Paradise Now (2005)
I watched Paradise Now and it is a movie that shows the minds of suicide bombers.
The movie was a Middle Eastern film titled 'Paradise Now'.Its a movie bout 2 young men Palestinian (Said & Khaled) who were somehow selected to be suicide bombers.Their purpose were to carry a bomb strap to their body and blow up Israel soldiers in Tel Aviv.
I was thinking why would anyone do that?The movie somehow made me realise that the condition in a person's life determines his ambitions, hope and purpose.In the movie, the guys were staying in Nablus, is a major city under Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.The place is really bad with its buildings full of holes, bad roads, ancient cars & just really bad infrastructure.
Details of Nablus is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nablus
I knew this because I can see the difference once these 2 guys cross the border and go to Israel.The buildings in Israel are modern, good roads with modern cars & rich people.It is a beautiful city.
The sentiments of being oppressed by Israelites dominate throughout the movie.The 2 guys believe that since they are oppressed, victimised and mal-treated by the Israel government, the only way to be heard is to be a suicide bomber.They believe killing Israel army helps the Palestinian cause.
The other strange thing is that when they shaved their beards and hair, they look like any Israelites.Maybe the mentality or paradigm is the problem here when it comes down to resolving Israel-Palestine conflict.
I really despise characters like Jamal who is the point man for the Palestinian NGO.He told these 2 guys that they were choosen to strike Tel Aviv.Why don't he straps a bomb and do the job himself? The whole thing is stupid but watching the place these guys are in, I sympathise with their unhappiness.
Watch it on DVD if you can.The website for the movie is here:
http://wip.warnerbros.com/paradisenow/
The movie was a Middle Eastern film titled 'Paradise Now'.Its a movie bout 2 young men Palestinian (Said & Khaled) who were somehow selected to be suicide bombers.Their purpose were to carry a bomb strap to their body and blow up Israel soldiers in Tel Aviv.
I was thinking why would anyone do that?The movie somehow made me realise that the condition in a person's life determines his ambitions, hope and purpose.In the movie, the guys were staying in Nablus, is a major city under Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.The place is really bad with its buildings full of holes, bad roads, ancient cars & just really bad infrastructure.
Details of Nablus is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nablus
I knew this because I can see the difference once these 2 guys cross the border and go to Israel.The buildings in Israel are modern, good roads with modern cars & rich people.It is a beautiful city.
The sentiments of being oppressed by Israelites dominate throughout the movie.The 2 guys believe that since they are oppressed, victimised and mal-treated by the Israel government, the only way to be heard is to be a suicide bomber.They believe killing Israel army helps the Palestinian cause.
The other strange thing is that when they shaved their beards and hair, they look like any Israelites.Maybe the mentality or paradigm is the problem here when it comes down to resolving Israel-Palestine conflict.
I really despise characters like Jamal who is the point man for the Palestinian NGO.He told these 2 guys that they were choosen to strike Tel Aviv.Why don't he straps a bomb and do the job himself? The whole thing is stupid but watching the place these guys are in, I sympathise with their unhappiness.
Watch it on DVD if you can.The website for the movie is here:
http://wip.warnerbros.com/paradisenow/
posted by Rentap @ 5:53 PM
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