The day after it opened they had Bob Baer (actual CIA agent Clooney's character is based on) on NPR and some of his comments interested me enough to go see it... I bought the book about a week later and liked that a bit better... Movies not bad though...
i was really tired when I went to see it.. some good things in there, but it's far from a THRILLER.. and can get very confusing if you sleep through parts of it
I thought it was pretty damn good if you enjoy long drama-ish type movies. There isn't too much fast paced action, but there is a lot of well thought out story and good character development/plot. As someone said earlier it shows a lot of the consequences of greed, power struggles, and the human side of things.
I love political stuff but I can't decide it I want to see it. I have seen the trailer a good number of times now before other movies I liked. I might wait for dvd.
Personally I was a little disappointed because I had expected more. The story itself started in a quite interesting way but quickly seemed to lose itself by trying to touch on too many subjects and portray the characters. In the end, neither the story nor the characters seemed very well developed but that's just one opinion. Many others found the movie to be fantastic.
I haven't seen it yet either. Waiting for the DVD. However a good frined of mine that did see it, informed me the other night, that wathcing it will piss me off. Since I already have issues with our gubment, it wont take much, so who knows.
Personally I was a little disappointed because I had expected more. The story itself started in a quite interesting way but quickly seemed to lose itself by trying to touch on too many subjects and portray the characters. In the end, neither the story nor the characters seemed very well developed but that's just one opinion. Many others found the movie to be fantastic.
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Cool I haven't even thought of that. I usually agree with RottenTomatoes
reviews. I'm gonna give it a try. Haven't been in the cinema for quite a while
if the movie sucks at least I'll have scored some bonus points with the wife
I can use a few of those.....I'm at minus at the moment lol.
Thanks everybody for your opinion as always very much appreciated.
The story was great but they weren't able to keep it focused.
Still, it's really worth seeing. It explains a lot about the United Arab Emirates, the US and the Oil business in general. It's amazing that they let this story get made.
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"Syriana" is that rarest of animals -- the star-laden studio release that's all steak, no sizzle. Steven Gaghan's political thriller is one of the few times in recent years where I wanted a movie to be just a little bit longer, just a little bit more sentimental and just a little bit more formulaic. A frequently fascinating document about the intersection of economics, religion, nationalism and globalism, "Syriana" aims more for the head than the gut, both to its benefit and detriment.
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