Director: Annie Sunberg
Year: 2007
With the Iraq war today sometimes it is easy to forget about other tragedies around the world. After watching this film it will be a little harder to forget about the crisis in Darfur. The film follows former Marine Capt Brian Steidle as he travels to the region to monitor a cease fire. What he finds forever transforms his life.
Steidle is in a unique position as an observer to the African Union where he can talk to Africans affects by the atrocities as well as members of the Janjaweed who reign terror to the Africans in the region. Although a former marine, Brian is not allowed a weapon; only a camera. Throughout the film he takes pictures of the events unfolding around him. Every day he is surrounded by death and can do nothing about it.
Brian constantly complains that the world is not doing enough, and you see this when he comes back home only to be turned away by officials in power. I myself barely even knew where Darfur was located on a map before watching this film so I can agree with him that nothing is being done. We said never again with Rwanda and yet we are saying it again. The film is not the feel good story of the year, but it is worth a watch.
Annie Sunberg's THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK (2007)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
010 - The Postman
Director: Kevin Costner
Year: 1997
Ok so maybe the film drags on a little bit being 3 hours long, and maybe the film is not the best ever made. But even with a stretch of a story and some average acting the film is not that bad.
In a post-apocalyptic America a man pretends to deliver mail so he can stay alive while he travels town to town. He builds a following and ultimately creates a group of wanna-be carriers. Most of these wanna-be carriers are younger kids adding to the shitting acting, but the film still is ok.
After realizing the harm he is bringing towns he visits, the postman disbands the carriers and eventually makes a stand against a group by the name of the Holnists. These Holnists, who have men on horses and automatic rifles, are taken down by a few kids and mail carrier.
The film is a little unbelievable but overall it is entertaining. It might be tough for viewers to see a guy wearing a mailman jacket give birth to a revolution, but whatever. If you haven't seen it... take a look. Not the best, but it DEFINITELY does not deserve the shit it gets when people talk about it.
Kevin Costner's THE POSTMAN (1997)
Year: 1997
Ok so maybe the film drags on a little bit being 3 hours long, and maybe the film is not the best ever made. But even with a stretch of a story and some average acting the film is not that bad.
In a post-apocalyptic America a man pretends to deliver mail so he can stay alive while he travels town to town. He builds a following and ultimately creates a group of wanna-be carriers. Most of these wanna-be carriers are younger kids adding to the shitting acting, but the film still is ok.
After realizing the harm he is bringing towns he visits, the postman disbands the carriers and eventually makes a stand against a group by the name of the Holnists. These Holnists, who have men on horses and automatic rifles, are taken down by a few kids and mail carrier.
The film is a little unbelievable but overall it is entertaining. It might be tough for viewers to see a guy wearing a mailman jacket give birth to a revolution, but whatever. If you haven't seen it... take a look. Not the best, but it DEFINITELY does not deserve the shit it gets when people talk about it.
Kevin Costner's THE POSTMAN (1997)
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