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May 02, 2007
Movies: The Queen and Control Room
Saw two very good movies recently, one just out on DVD and the other from a few years ago. The Queen tells the story of the British royal family dealing with the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana and features an amazing and Oscar winning performance by Helen Mirren in the title role. Blair and Prince Charles I didn't find as effective, mostly I am sure because of having more exposure to the real people. Michael Sheen just doesn't have the same charisma level or speaking talent as Mr. Blair and Alex Jennings portrayal of Charles tries to model his odd awkwardness but it just seems a different one than the real Charles has. Still, an excellent movie that I really enjoyed. ****
Control Room, about the start of the Iraq war and the Al Jazeera Arab satellite channel, I should have watched long ago. It was so interesting the differences between the absolutely useless official military statements to the press and the much more real and realistic talks with Lt. Rushing, Hassan Ibrahim, and some others with Al Jazeera. Listening to those official statements, it just seems no surprise the mess we are in now if our leaders had attitudes anything like that. ****
Posted by aarondf at May 2, 2007 10:39 AM
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