ROTTEN TOMATOES: Amy Ryan and Greg Kinnear Join Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon in the Green Zone Comments

Amy Ryan and Greg Kinnear Join Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon in the Green Zone

by Jeff Giles | January 10, 2008

Summary

"Making a movie about the war in Iraq" is quickly turning into just another way of saying "losing tons of money at the box office," but director Paul Greengrass isn't letting that stop him. Back to Article

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dahluzz writes:
on Jan 10 2008 06:20 AM

the ingrediants are all there, but here's the real question: can i sit through another movie shot in palsy-vision or is greengrass willing to ditch the reality TV aesthetic and frame up his shots? The novelty has officially worn off, so how bout we hire an actual cinematographer this time... and use him.

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MMacKK writes:
on Jan 10 2008 09:18 AM

Greengrass is the man,
Don't doubt him.

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A Lapse In Reason writes:
on Jan 10 2008 10:35 AM

I wouldnt doubt him is his movies didn't get me so dizzy.

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hewpot writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:08 AM

yeah, i can't watch his movies in a theater without getting rounded but the man still owns

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monkeyonaspring writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:16 AM

I swear I'm the only person in the world who doesn't complain about shaky cam. Either I have a really strong ability to avoid getting dizzy or everyone else is being a *****.

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Floor Man writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:22 AM

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Nope, you're not. I don't see what the big deal is either.... Seconded.

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T45Red writes:
on Jan 10 2008 01:14 PM

Yeah, I don't mind the shaky cam. I do, however, dislike it when the camera angle switches to fast and you miss some of the action, like in The Bourne Ultimatum. I think that this movie is either going to be really good or just good. Hoping that it's not going to bomb.

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murray84 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 01:58 PM

i also dont mind the "shaky cam" feels like you are in the fight..lol...Greengrass owns

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murray84 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 01:59 PM

i also dont mind the "shaky cam" feels like you are in the fight..lol...Greengrass owns

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Crusader07 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 04:06 PM

At least it's not the shaky cam from 28 weeks later.

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w@velength writes:
on Jan 10 2008 04:28 PM

The reason these types of films keep bombing is because suspension of disbelief goes out the window when big-name celebrities are in the leading roles.

Maybe wait ten or twelve years to make films about it like they did with Vietnam, otherwise people are going to look back at this era of "wartime" film-making and laugh dryly.

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walkingdead09 writes:
on Jan 10 2008 04:56 PM

These war movies aren't hits because people don't understand them and it's not something they want to deal with. My wife has had two people she's known die in iraq, so sitting through a movie about it, isn't number one on her list.

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Jan 10 2008 10:11 PM

Greengrass and Damon equals my *** in the theater seat.

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vaodsi writes:
on Jan 10 2008 11:55 PM

honestly... i'm addicted to shaky cam. it feels realer. steady shot just doesn't have the adrenaline factor.
but, didn't the kingdom open top of the box office? (i know it bombed critically, and aftewards it sank... but it opened well (i remember?).... maybe nobody wanted to see it again.)

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cuteview writes:
on Feb 05 2008 07:06 PM

I really don't mind the shaky cam.

"The Blair Witch Project" got me sick...both from the shaky cam and the stupid a$$ script... Cloverfield looks to be the same...

But since Greengrass and Damon are on board...count me in...

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