tell me lies

I’m sure you’ve all recently heard/read/seen that Samir Al-Kuntar, four Lebanese militants, and 200 corpses, among which was that of Dalal Al-Maghrbi, were recently exchanged at Lebanese-Israel borders, or you’ve been living under a cardboard box hermit-style and care nothing of international news. Either or. 

Anyway, I was watching the exchange as it happened on the 16th, flipping between CNN and Al-Jazeera and was, obviously, not too shocked by the compeletly different coverage on either side of the border. And it didn’t really shock me that CNN had already labeled Kuntar a terrorist and a child-murder. On the other hand, yesterday Kuntar was shown in a live interview on Al-Jazeera stating that the child had died in Israel crossfire, and that the Israeli press had issued a statement after the incident admitting that the girl had died during the crossfire, before it was covered up by the fabricated versions, according to Kuntar. And considering that we’ve seen this sort of reckless disregard for their own citizens in times of ‘terrorist threat,’ it doesn’t seem to far-fetched. I am, of course, referring to the bus that was blown up during Dalal Al Maghribi’s operation, killing not only her and her crew but also all the Israeli hostages on board. 

This would be where Bernie Mac turns to the camera and says “What do YOU think America?”

But I think it’s painfully clear what America thinks. And what all of us, who are subject to biased, slanted, propaganda-based broadcast networks think. 

We think the lies we are given. Because, in all honesty, the truth has become so distorted and twisted a concept, I doubt the people who originally knew the truth know they know it. 

I think Bernie would agree with me when I say, the question should be “So what will YOU do America?”

The Dark Knight

 

 

I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger.

 

I went in to the Dark Knight honestly expecting to be disappointed after all the hype, the amazing reviews, and reading that it had beat the GodFather(!!!) on IMDb. I came out totally blown away.

The entire movie is great: the cast, the screenplay, the directing, and the overall theme of gloom, despair, and corruption really set the theme well. The length was great, for a long movie. It truly gave the myriad themes their due, rather than glossing over them in favor of money-making, high-graphic, action scenes (which were, thankfully, still there). And the foreshadowing! “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” HAH!! Who DIDN’T see that one coming?? But it was still great. It reminded me of V for Vendetta, my now second best comic movie, only taking up a notch or ten.

The actors were awesome, giving their respective roles their right in true, believable acting. Michael Caine as Alfred is perfection. Christian Bale portrays a truly tortured caped crusader. Morgan Freeman is as reliably in character as always. Aaron Eckhart is wow! making the transformation from The White Knight to Two Face fluidly. All the acting was solid throughout, and you come out of the movie thinking something along the lines of “there’s hope?!”

But by far, Heath Ledger’s the Joker made the movie. What a performance!! I could feel my skin crawling every time he licked his lips or talked in that downright creepy voice. He completely dominates every scene he’s in. Amazing. Truly amazing. It’s too damn bad he won’t be there for the sequel to this masterpiece. No one else could quite pull of such an amazing character so fully. So creepy and psychotic. *shudder*

Overall? Best comic rendition EVER. Take that Spiderman!!

cont’d: I just rewatched 2 and a half hours of pure genius. Honest to God, even in broad daylight, Ledger’s performance is, in every sense of the word, epic. The bar for diabolically, psychotic villains has been raised insurmountably. If only Hollywood could put a tenth of this pure genius into it’s other movies. Then we wouldn’t be constantly bombarded with pure crap like Harry Potter or Spiderman. Not that I don’t love the books/comics, but the movies fail to do them justice. I look forward to a remake of the likes of The Dark Knight.