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Mikaela:
I was exited to watch the "Rendition" trailer, I didn't get around to that till yesterday. Jake! More and new Jake! This will be good. And Meryl Streep, too. Yep, should be good. But...
I can't help it: The storyline as presented by the trailer made me nervous. I don't feel certain about just how this film will present the "renditions". Will it show them up exclusively as the horrible breaches of human dignity and human rights that they are, or will it indicate that "OK, all that and family tragedies as well, it's bad; but there *are* some benefits too, so it's not an easy choice, - in some instances there is no way around the renditions?" Will it end up concluding that at the end of the day it's necessary to weigh the pros and cons of rendition? If so, I will be downright scared. If such a big-name film were to be toing the IMO completlly indefensible Cheney line of torture as a sometimes bona fide, though somewhat extreme, measure in the fight against terrorism - that would sincerely frighten me.
Fingers crossed that both the message of the film and seeing Jake in it will agree with me in equal measure!
ednbarby:
I hear you there, Mikaela. I would be deeply disturbed on a number of levels if that were to end up being the movie's ultimate message, too.
What's interesting, too, is that it seems "Lions for Lambs" will be coming out at around the same time. I'm wondering a similar thing about that one - will its ultimate message be that the "War on Terror" really is necessary? I'm hoping (and thinking) not.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on August 09, 2007, 09:19:21 am ---I was exited to watch the "Rendition" trailer, I didn't get around to that till yesterday. Jake! More and new Jake! This will be good. And Meryl Streep, too. Yep, should be good. But...
I can't help it: The storyline as presented by the trailer made me nervous. I don't feel certain about just how this film will present the "renditions". Will it show them up exclusively as the horrible breaches of human dignity and human rights that they are, or will it indicate that "OK, all that and family tragedies as well, it's bad; but there *are* some benefits too, so it's not an easy choice, - in some instances there is no way around the renditions?" Will it end up concluding that at the end of the day it's necessary to weigh the pros and cons of rendition? If so, I will be downright scared. If such a big-name film were to be toing the IMO completlly indefensible Cheney line of torture as a sometimes bona fide, though somewhat extreme, measure in the fight against terrorism - that would sincerely frighten me.
Fingers crossed that both the message of the film and seeing Jake in it will agree with me in equal measure!
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I wouldn't be surprised if that is the message of the movie. It may not be due to the climate in Hollywood these days, but most war/cold war movies, based in reality or not, always show the horrible choices one has to make during wartime, and it's always between human lives/rights and the bigger picture, the "few sacrificed for the many" kind of thing. Is it scary? Oh, yes, it ought to be. War is scary.
Mikaela:
I don't think of Renditions featuring torture (and by extension; Guantanamo Bay) mainly in the context of war, but as crimes against humanity, plain and simple. And they are sure scary alright, - I do not however think they are defensible as valid measures undertaken by a nation that subscribes to the declaration of Human Rights in any kind of scenario. In war or without.
And I'd be more than sad to see Jake G. defending them through any film he participated in. It's more than enough to have Kiefer Sutherland out there, torturing TV terrorists 24/7.
ifyoucantfixit:
I may be totally off base here. But knowing the way he has been involved in humanitarian issues, and campaigns. I just cannot
see him doing a movie that would have for the basis and foundation, being that TORTURE IS OK It would go against everything
he has thusfar espoused, and stood for. JMO Janice
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