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mcgillianaireLast 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!
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!
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Date: 2006-02-27 12:45 pm (UTC)