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Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:55:43 +0000

[...] This is how the movie ends, leaving the viewer sitting there scratching her/his head. On gut reaction most reviews (like “this”http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?v_id=319397&oref=login&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes&reviewer=A.%20O.%20Scott&title1=Dear%20Wendy%20%28Movie%29&title2=Dear%20Wendy%20%28Movie%29&pagewanted=print: and this ) derail Trier and Vinterburg for being unAmerican, and state things like you have never been here how dare you complain. Honestly, for the first 10 minutes or so after leaving the film I was seriously confused. In the traditional sense of a film, with plots, character development, and other logical things this is not. On the walk to dinner with Kirstie (who has this to say about the film) it dawned on me that this was far more then just a critism of America’s fascination with guns. Earlier that day we were talking about Full Metal Jacket Kubricks acurate portral of a solidiers life in Vietnam. The marring of the guns, the idea of keeping the main characters as kids, and even the slogan “Pacifists with Guns”, it was all a beautiful satire on America’s involventment in various wars. Vietnam and Iraq were both billed as peace missions, to free the ppl, lead by 18 year old kids, with guns and little else guiding them. Youthful idealism focus by youthful ignorance. The team of Trier and Vinterburg created a perfect balence of sarcasism and reality. An excellent film 9/10. [...]

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