DVD : 4/5 Rating : Paradise Now

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IMHO REVIEW :
just finished watching this movie... it's a hard movie to watch but very well done. the overall plot is about two Palestinian childhood friends who are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

with that stated the movie does a great job of showing various sides / aspects of this. how there are handlers who handles these two, how there is the figure head which everyone looks up to - how life in Palestine is and what it must be like for the people who live there.

i also enjoyed the movie in that it wasn't just one sided - how they tried to show how hard it is for these two young men to come to this decision - what the arguement is for them to live. their family, loved ones, those who care for them. it's very well done - i can now see why this movie was the first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Academy Award.

with that stated let me say i know very little about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, but what i got from this movie is that it's a very complex thing which effects individuals, families and not just it's governments.

highly recommended.