No End in Sight
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Movie Reviews of No End in Sight
Movie Review: How we went astray...
Summary: 5 Stars
This solid documentary is informative, maddening and heartbreaking, as many here have attested. Criticizing its few stylistic weak points--some badly lit interviews and clumsily edited sequences--seems almost beside the point when the lives of thousands of U.S. servicepeople--and the future of millions of Iraqis--are still at stake because of the breathtaking ineptitude and hubris of our American leadership. I watched and listened to the testimony of the smart and decent career civil servants, the loyal military personnel, and the bewildered former Bush appointees in this film, and even though I already knew much of what they recounted I still found myself in a state of almost numb disbelief. How is it possible for America to have gone so far astray? How could our leaders have been so astoundingly naive? And how, oh how, can we ever begin to fix Iraq, and our own reputation in the world? Ferguson bears witness to a profound tragedy that is still unfolding--and while we cannot know now how our misguided Iraq adventure will finally "turn out," the despair and hopelessness in many of his subject's eyes is unmistakable. You won't soon forget it.Movie Review: There really is no end in sight.
Summary: 5 Stars
After watching this film in theaters, I reserved it here immediately. I wish something like this could just be broadcast one day during primetime television to show all the people who ignore our blunder in Iraq that there really is no end in sight. Watch this film, it really is amazing. I tend to ignore the news stations in my area because they're useless, but read in newspapers on occasion how the war is going. I really never expected to see the things that I saw in this film, and had absolutely no idea that we really were just destroying an entire nation for no reason. On top of that, it looks like Bush is going to send troops into Iran to "defend our interests and troops" (just read the article in the New Yorker about it from Oct. 8th) so I'm hoping that we can essentially do nothing in Iran that we've already done in Iraq. Watch this film, but be prepared for what you see, it is incredibly powerful. When it ended in the theater, I couldn't even get out of my seat, I just sat there for about fifteen minutes trying to figure out what the hell had just happened. I hope you do the same, because the reality of the situation is very grim.Movie Review: Here's the Smoking Gun
Summary: 5 Stars
This is very simply the one film about Iraq that truly "gets it right." I don't mean to disparage the other great films (such as "Iraq For Sale"); I mean only that this goes straight to the nitty-gritty of this monumental fiasco. Whether you see the initial impetus for the Iraq war as patriotic, as power lust, as a grab for natural resources - whatever the first cause of the war, this film demonstrates, step by step, the absolute bureaucratic incompetence of the Bush Administration. After all, even a malevolent intent can be handled competently; but this was just one bungle after another. The only downside to the film is that, because it relies so heavily on interviews with officials involved in the various stages of the war's execution, it tends to get a little plodding. That's unavoidable: mid-level bureaucrats are not generally charismatic. At any rate, whether you're liberal or conservative, you can't watch this film without shaking your head at the incredible incompetence of those who went to war, to paraphrase Rumsfeld, with the leaders they had instead of the leaders they should have had.Movie Review: it says it all with no bias
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie will tell you all about how the Iraq war was managed from day 1. You will see the truth and why we are still there . It has no bias democratic or republician. It shows how the Bush Adminstration handled it from the very start.You be the judge on the evidence. It has creditable testimonies first hand and the officals Like Rumsfeld etc that will make your hair stand up and just shocked you of how this war was handled. It's a must see !!! Because we as a Americans should be aware of how this war was run and why it is were it is today. We cant believe what the media or what your government tell you because they have their own agendas. It was on of the best Documentary movie Ive seen in 2007 and I seen so many. It makes you think if this is how the war is run then what is the real truth about the people that run our country from both parties and all agencies. We might look out our windows because "I think Rome is burning" You will see what I mean by viewing the movie that hit a grand slam home run to expose what has been going on in Iraq .Movie Review: A must-see, even for the engaged and well-informed
Summary: 5 Stars
You're well informed. You've heard all there is to hear about Iraq -- no WMDs; lack of armor; Debaathification. You hate to admit it, but you want Iraq to settle down, not just for the good of the Iraqi people and the United States, but also because you're tired of hearing about it. So why watch a documentary whose punchline you are familiar with (the war, good idea or bad, wasn't run particularly well)? Because few of us understood how this could possibly happen. Charles Ferguson puts together a very coherant timeline, featuring many of the key players from both the civilian side and the military, that explains the breakdown in an easy to follow but shocking way. One of the newspaper reviews I saw used the phrase "jaw-dropping" to describe "No End in Sight". On the several occasions that I was forced to collect my jaw from the floor, it was quickly followed by the muttering of the phrase "You have GOT to be kidding". See it in the hope that we can do better next time (or ensure there isn't a 'next time').