furious as viewers reach for a score card to keep up. Still it's fascinating stuff. Tony Curtis gets the role he was born to play, a charmingly unscrupulous press agent, and a gutsy departure for this inane matinee idol. The dialogue is first rate with many memorable lines, as the characters bounce off one another like competitors in a demolition derby. Photography is aptly noirish with emphasis on lounge lizard locations. There's a distinct feel to this movie setting it apart from other depictions of New York decadence, a style and mood that linger the leering cop, the offended wife, the crawling street scenes. Somehow a bunch of Hollywood types got together with a British director, a ChineseAmerican cameraman, and a couple of New York writers to craft this timeless foray into midcentury America. Don't miss it, especially if you like your lemonade on the sour side.
| 1,384 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Night Crawlers
|
Who among the producers of this curdled melodrama could have believed it would make money, especially during the conformist year 1957. It didn't. But it did score with critics, and has since achieved status as a minor masterpiece. Never has the tawdry world of New York show business been so savagely portrayed as in the characters of Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and J. J. Hunseker (Burt Lancaster), schemers with "the scruples of a guinea hen and the morals of a gangster". The machinations fly fast and furious as viewers reach for a score card to keep up. Still it's fascinating stuff. Tony Curtis gets the role he was born to play, a charmingly unscrupulous press agent, and a gutsy departure for this inane matinee idol. The dialogue is first rate with many memorable lines, as the characters bounce off one another like competitors in a demolition derby. Photography is aptly noirish with emphasis on lounge lizard locations. There's a distinct feel to this movie setting it apart from other depictions of New York decadence, a style and mood that linger: the leering cop, the offended wife, the crawling street scenes. Somehow a bunch of Hollywood types got together with a British director, a Chinese-American cameraman, and a couple of New York writers to craft this timeless foray into mid-century America. Don't miss it, especially if you like your lemonade on the sour side.
|
6301976126
|
AH2STQJ7FZWVGNNQ6UF43QB4SWGA
| 1,000,839,430,000 | 0 |
Who among the producers of this curdled melodrama could have believed it would make money, especially during the conformist year 1957. It didn't. But it did score with critics, and has since achieved status as a minor masterpiece. Never has the tawdry world of New York show business been so savagely portrayed as in the characters of Sidney Falco Tony Curtis and J. J. Hunseker Burt Lancaster, schemers with quotthe scruples of a guinea hen and the morals of a gangsterquot. The machinations fly fast and furious as viewers reach for a score card to keep up. Still it's fascinating stuff. Tony Curtis gets the role he was born to play, a charmingly unscrupulous press agent, and a gutsy departure for this inane matinee idol. The dialogue is first rate with many memorable lines, as the characters bounce off one another like competitors in a demolition derby. Photography is aptly noirish with emphasis on lounge lizard locations. There's a distinct feel to this movie setting it apart from other depictions of New York decadence, a style and mood that linger the leering cop, the offended wife, the crawling street scenes. Somehow a bunch of Hollywood types got together with a British director, a ChineseAmerican cameraman, and a couple of New York writers to craft this timeless foray into midcentury America. Don't miss it, especially if you like your lemonade on the sour side.
| 1,384 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Ultra Slick and Uniquely
|
Thanks to Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman this bleak film hits all the right nerves with ferocity.<br />All the darkest actions of human nature are on display here . Walter Winchell is the J.J. Hunsecker that has an open menu for anything that will feed his ego.Its here that Tony Curtis really showed his mettle in a very caustic performance that made folks take notice.<br />A one of kind film that may never be duplicated ever!
|
6301976126
|
AE3SXPWVWEYANGCRL5CKKF2JWCDQ
| 958,773,209,000 | 2 |
Thanks to Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman this bleak film hits all the right nerves with ferocity.br All the darkest actions of human nature are on display here . Walter Winchell is the J.J. Hunsecker that has an open menu for anything that will feed his ego.Its here that Tony Curtis really showed his mettle in a very caustic performance that made folks take notice.br A one of kind film that may never be duplicated ever!
| 425 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Ultra Slick and Uniquely
|
Thanks to Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman this bleak film hits all the right nerves with ferocity.<br />All the darkest actions of human nature are on display here . Walter Winchell is the J.J. Hunsecker that has an open menu for anything that will feed his ego.Its here that Tony Curtis really showed his mettle in a very caustic performance that made folks take notice.<br />A one of kind film that may never be duplicated ever!
|
6301976126
|
AE3SXPWVWEYANGCRL5CKKF2JWCDQ
| 958,773,209,000 | 2 |
Thanks to Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman this bleak film hits all the right nerves with ferocity.br All the darkest actions of human nature are on display here . Walter Winchell is the J.J. Hunsecker that has an open menu for anything that will feed his ego.Its here that Tony Curtis really showed his mettle in a very caustic performance that made folks take notice.br A one of kind film that may never be duplicated ever!
| 425 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
WOAH HO HO!!
|
This is a grand movie. One of my favorite films of all time. Everything about it is great.<br />Let's start with the look: It perfectly captures the feel of night life. The picture is crisp and clear, and the movie wisely was made in black and white. Colorizing this movie would be the most awful thing you could ever do..... EVER! Hands off, Ted Turner!<br />The pace moves along at such a perfect speed that this movie almost feels like it was made today. The dialogue is amazing; you hear something new everytime. And the characters are some of my favorites to come from any movie. Except for the melodramatic parts played by the two tragic lovers, the acting is great. The only flaw in this film is what I mentioned above; the melodramatic parts. But they only make the great scenes with Curtis and Lancaster seem even greater. The melodrama is just there to remind you that this is a 50s movie. Buy this today. You know you got the money!
|
6301976126
|
AGSX4L2LABBZNHGXBMJTWG2FUDHA
| 981,260,556,000 | 2 |
This is a grand movie. One of my favorite films of all time. Everything about it is great.br Let's start with the look It perfectly captures the feel of night life. The picture is crisp and clear, and the movie wisely was made in black and white. Colorizing this movie would be the most awful thing you could ever do..... EVER! Hands off, Ted Turner!br The pace moves along at such a perfect speed that this movie almost feels like it was made today. The dialogue is amazing you hear something new everytime. And the characters are some of my favorites to come from any movie. Except for the melodramatic parts played by the two tragic lovers, the acting is great. The only flaw in this film is what I mentioned above the melodramatic parts. But they only make the great scenes with Curtis and Lancaster seem even greater. The melodrama is just there to remind you that this is a 50s movie. Buy this today. You know you got the money!
| 934 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
WOAH HO HO!!
|
This is a grand movie. One of my favorite films of all time. Everything about it is great.<br />Let's start with the look: It perfectly captures the feel of night life. The picture is crisp and clear, and the movie wisely was made in black and white. Colorizing this movie would be the most awful thing you could ever do..... EVER! Hands off, Ted Turner!<br />The pace moves along at such a perfect speed that this movie almost feels like it was made today. The dialogue is amazing; you hear something new everytime. And the characters are some of my favorites to come from any movie. Except for the melodramatic parts played by the two tragic lovers, the acting is great. The only flaw in this film is what I mentioned above; the melodramatic parts. But they only make the great scenes with Curtis and Lancaster seem even greater. The melodrama is just there to remind you that this is a 50s movie. Buy this today. You know you got the money!
|
6301976126
|
AGSX4L2LABBZNHGXBMJTWG2FUDHA
| 981,260,556,000 | 2 |
This is a grand movie. One of my favorite films of all time. Everything about it is great.br Let's start with the look It perfectly captures the feel of night life. The picture is crisp and clear, and the movie wisely was made in black and white. Colorizing this movie would be the most awful thing you could ever do..... EVER! Hands off, Ted Turner!br The pace moves along at such a perfect speed that this movie almost feels like it was made today. The dialogue is amazing you hear something new everytime. And the characters are some of my favorites to come from any movie. Except for the melodramatic parts played by the two tragic lovers, the acting is great. The only flaw in this film is what I mentioned above the melodramatic parts. But they only make the great scenes with Curtis and Lancaster seem even greater. The melodrama is just there to remind you that this is a 50s movie. Buy this today. You know you got the money!
| 934 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Absolute Power Corrupts.
|
Lancaster is pure power, pure evil, razor sharp, and hard as nails.<br />Tony Curtis plays a worm better than anyone.<br />These two powers balance on the screen and make for one of the best movies I have ever sceen. Pay attention. It goes by fast and the dialog is 70 miles an hour. No slow spots and NO heroes in this. This example of the Dark Cinema "Film De Noire" is cutting edge view of the nature of people with power that use it for their own desires. No body gets out unscathed. The only good person in the whole movie is someone you'll recognize from Adam-12 TV fame. Our favorit blond TV cop plays a hip jazz playing guitarist. He will be the only person you like and as is true in all good Noire films he looses out in the end as well.<br />This is not a happy movie, it is a good one.
|
6301976126
|
AGR3JEHSACR6FPHFWPFAODTRPKYA
| 976,903,376,000 | 0 |
Lancaster is pure power, pure evil, razor sharp, and hard as nails.br Tony Curtis plays a worm better than anyone.br These two powers balance on the screen and make for one of the best movies I have ever sceen. Pay attention. It goes by fast and the dialog is 70 miles an hour. No slow spots and NO heroes in this. This example of the Dark Cinema quotFilm De Noirequot is cutting edge view of the nature of people with power that use it for their own desires. No body gets out unscathed. The only good person in the whole movie is someone you'll recognize from Adam12 TV fame. Our favorit blond TV cop plays a hip jazz playing guitarist. He will be the only person you like and as is true in all good Noire films he looses out in the end as well.br This is not a happy movie, it is a good one.
| 793 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Absolute Power Corrupts.
|
Lancaster is pure power, pure evil, razor sharp, and hard as nails.<br />Tony Curtis plays a worm better than anyone.<br />These two powers balance on the screen and make for one of the best movies I have ever sceen. Pay attention. It goes by fast and the dialog is 70 miles an hour. No slow spots and NO heroes in this. This example of the Dark Cinema "Film De Noire" is cutting edge view of the nature of people with power that use it for their own desires. No body gets out unscathed. The only good person in the whole movie is someone you'll recognize from Adam-12 TV fame. Our favorit blond TV cop plays a hip jazz playing guitarist. He will be the only person you like and as is true in all good Noire films he looses out in the end as well.<br />This is not a happy movie, it is a good one.
|
6301976126
|
AGR3JEHSACR6FPHFWPFAODTRPKYA
| 976,903,376,000 | 0 |
Lancaster is pure power, pure evil, razor sharp, and hard as nails.br Tony Curtis plays a worm better than anyone.br These two powers balance on the screen and make for one of the best movies I have ever sceen. Pay attention. It goes by fast and the dialog is 70 miles an hour. No slow spots and NO heroes in this. This example of the Dark Cinema quotFilm De Noirequot is cutting edge view of the nature of people with power that use it for their own desires. No body gets out unscathed. The only good person in the whole movie is someone you'll recognize from Adam12 TV fame. Our favorit blond TV cop plays a hip jazz playing guitarist. He will be the only person you like and as is true in all good Noire films he looses out in the end as well.br This is not a happy movie, it is a good one.
| 793 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Dripping with contempt, loathing, and hatred
|
This is a film that holds up well to repeated viewings. The jazzy score by Elmer Bernstein combines with the beautiful black & white cityscapes of cinamatographer James Wong Howe and the acid dialog for one hell of a ride. Burt Lancaster projects icy menace as the powerful, Walter Winchell-derived J. J. Hunsecker. Tony Curtis has the role of his life as the oily, grasping press agent, Sidney Falco. (In fact, I think this is the only movie in which Curtis could be mistaken for a good actor.) Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman turned out a script that's a caustic indictment of the American worship of money, fame, power...but that makes it seem serious and dull. There's a tightly-wound, over-the-top quality to the dialog and characterizations that's fun and enormously entertaining. The evocation, too, of New York circa 1957 gives the whole thing context and heft. There are loads of location shots, almost all at night, that give a real feel of the city----the clubs, the all-night diners, the newstands, the trash, the neon. You can almost taste it. Plus the real-life Chico Hamilton Quintet plays on screen!
