Comments on: Movie Review – The Kingdom – Serious!

By: ShaolinTiger

ShaolinTiger — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:09:06 +0000

B.H.: Yah well it is a yankee-fest afterall.

Ano: Lucky you didn’t….it would take a lot, they offered me a shitload to carry on there – I told them to stick it.

By: Ano

Ano — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:41:26 +0000

I’ve watched the movie about 6 months ago. But I forgot how life was like in Saudi. I almost got suckered into accepting a job offer in Riyadh recently. They’re only paying me as much as a doorman in Manhattan, so I blew them off.

How much would it take for you to consider going back to hell? (I read your other Saudi posts and it didn’t seem like you enjoyed it).

By: B.H.

B.H. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:45:18 +0000

I thought it was a competent movie but it offered a myopic and simplified version of the current political landscape.

In some ways, movies like these perpetuate archaic stereotypes. I hope the day never comes that South East Asians are protrayed in the same light.

B.H.

By: ShaolinTiger

ShaolinTiger — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:28:55 +0000

Alvin: Yah do check it out, it's definitely worth a watch. moons: There are some scary things in there, breeding hate...and passing hate to the next generation. davidlian: Some very strong roles indeed, yah Bolyn girl was good too (surprisingly for me haha). Huai Bin: Horrifying, but believable. That was a very harrowing scene. Z: Sounds good, I've heard about it. Someone said it's like a new age Band of Brothers, those series but it's like a long movie.

By: Z

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:57:25 +0000

ST, I know this is irrelevant, but check out HBO’s Generation Kill if you like war-theme shows. It goes a bit deeper than the usual kill-terrorist-we-win/war-is-wrong servings, and damn if the show isn’t awesome in its truthfulness.

Check it out.

By: Huai Bin

Huai Bin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:40:04 +0000

I saw this one in the cinema a while back (think it was early this year) and found it great too, mostly coz I’m a fan of Jennifer Garner (from Alias, not Electra). I liked the scene at the beginning especially when the older man taught a really young boy how to hate when they were looking through binoculars. Captivating scene.

By: davidlian

davidlian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:36:55 +0000

I watched this on DVD last month, and I must say, of the lot of shows I snagged for that weekend, this was one of the best (closely tied with The Other Boleyn Girl).

Haytham was excellent. I nearly shed a tear when he died…because he has kids and a wife. Sigh. But excellent acting from the cast overall.

By: moons

moons — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:18:20 +0000

Watched it in the cinema some time back, it was pretty good, though frightening as well. The ending where how the seeds of revenge are sowed into the next generation is quite disturbing, of which I’m sure happens a lot.

By: Alvin

Alvin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:29:24 +0000

I’ve been hearing positive comments about this movie but didn’t manage to catch it in the cinema (i was in UK during the release, and the ticket price was a little expensive for me). Will try to find DVD or something.

By: ShaolinTiger

ShaolinTiger — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:44:29 +0000

kevin: Yah that scene was pretty scary.

LD: Yah, was pleasantly surprised too.