A Waltz with War  

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Nations, Religions and people are never defined without war. War is a depressing cliché of human lives. People kill, people die. And a lot of monstrousness and heroism prelude, intervene and epilogue the killing and the dying, alike. But that is an incomplete perspective - a part-illusive, second hand viewpoint suited to oblivious audiences watching war on their television sets.

For those who fight in a war, war is a nihilistic expression of a self-destructive species of well, assholes. And the only emotion that is ever associated with war is one of the most primal ones - guilt.

Relief, Pain, Patriotic goose pimples, rejuvenation, excitement and such Californian sentiments can only qualify life outside of war; inside of war they're as impotent as your grandfather.

And how the fuck do I know all that? Well, I saw Waltz with Bashir. I could write a pointless review to tell you how great the movie is, but you'd just end up superficially appreciating the review, Facebook-ing and moving on to your clichéd lives, probably in that order. Stop wondering why the writer is being holier-than-thou, and if you can, PLEASE go watch the fucking movie.

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18 comments

you can be so awesome an asshole .. pity its only restricted to words.

Way to raise the bar, funny man. Now I have to debate whether to watch the movie right now, or wait to get your copy

July 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM

Thanks.
That's a pretty slick display pic, btw.

July 20, 2009 at 7:17 PM

Movie dekhne padege is provocative review ke baad

July 21, 2009 at 10:41 AM

And dude, you should totally post back that poem of yours; I loved it

July 21, 2009 at 12:25 PM

I would post the poem, but it kinda brings back a lot of pain.

July 21, 2009 at 7:28 PM

And thanks!

July 21, 2009 at 7:29 PM

do not fear i shall def put up a mix in the next few days; your post was super sweet

July 21, 2009 at 9:04 PM

Thanks!

July 21, 2009 at 9:57 PM
anara  

ha ha very nice :)!!!now where in the world do i get the movie form??
(remember my awesome college has blocked all options of downloading)

July 22, 2009 at 10:41 AM
anTara  

crap i forgot the T!!!!

July 22, 2009 at 10:43 AM

anara sounds, well, fruity

July 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Anonymous  

Review with a difference :). Got to see the movie NOW.

After reading a couple of traditional reviews, hearing about the book, and a lot of enthusiastic hearsay).

Good one!

July 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM

Antara:
Your college has blocked even direct download links?

July 26, 2009 at 12:28 PM

uh, Anonymous:
Thanks for the appreciation!

July 30, 2009 at 2:22 AM

I was gonna watch the movie long time back but i somehow forgot....
will have to watch it.... its not that i havt seen any movie which primarily deals with the the associated 'GUILT' (coz all of my fav war movies deal with the same emotion), but ya i'll watch it coz it has been appreciated at places like cannes and other places whic i hold in very high reguard.....

August 10, 2009 at 6:18 AM

i watched the movie, only because of your review, and i am glad i did. Thanks for making me watch it!

August 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM

That's good Wamiq. You *will* NOT be disappointed.

August 11, 2009 at 7:02 AM

Anonymous:
Thanks.I'm glad the review worked. And that's quite a feat for a harmless blog article.
I'll be back with more fucked up reviews. :)

August 11, 2009 at 7:04 AM

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