Get Your War On -- At The Movies

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Posted to Politics on Sat Apr 26, 2008 at 04:15:46 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Two movies being released this weekend take on the American dubbed "War On Terror" but do so from starkly different angles.

Reviewers are smitten with a documentary from Errol Morris. In Standard Operating Procedure Morris tackles possibly the most singular event of the Iraq War, the Abu Ghraib scandal. A familiar cast of characters returns in this one, led of course by disgraced private first class Lynndie England who continues to insist that she was simply following orders to subject prisoners under her guard to any conditions short of killing them. The film is described as meandering and bleak but ultimately a blockbuster accomplishment worthy of the renowned film maker's efforts.

Also addressing the "War On Terror" but in a less formal way is the comedic sequel Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. How did they go from White Castle to gitmo you ask? Well, pot and white American prejudices of course! While given some credit for going political, Harold and Kumar are generally panned for pandering to the base jokes played by those In some ways, by taking on a political theme, it has invited on itself a more stern look from those who would usually like either cock jokes or an expose on the hypocrisies of Republican policy these last 8 years. Still, the intense cult video following of the original after an initial box office flop will almost certainly help Harold and Kumar find the green, if not the green in their intended destination of Amsterdam.