I saw a preview of this last night & found it v.disappointing. Excellent subject matter and very interesting story - huge potential but it was almost 3 hours long & I think if they'd kept it to 2 hours it would have made a much better film - the last 45 minutes was complete drivellous muck.
Alot of the people in the cinema were asleep...there were lots of parts near the end when everyone would give a big sigh, shift in their seats getting ready to leave only to realise there was yet another scene!
I didn't get the whole thing about his father either...who was his father & why was he in jail?
Was he supposed to be portrayed as a hero? I know in reality he was perceievd as a hero but I didn't think the film tried to do that, whereas my bf did. I thought it quite plainly illustrated the futility of his actions, Israel thought he was a hero, but he had to live in exile, in fear of his life and got no thanks for it whatsoever - plus the realisation that for every person he killed, there would be a replacement - so it was a waste of time & life.
would be v.interested to see what other people thought of it...
Alot of the people in the cinema were asleep...there were lots of parts near the end when everyone would give a big sigh, shift in their seats getting ready to leave only to realise there was yet another scene!
I didn't get the whole thing about his father either...who was his father & why was he in jail?
Was he supposed to be portrayed as a hero? I know in reality he was perceievd as a hero but I didn't think the film tried to do that, whereas my bf did. I thought it quite plainly illustrated the futility of his actions, Israel thought he was a hero, but he had to live in exile, in fear of his life and got no thanks for it whatsoever - plus the realisation that for every person he killed, there would be a replacement - so it was a waste of time & life.
would be v.interested to see what other people thought of it...
