tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post3354312718578501015..comments2023-05-30T12:02:21.680+01:00Comments on Mundane Rambling: Machine Gun PreacherKarinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06675872174982961589noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-72042741739163999502011-11-20T15:22:07.344+00:002011-11-20T15:22:07.344+00:00Thanks Karina - I respect your stance on this and ...Thanks Karina - I respect your stance on this and appreciate the honesty that you have only seen the movie. My only point in publishing what I have on the subject is that we need to be very careful about the values we espouse to the rest of the world and in supporting someone to go break the law elsewhere, just because he feels someone is guilty or not, when we certainly wouldn't want the same vigilante action here in the US is not the type of US I want to live in. Thanks for reading the blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-65345697469343017422011-11-19T11:03:05.260+00:002011-11-19T11:03:05.260+00:00Thanks for the links Bryan I read them both and th...Thanks for the links Bryan I read them both and they were very interesting read.<br /><br />I don't know enough about Childers as a person to get into a debate with you - I can only offer an argument from a film point of view!Karinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675872174982961589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-63928589787883509712011-11-17T02:13:28.911+00:002011-11-17T02:13:28.911+00:00Thanks for your thoughts and I am sure that the mo...Thanks for your thoughts and I am sure that the movie was indeed impactful - and likely for all the right reasons even though it was pretty poorly done overall. However, there is a very inconvenient part of the story. Unfortunately, the entire film is built on the premise of a lie. Childers is certainly a real person but his claims about his exploits in Southern Sudan are largely unfounded and inaccurate. There is a great deal about this written by people with experience in the region: http://bryanadkins.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/the-machine-gun-preacher-the-incarnation-of-the-new-american-foreign-policy/<br /><br />and http://www.bdkeller.com/2011/09/machine-gun-roundup-the-story-gets-worse/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-45347876263621092292011-11-15T20:18:43.743+00:002011-11-15T20:18:43.743+00:00I appreciate that they were never going to fit 20y...I appreciate that they were never going to fit 20years of Sam's life into a two hour film but it is no excuse for disjointed storytelling and bad editing. The film-makers may have chosen the correct highs and lows but the passage of time and the overall flow of the film was very poor. <br /><br />Regardless of whether or not the audience are watching the good, bad or confused side of Sam if they cannot feel any emotion towards him then the film-makers have failed. <br /><br />Butler is fine as Sam but no more than that. He suited the machine gun aspect perfectly but when it came to the more emotionally dramatic scenes he was out of his depth. <br /><br />I sat through the end credits and I felt more emotion looking at pictures of the real Sam Childers than I did during the entire film. Butler did not do Sam justice. <br /><br />I don't rate Mark Forster as a director and I think Butler was miscast. I do think that with more talented people involved Machine Gun Preacher had the potential to be a much stronger film. <br /><br />There should be more public awareness over the atrocities in Sudan and the film will hopefully be a decent vehicle to drive that awareness forward but at the end of the day, purely from a film-making point of view, Machine Gun Preacher is no more than average.<br /><br />As Machine Gun Preacher is no more than an average film I wont recommend it and I know I will get nothing more out of a second viewing. <br /><br />The work and efforts of Sam Childers deserved better than what Machine Gun Preacher offered.<br /><br />I do agree that The Keeper is an amazing song!<br /><br />Thanks for commenting but I think we will have to agree to disagree.<br /><br />K :-)Karinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675872174982961589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-55732581453253293842011-11-15T17:35:50.770+00:002011-11-15T17:35:50.770+00:00I recommend you DO go to the cinema to see it. The...I recommend you DO go to the cinema to see it. The point is to raise awareness of the atrocities in Sudan by the terrorist-backed LRA. It was hard to squeeze 20 years of Sam's life into 2 hours, but the filmmakers chose to hit the high/low-lights. The first 20 minutes of the film brings Sam to tears because he remembers what a scumbag he was then. Butler does a good job of portraying Sam at his worst, his best, and his confused selves. Stay through the entire run of the credits to see the real Sam Childers and to hear a beautiful song by Chris Cornell called "The Keeper."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-68756586143669195752011-11-14T19:08:43.694+00:002011-11-14T19:08:43.694+00:00Thanks Joel - it was a tough watch maybe on dvd it...Thanks Joel - it was a tough watch maybe on dvd it wont seem as bad. Def wouldn't recommend you and Lisa sit go to the cinema to see it!<br /><br />Anonymous: Thanks for reading and correcting!<br /><br />K :-)Karinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675872174982961589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-54518548124031709852011-11-14T18:58:02.416+00:002011-11-14T18:58:02.416+00:00Not to be a know-it-all but the phrase is "pi...Not to be a know-it-all but the phrase is "pique my interest."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061101762249972174.post-60350737016246856622011-11-13T22:13:33.745+00:002011-11-13T22:13:33.745+00:00The title sounds a bit B movieish 2 me and the who...The title sounds a bit B movieish 2 me and the whole children mutilation thing doesnt sound to appealing either,fink i'l w8 for DVD sis, great review as perJoelnoreply@blogger.com