"Only God knows everything. He works for Mossad."

[mcgillianaire]

Last night I watched The Constant Gardner. It's by the same director as the one who made Cidade de Deus (City of God), Fernando Meirelles.

I loved Cidade but The Constant Gardner was a real disappointment. I enjoyed the basic plot outline but the way in which it was taken, including the far-fetchedness of the second-half really put a spanner in the works.

The movie highlighted a plausible scenario in which Western governments were wedded by convenience to big pharmaceutical companies that produced drugs for a continent like Africa without having done the necessary research to cure major diseases. But the manner in which they put together a story to conflict it was really disappointing.

It's definitely worth a watch. I like movies like these. I'd place it in a similar genre as a movie like Lord of War.

Onto Syriana!

Comments

[soaddictive.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend and his friends LOVE LOVE LOVE Lord of War. Is it really that good? Have you seen Domino?

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Wow! I wouldn't say it's that good. It's definitely worth watching once... and no, I haven't seen Domino. Only saw the ad for it for the first time last night. Looks interesting and it has Keira Knightley, which is always a step in the right direction. :)

And do you remember we watched City of God in Atwater!

[soaddictive.livejournal.com]

I think I may rent Domino tonight, it seems quite interesting!
Can you send me Lord of War? Not sure if I'd want to rent it .... :D

And yes I remember watching City of God with you. I was so shocked for days after. Especially with that one scene with the little five year old who has to shoot the other little three year old. Ahhhh!

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

Argh. So much to see. I don't know where I'm going to find a copy of City of God, it sounds like a really great movie, and I've been meaning to see it for years. Lord of War I hope to get online. I'm currently getting the Motorcycle Diaries. Syriana is probably worth a watch, but you already know what I think of it as a whole.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

I can send you Lord of War. Are you downloading Motorcycle Diaries?

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

BitTorrent. 94% done, but going slowly.

[swimanubis.livejournal.com]

I could rip and seed city of god if you can't find a torrent of it. my knockoff copy from the streets of Amman is actually pretty good quality.

[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

Sweet! I'll look again online and let you know if I'm still having trouble finding this.

[vimoh.livejournal.com]

Hey B! Remember me? Am not on LJ anymore. Thought I would drop by and pay my regards and all that. Currently in Mumbai and happy. :)