|
6301976126
|
AH46GEWILTDEFRCMZFNT7P45TLDQ
| 974,349,553,000 | 11 |
This is a film that holds up well to repeated viewings. The jazzy score by Elmer Bernstein combines with the beautiful black amp white cityscapes of cinamatographer James Wong Howe and the acid dialog for one hell of a ride. Burt Lancaster projects icy menace as the powerful, Walter Winchellderived J. J. Hunsecker. Tony Curtis has the role of his life as the oily, grasping press agent, Sidney Falco. In fact, I think this is the only movie in which Curtis could be mistaken for a good actor. Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman turned out a script that's a caustic indictment of the American worship of money, fame, power...but that makes it seem serious and dull. There's a tightlywound, overthetop quality to the dialog and characterizations that's fun and enormously entertaining. The evocation, too, of New York circa 1957 gives the whole thing context and heft. There are loads of location shots, almost all at night, that give a real feel of the citythe clubs, the allnight diners, the newstands, the trash, the neon. You can almost taste it. Plus the reallife Chico Hamilton Quintet plays on screen!
| 1,106 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Sweet Smell of Success
| 4.6 | 667 |
[
"Amazon.com",
"A classic of the late 1950s, this film looks at the string-pulling behind-the-scenes action between desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and the ultimate power broker in that long-ago show-biz Manhattan: gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (who based the Hunsecker character on the similarly brutal and power-mad Walter Winchell), the film follows Falco's attempts to promote a client through Hunsecker's column--until he is forced to make a deal with the devil and help Hunsecker ruin a jazz musician who has the nerve to date Hunsecker's sister. Director Alexander MacKendrick and cinematographer James Wong Howe, shooting on location mostly at night, capture this New York demimonde in silky black and white, in which neon and shadows share a scarily symbiotic relationship--a near-match for the poisonous give-and-take between the edgy Curtis and the dismissive Lancaster.",
"--Marshall Fine"
] |
None
|
6301976126
| 5 |
Dripping with contempt, loathing, and hatred
|
This is a film that holds up well to repeated viewings. The jazzy score by Elmer Bernstein combines with the beautiful black & white cityscapes of cinamatographer James Wong Howe and the acid dialog for one hell of a ride. Burt Lancaster projects icy menace as the powerful, Walter Winchell-derived J. J. Hunsecker. Tony Curtis has the role of his life as the oily, grasping press agent, Sidney Falco. (In fact, I think this is the only movie in which Curtis could be mistaken for a good actor.) Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman turned out a script that's a caustic indictment of the American worship of money, fame, power...but that makes it seem serious and dull. There's a tightly-wound, over-the-top quality to the dialog and characterizations that's fun and enormously entertaining. The evocation, too, of New York circa 1957 gives the whole thing context and heft. There are loads of location shots, almost all at night, that give a real feel of the city----the clubs, the all-night diners, the newstands, the trash, the neon. You can almost taste it. Plus the real-life Chico Hamilton Quintet plays on screen!
|
6301976126
|
AH46GEWILTDEFRCMZFNT7P45TLDQ
| 974,349,553,000 | 11 |
This is a film that holds up well to repeated viewings. The jazzy score by Elmer Bernstein combines with the beautiful black amp white cityscapes of cinamatographer James Wong Howe and the acid dialog for one hell of a ride. Burt Lancaster projects icy menace as the powerful, Walter Winchellderived J. J. Hunsecker. Tony Curtis has the role of his life as the oily, grasping press agent, Sidney Falco. In fact, I think this is the only movie in which Curtis could be mistaken for a good actor. Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman turned out a script that's a caustic indictment of the American worship of money, fame, power...but that makes it seem serious and dull. There's a tightlywound, overthetop quality to the dialog and characterizations that's fun and enormously entertaining. The evocation, too, of New York circa 1957 gives the whole thing context and heft. There are loads of location shots, almost all at night, that give a real feel of the citythe clubs, the allnight diners, the newstands, the trash, the neon. You can almost taste it. Plus the reallife Chico Hamilton Quintet plays on screen!
| 1,106 | 16,468 |
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
| 1,981 |
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Unbelievable season 2
|
This series is so well done . Very heavy topics but very realistic and beautifully acted . One of the best series I have seen .
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AFHK5EYWLFEURK5HM2FZ5R6UX5UQ
| 1,649,270,650,478 | 1 |
This series is so well done . Very heavy topics but very realistic and beautifully acted . One of the best series I have seen .
| 127 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Unbelievable season 2
|
This series is so well done . Very heavy topics but very realistic and beautifully acted . One of the best series I have seen .
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AFHK5EYWLFEURK5HM2FZ5R6UX5UQ
| 1,649,270,650,478 | 1 |
This series is so well done . Very heavy topics but very realistic and beautifully acted . One of the best series I have seen .
| 127 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Great series!!
|
You have to watch to know how really good and different it is
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AHYCODSSLJ5MAJPL645UCSVT6UPQ
| 1,659,634,319,080 | 0 |
You have to watch to know how really good and different it is
| 61 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Great series!!
|
You have to watch to know how really good and different it is
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AHYCODSSLJ5MAJPL645UCSVT6UPQ
| 1,659,634,319,080 | 0 |
You have to watch to know how really good and different it is
| 61 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Interesting
|
Interesting, disturbing, shocking, and captivating
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AEPODU4Z7OO6MFL4VJCGD5KQLAEA
| 1,660,438,212,568 | 0 |
Interesting, disturbing, shocking, and captivating
| 50 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Interesting
|
Interesting, disturbing, shocking, and captivating
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AEPODU4Z7OO6MFL4VJCGD5KQLAEA
| 1,660,438,212,568 | 0 |
Interesting, disturbing, shocking, and captivating
| 50 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Excellent
|
Definitely worth binging
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGWG22SFXD3EEAP2NUHZVG5TYHSQ
| 1,665,084,619,642 | 0 |
Definitely worth binging
| 24 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Excellent
|
Definitely worth binging
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGWG22SFXD3EEAP2NUHZVG5TYHSQ
| 1,665,084,619,642 | 0 |
Definitely worth binging
| 24 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
The series keeps getting better and better.
|
Season 2 definitely leveled up from the already amazing first season. I’m hooked and look forward to Season 3’s release next year.
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AHSD5CTXXO77RTYBDW6QACX5UTCA
| 1,653,265,241,687 | 0 |
Season 2 definitely leveled up from the already amazing first season. Im hooked and look forward to Season 3s release next year.
| 128 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
The series keeps getting better and better.
|
Season 2 definitely leveled up from the already amazing first season. I’m hooked and look forward to Season 3’s release next year.
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AHSD5CTXXO77RTYBDW6QACX5UTCA
| 1,653,265,241,687 | 0 |
Season 2 definitely leveled up from the already amazing first season. Im hooked and look forward to Season 3s release next year.
| 128 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Love this show!
|
This was a really good episode! I just reallly love this show!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGMHJN5OXJ7CM2V6ZCRVU42VS2YA
| 1,671,151,809,122 | 0 |
This was a really good episode! I just reallly love this show!
| 62 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Love this show!
|
This was a really good episode! I just reallly love this show!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGMHJN5OXJ7CM2V6ZCRVU42VS2YA
| 1,671,151,809,122 | 0 |
This was a really good episode! I just reallly love this show!
| 62 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Loved jt
|
Such a fan of this show, the producer def nailed it and rue does an amazing job at showing the real struggles of addiction. It brought me back to my time at high school and all the stupid drama that you feel is the end of the world. I can’t wait for season 3!!!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGGTJ6IMQSNUP4SPA33M3BO4D45A
| 1,653,532,863,017 | 0 |
Such a fan of this show, the producer def nailed it and rue does an amazing job at showing the real struggles of addiction. It brought me back to my time at high school and all the stupid drama that you feel is the end of the world. I cant wait for season 3!!!
| 260 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Loved jt
|
Such a fan of this show, the producer def nailed it and rue does an amazing job at showing the real struggles of addiction. It brought me back to my time at high school and all the stupid drama that you feel is the end of the world. I can’t wait for season 3!!!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGGTJ6IMQSNUP4SPA33M3BO4D45A
| 1,653,532,863,017 | 0 |
Such a fan of this show, the producer def nailed it and rue does an amazing job at showing the real struggles of addiction. It brought me back to my time at high school and all the stupid drama that you feel is the end of the world. I cant wait for season 3!!!
| 260 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Awesome series
|
Amazing producing and writing!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGA3574RRCNUKX7JZZTNQ7R6APUQ
| 1,652,650,486,531 | 0 |
Amazing producing and writing!
| 30 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Awesome series
|
Amazing producing and writing!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGA3574RRCNUKX7JZZTNQ7R6APUQ
| 1,652,650,486,531 | 0 |
Amazing producing and writing!
| 30 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Love this show
|
Can’t wait for more seasons!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGPIAGVROSRV73B25ATYHBDBWPGQ
| 1,655,422,028,734 | 0 |
Cant wait for more seasons!
| 27 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Love this show
|
Can’t wait for more seasons!
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AGPIAGVROSRV73B25ATYHBDBWPGQ
| 1,655,422,028,734 | 0 |
Cant wait for more seasons!
| 27 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 1 |
Comically bad
|
Season 1 was a little hard to believe, but still reasonably well done. But Season 2? My goodness. It's literally a parody of itself. Kept thinking it would get on track and never did. The character of Elliot is about the only good thing. Otherwise a total waste of time.
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AE5YTGEIAV4ZEE2IKWXAPHZG5B3A
| 1,650,327,662,487 | 0 |
Season 1 was a little hard to believe, but still reasonably well done. But Season 2? My goodness. It's literally a parody of itself. Kept thinking it would get on track and never did. The character of Elliot is about the only good thing. Otherwise a total waste of time.
| 270 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 1 |
Comically bad
|
Season 1 was a little hard to believe, but still reasonably well done. But Season 2? My goodness. It's literally a parody of itself. Kept thinking it would get on track and never did. The character of Elliot is about the only good thing. Otherwise a total waste of time.
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AE5YTGEIAV4ZEE2IKWXAPHZG5B3A
| 1,650,327,662,487 | 0 |
Season 1 was a little hard to believe, but still reasonably well done. But Season 2? My goodness. It's literally a parody of itself. Kept thinking it would get on track and never did. The character of Elliot is about the only good thing. Otherwise a total waste of time.
| 270 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Beautiful and realistic
|
Amazing show, loved every episode, highly recommended
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AEGSMS6EW6F6PSTACDYV4IUTUFFQ
| 1,659,211,779,129 | 0 |
Amazing show, loved every episode, highly recommended
| 53 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Euphoria
| 4.8 | 841 |
[
"Seventeen-year-old Rue and her dynamic group of friends enter into a new year, questioning their choices and what they want for themselves."
] |
3.99
|
B09T78R51Y
| 5 |
Beautiful and realistic
|
Amazing show, loved every episode, highly recommended
|
B09T78R51Y
|
AEGSMS6EW6F6PSTACDYV4IUTUFFQ
| 1,659,211,779,129 | 0 |
Amazing show, loved every episode, highly recommended
| 53 | 5,746 |
Euphoria (2017)
| 1,993 |
Euphoria
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Amazing
|
One of my 5 top movies of all time. And #1 as of the present. What an amazing piece of work!
