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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 01:31 PM
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I'd like to recommend an excellent movie about the Iraq/Afghanistan wars
really powerful.

It's called The Messenger and it's with Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster and Emily Morton. Here's the NYT review.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/movies/13messenger.html
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 01:42 PM
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1. For some reason, I have not been tempted to become entertained or educated by any of the
Edited on Tue Jan-12-10 01:42 PM by T Wolf
shows/movies coming out of this obscenity of a foreign misadventure.

After seeing most of the Vietnam War flicks, I just find the latest round bothersome to the max.

Maybe others need to see these, but I have seen enough war (real and imagined) to know that it is too real and tragic for me. The "reality" shows are bad enough - these are worse, at least to me.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 01:44 PM
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2. This is an excellent piece of work on its own but its also a powerful
indictment of the disconnect that Americans have. Btw, there is no war footage at all in this movie. As such it's not a war movie.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 02:35 PM
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3. looking forward
thanks, cali
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