Touches You

best movie i've ever seen.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The propaganda, the plot, the script, the characters, the casting and the acting are awful. This movie is a sloppy mess from top to bottom. Expect left wing propaganda where Muslims are portrayed as peaceful victims and Christians are portrayed as killers. Out of intense, mutual hatred, each side did horrible things in civil wars in the former Yugoslavia, but since socialists, communists and Muslims have been united for at least a century now the left wing media generates lopsided stories based on lopsided reporting. Jesse Eisenberg is one of the worst and most annoying looking and sounding actors in existence, yet he keeps getting cast in movie after movie. The characters are unrealistic, which is consistent with the entire story. The movie comes across as a half-hearted attempt that rushes though a story with one shallow segment after another.

In a way, it's interesting that Richard Gere plays a character that seems out of his comfort zone - loser alcoholic journalist deep in debt. It sounds more like a George Clooney character. But this one's no Clooney movie. Its plot is a bit like the movie that ends up being made in Altman's "The Player" - start with a good, non-commercial script, and then add all the Hollywood clichés that ruin it all."The Hunting Party" seems like a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a comedy? If so, how do you reconcile that with the drama of war and genocide, and Gere's character's personal drama? Is it a serious movie? Well, quite a few things are hard to take seriously (the ending is one of them :) ). "Syriana" is one example of how to do a movie with political commentary right, but that didn't try to be goofy *and* meaningful.So, all in all, an uneven movie with some good moments. The Esquire article that inspired it is worth a read, too - of course, the real life events were not as spectacular as in the movie. And you won't find some of the "outrageous" parts that the movie claims are true there :).

Three journalists embark on a mission to get an interview with one of the most wanted war criminal in Bosnia. In the process, they risk everything including their lives. In the beginning of this movie, there's a caption that comes on saying "Only the most ridiculous part of this story is true". On the surface this movie looks like it's about journalists going after their story, but it's a movie that makes you think about the true intent of the writer and the producer. Towards the end Duck makes a comment "People in power of this country doesn't want to find him.". This might sum up the entire scenario of this movie. It points to the fact that people in power really don't want to find these war criminals. They have their usefulness, and are not considered true enemy of the state, or at least low in priority. On the other hand, there seem to be other category of people who the government consider the true enemy of the state. These might be people who have the technical prowess to steal sensitive information from the government. Example maybe a guy who was caught in Africa using an anonymous cell phone. He was well in hiding, but the US government was able to capture him without much difficulty. It shows that there is technology, and man power if the government wishes to exercise their will. So this story is putting a big question mark on the "will" of the government despite their propaganda saying otherwise. Who's right ? It seems to be saying "You be the judge.".It's a nice movie with real intent behind it. Story and acting is also top notch. The movie will make your time worthwhile watching.

I gave this movie 1/10, even though it's not that bad at all, and I know it. First of all, I want you to know something, before you think I'm just being unreal. I was too young to be emotionally involved with this war, while it lasted. Second, my grandmother was Croatian, my grandfather was Slovak and my father's parents are Serbian/Slovak, so I consider myself an 'ethnical chaos' and thus have no nationalistic views. That war was just wrong, and innocent men, women and children (on BOTH sides) died for someone's 'higher interests'. There is no truth. There ARE many, covered with blood, and they all deserve to be heard. Instead, I'm watching the same ol' scenario over the years - the 'all American' scenario. So, here comes the brave and daring Richard Gere, with the famous American justice seeking thirst (ha!) in his guts and Chuck Norris as his idol. He is on his way to get his revenge (and, just for the sake of it, his career back) over a war criminal responsible for massacre over an entire Muslim village (and not just one), and Gere's sweetheart who was (oh, boy, was this unexpected...) pregnant with his child. Even if this movie brings up a good point, it is well known a long time ago. Even if it was made for good causes, they are pushed aside by the anger that every Balkan inhabitant feels when he sees a trailer about an upcoming blockbuster with the one and only (american) peacemakers. I am so sick of it! And I'm sure many decent Americans are sick of it as well!Of course, no one forced me to watch it, my bad... I can promise you one - it won't happen again.