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGB77GDNTWYX3PLBIKQSYHH5II2Q
| 1,396,923,869,000 | 1 |
One of my 5 top movies of all time. And 1 as of the present. What an amazing piece of work!
| 91 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Amazing
|
One of my 5 top movies of all time. And #1 as of the present. What an amazing piece of work!
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGB77GDNTWYX3PLBIKQSYHH5II2Q
| 1,396,923,869,000 | 1 |
One of my 5 top movies of all time. And 1 as of the present. What an amazing piece of work!
| 91 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Confusing, too many characters, difficult to follow story line
|
Simply put: the movie is boring. Cliché upon cliché is confirmed and story lines never come together. It seems as if the director was unsure whether to make a movie or a documentary. The main plot is very thin (a CIA agent is ordered to kill an oil prince, gets caught and then warns the prince (why?)) and therefore some elements were added to make the movie more interesting. So, a kid dies, which results in the "natural" response of the father: freely advising the person indirectly responsible for his son's death. The lawyer has a drunk "friend" and keeps him around, why, no one knows. Some kids become suicide terrorists and blow up a ship.<br /><br />All in all, this is one of the worst movies I have seen in quite a while. I was neither entertained nor intellectually challenged. I neither laughed nor cried, I did not gain an understanding nor was I compelled to learn more or take up a cause. It meant nothing to me, which in my eyes is the worst one can say about a movie.<br /><br />Save your money, save your time, choose another movie.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AELHNTAU54MHMZWHKPD3DNMJJRRA
| 1,163,962,819,000 | 6 |
Simply put the movie is boring. Clich upon clich is confirmed and story lines never come together. It seems as if the director was unsure whether to make a movie or a documentary. The main plot is very thin a CIA agent is ordered to kill an oil prince, gets caught and then warns the prince why? and therefore some elements were added to make the movie more interesting. So, a kid dies, which results in the natural response of the father freely advising the person indirectly responsible for his son's death. The lawyer has a drunk friend and keeps him around, why, no one knows. Some kids become suicide terrorists and blow up a ship.br br All in all, this is one of the worst movies I have seen in quite a while. I was neither entertained nor intellectually challenged. I neither laughed nor cried, I did not gain an understanding nor was I compelled to learn more or take up a cause. It meant nothing to me, which in my eyes is the worst one can say about a movie.br br Save your money, save your time, choose another movie.
| 1,028 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Confusing, too many characters, difficult to follow story line
|
Simply put: the movie is boring. Cliché upon cliché is confirmed and story lines never come together. It seems as if the director was unsure whether to make a movie or a documentary. The main plot is very thin (a CIA agent is ordered to kill an oil prince, gets caught and then warns the prince (why?)) and therefore some elements were added to make the movie more interesting. So, a kid dies, which results in the "natural" response of the father: freely advising the person indirectly responsible for his son's death. The lawyer has a drunk "friend" and keeps him around, why, no one knows. Some kids become suicide terrorists and blow up a ship.<br /><br />All in all, this is one of the worst movies I have seen in quite a while. I was neither entertained nor intellectually challenged. I neither laughed nor cried, I did not gain an understanding nor was I compelled to learn more or take up a cause. It meant nothing to me, which in my eyes is the worst one can say about a movie.<br /><br />Save your money, save your time, choose another movie.
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B000F7CMRM
|
AELHNTAU54MHMZWHKPD3DNMJJRRA
| 1,163,962,819,000 | 6 |
Simply put the movie is boring. Clich upon clich is confirmed and story lines never come together. It seems as if the director was unsure whether to make a movie or a documentary. The main plot is very thin a CIA agent is ordered to kill an oil prince, gets caught and then warns the prince why? and therefore some elements were added to make the movie more interesting. So, a kid dies, which results in the natural response of the father freely advising the person indirectly responsible for his son's death. The lawyer has a drunk friend and keeps him around, why, no one knows. Some kids become suicide terrorists and blow up a ship.br br All in all, this is one of the worst movies I have seen in quite a while. I was neither entertained nor intellectually challenged. I neither laughed nor cried, I did not gain an understanding nor was I compelled to learn more or take up a cause. It meant nothing to me, which in my eyes is the worst one can say about a movie.br br Save your money, save your time, choose another movie.
| 1,028 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
2.5 stars out of 4
|
The Bottom Line:<br /><br />Syriana seems to be one of those movies you simply have to watch more than once, for upon viewing it I was confused about several of the storylines and characters; it feels a bit harsh to give the movie a negative recommendation on the basis of it being so convoluted, but remember that Traffic was similarly constructed yet one attentive viewing of it could lead to comprehension.
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B000F7CMRM
|
AHFBALLOJM3SS73SBFFIPGTN5HDQ
| 1,233,501,610,000 | 1 |
The Bottom Linebr br Syriana seems to be one of those movies you simply have to watch more than once, for upon viewing it I was confused about several of the storylines and characters it feels a bit harsh to give the movie a negative recommendation on the basis of it being so convoluted, but remember that Traffic was similarly constructed yet one attentive viewing of it could lead to comprehension.
| 401 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
2.5 stars out of 4
|
The Bottom Line:<br /><br />Syriana seems to be one of those movies you simply have to watch more than once, for upon viewing it I was confused about several of the storylines and characters; it feels a bit harsh to give the movie a negative recommendation on the basis of it being so convoluted, but remember that Traffic was similarly constructed yet one attentive viewing of it could lead to comprehension.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHFBALLOJM3SS73SBFFIPGTN5HDQ
| 1,233,501,610,000 | 1 |
The Bottom Linebr br Syriana seems to be one of those movies you simply have to watch more than once, for upon viewing it I was confused about several of the storylines and characters it feels a bit harsh to give the movie a negative recommendation on the basis of it being so convoluted, but remember that Traffic was similarly constructed yet one attentive viewing of it could lead to comprehension.
| 401 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
bloody oil
|
So it ain't perfect and maybe it's kinda preachy, but it is a sincere attempt to look at a very serious problem and you get the impression they gave it their best shot. Trying to create an accurate depiction of the many realities and complexities of oil politics using the medium of film in which to do it is monumentous task, is it not? Basically SYRIANA's complicated plot is a take on the world's oil addiction the same way the film TRAFFIC deals with America's addiction to drugs. We see the situation multi-perspectively, all those involved shown and connections made between them. SYRIANA is successful I think in giving the sense it's a small, complicated, corrupt world filled with delusions, lies, and violence. Nobody is innocent, and for better or worse, we're all in it together.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AEU6DZHFQM4O6XJEEQ4GDEA2RU5Q
| 1,227,675,556,000 | 0 |
So it ain't perfect and maybe it's kinda preachy, but it is a sincere attempt to look at a very serious problem and you get the impression they gave it their best shot. Trying to create an accurate depiction of the many realities and complexities of oil politics using the medium of film in which to do it is monumentous task, is it not? Basically SYRIANA's complicated plot is a take on the world's oil addiction the same way the film TRAFFIC deals with America's addiction to drugs. We see the situation multiperspectively, all those involved shown and connections made between them. SYRIANA is successful I think in giving the sense it's a small, complicated, corrupt world filled with delusions, lies, and violence. Nobody is innocent, and for better or worse, we're all in it together.
| 790 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
bloody oil
|
So it ain't perfect and maybe it's kinda preachy, but it is a sincere attempt to look at a very serious problem and you get the impression they gave it their best shot. Trying to create an accurate depiction of the many realities and complexities of oil politics using the medium of film in which to do it is monumentous task, is it not? Basically SYRIANA's complicated plot is a take on the world's oil addiction the same way the film TRAFFIC deals with America's addiction to drugs. We see the situation multi-perspectively, all those involved shown and connections made between them. SYRIANA is successful I think in giving the sense it's a small, complicated, corrupt world filled with delusions, lies, and violence. Nobody is innocent, and for better or worse, we're all in it together.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AEU6DZHFQM4O6XJEEQ4GDEA2RU5Q
| 1,227,675,556,000 | 0 |
So it ain't perfect and maybe it's kinda preachy, but it is a sincere attempt to look at a very serious problem and you get the impression they gave it their best shot. Trying to create an accurate depiction of the many realities and complexities of oil politics using the medium of film in which to do it is monumentous task, is it not? Basically SYRIANA's complicated plot is a take on the world's oil addiction the same way the film TRAFFIC deals with America's addiction to drugs. We see the situation multiperspectively, all those involved shown and connections made between them. SYRIANA is successful I think in giving the sense it's a small, complicated, corrupt world filled with delusions, lies, and violence. Nobody is innocent, and for better or worse, we're all in it together.
| 790 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 1 |
I can't rate a video that won't play!
|
I've cleaned the DVD, I've cleaned my player, but this is the only video that won't play. It won't even show the contents on the disc from the File Explorer. I'd like a replacement that actually works - any chance of that? Then I'll be able to rate and review the actual movie that I'd really like to see.<br /><br />I really don't like to give a rating of one on this title. As I explained, I can't rate what I can't see. The one star rating is for the seller, at this time. Let's see if they can fix this!
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGIC44YVH6W3W24FXGN45BDRR3QA
| 1,598,007,601,824 | 0 |
I've cleaned the DVD, I've cleaned my player, but this is the only video that won't play. It won't even show the contents on the disc from the File Explorer. I'd like a replacement that actually works any chance of that? Then I'll be able to rate and review the actual movie that I'd really like to see.br br I really don't like to give a rating of one on this title. As I explained, I can't rate what I can't see. The one star rating is for the seller, at this time. Let's see if they can fix this!
| 499 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
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B000F7CMRM
| 1 |
I can't rate a video that won't play!
|
I've cleaned the DVD, I've cleaned my player, but this is the only video that won't play. It won't even show the contents on the disc from the File Explorer. I'd like a replacement that actually works - any chance of that? Then I'll be able to rate and review the actual movie that I'd really like to see.<br /><br />I really don't like to give a rating of one on this title. As I explained, I can't rate what I can't see. The one star rating is for the seller, at this time. Let's see if they can fix this!
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGIC44YVH6W3W24FXGN45BDRR3QA
| 1,598,007,601,824 | 0 |
I've cleaned the DVD, I've cleaned my player, but this is the only video that won't play. It won't even show the contents on the disc from the File Explorer. I'd like a replacement that actually works any chance of that? Then I'll be able to rate and review the actual movie that I'd really like to see.br br I really don't like to give a rating of one on this title. As I explained, I can't rate what I can't see. The one star rating is for the seller, at this time. Let's see if they can fix this!
| 499 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Movie DVD
|
Great movie. Clooney & Damen are really great in this one together. Great price, fast shipping.
