MovieChat Forums > War Story (2014) Discussion > Unnecessary perfection -

Unnecessary perfection -


- for useless purpose. I was attracted by names - Ben Kingsley and Catherine Keener. Disappointedly, Ben with his few minutes of appearance has been conveniently used as a sort of "false flag" or a "booby trap" for unsuspecting watcher. Catherine Keener was brilliant in portraying Lee, as an extremely annoying character. I had experience with similarly distressed and irritating woman with identically loosed hairstyle, jerking moves, short hysterical bursts, nervous smoking and irrational behavior. Scene, where she hysterically reacts on cops request to delete pictures, taken from refugee camp, is masterpiece. Catherine Keener would deserve Oscar for her Lee.

War Story should have been shot as a documentary, as a movie it is failed, boring, undefined story with total absence of basic dynamics to keep one focused. In a certain way, Lee's ordeal reminds me on pretentious CBS war correspondent Lara Logan, which paid high price for her reckless affection. Similarly happened to a young Dutch female journalist, which has been gang-raped during violent mass protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square.

Many female reporters lost their compass and when S**t happens, for certain period of time, they become completely derailed. After "recovery", some would probably go back and ask for more. I despise that sort of "strong" women.

Kristin Gore and Mark Jackson obviously are capable for making something powerful. I would suggest them to rather try with hot documentary, about why Gadhafi has been brought down at all. I would prefer the names behind "Arab Spring", the purpose of this criminal project that floods Europe with unlucky but unwanted refuges and other opportunistic and wild herds from Black Africa.

reply

Disappointedly, Ben with his few minutes of appearance has been conveniently used as a sort of "false flag" or a "booby trap" for unsuspecting watcher.
He's onscreen longer than a few minutes, but laughably the first conversation he has with Lee goes on for quite a long time from a static camera position with both characters slightly out of focus, deliberately I presume. Then their next conversation, after she walks around the garden and talks to some chooks, is filmed entirely in close-up. Really and truly I think the conversation with the chooks made most sense.🐭

reply