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Here are my thoughts, copied from a post elsewhere, after viewing Syriana:
Saw Syriana this past Sunday. Wow. It's hard to describe my reaction to it, but it really affected me. I suppose my initial response as the movie ended was sad and confused.
It's an extremely interesting movie, but very complex. The various plot lines that seem so disparate at the beginning begin to come together as it progress. There are a lot of characters to keep track of.
The torture scene was very difficult to watch. I'll spare any further spoilers for those who haven't seen it though. Toward the end of the film, one character did something that really got me thinking though. What was his motivation for that? It's not particularly clear. On the surface, it seems he was just trying to stop what was happening. But as with the movie, I have a feeling there are more layers beneath.
I guess it just makes me sad to think that this kind of thing could go on, does go on in the world. That oil barons and their government cronies are the puppetmasters for so many lives.
An older woman commented as she was leaving "I couldn't tell who were the good guys and who were the bad guys." My reaction was a cynical smile. Isn't that the truth these days? The days of the white and black hats are long gone.
In the end, I couldn't help thinking that I hope Whiting gets what's coming to him. Would that make me a white hat or a black one?
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