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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)
unfortunate...
The content/style and political spin of this documentary should be no surprise to those that are familiar with Mr. Greenwald's prior work.
One sided polemic.
Although "Iraq for Sale" tries hard to impress upon its viewers the importance of curtailing war profiteering it does so in a repetitively boring way which - often resorting to documentary clichés like the cries of a grieving mother to punctuate a point, and distortions of truth all too common in political commentaries.
Production values are frankly pathetic given the amount of money spent on the production.
What is unfortunate is that this subject matter lends itself to a more unbiased hand - something like the recent documentary "Shadow Company" - which I was able to view on Capitol Hill alongside members of the Senate and Congress. If you want to see a more realistic primer on the world of private contracting - avoid "Iraq for Sale"
Miami Vice (2006)
This movie was just godawful...
I know many have said it already but this movie had horrible pacing (it wasn't just way too long - but also in any given scene a huge amount of beats were just off) The score was usually bad where you could hear it - and not when the movie could have done with score there was none there.
I love digital cinematography when properly done but Michael Mann's decision to shoot with such long depth of field left me thinking I was watching a reality show.
Add a transparent plot and ridiculous love scenes - and it adds up to a total waste of time.
Don Johnson should sue for character assassination...