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B000F7CMRM
|
AFIALN32YUFO7GKOQIFXH24IUF5A
| 1,528,665,017,810 | 0 |
Great movie. Clooney Damen are really great in this one together. Great price, fast shipping.
| 93 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Movie DVD
|
Great movie. Clooney & Damen are really great in this one together. Great price, fast shipping.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFIALN32YUFO7GKOQIFXH24IUF5A
| 1,528,665,017,810 | 0 |
Great movie. Clooney Damen are really great in this one together. Great price, fast shipping.
| 93 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
Good film but too much propaganda
|
I'm torn between finding this movie to be very good, and finding it to be liberal propaganda.<br /><br />It's very good in that it shows, rather than tells, things. It's very good in aspects like George Clooney's acting, as a veteran CIA agent hung out to dry to protect a major oil deal. It's good in its texture, the sweep of the Middle East, everything from massive oil fields to crumbling cities to madrasahs for jihad, Pakistani workers playing cricket.<br /><br />But it's liberal propaganda in its story line and how the sides are represented. A big American oil company buys a smaller one for its major oil rights in Kazakhstan which it probably didn't obtain honestly. The merger has to be approved but meanwhile prosecutors are sniffing around the bribery angle. Clooney's CIA agent loses a missile when he sells two, it's unclear to whom but someone the CIA supports, but one is resold in front of him to some jihadi type. Later he's sent to Beirut to have someone assassinated, but it turns out the old acquaintance he contacts there to have it done, actually is the guy to be assassinated, and, um, differs with the project.<br /><br />Matt Damon is a young oil analyst whose firm is working with a Gulf prince who wants to modernize his country. The problem is, the aging Emir prefers to give the succession to the prince's playboy older brother.<br /><br />What I didn't like were these things:<br /><br />The prince's oil deal with Chinese is portrayed as an up-and-up free market deal. The US is portrayed as manipulating, to the point of violence, Middle Eastern powers, to get oil. The Chinese are tacitly represented as honest brokers.<br /><br />The oil men are presented as swaggering, nationalistic Texas cowboys. This is Hollywood code for their being white-male a**holes. I suggest the screenwriter go to China and decide whether China and its current leaders are nationalistic or not - and since they are, much more than Americans, why do they get a pass here?<br /><br />A black character - a rising young lawyer with a powerful firm charged with getting the merger through - is portrayed as being victim to constant acts of casual racism, people who won't shake his hand, rooms that are cold to him when he presents, and the like. If he's such an outsider, and so alone, how did he get hired by such a high-powered firm to begin with?<br /><br />There are lots of passing references to America's huge military budget.<br /><br />I give the movie credit for getting into difficult areas. I give it less credit for the conclusions it comes to.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGLSC3ZESDAQWTZ3JNTDE7TUBU2A
| 1,440,812,016,000 | 2 |
I'm torn between finding this movie to be very good, and finding it to be liberal propaganda.br br It's very good in that it shows, rather than tells, things. It's very good in aspects like George Clooney's acting, as a veteran CIA agent hung out to dry to protect a major oil deal. It's good in its texture, the sweep of the Middle East, everything from massive oil fields to crumbling cities to madrasahs for jihad, Pakistani workers playing cricket.br br But it's liberal propaganda in its story line and how the sides are represented. A big American oil company buys a smaller one for its major oil rights in Kazakhstan which it probably didn't obtain honestly. The merger has to be approved but meanwhile prosecutors are sniffing around the bribery angle. Clooney's CIA agent loses a missile when he sells two, it's unclear to whom but someone the CIA supports, but one is resold in front of him to some jihadi type. Later he's sent to Beirut to have someone assassinated, but it turns out the old acquaintance he contacts there to have it done, actually is the guy to be assassinated, and, um, differs with the project.br br Matt Damon is a young oil analyst whose firm is working with a Gulf prince who wants to modernize his country. The problem is, the aging Emir prefers to give the succession to the prince's playboy older brother.br br What I didn't like were these thingsbr br The prince's oil deal with Chinese is portrayed as an upandup free market deal. The US is portrayed as manipulating, to the point of violence, Middle Eastern powers, to get oil. The Chinese are tacitly represented as honest brokers.br br The oil men are presented as swaggering, nationalistic Texas cowboys. This is Hollywood code for their being whitemale aholes. I suggest the screenwriter go to China and decide whether China and its current leaders are nationalistic or not and since they are, much more than Americans, why do they get a pass here?br br A black character a rising young lawyer with a powerful firm charged with getting the merger through is portrayed as being victim to constant acts of casual racism, people who won't shake his hand, rooms that are cold to him when he presents, and the like. If he's such an outsider, and so alone, how did he get hired by such a highpowered firm to begin with?br br There are lots of passing references to America's huge military budget.br br I give the movie credit for getting into difficult areas. I give it less credit for the conclusions it comes to.
| 2,502 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
Good film but too much propaganda
|
I'm torn between finding this movie to be very good, and finding it to be liberal propaganda.<br /><br />It's very good in that it shows, rather than tells, things. It's very good in aspects like George Clooney's acting, as a veteran CIA agent hung out to dry to protect a major oil deal. It's good in its texture, the sweep of the Middle East, everything from massive oil fields to crumbling cities to madrasahs for jihad, Pakistani workers playing cricket.<br /><br />But it's liberal propaganda in its story line and how the sides are represented. A big American oil company buys a smaller one for its major oil rights in Kazakhstan which it probably didn't obtain honestly. The merger has to be approved but meanwhile prosecutors are sniffing around the bribery angle. Clooney's CIA agent loses a missile when he sells two, it's unclear to whom but someone the CIA supports, but one is resold in front of him to some jihadi type. Later he's sent to Beirut to have someone assassinated, but it turns out the old acquaintance he contacts there to have it done, actually is the guy to be assassinated, and, um, differs with the project.<br /><br />Matt Damon is a young oil analyst whose firm is working with a Gulf prince who wants to modernize his country. The problem is, the aging Emir prefers to give the succession to the prince's playboy older brother.<br /><br />What I didn't like were these things:<br /><br />The prince's oil deal with Chinese is portrayed as an up-and-up free market deal. The US is portrayed as manipulating, to the point of violence, Middle Eastern powers, to get oil. The Chinese are tacitly represented as honest brokers.<br /><br />The oil men are presented as swaggering, nationalistic Texas cowboys. This is Hollywood code for their being white-male a**holes. I suggest the screenwriter go to China and decide whether China and its current leaders are nationalistic or not - and since they are, much more than Americans, why do they get a pass here?<br /><br />A black character - a rising young lawyer with a powerful firm charged with getting the merger through - is portrayed as being victim to constant acts of casual racism, people who won't shake his hand, rooms that are cold to him when he presents, and the like. If he's such an outsider, and so alone, how did he get hired by such a high-powered firm to begin with?<br /><br />There are lots of passing references to America's huge military budget.<br /><br />I give the movie credit for getting into difficult areas. I give it less credit for the conclusions it comes to.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGLSC3ZESDAQWTZ3JNTDE7TUBU2A
| 1,440,812,016,000 | 2 |
I'm torn between finding this movie to be very good, and finding it to be liberal propaganda.br br It's very good in that it shows, rather than tells, things. It's very good in aspects like George Clooney's acting, as a veteran CIA agent hung out to dry to protect a major oil deal. It's good in its texture, the sweep of the Middle East, everything from massive oil fields to crumbling cities to madrasahs for jihad, Pakistani workers playing cricket.br br But it's liberal propaganda in its story line and how the sides are represented. A big American oil company buys a smaller one for its major oil rights in Kazakhstan which it probably didn't obtain honestly. The merger has to be approved but meanwhile prosecutors are sniffing around the bribery angle. Clooney's CIA agent loses a missile when he sells two, it's unclear to whom but someone the CIA supports, but one is resold in front of him to some jihadi type. Later he's sent to Beirut to have someone assassinated, but it turns out the old acquaintance he contacts there to have it done, actually is the guy to be assassinated, and, um, differs with the project.br br Matt Damon is a young oil analyst whose firm is working with a Gulf prince who wants to modernize his country. The problem is, the aging Emir prefers to give the succession to the prince's playboy older brother.br br What I didn't like were these thingsbr br The prince's oil deal with Chinese is portrayed as an upandup free market deal. The US is portrayed as manipulating, to the point of violence, Middle Eastern powers, to get oil. The Chinese are tacitly represented as honest brokers.br br The oil men are presented as swaggering, nationalistic Texas cowboys. This is Hollywood code for their being whitemale aholes. I suggest the screenwriter go to China and decide whether China and its current leaders are nationalistic or not and since they are, much more than Americans, why do they get a pass here?br br A black character a rising young lawyer with a powerful firm charged with getting the merger through is portrayed as being victim to constant acts of casual racism, people who won't shake his hand, rooms that are cold to him when he presents, and the like. If he's such an outsider, and so alone, how did he get hired by such a highpowered firm to begin with?br br There are lots of passing references to America's huge military budget.br br I give the movie credit for getting into difficult areas. I give it less credit for the conclusions it comes to.
| 2,502 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
A dissapointment
|
I couldn't bring myself to like this movie. While the acting was pretty good, the directing IMO was overambitious and the script atrocious - full of holes, unconnected story lines and just plain static. While some people might call this art, to me it looks more like incompetence. In any case, the film is a project no one could salvage from well-deserved obscurity.<br /><br />The plot line is cliche-y, good ol' conspiracy genre mixing corrupt Saudis, ruthless corporate executives and cabals formed by US Judiciary, State, CIA, large law firms and large corporations... working together to derail a well-meaning pretender to the 'Saudi' throne... throw in the Hezbollah, naive Pakistanis brainwashed into terrorists, expat financial advisors (Matt Damon) working to help the renegade prince and a seasoned CIA Mid-East operative (Clooney) made into a scapegoat after a botched assassination, and you get a collage of same-looking faces, roles, scenes and story lines that is all but undecipherable.<br /><br />There is a sort of coming together at the end, but it is a whimper rather than a finale, nothing gets resolved and it all falls flat. For heaven's sake, we all know that most everyone associated with the oil business is corrupt, its part of the business model. We know there is a rat race out there, and that the world is dog-eat-dog. Yet reason many of us watch films is because we want to see good craftmanship, vision and inspiration, not to find our political opinions confirmed. I'd say this film fails miserably in making the viewer care about its characters, about the Middle East, its realities and its problems.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFH6LQK5L2LH2ZPBFWKAMKOVY7AQ
| 1,164,528,776,000 | 8 |
I couldn't bring myself to like this movie. While the acting was pretty good, the directing IMO was overambitious and the script atrocious full of holes, unconnected story lines and just plain static. While some people might call this art, to me it looks more like incompetence. In any case, the film is a project no one could salvage from welldeserved obscurity.br br The plot line is clichey, good ol' conspiracy genre mixing corrupt Saudis, ruthless corporate executives and cabals formed by US Judiciary, State, CIA, large law firms and large corporations... working together to derail a wellmeaning pretender to the 'Saudi' throne... throw in the Hezbollah, naive Pakistanis brainwashed into terrorists, expat financial advisors Matt Damon working to help the renegade prince and a seasoned CIA MidEast operative Clooney made into a scapegoat after a botched assassination, and you get a collage of samelooking faces, roles, scenes and story lines that is all but undecipherable.br br There is a sort of coming together at the end, but it is a whimper rather than a finale, nothing gets resolved and it all falls flat. For heaven's sake, we all know that most everyone associated with the oil business is corrupt, its part of the business model. We know there is a rat race out there, and that the world is dogeatdog. Yet reason many of us watch films is because we want to see good craftmanship, vision and inspiration, not to find our political opinions confirmed. I'd say this film fails miserably in making the viewer care about its characters, about the Middle East, its realities and its problems.
