dataconflossmoor Review of Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs (2007)

Concepts, Ideological Interviews, Circumstances, and Just Plain Conversations

[10/10 · 24 February 2010]

This movie contains three of the biggest box office stars in Hollywood! Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.This triumvirate of talent contributed tremendously to the success of this motion picture. In this movie, each one of these performers manifest their feelings which they have about our involvement in Iraq! Robert Redford directs this film, and like so many of Redford's directing efforts, "Lions for Lambs" ponders the tumultuous intricacies to the prevailing circumstances which pertain to a complicated situation (In this movie's case, the Iraq War). This dynamic technique in directing enables the movie viewer to delve into a thorough rumination of the entire dilemma that this film has formatted. "River Runs Through It" (Which was directed by Redford) was a spectacular instance of where a film which spread out a bevy of cold hard facts, accommodated a subjectively emotional interpretation to the resonating outcome for all parties concerned. "Lions For Lambs" was this type of movie as well!! This film's core conundrum which was related to what the U.S. purpose was for our protracted stay in Iraq, had presented itself as a source of ambiguity for millions of Americans. This upheaval was the focal point of this film! We as the movie audience got to witness the new millennium's version of pork chop hill. While there was a definite liberal bias to the film, the intellectual angle which it purported was an effective articulation for dirges of candor about the precarious ground-rules that our nation's hegemony has subjugated the American people to! The adamant beliefs of some Republican's mindset (Such as Tom Cruise) ran the gambit from specifically limited national interests, to a sharp redefinition of his party's platform. What was germane to the film was that regrets and bad decisions made on both sides of the political spectrum had ballooned into a precarious status quo! The lethal apathy for our nation'actions regarding the war in Iraq was suffocating everybody. This mandated disarray is something all Americans have to come to grips with whether they like it or not! The conversation Robert Redford had with his exceptionally brilliant B student became a forum for lamentations about the significance of academia in our lives. Such pontifications bared a striking similarity to the movie "Paper Chase". "Lions for Lambs" was, in my opinion, a précis for poignancy that was much like the film "Good Night and Good Luck". Both of these films were succinct and concise story lines which correlated to the underlying predicaments which they were burdened with. These major conflicts of interest were intentionally not labeled as the culprits for everything. The cerebral premise to this movie was predicated on the objective aftermath of many given incidents. This film did not unnecessarily dwell on the engaging of elongated and sanctimonious diatribes of self righteous indignation concerning ideological disagreements. Rather, the characters in both these films dealt with factual occurrences which may or may not have been resolved to everyone's satisfaction. Both films elaborated on the visceral components of perseverance about the fact that a vast majority of a numerous quantity of existing complications were due to the unfortunate revelation that our nation was besieged with avoidable human errors Ultimately, the characters in both movies had to assume a flippant disposition about dealing with the end result of our nebulous decisions which were consummated on a disconcerting basis of cause and effect. Idealism took a resounding second fiddle to the implementation of military policies. "Lions For Lambs" stressed reality, and from it, emanated an acrimonious illustration of the phrase "The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray!" I like the movie "Lions for Lambs" and I thought the acting was phenomenal! This movie depicts how political solutions to real problems in this country wind up being extremely inadequate! This is something which became a concept that made "Lions For Lambs" a philosophical winner in my book! I give this film five stars and I recommend to everyone that they see it!!