Re: Syriana
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I liked the movie a lot. If someone had asked me to make this movie, I'd make it very differently... and I dislike many of the decisions they made, but I liked the movie anyway.
What surprises me most about the movie is that Time Warner distributed it. The most sympathetic major character (IMO) is the pakistani kid, and Hizbollah gets positive treatment also. I'm surprised Time Warner was willing to be affiliated with a movie that "promotes terrorism" like this.
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I think the point of the sympathetic character in the kid was that he was a pawn - it was a statement against terrorists, but it differentiated between higher ups, those who are true to the terrorist ideals, and those being manipulated. He was quickly sent off to die for the cause while his leaders stayed safe. I didn't entirely follow the Hezbollah role - how did they get treated sympathetically?
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