| 1,608 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
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"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
A dissapointment
|
I couldn't bring myself to like this movie. While the acting was pretty good, the directing IMO was overambitious and the script atrocious - full of holes, unconnected story lines and just plain static. While some people might call this art, to me it looks more like incompetence. In any case, the film is a project no one could salvage from well-deserved obscurity.<br /><br />The plot line is cliche-y, good ol' conspiracy genre mixing corrupt Saudis, ruthless corporate executives and cabals formed by US Judiciary, State, CIA, large law firms and large corporations... working together to derail a well-meaning pretender to the 'Saudi' throne... throw in the Hezbollah, naive Pakistanis brainwashed into terrorists, expat financial advisors (Matt Damon) working to help the renegade prince and a seasoned CIA Mid-East operative (Clooney) made into a scapegoat after a botched assassination, and you get a collage of same-looking faces, roles, scenes and story lines that is all but undecipherable.<br /><br />There is a sort of coming together at the end, but it is a whimper rather than a finale, nothing gets resolved and it all falls flat. For heaven's sake, we all know that most everyone associated with the oil business is corrupt, its part of the business model. We know there is a rat race out there, and that the world is dog-eat-dog. Yet reason many of us watch films is because we want to see good craftmanship, vision and inspiration, not to find our political opinions confirmed. I'd say this film fails miserably in making the viewer care about its characters, about the Middle East, its realities and its problems.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFH6LQK5L2LH2ZPBFWKAMKOVY7AQ
| 1,164,528,776,000 | 8 |
I couldn't bring myself to like this movie. While the acting was pretty good, the directing IMO was overambitious and the script atrocious full of holes, unconnected story lines and just plain static. While some people might call this art, to me it looks more like incompetence. In any case, the film is a project no one could salvage from welldeserved obscurity.br br The plot line is clichey, good ol' conspiracy genre mixing corrupt Saudis, ruthless corporate executives and cabals formed by US Judiciary, State, CIA, large law firms and large corporations... working together to derail a wellmeaning pretender to the 'Saudi' throne... throw in the Hezbollah, naive Pakistanis brainwashed into terrorists, expat financial advisors Matt Damon working to help the renegade prince and a seasoned CIA MidEast operative Clooney made into a scapegoat after a botched assassination, and you get a collage of samelooking faces, roles, scenes and story lines that is all but undecipherable.br br There is a sort of coming together at the end, but it is a whimper rather than a finale, nothing gets resolved and it all falls flat. For heaven's sake, we all know that most everyone associated with the oil business is corrupt, its part of the business model. We know there is a rat race out there, and that the world is dogeatdog. Yet reason many of us watch films is because we want to see good craftmanship, vision and inspiration, not to find our political opinions confirmed. I'd say this film fails miserably in making the viewer care about its characters, about the Middle East, its realities and its problems.
| 1,608 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Intense baby!
|
This movie is a real cool flick! Based on true events. Its a very intense movie! Everyone should have this with your collection!
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AH2JVU6DN4ZCPCHLNYIVZNIL54AA
| 1,381,849,036,000 | 0 |
This movie is a real cool flick! Based on true events. Its a very intense movie! Everyone should have this with your collection!
| 128 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Intense baby!
|
This movie is a real cool flick! Based on true events. Its a very intense movie! Everyone should have this with your collection!
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AH2JVU6DN4ZCPCHLNYIVZNIL54AA
| 1,381,849,036,000 | 0 |
This movie is a real cool flick! Based on true events. Its a very intense movie! Everyone should have this with your collection!
| 128 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
important film
|
Watch and learn what the rich will do to get richer and what the poor will do when they get desperate. Syriana shows us the world as it is, not the simplified good guy/bad guy world in which most people choose to format their minds. The primary question is which is worse - the brutality of those who live in a world of desperation? or the murderous greed of those who will stop at nothing to turn their millions into billions.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHLARU4JZDIXTZM2LWUZA7KP2CSA
| 1,166,930,963,000 | 7 |
Watch and learn what the rich will do to get richer and what the poor will do when they get desperate. Syriana shows us the world as it is, not the simplified good guybad guy world in which most people choose to format their minds. The primary question is which is worse the brutality of those who live in a world of desperation? or the murderous greed of those who will stop at nothing to turn their millions into billions.
| 424 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
important film
|
Watch and learn what the rich will do to get richer and what the poor will do when they get desperate. Syriana shows us the world as it is, not the simplified good guy/bad guy world in which most people choose to format their minds. The primary question is which is worse - the brutality of those who live in a world of desperation? or the murderous greed of those who will stop at nothing to turn their millions into billions.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHLARU4JZDIXTZM2LWUZA7KP2CSA
| 1,166,930,963,000 | 7 |
Watch and learn what the rich will do to get richer and what the poor will do when they get desperate. Syriana shows us the world as it is, not the simplified good guybad guy world in which most people choose to format their minds. The primary question is which is worse the brutality of those who live in a world of desperation? or the murderous greed of those who will stop at nothing to turn their millions into billions.
| 424 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 1 |
One Star
|
Could not play feature???
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AF5NFYFGXZGZWRFT2ETB7Y4WDY3A
| 1,424,886,640,000 | 0 |
Could not play feature???
| 25 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 1 |
One Star
|
Could not play feature???
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AF5NFYFGXZGZWRFT2ETB7Y4WDY3A
| 1,424,886,640,000 | 0 |
Could not play feature???
| 25 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 1 |
I Have No Idea What Happened In This Film
|
I watched this film based on some friends' recommendations. After watching it, I still cannot say what happened. This film may be appealing if you have a short attention span or enjoy fast montages. The scenes were each approximately 4 seconds long and there were a multitude of characters that were never developed or even explained.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFMPBXIDD4P2KTITDUTAO735PFNQ
| 1,154,189,486,000 | 10 |
I watched this film based on some friends' recommendations. After watching it, I still cannot say what happened. This film may be appealing if you have a short attention span or enjoy fast montages. The scenes were each approximately 4 seconds long and there were a multitude of characters that were never developed or even explained.
| 334 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 1 |
I Have No Idea What Happened In This Film
|
I watched this film based on some friends' recommendations. After watching it, I still cannot say what happened. This film may be appealing if you have a short attention span or enjoy fast montages. The scenes were each approximately 4 seconds long and there were a multitude of characters that were never developed or even explained.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFMPBXIDD4P2KTITDUTAO735PFNQ
| 1,154,189,486,000 | 10 |
I watched this film based on some friends' recommendations. After watching it, I still cannot say what happened. This film may be appealing if you have a short attention span or enjoy fast montages. The scenes were each approximately 4 seconds long and there were a multitude of characters that were never developed or even explained.
| 334 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Gorgeous George
|
I hate to give this movie any rating because I just couldn't get through it. The film was visually dark, the actors mumbled, and the scenes were disjointed. Sorry George, you're gorgeous but this movie wasn't for me.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGW54QARCC63KVO4KAQUHNQPB7YQ
| 1,180,442,033,000 | 3 |
I hate to give this movie any rating because I just couldn't get through it. The film was visually dark, the actors mumbled, and the scenes were disjointed. Sorry George, you're gorgeous but this movie wasn't for me.
| 216 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Gorgeous George
|
I hate to give this movie any rating because I just couldn't get through it. The film was visually dark, the actors mumbled, and the scenes were disjointed. Sorry George, you're gorgeous but this movie wasn't for me.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGW54QARCC63KVO4KAQUHNQPB7YQ
| 1,180,442,033,000 | 3 |
I hate to give this movie any rating because I just couldn't get through it. The film was visually dark, the actors mumbled, and the scenes were disjointed. Sorry George, you're gorgeous but this movie wasn't for me.
| 216 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Plotless matrix of intrigues
|
This is a stylish-looking intrigue thriller evocative of sound bites and headlines from the Middle East near the beginning of the 21st century. Based loosely on CIA operative Robert Baer's memoir, See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Solder in the CIA's War on Terrorism (2003), the main point of the movie seems to be that our need for oil compromised our efforts to stop terrorism. Or another way to look at this is to say that the CIA and the US government in general failed to make an effective transition from Cold War intelligence operations to the so-called War on Terror.<br /><br />Oil companies conspiring to increase supply and profits, Arabian princes vying to become the next emir, CIA agents sleuthing in dangerous lands, board meetings and cocktail parties with wealthy and influential international players, bombs going off, fear and torture, and a very nice precision rocket launch in the desert to hit exactly the fourth car in a queue are featured. Unfortunately it's the sort of movie that looks a lot better than it plays.<br /><br />Director Stephen Gaghan who wrote the script for Traffic (2000), a drug war thriller in which several story lines are meshed, uses a similar technique here with the unifying factor being oil instead of street drugs. Despite an engaging performance from George Clooney and fine support, especially in the smaller roles (e.g., William Hurt, Christopher Plummer), the formula doesn't work as well mainly because the story goes nowhere. Plotless movies tend to bore the audience since there is no rising action leading to a climax and resolution. Although people die and fortunes wax and wane, the linear story fails to engage our sympathies. I think this might have worked had the focus been on Clooney's character and his struggle to warn the US of the danger of terrorism from the Middle East, a danger that we didn't fully awaken to until 9/11.<br /><br />See this, if you must, for George Clooney who won a Supporting Oscar for his performance.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFNKPUJHXI62LMB2U7OAWC7ICUXA
| 1,171,584,942,000 | 4 |
This is a stylishlooking intrigue thriller evocative of sound bites and headlines from the Middle East near the beginning of the 21st century. Based loosely on CIA operative Robert Baer's memoir, See No Evil The True Story of a Ground Solder in the CIA's War on Terrorism 2003, the main point of the movie seems to be that our need for oil compromised our efforts to stop terrorism. Or another way to look at this is to say that the CIA and the US government in general failed to make an effective transition from Cold War intelligence operations to the socalled War on Terror.br br Oil companies conspiring to increase supply and profits, Arabian princes vying to become the next emir, CIA agents sleuthing in dangerous lands, board meetings and cocktail parties with wealthy and influential international players, bombs going off, fear and torture, and a very nice precision rocket launch in the desert to hit exactly the fourth car in a queue are featured. Unfortunately it's the sort of movie that looks a lot better than it plays.br br Director Stephen Gaghan who wrote the script for Traffic 2000, a drug war thriller in which several story lines are meshed, uses a similar technique here with the unifying factor being oil instead of street drugs. Despite an engaging performance from George Clooney and fine support, especially in the smaller roles e.g., William Hurt, Christopher Plummer, the formula doesn't work as well mainly because the story goes nowhere. Plotless movies tend to bore the audience since there is no rising action leading to a climax and resolution. Although people die and fortunes wax and wane, the linear story fails to engage our sympathies. I think this might have worked had the focus been on Clooney's character and his struggle to warn the US of the danger of terrorism from the Middle East, a danger that we didn't fully awaken to until 911.br br See this, if you must, for George Clooney who won a Supporting Oscar for his performance.
| 1,975 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Plotless matrix of intrigues
|
This is a stylish-looking intrigue thriller evocative of sound bites and headlines from the Middle East near the beginning of the 21st century. Based loosely on CIA operative Robert Baer's memoir, See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Solder in the CIA's War on Terrorism (2003), the main point of the movie seems to be that our need for oil compromised our efforts to stop terrorism. Or another way to look at this is to say that the CIA and the US government in general failed to make an effective transition from Cold War intelligence operations to the so-called War on Terror.<br /><br />Oil companies conspiring to increase supply and profits, Arabian princes vying to become the next emir, CIA agents sleuthing in dangerous lands, board meetings and cocktail parties with wealthy and influential international players, bombs going off, fear and torture, and a very nice precision rocket launch in the desert to hit exactly the fourth car in a queue are featured. Unfortunately it's the sort of movie that looks a lot better than it plays.<br /><br />Director Stephen Gaghan who wrote the script for Traffic (2000), a drug war thriller in which several story lines are meshed, uses a similar technique here with the unifying factor being oil instead of street drugs. Despite an engaging performance from George Clooney and fine support, especially in the smaller roles (e.g., William Hurt, Christopher Plummer), the formula doesn't work as well mainly because the story goes nowhere. Plotless movies tend to bore the audience since there is no rising action leading to a climax and resolution. Although people die and fortunes wax and wane, the linear story fails to engage our sympathies. I think this might have worked had the focus been on Clooney's character and his struggle to warn the US of the danger of terrorism from the Middle East, a danger that we didn't fully awaken to until 9/11.<br /><br />See this, if you must, for George Clooney who won a Supporting Oscar for his performance.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFNKPUJHXI62LMB2U7OAWC7ICUXA
| 1,171,584,942,000 | 4 |
This is a stylishlooking intrigue thriller evocative of sound bites and headlines from the Middle East near the beginning of the 21st century. Based loosely on CIA operative Robert Baer's memoir, See No Evil The True Story of a Ground Solder in the CIA's War on Terrorism 2003, the main point of the movie seems to be that our need for oil compromised our efforts to stop terrorism. Or another way to look at this is to say that the CIA and the US government in general failed to make an effective transition from Cold War intelligence operations to the socalled War on Terror.br br Oil companies conspiring to increase supply and profits, Arabian princes vying to become the next emir, CIA agents sleuthing in dangerous lands, board meetings and cocktail parties with wealthy and influential international players, bombs going off, fear and torture, and a very nice precision rocket launch in the desert to hit exactly the fourth car in a queue are featured. Unfortunately it's the sort of movie that looks a lot better than it plays.br br Director Stephen Gaghan who wrote the script for Traffic 2000, a drug war thriller in which several story lines are meshed, uses a similar technique here with the unifying factor being oil instead of street drugs. Despite an engaging performance from George Clooney and fine support, especially in the smaller roles e.g., William Hurt, Christopher Plummer, the formula doesn't work as well mainly because the story goes nowhere. Plotless movies tend to bore the audience since there is no rising action leading to a climax and resolution. Although people die and fortunes wax and wane, the linear story fails to engage our sympathies. I think this might have worked had the focus been on Clooney's character and his struggle to warn the US of the danger of terrorism from the Middle East, a danger that we didn't fully awaken to until 911.br br See this, if you must, for George Clooney who won a Supporting Oscar for his performance.
