Opinions on movie: LORD OF WAR

[busy_squirrel]

Makes me not want to have sex in Afriica.

 

[LAK]

General Geoff

I love that movie. Don't care if it tries to have a pro or anti gun slant; I just plain enjoyed it. And that's what movies are supposed to do: entertain.

That is all well and good. However, they are also a tool for political change - and many things certainly have been changed.

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[MikeG]

Makes me not want to have sex in Afriica.

Makes me wish an AN-12 loaded with toys would land on my street.
Better'n Sandy Claus!

 

[nwilliams]

Great movie

 

[ctdonath]

Found it very politically neutral, actually. It showed (with Hollywood flair) simply a summary of what is: there's good, there's bad, and it's all not going away 'cuz if you don't someone else will (with some making sure someone will).

I found the outtakes rather "anti" (drunk SOB firing full-auto in air at wedding in NYC, etc.); while the director's personal views may be "anti", he was good enough to cut such from the final edit, making it more a Rorschach test than propaganda.

 

[Geronimo45]

Makes me wish an AN-12 loaded with toys would land on my street.
Better'n Sandy Claus!

I loved that scene.

 

[Blackbeard]

Made me want a gold-plated AK.

 

[cbsbyte]

Overall I liked the movie but it did have a very strong anti-gun and violence message. One could say that it is the main message is anti-illegal arms shipping by governments and gun dealers. I don't believe civilian ownership of firearms is really addressed in the movie. In the ending a nameless US military officer says to Cage's character after he wins his court case, that the US Government needs him to sell weapons to support third world dictators and insurgents. Cages character during the later part the movie is working for the US Government, as an illegal arm dealer.

 

[tinygnat219]

People get slaughtered in Africa without firearms. Rwanda 1994, 500,000 Tutsis were killed by Machete wielding Hutus.

Guns aren't needed for murder on a mass-scale to be perpetrated.

 

[Frog48]

I like the movie. I dont find it particularly anti-gun.

 

[evan price]

Wasn't anti gun as such. More like, Anti Hypocrisy.
Not a word was said in the final scene that wasn't true.
The true impotence of the UN was accurately portrayed.

I absolutely loved the climax... the whole- "A man will walk through that door..."

Sad that everyone deserted Yuri Orlov in the end except the US Gov't. IMHO, I found out one of my friends was a guy like Yuri, I wouldn't turn my back on him, I'd be like, "Neat, let's go shoot some full autos..."

Andre Baptiste Jr.: Can you bring me the gun of Rambo?
Yuri Orlov: Part One, Two, or Three?
Andre Baptiste Jr.: I've only seen Part One.