Paradise Now

I had previously seen this film in my high school English class. This time was different though, because it was dubbed, or not in its original language. The English voice overs completely ruined the movie for me. Going into watching it this time I had a very good feeling about the movie, but after I thought to myself, Wow that movie was not as good as I remember." The voice overs took away the credibility of the characters, setting, and general idea being presented. So, let this be a lesson that you should avoid dubbed movies at all cost.
This movie gives a good representation of Islamic extremists turned martyrs. The only problem is that the movie does not have much development and there is a lack of a story line. It simply drags on forever what could have been just as good if it was condensed to about 45 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half. It caused me to get distracted and get irritated with the very slow parts of the film.
The part that interested me most was how one of the bombers changed his mind but the other went ahead with the mission. One of them receives advice from a friend and realizes that his bombing of some innocent people will not really stop anything at all, but in fact only fuel the fire. The other bomber goes through with the mission and chooses to ignore his partner's change of heart. He remains convinced that his retaliation will bring them closer to victory.
As Christians it is very easy for us to say how ridiculous it is for these people to do this. But honestly if I were raised in that faith and culture whose to say I would not find myself in that same situation, although I think I am easily sane enough to know that blowing up other people and myself cannot possibly solve any problem. Finally, it is important to keep in mind that these people are just like us, no better and no worse in God's eyes.