Syriana (2005)

Gwang's rating: 8.1 / 10.0

Hey Guys! How are you?

It's been a week and I can't wait to share another movie with you guys! Since I haven't gotten any chance to watch a movie during the week, I would like to share the movie I watched over Christmas break. Don't worry, my memory is as clear as a glass of water.



By the way, starting from this one, I decided not to go over the story of the movie unless it is necessary. Since you can find a story line from other online resources, I would rather spend my time on observe the theme of the movies and spend more on finding the interpretation of the movie than tell you the story.

Syriana (2005) was one of the political movie that I have watched in my life. Let's not count the movies of Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, or other Hollywood stars. I know George Clooney is a Hollywood star too, but this movie is something different from other CIA movies and FBI movies. First time I read the title of the movie, I thought the story line was going to be the CIA versus a group of terrorists from Middle East but I was totally wrong. It was the U.S. corporation versus Pakistan presumably.

This movie accuses the United States for being a king of the world. I assume you already know the behaviors of some infamous U.S. corporations,You will still be amazed how the United States appoints the king of the countries in Middle East, and control all the information and geography of other countries. This movie visualizes the behind story of all the global issues in which the United States is always involved indirectly. The movie meets the sad-ending (sorry for the spoiling!)but it is so powerful to be ended like that.

George Clooney played both a main character and an outsider. No doubt on his performance. And I hate to tell you but Matt Damon was in the movie too! It was a great combination! However, because of the nature of the movie they weren't major parts of it. The movie was so big and enormous that I didn't pay attention to the individual actors.
 

If you are going to watch this movie. Go for it. But I would like to warn you that the first half of the movie is quite boring to be honest. However, it is necessary to be like that in order to build the story up. I enjoyed it and I have no doubt you would enjoy it!