| 1,975 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
I Like It
|
I have seen many movies with George Clooney in it, however this movie I like it and not necesssary loved it.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AEJGHOT6THNGIFOE74N2JUT6PEYQ
| 1,401,820,878,000 | 0 |
I have seen many movies with George Clooney in it, however this movie I like it and not necesssary loved it.
| 108 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
I Like It
|
I have seen many movies with George Clooney in it, however this movie I like it and not necesssary loved it.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AEJGHOT6THNGIFOE74N2JUT6PEYQ
| 1,401,820,878,000 | 0 |
I have seen many movies with George Clooney in it, however this movie I like it and not necesssary loved it.
| 108 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
A Holywood morality tale
|
The lines between good and evil are too clearly drawn in this film. The American higher ups are Bush/Cheney era bad guys all the way. George Clooney is the Middle East old hand who speaks Arabic so well that he receives complements from the locals. At the same time Clooney's character is willing to knuckle under to his cynical higher ups for a while in hopes of getting the promotion that might allow him to send his DC area son to someplace more pricey than (heaven forbid!) University of Maryland.<br /><br />It is worth noting that the young men drawn into the terrorist mission in this film are not religious or political fanatics. They seem to sign up for this suicide operation in hopes of sending some much needed money to their families.<br /><br />My favorite line of the movie is spoken by Matt Damon as he comments on the traditional flowing robe attire of the Arab prince (Alexander Siddig--the physician in Deep Space 9) courted by the oil interests he represents : "Can you imagine playing baseball in that?"<br /><br />It is obvious that Arabic is not Siddig's native language. His character speaks textbook Standard Arabic that is completely free from ties to any dialect. This is not a bad thing though, as his Arabic dialogue is easy for a person such as myself to understand.<br /><br />Despite these various drawbacks, I found this movie fairly entertaining for a Hollywood star vehicle.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AE6NJ3NX6WMUBFR4DCHLFLDNS7ZQ
| 1,304,158,602,000 | 0 |
The lines between good and evil are too clearly drawn in this film. The American higher ups are BushCheney era bad guys all the way. George Clooney is the Middle East old hand who speaks Arabic so well that he receives complements from the locals. At the same time Clooney's character is willing to knuckle under to his cynical higher ups for a while in hopes of getting the promotion that might allow him to send his DC area son to someplace more pricey than heaven forbid! University of Maryland.br br It is worth noting that the young men drawn into the terrorist mission in this film are not religious or political fanatics. They seem to sign up for this suicide operation in hopes of sending some much needed money to their families.br br My favorite line of the movie is spoken by Matt Damon as he comments on the traditional flowing robe attire of the Arab prince Alexander Siddigthe physician in Deep Space 9 courted by the oil interests he represents Can you imagine playing baseball in that?br br It is obvious that Arabic is not Siddig's native language. His character speaks textbook Standard Arabic that is completely free from ties to any dialect. This is not a bad thing though, as his Arabic dialogue is easy for a person such as myself to understand.br br Despite these various drawbacks, I found this movie fairly entertaining for a Hollywood star vehicle.
| 1,374 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
A Holywood morality tale
|
The lines between good and evil are too clearly drawn in this film. The American higher ups are Bush/Cheney era bad guys all the way. George Clooney is the Middle East old hand who speaks Arabic so well that he receives complements from the locals. At the same time Clooney's character is willing to knuckle under to his cynical higher ups for a while in hopes of getting the promotion that might allow him to send his DC area son to someplace more pricey than (heaven forbid!) University of Maryland.<br /><br />It is worth noting that the young men drawn into the terrorist mission in this film are not religious or political fanatics. They seem to sign up for this suicide operation in hopes of sending some much needed money to their families.<br /><br />My favorite line of the movie is spoken by Matt Damon as he comments on the traditional flowing robe attire of the Arab prince (Alexander Siddig--the physician in Deep Space 9) courted by the oil interests he represents : "Can you imagine playing baseball in that?"<br /><br />It is obvious that Arabic is not Siddig's native language. His character speaks textbook Standard Arabic that is completely free from ties to any dialect. This is not a bad thing though, as his Arabic dialogue is easy for a person such as myself to understand.<br /><br />Despite these various drawbacks, I found this movie fairly entertaining for a Hollywood star vehicle.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AE6NJ3NX6WMUBFR4DCHLFLDNS7ZQ
| 1,304,158,602,000 | 0 |
The lines between good and evil are too clearly drawn in this film. The American higher ups are BushCheney era bad guys all the way. George Clooney is the Middle East old hand who speaks Arabic so well that he receives complements from the locals. At the same time Clooney's character is willing to knuckle under to his cynical higher ups for a while in hopes of getting the promotion that might allow him to send his DC area son to someplace more pricey than heaven forbid! University of Maryland.br br It is worth noting that the young men drawn into the terrorist mission in this film are not religious or political fanatics. They seem to sign up for this suicide operation in hopes of sending some much needed money to their families.br br My favorite line of the movie is spoken by Matt Damon as he comments on the traditional flowing robe attire of the Arab prince Alexander Siddigthe physician in Deep Space 9 courted by the oil interests he represents Can you imagine playing baseball in that?br br It is obvious that Arabic is not Siddig's native language. His character speaks textbook Standard Arabic that is completely free from ties to any dialect. This is not a bad thing though, as his Arabic dialogue is easy for a person such as myself to understand.br br Despite these various drawbacks, I found this movie fairly entertaining for a Hollywood star vehicle.
| 1,374 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Ehhhh...What was the hype about??
|
At its best, Syriana is an average film...Compared to Traffic this film feels shallow, rushed, and unimportant...What I had expected to be a in depth look at the many sides of the oil industry/conflicts was actually a very shallow look at it from too many angles to make you feel anything for the characters...Matt Damon's kid dies and all the heartbreak of such an event is boiled down to a 1 minute or less scene at the sons funeral where you see the characters from a distance...Oil industry people=bad people....Arab sheiks=bad people, in fact nearly the only people you are made to feel sorry for are the Pakastani workers who get fired from their jobs do to the merger of two oil companies...Yeah? So?? Happens here in the U.S. all the time but you don't see autoworkers going to blow up oil tankers because of it...All in all...not deserving of the praise it recieved and not to be looked back on in a kind light....
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGLYOGJRJWP66Z3NEXC2QPFL5JAQ
| 1,151,170,263,000 | 4 |
At its best, Syriana is an average film...Compared to Traffic this film feels shallow, rushed, and unimportant...What I had expected to be a in depth look at the many sides of the oil industryconflicts was actually a very shallow look at it from too many angles to make you feel anything for the characters...Matt Damon's kid dies and all the heartbreak of such an event is boiled down to a 1 minute or less scene at the sons funeral where you see the characters from a distance...Oil industry peoplebad people....Arab sheiksbad people, in fact nearly the only people you are made to feel sorry for are the Pakastani workers who get fired from their jobs do to the merger of two oil companies...Yeah? So?? Happens here in the U.S. all the time but you don't see autoworkers going to blow up oil tankers because of it...All in all...not deserving of the praise it recieved and not to be looked back on in a kind light....
| 920 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Ehhhh...What was the hype about??
|
At its best, Syriana is an average film...Compared to Traffic this film feels shallow, rushed, and unimportant...What I had expected to be a in depth look at the many sides of the oil industry/conflicts was actually a very shallow look at it from too many angles to make you feel anything for the characters...Matt Damon's kid dies and all the heartbreak of such an event is boiled down to a 1 minute or less scene at the sons funeral where you see the characters from a distance...Oil industry people=bad people....Arab sheiks=bad people, in fact nearly the only people you are made to feel sorry for are the Pakastani workers who get fired from their jobs do to the merger of two oil companies...Yeah? So?? Happens here in the U.S. all the time but you don't see autoworkers going to blow up oil tankers because of it...All in all...not deserving of the praise it recieved and not to be looked back on in a kind light....
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGLYOGJRJWP66Z3NEXC2QPFL5JAQ
| 1,151,170,263,000 | 4 |
At its best, Syriana is an average film...Compared to Traffic this film feels shallow, rushed, and unimportant...What I had expected to be a in depth look at the many sides of the oil industryconflicts was actually a very shallow look at it from too many angles to make you feel anything for the characters...Matt Damon's kid dies and all the heartbreak of such an event is boiled down to a 1 minute or less scene at the sons funeral where you see the characters from a distance...Oil industry peoplebad people....Arab sheiksbad people, in fact nearly the only people you are made to feel sorry for are the Pakastani workers who get fired from their jobs do to the merger of two oil companies...Yeah? So?? Happens here in the U.S. all the time but you don't see autoworkers going to blow up oil tankers because of it...All in all...not deserving of the praise it recieved and not to be looked back on in a kind light....
| 920 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Confusing and not particular noteworthy.
|
If you're the type to be shocked by the suggestion that the U.S. government would meddle in international affairs in order to protect U.S. business interests - then you'll be SHOCKED by this movie.<br /><br />The plot was purposely jumbled, I think to create "intrigue", but instead rendered the movie confusing. Clooney's role was relatively small and not that challenging, and thus his performance didn't strike me as noteworthy. Any actor capable of looking frumpy and muddling through 10 or 12 scenes while looking "serious" would have done just as well.<br /><br />The best thing about this movie was the marketing. Give those guys a raise for generating so much buzz for this mediocre movie.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGMPPNOAYLBBF5CKJHK6RXG4W5HQ
| 1,154,126,435,000 | 7 |
If you're the type to be shocked by the suggestion that the U.S. government would meddle in international affairs in order to protect U.S. business interests then you'll be SHOCKED by this movie.br br The plot was purposely jumbled, I think to create intrigue, but instead rendered the movie confusing. Clooney's role was relatively small and not that challenging, and thus his performance didn't strike me as noteworthy. Any actor capable of looking frumpy and muddling through 10 or 12 scenes while looking serious would have done just as well.br br The best thing about this movie was the marketing. Give those guys a raise for generating so much buzz for this mediocre movie.
| 679 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Confusing and not particular noteworthy.
