Review of Shock and Awe (2017) by Slovenly_Muse — 14 Aug 2018
Yes, it can be clunky at times, but this film says everything about journalism (especially in wartime) that The Post miserably failed to explore. This film is not interested in political dunking on the disastrous decision to invade Iraq, rather it is concerned with illuminating the importance of a free and skeptical press, and demonstrating the fatal flaws in a news media industry that is more concerned with access than accuracy.
A sobering reminder that journalists (and politicians) hold countless lives in their hands, and if they are careless with the truth, the real consequences are suffered by those on the ground. This film leans left only in the sense that "Reality has a liberal bias.
" In fact, its decision to focus on the consequences of the invasion on the American soldiers sent into Iraq to pay the ultimate price for Cheney's dishonesty, while mostly ignoring the civilians in the Middle East who are living (and dying) in a destabilized war zone because of these lies, seems a deliberate choice to appeal to conservatives.
Regardless of your political leanings, this film is powerful and honest, and more important now than ever before.
This review of Shock and Awe (2017) was written by Slovenly_Muse on 14 Aug 2018.
Shock and Awe has generally received mixed reviews.
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