someone help me out with this one ~

[lookingland]

so i watched Breaker Morant recently ~ and here's the deal. i'm not really sure what we're supposed to think at the end of the movie. that some injustice was done? maybe for the kid, though he only served three years (thank God). it's not that i don't sympathize with morant and hancock, but, um, they were guilty. and just because everyone else was doing it and just because it was tacit policy doesn't make it right. in war people do horrible things because context may seem to warrant or even demand it. but i'm not going to cry injustice for them just because they got caught.

even the poster says: "hero or villain" ~ and i think that's the point (to examine that fuzzy grey area). but to me the area is not actually fuzzy or grey. just because something is necessary doesn't make it right (anymore than is what's right always necessary).

since these guys weren't nazis, does it really seem more forgivable? and also, it seems pretty clear from the evidence presented that morant was partially motivated by revenge.

thoughts?

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[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

Is this the movie where at the end Edward Woodward shouts, "Shoot straight, you bastards!" ? I've always wanted to see this flick based on the description (Cassidy talks about it in one of the Preacher comics).

Edward Woodward is in the new film "Hot Fuzz" and, boy, does he not resemble the Equalizer anymore. Sad.

It's a great flick BTW (don't know if you're interested in that kinda stuff). Timothy Dalton's in it and he's awesome. He chews the scenery like he's starving. And it's a perfect acting choice for his role...

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

yes, this is the one ~ you should check it out.

i'll prolly see hot fuzz eventually ~ yeah woodward's not holdin' up too well i guess. hmmm.

p.s. i'm always telling people about "gone to texas" ~ what a crazy story.

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