|
If you're the type to be shocked by the suggestion that the U.S. government would meddle in international affairs in order to protect U.S. business interests - then you'll be SHOCKED by this movie.<br /><br />The plot was purposely jumbled, I think to create "intrigue", but instead rendered the movie confusing. Clooney's role was relatively small and not that challenging, and thus his performance didn't strike me as noteworthy. Any actor capable of looking frumpy and muddling through 10 or 12 scenes while looking "serious" would have done just as well.<br /><br />The best thing about this movie was the marketing. Give those guys a raise for generating so much buzz for this mediocre movie.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AGMPPNOAYLBBF5CKJHK6RXG4W5HQ
| 1,154,126,435,000 | 7 |
If you're the type to be shocked by the suggestion that the U.S. government would meddle in international affairs in order to protect U.S. business interests then you'll be SHOCKED by this movie.br br The plot was purposely jumbled, I think to create intrigue, but instead rendered the movie confusing. Clooney's role was relatively small and not that challenging, and thus his performance didn't strike me as noteworthy. Any actor capable of looking frumpy and muddling through 10 or 12 scenes while looking serious would have done just as well.br br The best thing about this movie was the marketing. Give those guys a raise for generating so much buzz for this mediocre movie.
| 679 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
It was interesting such that you had to keep watching ...
|
It was interesting such that you had to keep watching every scene to keep up with the story. Still not sure why Clooney's character drove to the destination and was killed.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AF3GIF6MB2RACKBOHFNETMAMZ4RA
| 1,419,637,656,000 | 0 |
It was interesting such that you had to keep watching every scene to keep up with the story. Still not sure why Clooney's character drove to the destination and was killed.
| 172 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
It was interesting such that you had to keep watching ...
|
It was interesting such that you had to keep watching every scene to keep up with the story. Still not sure why Clooney's character drove to the destination and was killed.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AF3GIF6MB2RACKBOHFNETMAMZ4RA
| 1,419,637,656,000 | 0 |
It was interesting such that you had to keep watching every scene to keep up with the story. Still not sure why Clooney's character drove to the destination and was killed.
| 172 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Good film making of an intriguing story
|
Syriana tells the intriguing story of how the U.S. addiction to oil is played out by a variety of characters: executives of oil companies; the lawyers who represent and investigate them; the CIA in Washington and on the ground in the Middle East; oil industry analysts; and the ruling class and workers in Arabia. The actions of the so-called "terrorists" make sense, given their situation, and turn out to be the most effective strategies. The movie is somewhat like a documentary, but follows several personal storylines to deepen the emotional tone. The film highlights the ambiguity and complexity of the oil story, and though no easy solution is evident, I feel somehow more hopeful by seeing more clearly what the reality is. By the way, this is good film making.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AH2XWCFNTLCT5OZBU6DI5E7VGTHA
| 1,354,209,570,000 | 0 |
Syriana tells the intriguing story of how the U.S. addiction to oil is played out by a variety of characters executives of oil companies the lawyers who represent and investigate them the CIA in Washington and on the ground in the Middle East oil industry analysts and the ruling class and workers in Arabia. The actions of the socalled terrorists make sense, given their situation, and turn out to be the most effective strategies. The movie is somewhat like a documentary, but follows several personal storylines to deepen the emotional tone. The film highlights the ambiguity and complexity of the oil story, and though no easy solution is evident, I feel somehow more hopeful by seeing more clearly what the reality is. By the way, this is good film making.
| 761 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Good film making of an intriguing story
|
Syriana tells the intriguing story of how the U.S. addiction to oil is played out by a variety of characters: executives of oil companies; the lawyers who represent and investigate them; the CIA in Washington and on the ground in the Middle East; oil industry analysts; and the ruling class and workers in Arabia. The actions of the so-called "terrorists" make sense, given their situation, and turn out to be the most effective strategies. The movie is somewhat like a documentary, but follows several personal storylines to deepen the emotional tone. The film highlights the ambiguity and complexity of the oil story, and though no easy solution is evident, I feel somehow more hopeful by seeing more clearly what the reality is. By the way, this is good film making.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AH2XWCFNTLCT5OZBU6DI5E7VGTHA
| 1,354,209,570,000 | 0 |
Syriana tells the intriguing story of how the U.S. addiction to oil is played out by a variety of characters executives of oil companies the lawyers who represent and investigate them the CIA in Washington and on the ground in the Middle East oil industry analysts and the ruling class and workers in Arabia. The actions of the socalled terrorists make sense, given their situation, and turn out to be the most effective strategies. The movie is somewhat like a documentary, but follows several personal storylines to deepen the emotional tone. The film highlights the ambiguity and complexity of the oil story, and though no easy solution is evident, I feel somehow more hopeful by seeing more clearly what the reality is. By the way, this is good film making.
| 761 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Slow, Boring and Just a Waste of Time
|
Am usually a big Damon fan. Just find this movie so boring. Yes, its about oil and the middle east and so on. But the cover to the DVD says "brilliant .... its not just hot .. its incendiary" ... sorry but I was not seeing a plot that moved very quickly nor did it ever get "hot."<br /><br />Skip this one and watch something like Matt's movie on Iraq - the Green Zone. That movie kept me glued to my seat.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFWON2GO7BADIFXMTKFHFJE2Z7DA
| 1,427,515,255,000 | 0 |
Am usually a big Damon fan. Just find this movie so boring. Yes, its about oil and the middle east and so on. But the cover to the DVD says 34brilliant .... its not just hot .. its incendiary34 ... sorry but I was not seeing a plot that moved very quickly nor did it ever get 34hot.34br br Skip this one and watch something like Matt's movie on Iraq the Green Zone. That movie kept me glued to my seat.
| 402 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 2 |
Slow, Boring and Just a Waste of Time
|
Am usually a big Damon fan. Just find this movie so boring. Yes, its about oil and the middle east and so on. But the cover to the DVD says "brilliant .... its not just hot .. its incendiary" ... sorry but I was not seeing a plot that moved very quickly nor did it ever get "hot."<br /><br />Skip this one and watch something like Matt's movie on Iraq - the Green Zone. That movie kept me glued to my seat.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFWON2GO7BADIFXMTKFHFJE2Z7DA
| 1,427,515,255,000 | 0 |
Am usually a big Damon fan. Just find this movie so boring. Yes, its about oil and the middle east and so on. But the cover to the DVD says 34brilliant .... its not just hot .. its incendiary34 ... sorry but I was not seeing a plot that moved very quickly nor did it ever get 34hot.34br br Skip this one and watch something like Matt's movie on Iraq the Green Zone. That movie kept me glued to my seat.
| 402 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Stop! It's just a good thriller!
|
Gee whiz! This really isn't "Traffic" or "Magnolia" it's just a really well done present day thriller. For almost three hours, it hardly goes beyond the surface of the multiple story lines. George Clooney's character is very well played. He is not "the sexiest man in the world" in this movie but an aging, over weight CIA spy cum-arms dealer who gets his fingernails wripped out before your eyes. It's kind of like James Bond meets the Maytag repairman! Okay, using the weapon that got away from Clooney to destroy the LNG tanker is a stretch but so was believing that Saddam Hussein had WMD - oh wait, they believed that one!<br /><br />If you want a little escape get "Syriana". If you want some real escape, go get the old Mad Max boxed set and just ignore anything Mel Gibson has said in the last five years.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFUXJ5LCDEN677QT27W7AOB7XRCQ
| 1,164,566,065,000 | 0 |
Gee whiz! This really isn't Traffic or Magnolia it's just a really well done present day thriller. For almost three hours, it hardly goes beyond the surface of the multiple story lines. George Clooney's character is very well played. He is not the sexiest man in the world in this movie but an aging, over weight CIA spy cumarms dealer who gets his fingernails wripped out before your eyes. It's kind of like James Bond meets the Maytag repairman! Okay, using the weapon that got away from Clooney to destroy the LNG tanker is a stretch but so was believing that Saddam Hussein had WMD oh wait, they believed that one!br br If you want a little escape get Syriana. If you want some real escape, go get the old Mad Max boxed set and just ignore anything Mel Gibson has said in the last five years.
| 796 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
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"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Stop! It's just a good thriller!
|
Gee whiz! This really isn't "Traffic" or "Magnolia" it's just a really well done present day thriller. For almost three hours, it hardly goes beyond the surface of the multiple story lines. George Clooney's character is very well played. He is not "the sexiest man in the world" in this movie but an aging, over weight CIA spy cum-arms dealer who gets his fingernails wripped out before your eyes. It's kind of like James Bond meets the Maytag repairman! Okay, using the weapon that got away from Clooney to destroy the LNG tanker is a stretch but so was believing that Saddam Hussein had WMD - oh wait, they believed that one!<br /><br />If you want a little escape get "Syriana". If you want some real escape, go get the old Mad Max boxed set and just ignore anything Mel Gibson has said in the last five years.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFUXJ5LCDEN677QT27W7AOB7XRCQ
| 1,164,566,065,000 | 0 |
Gee whiz! This really isn't Traffic or Magnolia it's just a really well done present day thriller. For almost three hours, it hardly goes beyond the surface of the multiple story lines. George Clooney's character is very well played. He is not the sexiest man in the world in this movie but an aging, over weight CIA spy cumarms dealer who gets his fingernails wripped out before your eyes. It's kind of like James Bond meets the Maytag repairman! Okay, using the weapon that got away from Clooney to destroy the LNG tanker is a stretch but so was believing that Saddam Hussein had WMD oh wait, they believed that one!br br If you want a little escape get Syriana. If you want some real escape, go get the old Mad Max boxed set and just ignore anything Mel Gibson has said in the last five years.
