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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The Fog of War has received rave reviews on Amazon.com, but this review will not add to that long list. Fog is the word most appropriate for McNamara's discussion of Viet Nam. After two hours of hit and miss questions and answers, we are left with the conclusion that Viet Nam was a mistake and that McNamara was not responsible for it; that honor goes, according to McNamara, to Lyndon Johnson. McNamara was a statistician/accountant who understood the numbers, but he was not a leader who could translate his knowledge into forceful action. Instead, it appears as if he supported Lyndon Johnson long after he realized that Viet Nam was going to be a war we could not win. Additionally, the… Read more
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
675 people have reviewed The House of Sand and Fog for Amazon.com as I write this review and I was foolish enough to read this book before discovering what many of them had to say. I had seen the film and wanted to determine if the director had ruined Andre Dubus's novel. In a word, the answer is No. By and large, the film is faithful to the story. Kathy Nicolo has had her California seacoast bungalow unfairly put at auction by the county and a former Colonel in the Iranian Air Force has purchased the house to resell as soon as possible for a profit. The Colonel and his family will soon be out of money and the purchase and sale of the house are vitally important to keep them from… Read more
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The Gospel of John stays close to the original source material but strays from the original in the tone adopted by the director for some of the words Jesus speaks, particularly when dealing with various scribes and pharisees. Some moments do require righteous anger such as when Jesus drives the money changers from the temple. However, when Jesus speaks with the scribes and the pharisees who challenge him for healng on the Sabbath, we can expect him to take a tone more appropriate for his title as rabbi; that is, to point out the errors in the scribes understanding of what is required in the law and to gently lead them toward the truth knowing that argument is futile and beneath him. In… Read more
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