Just wondering if there are some good lessons in the movie. It is about SHTF in Bosnia.
The film is brutal and unflinching in its depiction of war’s effects on civilians and soldiers, from the mother who witnesses the callous murder of her own child, to the army officers who rationalize their cruelty as preserving a way of life for their own children.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57347802/angelina-jolie-on-dramatizing-war/
Don’t know, but thanks for sharing. I will have to pick this one up.
I listened to an interview with Angelina Jolie (she wrote the script, supposedly) on National Politburo Radio the other day about this flick. I’m relatively certain, based on that interview, that the only lesson you’ll learn from this movie, from a preparedness POV, is two-fold:
Being in a war zone sucks ass.
The more food, medical supplies, and friends with guns you have on hand, the better off you’re going to be.
On a non-preparedness-specific level, I think there will be a couple of other lessons:
Guns in the hands of the citizenry are bad. If the people of Yugoslavia hadn’t been able to get ahold of those evil AK47s, then there would never have been any conflict. The Serb troops could have just done whatever they wanted!
There is never a moral right to use violence…Unless you are the government.
It’s all the men’s fault. The women just wanted peace, and all the men wanted to fulfill macho, Rambo fantasies.
Of course, the last three may just be manifestations of my anti-Hollyweird stance in life.
Oh well, don’t have much time for movie watching these days anyhow. Nice try though Angelina. . .
This looks interesting however 5 Days of War
A drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.