I saw it friday night for the first time, I was really impressed with it, George Clooney's performance was what won him the Oscar and he played it really convincingly.
All my fellow Republican friends didn't want to see it because of George Clooney, but honestly, it wasn't a pro-Democrat or a pro-Republican movie, and yes if you spend a great deal of time watching that part of the world, most of its old hat, but it was nice to watch a good fact based fictional movie for once.
However, my fingernails are still tingling after that torture scene...
