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Two youths from the Gaza strip are just 48 hours away from becoming the latest suicide bombers. Two young Palestinian men, Khaled and Said, are both recruited to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel Avi...( read more 
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MCT:August 8, 2008The movie was pretty good until the last 3 mins of the film! It had me really caring and understanding the 2 main characters but then the ending just wasn't an ending! I was pretty angry at the end. But was interesting and gave me a glimpse into the Palestinian conflict with Israel
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MCT:July 16, 2008
OMG Taylor made me watch this. It is fantastic... but it will make you feel like a shitty American.
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MCT:July 3, 2008want to see this because it won best foreign film with the NBR and best foreign-language film at the golden globes
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MCT:June 7, 2008An amazing film. Beautifully acted. I couldn't imagine being in the situation these two are placed in. This movie is in a class of its own.
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MCT:May 24, 2008
it is different that i though that it would be but in a good way. im glad that it wasnt a movie showing people bomb themselves. it showed you what life was like in Palestine and what they have to deal with. the ending was a mystery because they kinda just left him off riding away from his troubles and leaving his best friend. im glad that they both decided not to execute the mission
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MCT:May 16, 2008Powerful film dealing quite effectively with the subject of terrorism and giving both sides a pretty good look as far as one culture goes, not showing the two-sides of the conflict as in the two parties involved, but the difference of opinion of one group. These two guys volunteer to do a suicide bombing, but in the middle of preparing and even doing this they not only have moral conflicts, but the whole plan nearly gets shot. Not a pretty subject by any means, but a timely one.
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MCT:May 12, 2008
Dois tipos de pressupostos vêm enformando o discurso crítico sobre `Paradise Now`, a mais recente obra de Hany Abu-Assad. O primeiro prende-se com óbvias considerações ético políticas, ou não fosse uma obra de um palestiniano, nascido em Israel, que foca de perto a vida e preparação de dois bombistas suicidas para um acto de sacrifício supremo. A exposição mundial da obra (tendo passado pelos Óscares, nomeação a melhor filme estrangeiro, ou Berlim, por exemplo) tem ajudado a posicionar, perante o olhar formatado de cada espectador, a obra do lado de cá ou de lá da Faixa de Gaza. Sem negar que há um lado evidente em `Paradise Now`, o seu ponto forte não passa por estarmos perante um `manual de embelezamento terrorista` ou um `manifesto anti-terror`. Pelo contrário, é da aparente estratégia de `estar entre`, da exposição do prosaísmo que rodeia a informação, preparação e efectivação de dois jovens palestinianos ao martírio, que `Paradise Now` retira o seu olhar próprio.
O segundo aspecto, que já havíamos observado em `Farenheit 911`, prende-se com o facto de saber-se admissível ou não, valorizar uma obra pelo que representa historicamente. Essa vital discussão tão à tona na obra de Abu-Assad, entronca uma outra mais genérica (mas não menos importante) que relaciona ideologia política e ideologia estética. E trata-se de um aspecto vital também porque o filme padece de uma clareza estonteante. Na verdade, todo o esqueleto narrativo de `Paradise Now` parece querer desesperadamente marcar posições, dizer o que precisa de ser dito, reflectir sobre as questões que rodeiam o posicionamento de cada palestiniano ante o conflito. E essa clareza destilada em personagens demasiado palavrosas, essa redundância de metáforas, acaba por contaminar um argumento inteligente e mais do que tudo, agradável de seguir. De qualquer forma, percebe-se o dilema de Hany Abu-Assad, que parte para `Paradise Now` mesmo do `umbigo` de todo o conflito. É um pouco o inverso do que viveu Alain Resnais aquando da preparação do célebre `Nuit et Bruillard`. A início, o autor recusou-se a realizar o documentário, dez anos que se haviam passado desde o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial, precisamente por achar que não estava suficientemente dentro do sofrimento que foi o principal massacre do Sec.XX. A solução que encontrou foi a da coordenação da obra levada a cabo por um sobrevivente do Holocausto, mantendo, no entanto, sempre um olhar exterior. E não nos parece coincidência que a justaposição destes dilemas, pobremente designados `autorais`, se façam entre um documentário e uma obra de ficção deliberadamente objectiva.
Seja como for, é bom perceber que `Paradise Now` não se deixou entaramelar por dilemas desta espécie. Dessa opção resulta uma obra cuja vitalidade assenta no sublinhar irónico de seres humanos a braços com um conflito político-religioso que os envolve e os transcende. E é a partir do reconhecimento da originalidade desse olhar que `Paradise Now` acaba por permitir-se, dar o que de mais circunstancial, mas também de mais adulto, tem esta guerra para nos/lhes oferecer. Como se fumar calmamente num cimo de um morro com vista para um bairro palestiniano, ou deixar um recado comezinho à nossa mãe antes de morrer, fossem antecedentes naturais de uma fé inabalável, de um posicionamento complexo (porque completo) da decisão de fazer de nós um instrumento de morte. Mesmo que nunca saibamos quem nos vem buscar a seguir. -
MCT:March 31, 2008
J?ai adoré, belle fin de soirée. Un film qui travaille le non-dit et qui laisse beaucoup d?images et le travail des acteurs parler.
