Battle in Seattle, 2007

I'm droppin 4 on this, because I feel like a part of what it was trying to do, is just about near the best that's been done. Bloody Sunday did it incredibly. Chicago 10 did it decently, but was mostly about the politics surrounding it and the hypocrisy of government. (Besides it was mostly a documentary, I'm looking forward to Chicago 7) Other than that I can think of many movies, unless you're the type to count Children of Men. But yea, this movie fumbles the message they're trying to send and the character arcs are slacking, but past that. It gives a really strong feeling of why a person would protest, and what a protest mindset is. I think it's easy to ignore that, and say, ok these people are protesting, whatever, what's their message? Are they right or wrong? Did it work or not? The end. This lingers in the protest itself. Sure a lot of people understand the issues and stand for them, but the whole process of pretest is where it's at. It's where you get sucked into an emotional and community phenomenon. It's a mess of positivity and progress and possibilty. Everyone there feels alive and of the same mentality. It's peace by will. Yea, it's sappy, but it's like a Conga line breaking out at a wedding. Everyone's a dork for it but it's the emotion of the event that sucks even the non-believers (dancers) in. So...yea...says here it starts Streaming 8/7/09, you got a week to wait.

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