Syriana (Widescreen Edition)

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Disturbing but Great, 2009-01-08
A good musical with great dance scenes and songs that tell a truthful but tragic story. Should be in all school libraries

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Not Blu-ray quality..., 2008-12-27
You can learn enough about the movie itself from other reviews, so I will just tell you that this is not blu-ray quality. The sound is terrible. By the time I had the volume loud enough to hear, my speakers were humming, which is an incredibly annoying sound. I couldn't watch the whole movie because it is very involved and you need to pay close attention. The poor sound quality made this impossible. Furthermore, the video quality is not much better. There was an aweful rolling line constantly moving from the bottom of the screen to the top. Maybe I just got a bum copy, but I was very disappointed. I have other blu-ray movies that are really great...this is not one of them. br / br /I'd like to give the blu-ray version of this movie zero stars because of very poor quality. Unfortunately, Amazon forces me to give it one star.

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bloody oil, 2008-11-26
So it ain't perfect and maybe it's kinda preachy, but it is a sincere attempt to look at a very serious problem and you get the impression they gave it their best shot. Trying to create an accurate depiction of the many realities and complexities of oil politics using the medium of film in which to do it is monumentous task, is it not? Basically SYRIANA's complicated plot is a take on the world's oil addiction the same way the film TRAFFIC deals with America's addiction to drugs. We see the situation multi-perspectively, all those involved shown and connections made between them. SYRIANA is successful I think in giving the sense it's a small, complicated, corrupt world filled with delusions, lies, and violence. Nobody is innocent, and for better or worse, we're all in it together.

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Avoid, 2008-11-12
I never received this product and contact with the seller has been impossible . . . Avoid purchasing products from this seller.

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Refreshing technique used in story telling, 2008-10-29
Syriana is a great movie about what goes on behind the scenes in the corporate/political world and it shows how everyone, politician, military, intelligence, royalty, blue collar worker, media...is connected somehow. br / br /I watched this movie 4 times and the more I watched it, the more "clues" I gathered. This really isn't a movie where you can watch once and forget about it. This is NOT an action thriller. br / br /The movie was made in a collarge way to show how the world is a complex web of simultaneous activity. Each "piece" is held together by a well-known actor: Clooney (CIA scenes), Damon (analysis the "good" royalty), Cooper (corporate), Language (desperate workers) etc... Without them, it would be impossible to navigate through the movie. br / br /Anyway, this movie is not for rental. Buy it, watch it 3 or 4 times and think about it.