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Movie Reviews of Osama
Movie Review: Justice and the "Lola" joke
Summary: 5 Stars
We have a song, in the civilized world, about girls who will be boys, and boys who will be girls in a mixed up world, and the joke is "I know what I am and I'm glad I am a man and so was Lola." or maybe it was "I know what I am and I'm a man, and so was Lola." The movie "Osama" is entirely different from our world. The old guy in the movie ends up taking a bath in a scene that is like a line from the Liz Phair song, "Flower," on the CD "Exile in Guyville," in which she sings, "It's kind of like you're underwater." What is really outrageous is the kind of justice handed out near the end of the movie, in which "Where are the witnesses?" is not an official question; it is more like the opposite of the official proceedings in the ways that secret military tribunals might turn out to be the opposite of a trial.Courting disaster, the girl who is the main feature in the "Osama" story is forgiven for disguising herself as a boy, but the proceeding declares that she must marry a particular individual. That is giving away the ending, but you can't imagine how awful that ending is unless you see these people and how that would stone anyone who is more like Liz Phair. I like Liz Phair, compared to which everything in this movie seems incredibly primitive, but people ought to see this movie to keep them from harping about family values, which are stranger than hell in a religious and legal setting that expects a bunch of men to make the big decisions.
Note on the reviewer: I once spent a year in Nam and a week in Cambodia, compared to which the time spent watching this movie was brief, and I have only seen it once, so anything in this review should be obvious to anyone who has seen this movie one time through, because I am really not very perceptive, but damn, a movie like this can mess with your mind, particularly in the favorite jokes department.
Movie Review: The truth at last
Summary: 5 Stars
This film shows the truth about the Taliban and the Sharia law. Here we see what its like to live in an oppressive society governed by Islamic law the way Afghanistan was and Saudi Arabia still is. We see how backward this country had become where even the foot of a woman was too much for the fascist authorities who felt the exposure of so much 'flesh' deserved death. This shows what happens when liberalism runs mad and when people talk about 'diversity' and instead permit savagery to exist. Here we see a society betrayed by the world, betrayed by the U.N and betrayed by such lovable organizations as the 'Human Rights Watch'. We witness the wonderful story of women struggling against oppression and the hatred of men. Here we see that certain 'cultures' don't deserve to survive, in a place like Afghanistan such laws like the Sharia must be crushed and the ideas that permitted women to be enslaved in such a manner need to be blasted from the surface of the world, such a cruel society should never see the light of day and in this wonderful film we learn why by dramatizing the everyday life of women and a young girl in such a world. Extraordinary. This film shows that moral relativism is bankrupt. That the idea of `diversity' and tolerating the intolerable is an hypocrisy because this is he kind of laws that result when people begin to tolerate madness and allow `diversity' to instead make society the most intolerant fascist society in the world. In this wonderful life piece one will come to understand what the war on terror is all about.
Seth J. Frantzman
Movie Review: for the faint of heart too
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the world esteemed by our enemies, so they say. If so, we should have more sobering glimpses of it such as is portrayed in this excellent movie. In it we're shown some of the mindset that threatens us--a mindset which possibly is more dangerous to us than anything we faced in the Cold War. We shouldn't close our eyes to it. This movie supposedly gives us a little peek. It should scare us. It does me.
There are some moments of cinematic excellence in this small tale. It's not a pick-me-upper, though, nor should it be.
The DVD has an interview with the maker which is also very revealing. We have to recognize that the cast is the actual people on the front lines with their lives at risk simply because they live there and hope for a better life. This movie deserves our respect, if just for that. The non-professional child actors are superb, their abilities are engaging, probably because they are actually so close to the reality, and are, in truth, performing an act of actual courage. Considering the precariousness of the liberation of Afghanistan, you'd have to say the same thing about everyone else involved in the production, as well. The Taliban and al Qaeda are, after all, still there, roaming, threatening, trying to take over again and reinstate their hideous woman-hating abomination.
This is a DVD to share with others, although they're unlikely to gleefully show their appreciation for doing so, except when describing the quality of its production. This is a DVD to own so others can see it too.
Movie Review: Excellent movie and heartbreaking
Summary: 5 Stars
As you all know by name, I love iranian movies, and rarely give low ratings. The movies are so through provoking and powerful, and the storylines are just beautiful. Osama, is absolutely breathtaking in that it tells about a mother and grandmother who makes a young girl become a boy- so they can survive. As we all know, women in Afghanistan were not allowed to work, play music, show themselves, or anything for fear of being sexually arousing to men. Anyhow, this young girl's life goes from jumping rope...to a spiraling fall into chaos...I was saddended. There's nothing more heartwretching to see a young girl be placed into a position in which she has no choice and then punished for that choice for the rest of her life. I am not giving anything away...so you can go out there and rent it or buy it and see it for yourself.
The dvd has a special feature of the director explaining why he did this movie...even sadder than the movie itself. The movie ends with sad feelings but the true story is even sadder. Yet, this movies teaches many things about rights, survival, and good people. Not everyone there was against the mother or the daughter. In some sense you wonder if the young girl's future would have been better...with death. You decide.
The filming was breathtaking...you really get into the mind and heart of the pain and agony that went on during and afetr war. So realistic....need I say anymore....see this movie for yourself and know you will be disturbed.
Well done! A triple plus!
Movie Review: The most harrowing film I have ever seen
Summary: 5 Stars
People will use this film for their own political agendas.
This film is an Afghan made film and is said to be inspired by a true story. It is about a little girl who has to dress up as a boy to earn money because all the male members of her family have been lost to war and the taleban regime deems women to be basically illegal outside the home. The climax of this guise leads to the most harrowing scene I have ever seen in any film. What makes it a high class film is that it is done without showing any explicit scenes, sounds etc.
I can only assume that the conditions (restrictions on women, schooling of boys [no school for girls], stoning to death) which exist in the film have their roots in the truth. I base this on what I have seen from RAWA (Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan) and what I have read of the main Sunni holy books (the hadith of Bukhari, Muslim) and their perversions of the Quran (a secondary man-made source of law in Sunni law whose meaning they alter to agree with Bukhari and Muslim). However, I would like to stress that most of the Sunni (especially in the Sunni majority countries) do not follow these laws to the extreme. I think this film is a must-watch film for western educated Sunni/Shia types who identify strongly with their religion, probably due to misplaced frustration.
As for political agendas, please remember when you watch the last scene exactly who was responsible for funding the taleban.......