No End in Sight
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Movie Reviews of No End in Sight
Movie Review: The Devastating Inside Story On Iraq, From Those Who Were There
Summary: 5 Stars
Just when it seemed that documentaries about 9/11 and the Iraq war had played themselves out, along comes writer/director Charles Ferguson's devastating and insightful NO END IN SIGHT. Where FAHRENHEIT 9/11 had basically nailed the Bush cabal for lying about the reasons America went to war in Iraq, and many other documentaries skewered the news media for basically being in bed with the administration, Ferguson probes into what was and was NOT going on in Iraq before, during, and after the invasion; and if you think you've seen it all, NO END IN SIGHT shows that what you've really seen is the mere tip of the iceberg.
In the film, Ferguson gets to interview people who were actually there in the firestorm, like Jay Garner, Paul Hughes, Barbara Bodine, deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Seth Moulton, a U.S. Marine, and others who were involved in trying to reconstruct Iraq, and who instead found themselves totally stymied by an administration that displayed the worst in America: arrogance; venality; incompetence; cockiness; and indifference. The idea that we would topple Saddam Hussein, restore order, create a new government, and then leave within six months or so was ludicrous to begin with anyway on paper; but as the graphic footage of the looting, the IEDs, and the various recountings by our people, numerous journalists (including George Packer), and various Middle East experts, show, it was infinitely worse when put into practice. The unfortunate thing of it all is that very good people like Bodine, Moulton, and Hughes were left hung out to dry by an administration that bragged about knowing everything there was about imposing American power on the world, and proved that they knew NOTHING about the limits of doing it.
NO END IN SIGHT allows the viewer to see for themselves what it is over there in Iraq and doesn't preach from a pulpit as to the morality of going into Iraq in the first place. But it leaves no doubt that the Bush Administration will be judged by history for how it handled the aftermath, and that the verdict will likely be devastating, regardless of the military outcome. This is a film that MUST be seen by Americans of all political persuasions, because it forces upon us the reality that our good intentions can often be sabotaged by an administration's indifference to death and suffering.
Movie Review: Demonstrates The Utter Incompetence Of The Bush Administration
Summary: 5 Stars
The most striking aspect of this documentary is that the people giving interviews are not your typical anti-war activists. To the contrary, they are people like Colonel Paul Hughes, a strategic planner for the Coalition Provisional Authority, and Barbara Bodine, ambassador in charge of Baghdad. They were the ones "on the ground" attempting to create a successful democracy in Iraq. But their efforts were stymied by arrogant and clueless higher ranking Bush officials such as Donald Rumsfield, Paul Wolfowitz and Paul Bremer.
The stories they tell of the Bush adminstration's extreme incompetence are mind boggling. For instance, how Bush officials chose to completely disband the Iraqi military. This left huge numbers of Iraqi men, with military experience and access to weapons, out on the street and with a strong desire to seek revenge against those who had taken away their jobs and livelihood. This problem was further compounded by the huge stashes of Iraqi military weapons that Bush officials foolishy left unguarded. Thus the Iraqi insurgents were able to achieve a level of weaponry and man power that to this day fuels the ongoing civil war. Part of the problem is that the military experts, like Colin Powell, were being ignored. While "chickenhawks" with no substantial military experience, such as Rumsfield, Wolfowitz and Cheney, were making all the decisions.
A strong argument can be made that the Iraq War was always doomed to turn into a Sunni versus Sh'ia civil war quagmire. But this movie isn't really aimed at those who opposed the war from the beginning. Instead it seems more directed at moderates and conservatives who initially supported the war but are beginning to question the results, especially those military families who have lost loved ones in what appears to be a hopeless cause.
It's hard for me to imagine that anyone - conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican - could come away from this film and not feel angry and disillusioned at how the Bush administration has conducted the war. Highly recommended!
Movie Review: A President Totally Disengaged with NO END IN SIGHT
Summary: 5 Stars
Put simply, what frightens the dickens out of me in this masterfully done Charles Ferguson documentary is that,all the time our American troops are dying needlessly in Iraq (and elsewhere for that matter) we have a Commander in Chief who is truly and totally disengaged! NOW THAT IS FRIGHTENING.This is very reminiscent of other regimes such as Marie Antoinette and Louis spending money and rousting about Versailles while France starves and the uprising begins!
