2010 March 30 – Gino's Blog

Shutter Island – March 30th

I absolutely adored this movie. It’s been a while since such a thought-provoking movie came to theaters. The storyline is amazing and sheds light on the little-know psychiatric controversies in the 1950s.

DiCaprio and the rest of the star-studded cast do an amazing job of deluding viewers and creating unexpected twists in the story.

Personally, I enjoyed it more since my exam the day before was on the subject of the movie (Chlorpromazine, trans-orbital lobotomy, etc.)

I won’t say anymore, i would ruin the story for you. But you HAVE to watch it (preferably in a theater)

IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
My Rating: 9/10

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Green Zone Review

Green Zone – March 30th

This movie probably came too soon after Hurt Locker, with the flaws (in my opinion) that the latter did not have. The first flaw to me was being too preachy, on a subject now long-forgotten (WMDs in Iraq). An advantage was having a better-known cast, with Matt Damon in the lead roll as a curious US Chief Warrant who uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy regarding the US-led invasion into Iraq.

The movie isn’t bad, in fact, there are plenty of firefight scenes and reveals how the Green Zone actually is, how divided the coalition institutions can be. The Green Zone is an area in Baghdad that is heavily guarded and which houses the main HQ of the coalition forces as well as journalists and other foreign civilians with business in Iraq.

The arabic dialogue in Hurt Locker was better, but this movie sheds light on the division in Arab opinions, and how that opinion can be even more divided than the US’s regarding issues in Iraq.

It’s a good movie, worth a movie night.

IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
My Rating: 7/10