| 796 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
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"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Measuring the interconnected web
|
Stephen Gaghan wrote and directed this film,using Bob Baeur's book ,See No Evil,(based on his time as a CIA agent) as a leaping off point.The screenplay is what drew the cast of major actors.Gaghan wrote the script for Traffic. It's a densely plotted,highly-wrought work,sometimes obscure,drip-feeding you vast amounts ofinformation, in a series of short 1-1.5 minute scenes and a large cast of characters, simultantaneously,all over the world.Sometimes it's hard to glean what is being said and who is saying it and why they are saying it.I resented this obstacle to understanding, and you need to watch the film very closely.The thesis of Syriana is the system is wrong,people, governments,individuals are caught up in it.Big Business,corporations run the show.The rat race for control of Persian Gulf oil by whatever means necessary determines who dominates the world. Government is controlled by underlying forces.Only repeated viewing uncovers how 5 different narrative strands come together in this intricate tale of corruption,greed and power.The minor roles are all excellent too.<br /><br />George Clooney plays Bob Barnes as a fallen from grace CIA operative,overweight and bearded.He is the emotional heart and provides the momentum of the story.He is asked to stay `on message',is coming to the end of his active career and to get a desk job is being asked to go to Beirut and assassinate Prince Nasir.He is being cut loose. Jeffrey Wright plays Bennett Holiday,a lawyer investigating the merger of Connex and Killeen,'fixing' problems. This is a central role.Matt Damon plays an ambitious energy analyst,who through a personal tragedy becomes a financial consultant to Prince Nasir,assisting his revolutionary views for changes in the Arab world. Wassim(Munhir)a poor immigrant Pakistani worker,shows the Islamicisation of displaced youth,calling for the ultimate sacrifice.The Prince is involved with the Chinese and this sets off scenes of torture,murder, corruption, suicide, kidnap, betrayal.'Syriana' is the name given to an Americanised Middle East,manufacturing consent of the people and world powers to make life easier for elites.Possibly there is an element of conspiracy theories at work but the film is an eye-opener to many actualities and realities,forces at work in the world that ultimately warp and distort democracies of the free world.<br /><br />This is a multi-perspectival ,multiplotted film of 87-90 scenes of various characters in the west and the Middle East,whose subject is oil and Big Business's desire to get its hands on this rapidly diminishing resource,the shadey deals,the mergers of oil companies,involving torture,the CIA,murder,extremes of poverty,spies,Islamist radicalization,corruption,immigrant labourers,Emirs,Princes,industrialists,politicos.The film is shot without any flourishes, on hand-held cameras and influences the energy with which such a vast subject is tackled.It's not a total success as it takes a gathering momentum of small scenes by ¾ of the film before you understand,but it's a significant film, which earned Clooney the best supporting actor Oscar.It contains elements of a thriller, but has no big action scenarios.The film challenges the audience to come to their own conclusions of what is going on.With climate change, issues of oil pollution and dwindling resources,this is no small feat in mainstream film.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHF6U626DEL5MFQGOO5GJHZ6B3QQ
| 1,277,057,458,000 | 0 |
Stephen Gaghan wrote and directed this film,using Bob Baeur's book ,See No Evil,based on his time as a CIA agent as a leaping off point.The screenplay is what drew the cast of major actors.Gaghan wrote the script for Traffic. It's a densely plotted,highlywrought work,sometimes obscure,dripfeeding you vast amounts ofinformation, in a series of short 11.5 minute scenes and a large cast of characters, simultantaneously,all over the world.Sometimes it's hard to glean what is being said and who is saying it and why they are saying it.I resented this obstacle to understanding, and you need to watch the film very closely.The thesis of Syriana is the system is wrong,people, governments,individuals are caught up in it.Big Business,corporations run the show.The rat race for control of Persian Gulf oil by whatever means necessary determines who dominates the world. Government is controlled by underlying forces.Only repeated viewing uncovers how 5 different narrative strands come together in this intricate tale of corruption,greed and power.The minor roles are all excellent too.br br George Clooney plays Bob Barnes as a fallen from grace CIA operative,overweight and bearded.He is the emotional heart and provides the momentum of the story.He is asked to stay on message',is coming to the end of his active career and to get a desk job is being asked to go to Beirut and assassinate Prince Nasir.He is being cut loose. Jeffrey Wright plays Bennett Holiday,a lawyer investigating the merger of Connex and Killeen,'fixing' problems. This is a central role.Matt Damon plays an ambitious energy analyst,who through a personal tragedy becomes a financial consultant to Prince Nasir,assisting his revolutionary views for changes in the Arab world. WassimMunhira poor immigrant Pakistani worker,shows the Islamicisation of displaced youth,calling for the ultimate sacrifice.The Prince is involved with the Chinese and this sets off scenes of torture,murder, corruption, suicide, kidnap, betrayal.'Syriana' is the name given to an Americanised Middle East,manufacturing consent of the people and world powers to make life easier for elites.Possibly there is an element of conspiracy theories at work but the film is an eyeopener to many actualities and realities,forces at work in the world that ultimately warp and distort democracies of the free world.br br This is a multiperspectival ,multiplotted film of 8790 scenes of various characters in the west and the Middle East,whose subject is oil and Big Business's desire to get its hands on this rapidly diminishing resource,the shadey deals,the mergers of oil companies,involving torture,the CIA,murder,extremes of poverty,spies,Islamist radicalization,corruption,immigrant labourers,Emirs,Princes,industrialists,politicos.The film is shot without any flourishes, on handheld cameras and influences the energy with which such a vast subject is tackled.It's not a total success as it takes a gathering momentum of small scenes by of the film before you understand,but it's a significant film, which earned Clooney the best supporting actor Oscar.It contains elements of a thriller, but has no big action scenarios.The film challenges the audience to come to their own conclusions of what is going on.With climate change, issues of oil pollution and dwindling resources,this is no small feat in mainstream film.
| 3,360 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 5 |
Measuring the interconnected web
|
Stephen Gaghan wrote and directed this film,using Bob Baeur's book ,See No Evil,(based on his time as a CIA agent) as a leaping off point.The screenplay is what drew the cast of major actors.Gaghan wrote the script for Traffic. It's a densely plotted,highly-wrought work,sometimes obscure,drip-feeding you vast amounts ofinformation, in a series of short 1-1.5 minute scenes and a large cast of characters, simultantaneously,all over the world.Sometimes it's hard to glean what is being said and who is saying it and why they are saying it.I resented this obstacle to understanding, and you need to watch the film very closely.The thesis of Syriana is the system is wrong,people, governments,individuals are caught up in it.Big Business,corporations run the show.The rat race for control of Persian Gulf oil by whatever means necessary determines who dominates the world. Government is controlled by underlying forces.Only repeated viewing uncovers how 5 different narrative strands come together in this intricate tale of corruption,greed and power.The minor roles are all excellent too.<br /><br />George Clooney plays Bob Barnes as a fallen from grace CIA operative,overweight and bearded.He is the emotional heart and provides the momentum of the story.He is asked to stay `on message',is coming to the end of his active career and to get a desk job is being asked to go to Beirut and assassinate Prince Nasir.He is being cut loose. Jeffrey Wright plays Bennett Holiday,a lawyer investigating the merger of Connex and Killeen,'fixing' problems. This is a central role.Matt Damon plays an ambitious energy analyst,who through a personal tragedy becomes a financial consultant to Prince Nasir,assisting his revolutionary views for changes in the Arab world. Wassim(Munhir)a poor immigrant Pakistani worker,shows the Islamicisation of displaced youth,calling for the ultimate sacrifice.The Prince is involved with the Chinese and this sets off scenes of torture,murder, corruption, suicide, kidnap, betrayal.'Syriana' is the name given to an Americanised Middle East,manufacturing consent of the people and world powers to make life easier for elites.Possibly there is an element of conspiracy theories at work but the film is an eye-opener to many actualities and realities,forces at work in the world that ultimately warp and distort democracies of the free world.<br /><br />This is a multi-perspectival ,multiplotted film of 87-90 scenes of various characters in the west and the Middle East,whose subject is oil and Big Business's desire to get its hands on this rapidly diminishing resource,the shadey deals,the mergers of oil companies,involving torture,the CIA,murder,extremes of poverty,spies,Islamist radicalization,corruption,immigrant labourers,Emirs,Princes,industrialists,politicos.The film is shot without any flourishes, on hand-held cameras and influences the energy with which such a vast subject is tackled.It's not a total success as it takes a gathering momentum of small scenes by ¾ of the film before you understand,but it's a significant film, which earned Clooney the best supporting actor Oscar.It contains elements of a thriller, but has no big action scenarios.The film challenges the audience to come to their own conclusions of what is going on.With climate change, issues of oil pollution and dwindling resources,this is no small feat in mainstream film.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHF6U626DEL5MFQGOO5GJHZ6B3QQ
| 1,277,057,458,000 | 0 |
Stephen Gaghan wrote and directed this film,using Bob Baeur's book ,See No Evil,based on his time as a CIA agent as a leaping off point.The screenplay is what drew the cast of major actors.Gaghan wrote the script for Traffic. It's a densely plotted,highlywrought work,sometimes obscure,dripfeeding you vast amounts ofinformation, in a series of short 11.5 minute scenes and a large cast of characters, simultantaneously,all over the world.Sometimes it's hard to glean what is being said and who is saying it and why they are saying it.I resented this obstacle to understanding, and you need to watch the film very closely.The thesis of Syriana is the system is wrong,people, governments,individuals are caught up in it.Big Business,corporations run the show.The rat race for control of Persian Gulf oil by whatever means necessary determines who dominates the world. Government is controlled by underlying forces.Only repeated viewing uncovers how 5 different narrative strands come together in this intricate tale of corruption,greed and power.The minor roles are all excellent too.br br George Clooney plays Bob Barnes as a fallen from grace CIA operative,overweight and bearded.He is the emotional heart and provides the momentum of the story.He is asked to stay on message',is coming to the end of his active career and to get a desk job is being asked to go to Beirut and assassinate Prince Nasir.He is being cut loose. Jeffrey Wright plays Bennett Holiday,a lawyer investigating the merger of Connex and Killeen,'fixing' problems. This is a central role.Matt Damon plays an ambitious energy analyst,who through a personal tragedy becomes a financial consultant to Prince Nasir,assisting his revolutionary views for changes in the Arab world. WassimMunhira poor immigrant Pakistani worker,shows the Islamicisation of displaced youth,calling for the ultimate sacrifice.The Prince is involved with the Chinese and this sets off scenes of torture,murder, corruption, suicide, kidnap, betrayal.'Syriana' is the name given to an Americanised Middle East,manufacturing consent of the people and world powers to make life easier for elites.Possibly there is an element of conspiracy theories at work but the film is an eyeopener to many actualities and realities,forces at work in the world that ultimately warp and distort democracies of the free world.br br This is a multiperspectival ,multiplotted film of 8790 scenes of various characters in the west and the Middle East,whose subject is oil and Big Business's desire to get its hands on this rapidly diminishing resource,the shadey deals,the mergers of oil companies,involving torture,the CIA,murder,extremes of poverty,spies,Islamist radicalization,corruption,immigrant labourers,Emirs,Princes,industrialists,politicos.The film is shot without any flourishes, on handheld cameras and influences the energy with which such a vast subject is tackled.It's not a total success as it takes a gathering momentum of small scenes by of the film before you understand,but it's a significant film, which earned Clooney the best supporting actor Oscar.It contains elements of a thriller, but has no big action scenarios.The film challenges the audience to come to their own conclusions of what is going on.With climate change, issues of oil pollution and dwindling resources,this is no small feat in mainstream film.
| 3,360 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
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"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
I got it and loved it.
|
It was a little hard to follow the first time I watched but second time, I got it and loved it.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHLSIAOGIYMWS2HDSSKIL3SJQCDQ
| 1,435,711,993,000 | 0 |
It was a little hard to follow the first time I watched but second time, I got it and loved it.
| 95 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 4 |
I got it and loved it.
|
It was a little hard to follow the first time I watched but second time, I got it and loved it.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AHLSIAOGIYMWS2HDSSKIL3SJQCDQ
| 1,435,711,993,000 | 0 |
It was a little hard to follow the first time I watched but second time, I got it and loved it.
| 95 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Mixed bag
|
I liked this film even tho hard to follow at times. Requires a lot of concentration. It is not always easy to keep track of who is on what side, etc. Even so, it was interesting and at times riveting.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFKJYGOKOHG2JGPRUVTVGLNEOKTA
| 1,303,751,477,000 | 0 |
I liked this film even tho hard to follow at times. Requires a lot of concentration. It is not always easy to keep track of who is on what side, etc. Even so, it was interesting and at times riveting.
| 200 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
| 4.3 | 2,914 |
[
"Syriana (DVD) (WS)",
"Syriana: noun a geographical term referring to those Middle East hot spots that have proven volatile with regard to the security of the United States; a place in the Middle East where trouble is always breaking out. Based on the best-selling book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer, this timely political thriller takes a penetrating look at the efforts of the U.S. intelligence-gathering community in the Middle East, weaving together several storylines ranging from American foreign policy and the CIA's role in it to the oil industry and terrorism. Welcome to Syriana.",
"]]>"
] |
7.31
|
B000F7CMRM
| 3 |
Mixed bag
|
I liked this film even tho hard to follow at times. Requires a lot of concentration. It is not always easy to keep track of who is on what side, etc. Even so, it was interesting and at times riveting.
|
B000F7CMRM
|
AFKJYGOKOHG2JGPRUVTVGLNEOKTA
| 1,303,751,477,000 | 0 |
I liked this film even tho hard to follow at times. Requires a lot of concentration. It is not always easy to keep track of who is on what side, etc. Even so, it was interesting and at times riveting.
| 200 | 16,529 |
Syriana (2005)
| 2,017 |
Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
|
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