Hey There Dear Listener: We Were Unable to Contain Ourselves to 40 Minutes!
Films Reviewed This Week: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin
Other Topics of Interest: Tim Burton’s Compassion, Losing the Audience, Batman Disguised as George W. Bush, The Current Lack of Serious Criticism in the Mainstream, The Hero of the Movie, The 95% Star of the Movie, Extraordinary Rendition, Professor Doctor Gareth Higgin’s Sports-Related Injury, American Architecture, The Rise of China, That’s So 90’s and Michael Caine’s Holiday Projects.
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That some of us are not who we purport ourselves to be??
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"Dark night
There are other surreal aspects to what happens at Guantánamo Bay. As the first week of proceedings for Hamdan came to an end, trial observers went to see "The Dark Knight" at the military base's outdoor cinema.
The evening was all-American: families with lawn chairs and coolers with beer; public service announcements encouraging the crowd to honor American democracy by mailing in their absentee ballots; the playing of the national anthem; and then the movie.
Needless to say, it was weird to see "The Dark Knight" here. The movie is not a simple "good guys vs. bad guys" tale, but a rumination on the nature of good and evil, every person's capacity for corruption and redemption, and the triumph of basic humanity over self-interest. But the Guantánamo Bay detention facility is itself marred by the rendition, torture and ill-treatment of many of its occupants, and the deeply flawed trials that have commenced here. It is precisely these types of indecencies, committed by those with unrestrained power, that "The Dark Knight" disavows.
Allred was also in attendance at the movie, so I introduced myself to him as an observer for Human Rights Watch. The judge, who clearly takes his responsibilities seriously and is mindful of the historical moment at hand, seemed pleased.
"It's very important that you're here," he said to me.
Yes, that's true, I thought to myself -- better to be here than to let the trial go on without anybody from civil society witnessing it.
But I was not glad that either of us was there. A much better place to be would have been on the U.S. mainland, in a federal court, observing a trial that at its essence would be fair, impartial and just. What is unfolding at Guantánamo Bay is something very far from that."
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Lister was formerly a professional wrestler who went by the name "Zeus".
Still listening to the podcast......
(update 12:56pm EST) ....finished listening. Had to stop and start a few times....great show, guys.
I went into the movie trying to guess who Jett was suggesting Heath Ledger's performance was based on -- I was wrong, but was glad to hear that the Good Prof. Dr. saw his performance initially as I did. I immediately thought Nicholson, but not Nicholson-doing-Joker-doing-Nicholson, but specifically his performance in The Shining. Good call, Prof. Dr.
But having heard the clip at the end of the show, I cannot argue with Jett's assessment as well.
Again, well done gentlemen.
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+ would love to get Mr. Lister on the show, (am hoping the Prof. Dr.'s big-time show-biz connections will facilitate this!).
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Just a thought, you guys may want to consider pre(re)viewing movies with a bit more in advance of their release to get them on posters. I'd suggest Death Race for the show, though that would be only two weeks in advance. I also think the probability of the boilerplate review being an actual review of the film to be rather high.
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