tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501835097823700155.post7829201277334098297..comments2024-01-08T00:11:23.047-06:00Comments on The Ludovico Technique: A Film Blog: Review: "Green Zone" (2010)Chase Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969868987204703561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501835097823700155.post-8883993859286012982010-03-14T12:02:21.360-05:002010-03-14T12:02:21.360-05:00I think "The Hurt Locker" thrives more b...I think "The Hurt Locker" thrives more because the political commentaries and ruminations on war are firmly in the subtext, while "Green Zone" lays it on thick. I mean every line is "this is why we went to war!" and "the reasons matter to me!" <br /><br />As a Bourne-goes-to-Iraq movie (just replace Julia Stiles with Amy Ryan and Brian Cox/David StraithairnChase Kahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969868987204703561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501835097823700155.post-687240647582388312010-03-14T09:22:37.645-05:002010-03-14T09:22:37.645-05:00"Bourne again truth seeker"...dude, that..."Bourne again truth seeker"...dude, that's effin' brilliant.<br /><br />I didn't really see this as much of an anti-war manifesto though. Perhaps it's because it relies on the theme of "Where are the WMD's?" - a question we can almost all agree on by now - or perhaps it's because it played its hand more like a straight-up action film than THE HURT Ryan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.com