Green Zone (XMR)

Ok Xan is back for another Xan's Movie Rating, or XMR for short. This time, I got the privilege of watching "Green Zone" by Matt damon and the Director of "Bourne" trilogy.
I noticed a few things during my stay over there...

1. There were not much people watching in that specific movie, like its mostly people who likes political stuff (in short, old people O_O) but to watch it like at that time makes sense, cuz most people have lives to live hehehe

2. Bought 1 reg size popcorn and 1 medium h2o and i realized that i would not spend $10 bucks on something i wouldn't enjoy anyway (ohh btw thanks jess for tipping me that popcorn and h2o = not a good idea T.T)
So in short folks, when you go to a cinema, or a movie house remember, eat first outside cuz all the foods there are a ripoff o.o

3. The trailer for the movie seemed nice, in fact, it showed more interesting things than the actual movie itself (ill explain later) but the trailer made me watch the movie, or so i taught it was >.<

Ok here is the synopsis:


Story is about a chief warrant officer (Damon) who gets into a wild goose chase with WMD (or weapons of mass destruction) within Iraq. It goes by the story after the occupation of Americans in Iraq, after the war. They go on and on within the system and searches for those equipment that could not be found. He is helped by a CIA operative and some of his troops only to find out a deeper truth than the said issue. Based on a fictional book by an author which i could not remember atm. (sorry bout that)


Ok movie rating. Hmm the main reasons that i wanted to see this movie are the following:

1. matt damon (good acting sense, makes the "bourne" char look so good and realistic, and has this snappy way of punching stuff O_O)

2. director of "bourne" movies. seriously, any guy not liking this film is gay, bi, or not a man. ;P

3. Trailer. Good cinematography, action sequences, and whole lot of plot ^_~

kk now for the upsides/downsides part (which maybe short due to the following)

upsides:

1. fictional. If it wasn't, the whole government (america) would collapse if this were true, and no one will believe in it after (you have to watch it to understand it)

2. Complicated storyline. Yup this could be an upside due to alot of politically minded individuals watched this film and liked the screenplay. Unfortuantely, this is also a downside

3. Iraq shooting places. Seriously, this showed how the Iraqi people are during those times, i mean depicted scenes of them. I admit, it may me graphic to some audiences (hence rated R) but it justs shows how it was in reality. And yup, those are real scenarios, whether you're naive enough to deny it, or don't believe it. It does happen in real life @_@

downsides:
1. poor storyline. Like i stated above, it is complicated, but it only goes back and forth and then makes it simple because its just about the political issue of Iraq. At first people taught its a story after bourne, but then when the movie starts its waaay different from it, i mean the main char doesnt even fight much, only shooting and stuff. another thing is it may be too complicated for young audiences that people lose interest in watching it (i even saw people leaving the cinema cuz it bored them?) but for me it was ok, im just talking for the majority of them hehe

2. sad action sequences. i mean cmon! matt damon, do something?! like i said earlier, the trailers all you gonna get, other than that, its purely talking about the said topic, and some fights here and there. And the fights are just gunfire and some other illogical stuff. T.T (another thing is people compare this to bourne cuz of two things, director and main char. so if you gonna make another kind of movie when you have these two people, i suggest makin it more action, less talking)

3. genre depicted. it says "action thriller" but there wasnt any imho. i can consider this a political depiction more than action nor thriller because of the neverending talking about how the %#@$%@#^@#$^ (starts talkin about the movie, but cant say here due to potential movie goers) but nevertheless, depicted very good about how Iraq was before and now.

Final verdict:

(from my previous post, so you would know my baseline)
max stars = 5

1 - ingenuity and depth of plot/screenplay/storyline
1 - actors/actresses portrayal of roles
1 - cinematography (includes special effects and other cgi stuff)
1 - movie suited for the genre it was shown for (like e.g. comedy for comedy, action for action, etc.)
1 - personal score liking (comments added here if needed)


Ok, Xan's Movie Rating (XMR) for "Green Zone" would be a 1.5 out of 5 . -1 for ingenuity, -1 for cinematography (dizzy spells for me after watchin it), -1 for the genre depicted, and -.5 for my personal liking (didn't really enjoyed the whole movie, some parts of it only) ^_~