It was under an almost without choice situation that I went to watch Lions for Lambs last evening. While there hasn’t been many interesting movies to watch lately, the night was still pretty young at 10am to call it a day. The much anticipated Bee Movie is not a choice after reading much negative reviews from online and friends. The showtime for Hero was at midnight which is a bit tad too late. Lions becomes stood out amongst all the not-so-appealing movies.
At 11pm, I wasn’t expecting my brain to function as actively. Afterall, it was a working day and all I wanted is to sit down, relax and enjoy whatever sound or graphic effects the movie has to offer. 10 minutes into the movie, I realize how wrong my choice was. The movie was full of dialogues and debates amongst the lead roles. It must be the first time that I really felt like sleeping midway into the movie, especially when the total number of audience was a single digit in this super large cinema – those who has been to the old shaw will know how big it is (probably 3 times the size of the Cineplex we see nowadays).
But dun get me wrong, it was no doubt a great movie. The director has intelligently but subtle-ly brought across some messages which stimulate my brain to function and ponder. Lions for Lambs – a great movie title which I thought have sarcastically describe the situation on how US army leaders have deployed their young soliders at Afghanistan in opposition of the Taliban troops, at all costs, whatever it takes. It was also closely linked to what Alexandra the Great had ever remarked that he feared more of a troop of lambs led by a lion than a troop of lions led by a lamb.
The movie also reflected on how propaganda was used to brainwash the citizens, and to fuel up the patriotisms in them. It reminded me of the holocausts, how young men were influenced (to some extend, misled) into joining the armed forces, naively blinded by the pride of protecting their nation, oblivious of the dangers they were put in. Many of them died, without knowing why.
There must be more to this movie which I have not absorbed, but the above piece got my attention most. Its not just a great movie, but a very great movie.
At 11pm, I wasn’t expecting my brain to function as actively. Afterall, it was a working day and all I wanted is to sit down, relax and enjoy whatever sound or graphic effects the movie has to offer. 10 minutes into the movie, I realize how wrong my choice was. The movie was full of dialogues and debates amongst the lead roles. It must be the first time that I really felt like sleeping midway into the movie, especially when the total number of audience was a single digit in this super large cinema – those who has been to the old shaw will know how big it is (probably 3 times the size of the Cineplex we see nowadays).
But dun get me wrong, it was no doubt a great movie. The director has intelligently but subtle-ly brought across some messages which stimulate my brain to function and ponder. Lions for Lambs – a great movie title which I thought have sarcastically describe the situation on how US army leaders have deployed their young soliders at Afghanistan in opposition of the Taliban troops, at all costs, whatever it takes. It was also closely linked to what Alexandra the Great had ever remarked that he feared more of a troop of lambs led by a lion than a troop of lions led by a lamb.
The movie also reflected on how propaganda was used to brainwash the citizens, and to fuel up the patriotisms in them. It reminded me of the holocausts, how young men were influenced (to some extend, misled) into joining the armed forces, naively blinded by the pride of protecting their nation, oblivious of the dangers they were put in. Many of them died, without knowing why.
There must be more to this movie which I have not absorbed, but the above piece got my attention most. Its not just a great movie, but a very great movie.
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