The Green Zone

So I went to go see the new Paul Greengrass movie, "Green Zone" the other day and came out feeling like I had been shot through the back of the brain.

That's the only way I can put it.

It's still a good movie though. Like Greengrass's other movies, it's relentless in its pacing, with stuff being whipcut around like a boss. The only problem with this is the feeling that you never really know the characters. And that's a shame, because Matt Damon is in it.

MEHTT DAYMON

You can see where they tried to make Green Zone relevant with the WMD references and the US established government, but this doesn't really work considering it's Matt Damon trying to be an army man Bourne running through the city streets like a jackrabbit on speed. I mean, who wants to hear about chemical weapons when Matt Damon just vaulted over a fence.

ANYWAYS. The action is where Green Zone kinda wears thin. The shaky cam is cool for the first half-hour but it gets almost sickening afterwards. Add that to the fact that you can't tell who's fighting who, and you get some pretty sloppy action sequences. There are a couple nice scenes though, such as where a spec-ops squad stacks up for a night-op and a house takedown sequence.

So yeah, if you're looking for a quick action fix, go see Green Zone. 

Green Zone gets:

Decent Flick


(Oh, by the way, have you guys heard of a band called múm? They're like what Sigur Ros would be if they were fairies instead of elves. Pretty good stuff.)