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Mikaela:
Janice, I do hope you're right and I would surely have thought and expected the same from Jake that you do. :) It's just that the trailer seemed more ambiguous than I'd have anticipated, and that worried me some.
Brokeback_Dev:
Rendition looks like a fantastic movie. What a line up of stars. Its going to be awesome to see in the theatres
I too hope that Jake isn't condoning violation of human rights in this movie, but there is that possibility he is. There wasn't much of Jake in the trailer, but enough to know that he is relevant to the rendition as a possible advocate.
My perception is that Jake will turn out to be a hero just from knowing the characters he has played, and what he advocates in his real life. Cant wait to see it!
coffeecat33:
**sigh** :-* "RENDITION JAKE"
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on August 12, 2007, 02:03:13 pm ---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.
--- End quote ---
The problem is, it looks like it's going to be reflection of modern wartime actions (Gitmo). If it was simply about torture as a human rights violation, then it would be about South American countries, China and Amnesty International. It's not. That's why I'm assuming it's going to be a story set against our current national situation
i.e. this wasn't an issue/problem in the U.S. until after the war started.
Mikaela:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on August 13, 2007, 09:16:18 pm ---i.e. this wasn't an issue/problem in the U.S. until after the war started.
--- End quote ---
Well, thank God for that. But whether or not it happened before or after the start of the "war on terrorism" makes no difference to my point; that wherever and whenever it happens it's a crime against humanity. (Though it does seem to make much more of an impression on us impressionable Europeans when it's the US, supposed to be the country upholding and defending human rights in the world - going about it as a matter of policy.) I'd be sad to see Jake - or anyone else - invovlved in saying otherwise, however armbiguously.
Seems we're not in agreement on this, and this probably isn't the right place to discuss the current US administration's means and methods - so I'll leave it be now. Time will tell what message the film has on this.
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