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West of Memphis (2012)
It is not my choice
I accidentally happened upon this documentary, and I have to say, I am not very fond of documentaries because - if good - they really mess me up. This was one of them, the prime example.
One thing has to be said right at the start of my review: I do not know if these men (young men/boys at the time of the crime) are guilty. And that is the entire point of me writing this review - because nobody else have pointed it out explicitly. This movie is about someone being found guilty NOT beyond reasonable doubt, and that is the main pillar of our western judicial system.
The reason this film resonates so strongly with me, is that at the same time this crime was committed in the US, a child molestation case exploded in Norway (where I am from). The case was littered with media personalities advocating for hard justice, with inflated charges and extremely bad police-work. If it were not for these similarities with the West Memphis Three case, I may have dismissed this documentary as an art director "gone wild."
It is beyond all doubt, that innocent people will be held accountable for crimes which they have not committed - easily deduced from off-the- head statistics. But the strength of our western judicial system, is that one can only be sentenced guilty, when it is beyond every reasonable doubt. In this documentary we are presented with a case in which reasonable doubt is sacrificed on the altar of public opinion and preconceived notions.
As I said earlier in this review, I do not know if these three men were guilty of the crimes to which they were sentenced - but I do recognize a perversion of justice and a sentence made on weak evidence.
Amid all the turmoil which the accused are put through, this documentary still manages to portray the pain and anguish the victims families have to go through, and present it in a dignified manner.
For me, this was a documentary true to its genre, because it was no winners, only losers, and as a viewer you feel like one.
Rumor Has It... (2005)
Rumor has it is awful
I occasionally waste my time with pointless acts. Watching this movie was one so beyond comprehension. I've picked my nose and it have never been more boring then this movie.
The spoiler is: sex with the grandmother, the mother, and guess what happens when the role played by kevin costner meets the daughter. Films like this one infuriates me, because its so extremely predictable as a film can be. I didn't laugh even once through the movie.
The underline for this move I believe to be boring. Tedious. Irritating.
A summary of the movie is: Daughter discovers mother and grandmother had sex with the same man. Someone wrote a book based on it, later came the movie: The graduate with Dustin Hoffman. She meets the man, and o'holy moses guess what happens. Well, her father took her mother back after the affair, and guess what her fiancée does? Of course you know.
If I ever occasionally meet Rob Reiner on the street(who has directed this movie), I'm going to slap him in the face. Thats how bad it is.
For your own best: don't watch this movie!!