Posted on 04/25/2005 1:52:19 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Hollywood has come to the rescue of the United Nations. The new film, "The Interpreter," is political propaganda designed to boost the image of the United Nations and make the U.S. look bad for opposing the International Criminal Court.
Most reviews have focused on the part of the plot involving an evil African leader, President Zawani, who is accused of genocide and travels to the U.N. in New York for a speech and is the target of an assassination plot. But the political dimension of the plot involves the opposition by the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. to his trial by the International Criminal Court (ICC). At the end of the film, after the drama, suspense, bus bombing and turmoil in the U.N. headquarters, it is announced that the U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to send the Zawani case to the ICC. That means the U.S. Government, a member of the Security Council, has caved in, abandoning its opposition to the ICC. In this version of Hollywood's happy ending, the assassination plot is thwarted but the despot is going to get justice in the end, courtesy of the U.N. Viewers are left with the impression that the world body is good for something after all, and even the U.S. Government can see the light.
Nicole Kidman plays the lead role as the interpreter, the U.N. employee who announces, "I believe in this place. I believe in what it's trying to do." Nevertheless, inside the world body she takes up a gun, threatening to shoot the African leader when another assassination plot is foiled. She is convinced by a U.S. secret service agent played by Sean Penn to drop the gun and let justice takes its course. The U.N. will dispense that "justice" through the ICC.
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In this version of Hollywood's happy ending, the assassination plot is thwarted but the despot is going to get justice in the end, courtesy of the U.N.
Rosebud is the sled.
With Sean Penn? Well, they just lost the majority of the voters in this country? Maybe it'll play well in Europe. ...
anyone who lets a single cent of their money find its way into sean penn's pocket is a fool who supports the destruction of America and all this republic stands for.
This won't be a movie I see now. I rarely see movies nowadays since most aren't worth seeing.
Well, won't be going there. . .
(I know. . .I know. . .why support Hollywood at all? Except, I do love movies; and figure for the few I do see; it helps getting an update as to how well the propaganda machine is working. . .
And of course, cannot even buy perfume without feeling like some terrorist out there is making a profit. . .somehow. . .somewhere. . .I mean I used to buy Christmas cards from UNICEFF!
Anyway. . .WHEN is the film telling the disgusting truth of the U.N. coming out. . .being made. . .considered. . .
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Any viewers of that opinion are beyond hope!
As soon as saw that the star of this movie was Sean Penn, I knew it would be a piece of pro-UN liberal BS.
Of course, it's very believable to think that someone like Nicole Kidman could save the world from a genocidal dictator. Things like that happen all the time in real life.
Unfortunately, I went to see "The Interpreter" recently. All of the political crtiicisms offered here are correct. But more than those, is the sad fact that the film is tedious and boring, filled with unconvincing relationships and endless posturing by the cast's lead players. "The Interpreter" actually asks us to believe that anyone is shocked and outraged about one more dysfunctional government in Africa and that American Blacks would line 2nd Avenue to protest against that government. The conclusion that the UN has secured justice in the world court is downright laughable! It looks like Sidney Pollack has forgotten the skills and insights that brought him to the dance.
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