Ferguson's case is airtight, and I doubt that even Bush himself could wriggle out of this scorching indictment of his administration's failed handling of the Iraq Mess.Ferguson's case is expertly laid out and pretty compelling: the Bush people have made errors in judgment peppered liberally with stubbornness,arrogance with complete disregard for the a majority of American anti-sentiment with the Iraq War.Ferguson builds his case by using the testimony of bureaucrats who served and saw the continued unfolding of the horror we know as the Iraq War.
Will your blood boil? Probably yes, but only if you have finally been convinced that we are ruled by a truly disengaged man.If this light bulb goes on, take a look in horror for the first time and act! Ferguson keeps things very low key, and Ferguson keeps it quite simple;that is the amazing part of this documentary!: Ferguson does not inflame the viewer-the viewer will simply get inflamed!
This is beautiful and compelling documentary filmmaking of the highest degree. Truly a must-see!
I saw this at a private screening with a Q & A after.Fortunately, many in the audience had voted for George W. Bush and supported his policies, but had grown weary and suspicious of his administration.THAT WAS ENCOURAGING.If you love our current President and his handling,or non handling of this War, I challenge you to see this film and decide for yourself.Even the most closed-minded jury must be swayed by an airtight case expertly prosecuted!
Movie Review: Parallel's "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" and "Fiasco"
Summary: 5 Stars
The power of the cinema over the written word is exemplified by watching the powerful documentary "No End in Sight". I had already read "Fiasco" and "Imperial Life in the Emerald City", so I was not surprised by any of the revelations in this documentary. In fact my son watched it before I did and I asked him what he thought - he said "you won't see anything in the movie, you don't already know'. That said, this is one documentary that as Roper said"Every American should watch", even if you already know the subject material. I wish I had the money to send a copy of this movie to every member of Congress. John McCain was correct in his damming of the Donald Rumsfeld strategy which the other Republican candidates view as heresy. Rumsfeld comes across as a real "bad" guy, after seeing all of the film clips of him with his idiotic comments. If you look up the word arrogant in the dictionary I would not be surprised to see his picture. Other bad guys are Paul Wolfowitz and a Slocum who did consent to interview. His comments tell you everything you want to know about the Bush administration. This film should be on the political science curricula of our major universities for it's inights into politics and policy and how the power of group think works and the fear that keeps good public servants from coming forward to expose incompetency at the highest levels. My wife who hates these types of films was moved by it, especially by the way we treated the average Iraqi's who started out welcoming us, and the way we let the entire city of Baghdad be trashed by a bunch of thugs while our military stood by and watched. This film will make you angry. As one of the few women that worked in Iraq trying to reconstruct the country said "if there were two-three ways to do the right thing and 500 ways to do the wrong thing, we did the 500 wrong things." Needless to say she was recalled by the Pentagon for her "negative" views.Movie Review: Mission Accomplished
Summary: 5 Stars
When I saw Fahrenheit 9-11 I was kind of disappointed and annoyed. I knew it's a Micheal Moore film and would probably be largely agreeable and good for some laughs. But I felt his approach wasn't what was needed at the time. Obviously Moore's style and media persona is what got, and still gets, his films soo much attention. But, the attention Micheal Moore gets can be a distraction from the issues at hand as well.
What I thought would have been extremely effective would be a well crafted, dispassionate ("cool headed")documentary that simply laid out the indisputable facts, had interviews with relevant people, along with some good footage of the places and people that are in the center of this disaster. THAT is exactly what NO END IN SIGHT does perfectly. No silly jokes and personal attacks. Just tell the people what has been going on.
It is *shocking* the incompetence of the Bush Administration. I do not use the word "shocking" lightly.
Paul Bremer, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, etc., have hurt America more than Islamic terrorists perhaps ever could. Does that sound like hyperbolic nonsense to you at all? Watch this documentary and then see how that statement sounds. I mean Paul Bremer.....WTF??? I'm at a loss. And so is just about everybody that knows of his mistakes. Paul Bremer should be thrown in prision for life.
This movie shows you the true story of what happened in Iraq and why. If you love America and are proud of our country's many great achievements it is not an easy film to watch. Actually, it is truly heartbreaking.