Body of Lies

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In Ridley Scott's most recent film Body of Lies made me think of what our government migh actually be doing on this "War on Terror". The character DiCaprio played was an front line CIA agent who dealt with the the dirty covert jobs on finding intelligence relating to the terrorist group. Crowe, DiCaprio's boss is depicted as a typical DC politician who has no idea what is going on but is going to make all the decisions because he is the head honcho, which in turn screws things up for DiCaprio and almost gets killed. I enjoy these types of action suspense filled movies and this movie fit category like a charm. I really enjoyed this movie. It had it all, a girl big name actors/director, and a solid story line from a book by David Ignatius. The movies title i am not too sure of but if i were to speculate the (Body) is for the death all due the lack of trust (Lies) between the US and the Middle East. This movie is one of my favorites.

Mongol Opening Scene

The opening scene to the Film Mongol by Sergei Bodrov really catches my eye. The shot starts with a rainy day in a mongolian marketplace and using a crane shot flies over the market buildings and leads us to Genghis Khan before his rise to power in a publicly displayed prison cell with a sign saying "Mongol who wanted to destroy Tangut Kingdom". It does a good job to show what the mood of the situation of our main character is in (a bad one). later on in the movie Sergei brings us back to this setting and has one of the coolest shots i have seen. It is a slow motion shot of the rain falling into Genghis's cell. The symbolism is that he has the god "Tengri" (God of the sky very very important God) on his side of the situation. There is too many interesting well put together scenes to talk about, i really enjoyed this movie and will be looking forward to more of Sergei Bodrov work.