Just finished watching the Kingdom.
"The Kingdom [Blu-ray]" (Peter Berg)
I cant believe no one told me about this movie. This was the best movie I have seen a long, long time.
Totally on edge with excitement the entire time. At any moment, you expected to be attacked. The sense of suspense was exhausting.
But it was the script that made this a good movie. Possibly the only movie I have ever seen that gave a realistic portrayal of the Middle East. You get a real sense that Arabs are caught up in the violence just like everyone else.
This is not some "use against them" John Wayne movie where we go over there with our guns and "smoke 'em out". These are real people trying to live their lives just like we are and they are caught up in something uncontrollable. The militant Islamic movement is like a civil war where you dont know who is one what side. Terrifying.
The movie also did a great job of focusing on the children and the cycle of violence. Children that suffer from violence and grow up in a world of violence, grow up to perpetuate that same violence. The combination of bombs, killing, guns and families is hard to watch and harder to forget.
This movie was the news come to life. It was real people. And it was real scary. No ridiculous Hollywood feel-good movie here. This was an unforgettable portrayal of the world we have created for ourselves.
