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Spaceman (2024)
Lengthy and pretentious
Astronaut decides that he made the wrong decision when he agreed to come to a mission exploring the origins of the universe because he has a wife at home who cannot wait one year for him, and marriage and having kids is more important than going on a mission that could expand the knowledge of humanity about the universe. This realization comes to him as a result of a new friendship he makes with a spider-like alien which suddenly appears on his spaceship and asks inquisitive questions about his relationship to his wife, because this is the only topic that the alien is interested in. The alien finally convinces the astronaut that he is a bad husband and should have stayed at home with his emotionally unstable wife.
This movie pretends to be deep but is in fact shallow, slow, boring, and sends a ridiculous message.
The War Within (2005)
Where's the war within?
Riveting movie presenting the story of a man becoming an Islamist terrorist after being falsely charged and tortured. But I don't understand the title. I didn't really see the man struggle inside. On the contrary, he seemed to be very determined right from the start and did not seem to have serious doubts at any point. Where's the "war within"? Also, the movie doesn't help a lot to make the viewer understand his motives. Every time he is asked to present his views about the conflict between the Muslim world and the West, he just says "Let's not talk about that", and walks away. And although he writes a letter to his friends explaining his motives, it's still too sketchy and insufficient. Basically he says his Muslim brothers are suffering all over the world, and that's about it. So, although the movie is enjoyable, it remains superficial and lacking.
Among Thieves (2009)
Ridiculously didactic and naive
This seems to be a low-budget movie built on the doubtful idea that the real reason for the 2nd Iraq war was Saddam Hussein's shift to the euro rather than the dollar as a currency for oil sales. This is presented as a huge secret, discovered by three people when they get into a car accident with a dead senator, and find a piece of paper in the senator's car with the words "Iraq", "euro", and "oil" written on it. This piece of paper becomes the main evidence. Then of course they risk their lives uncovering this huge, dark secret. The movie is extremely didactic and ridiculously naive, the events are totally predictable. The dialogues are dumb and unrealistic. Later in the movie there is some shooting and action but I couldn't watch it any further after about 50 minutes.