Comments on: Charlie Wilson’s War http://www.chrispramas.com/2007/12/11/charlie-wilsons-war/ The Furious Scribblings of Chris Pramas Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.10 By: Anonymous http://www.chrispramas.com/2007/12/11/charlie-wilsons-war/#comment-598 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:44:00 +0000 http://chrispramas.com/?p=197#comment-598 The backlash from training the jihadis was worth it. Bye bye USSR!

]]> By: Arnulfe http://www.chrispramas.com/2007/12/11/charlie-wilsons-war/#comment-597 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:31:00 +0000 http://chrispramas.com/?p=197#comment-597 I caught an advance screening last week. I’m a Philip Seymour Hoffman fanboy, and he was brilliant as the jaded CIA agent.

The story itself isn’t very compelling, so the film leans heavily on solid performances by the leads and its relevance to modern politics.

As far as its political agenda, the film plays it safe, offering up a few subtle references for both war-mongers and peaceniks alike, but doesn’t make any bold pronouncements.

There was a somewhat jarring contrast between the period newsreel footage (which I recognized from a documentary we produced in the 80’s) and the CGI-enhanced FPS-shooter-style footage of Hind gunships mowing down Afghan villagers. This juxtaposition was perhaps the strongest “statement” made in the entire film.

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