tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post7607676459245570511..comments2024-03-10T08:57:07.915-07:00Comments on Kid In The Front Row Film Blog: Green Zone, Iraq, and Privilege.Kid In The Front Rowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498466805415882523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-32107950264216128142010-03-26T02:52:06.802-07:002010-03-26T02:52:06.802-07:00I haven't seen this film yet - based on this I...I haven't seen this film yet - based on this I kind of want to, although I know how grim it'll be. I'm from the middle east (although I live in england), so the whole war on iraq and the iran situation has always been of some interest to me, but at the same time, I can't bear to know too much about it, it's just so frustrating. Like you say, there WERE no WMDs. And so many anahithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11568653537583810939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-35187775004693072802010-03-24T06:07:11.763-07:002010-03-24T06:07:11.763-07:00What you guys both say is really interesting, but ...What you guys both say is really interesting, but also what has really been bothering me - the fact we all have this huge PRIVILEGE of being able to say "I'm a lazy, uninterested sod," or "There were WMD's, that's old," -- there's something about that which is really unsettling to me. The post I wrote wasn't really about the film at all, but rather; my The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-82710778290173145922010-03-23T21:38:20.755-07:002010-03-23T21:38:20.755-07:00I was actually pretty upset when we found nothing ...I was actually pretty upset when we found nothing in Iraq. I'm a democrat and it only made me think less of Bush. That said, it's quite old news, and I thought that the message delivery within the movie was pretty strained. Freddy's character seemed forced and very flat. Like they were trying to use him to shove a political message down our throats. It didn't go down easy. It didnCaseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374066410499518748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-5893435362114246652010-03-23T18:18:37.282-07:002010-03-23T18:18:37.282-07:00That was one of the things that struck me about &q...That was one of the things that struck me about "Green Zone". Being a lazy sod, uninterested in current affairs, I had no idea how much of what's in the film could be taken seriously. All the machinations and politics did seem frighteningly PLAUSIBLE to me, though.TheUnwashedMasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029004262655647715noreply@blogger.com