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Snake Eyes (1998)
Great cinematography even if it had a tad cheesy ending.
The movie was shot, written and directed with skill and devotion. I loved the long shots and multiple takes on a single event shot with several cameras at the same time. A pretty serious effort went into designing this movie.
The ending was a bit cheesy and the movie would have easily gotten nine from me if 30 seconds of it would have been different.
It seems that a lot of viewers didn't like that the main character was a bit on the shady side. I didn't mind. Nicholas Cage portrayed a sleazy cop well.
What I really liked about this movie was that it was about exploring a single event. As the movie advanced, the viewer get's a more complete understanding of the situation. In the end, when the "plot" is pretty much clear, the director ingeniously starts refocusing the exploration on the characters.
The movie was thus very well made, although a few compromises in the end to the Hollywood norms made the ending cheesy.
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002)
Powerful Message - Weak Presentation
In this documentary Noam Chomsky shares with us his crispy clear view of the world and how it is being ruled. Chomskys oratory superb and his views about the world are founded upon sound facts. However, the documentary itself isn't anything special.
I recognize the difficulty of using the medium to make Chomskys message stronger, because Chomsky himself doesn't come on strong with his message. He is the kind of guy who says his thing quietly and calmly so using gimmicks to enhancer the presentation would probably drown out his voice.
Anyway, I urge everyone to watch this documentary. It was great.