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MCT:March 30, 2008Don't think for a second that you can get into the mind of a suicide bomber, but this movie makes it damn near possible!
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MCT:March 7, 2008Just out of personal curiosity, I wonder if any of you flixsters miss Gene Siskel as much as I do? Roger Ebert, no offense, buddy, but as someone who has made a gazillion dollars off of slickly skimming the movie "explanation" biz, why do I always get the feeling that you're cutting and pasting your reviews and maybe not even watching the whole movie when you write about it?
While I agree with you -- to a very small extent --that the terrorist bomber is a figure to be pitied, Roger, sent out to waste his/her life -- and often the lives of innocent victims, which is where pity stops -- by a "braintrust" that is too cowardly to do the deed themselves -- think terrorists like bush/cheney and their ilk -- I have to say that the following statement by you, Roger, gives me pause:
"When religion is involved, it sidesteps the issue, since religion provides an absolute rationale."
The "issue" is the rationale behind going through with a suicide bombing. Ah, Roger, did you listen to the speech that Kais Nashif (Said) gives when he is about to be cut from the project? This speech is the heart of the film, Roger. Don't you understand that he's not talking about his religion, but about what a lousy life he leads and that he refuses to return to it? His life sucks, Mr. Ebert, and that is the absolute "rationale" behind what he finally does. Now that really is pitiful. It's pathetic. I would really rather have him say the principal motivating factor is his religion. Then at least we could imagine that Said believes he's found a higher calling, no matter how twisted it may be. Let's kill innocent people -- and that bus is full of them -- because we have lousy lives. Great. Well, at least it beats bushco: Let's kill innocent people because we're rich, but we want to be richer.
I tell you, flixster friends, this really really really gives one pause. I wonder what Siskel would have said in return? Roger, you ignorant slut? Oh, sorry, that's the Saturday Night Live take on 60 Minutes. Siskel would probably just laugh out loud.
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MCT:March 6, 2008
terrorism is terrorism, and anyone who says terrorists must have their own reasons is an idiot. this one's really a fake in every aspect.
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MCT:December 28, 2007
A perceptive, engaging study of distorted views, motives of violence and the often hopeless search for justice. Ontop of the subject matter involving terrorism, I was particularly fascinated with the film's examination of a man's range of emotions when on the edge of death. Very powerful, very important film. Highly recommended.
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MCT:December 25, 2007
Una vision muy interesante sobre un ataque suicida. El manejo de camara, calmado, hace un perfecto en contraste con la historia, controversial, creando una gran belleza en la pelicula.
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MCT:September 18, 2007
A very powerful film which gets us as close to a suicide bomber's mind as you possibly can...It's really hard to take a relatively neutral take to such a highly politicised matter but I think it has been a great job...I liked the way the movie explored relationships and I must applaud the director and actors for their work...If there was a moment that stood out for me, it was the point where Khaled's farewell was videotaped - I wont spoil it by telling you what happened...Watch it and you'll know what I mean...The only set-back of this movie, if you'll like to call it was the slow pace at times but this in itself allowed us the viewers to reflect on our own moral stand....
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MCT:August 12, 2007
This is a Perfect movie to make us in Palestinian situation with diff angles, what the fault with? for us, they are terrorist without human nature, for them, we re intruder, an occupant and someone who caused them being in the war or unfair.
When we knew that they're going to be a suicide bombers, but we can understand what the feeling they have in the whole process.
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MCT:July 1, 2007
Really impressive, a wonderful script, feels very real and obviously extremely attuned with our times.
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MCT:June 28, 2007
Paradise now deal with important matters, the conflict between palestinians and israelians, show us both sides, and the confrontation with the psychology of the characters in spite that the story is about two young palestinian guys becoming in suicide bombers in Tel Avid.-
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MCT:June 14, 2007
This is a powerful and beautifully made that follows a few days in the lives of two Palestinian men who are recruited to become suicide bombers. When things go wrong in their mission, one continues on but the other starts to have doubts. The performances (especially from the two leads) are fantastic, the direction is nicely done and the script is insightful as it delves into the reasons why these men do what they do. This is interesting and engaging film that everyone should definitely check out.
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MCT:June 11, 2007
Thought-provoking depiction of two friends recruited to be suicide bombers and their moral and political struggle with whether or not to go through with it.
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MCT:June 8, 2007What a misguided thing religion has become to fool someone into thinking that suicide bombing is a good thing.
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