On a note related to the Existential Star Wars previous post, I watched Army of Shadows this week. It's supposed to be about the French Resistance during WWII. Instead, it's more about the Clouseau-like misadventures of a mid-level player who stumbles through various set pieces with a Gaulic shrug. The only people the Resistance guys manage to whack are other Resistance people (one's a snitch, the other's compromised; I guess that was their Fate), and the closest to a real mission they cary out would have been thwarted but for the corruption of a petty official. Well, at least there was some minor humor in that one incident.
I don't recall any effective actions against the Nazis anywhere in the entire move. Should have been named "Notes Administrative from the Events of 1940-45." The only way it held my interest was that I kept waiting for the movie to wake up and for Stuff to Happen. But no, it was a total waste of time.
1 of 4 stars, for being worthless but not actively pissing me off.
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Huh, guess that worked. OK kids, comments are on.
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