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Originally posted by: --L--

Soon you will go over my watched number of animes and films.

Originally posted by: --L--

Looking at your speed you soon will.

I watched Akira

Maybe some more too.

Like castle in the sky .

Originally posted by: --L--

I remeber it liking it , I like these ideas.

Remember it being in news coz rumour ws Nolan wanted to remake it.

Congratulations you found ur niche with anime.

Originally posted by: Himalaya10

movie review---Omerta

Review has spoilers



'Omerta' is a strange name for a film on a terrorist , for it is the
code of silence and non co operation with authorities of the Sicilian
criminal fraternity . The film's main protagonist is Ahmed Omar Saeed
Sheikh , and 'Omerta' rhymes with Omar which is part of the main
character's name . Maybe that's why the name was chosen for the film .



Omar was a person of pakistani descent raised in Britain , and was an
educated man . His father wanted him to lead a normal life of a civilian
, and was bitterly opposed to his radicalisation---something that is
brought out in several scenes in the film . Even the neighbourhood
maulana ( religious figure ) who was a radical himself , thought that
Omar was used to too much luxury to lead the tough life of a jehadi
because it is filled with too many privations .



But the scenes shown on television of the war in Bosnia and sufferings
of muslims there made Omar choose the path of jehad in order to counter
the atrocities that were supposedly being committed on muslims
everywhere . Here too he was subject to taunts that he was a softy who
had lived too much of the luxurious life in Britain to go on the path of
jehad , but Omar showed what a hard individual he really was by
savagely beating the person who taunted him .



In fact his education brought him to special attention of the notorious
ISI ( inter services intelligence ) that is the spy agency of pakistan
and masterminds the training of jehadis . Omar was picked to be future
leader of jehad because according to one of the pakistani masterminds of
terrorism it is the educated jehadi who instils real fear in his
opponents minds rather than an illiterate one .



In pakistan Omar was introduced to every pakistani jehadi's favourite
obsession which is Kashmir ( what else ) and his focus turned from
Bosnia to Kashmir and the much hyped ( much exaggerated in pakistan at
least ) so called sufferings of the kashmiris at the hands of the Indian
army . And his attention turned to India .



The training in the jehad factory or rather terrorist training camp
shows a scene of a terrorist jumping down from a cliff to his death just
to show his readiness to follow his masters' commands , and as he falls
everyone erupts in the war cry 'Allah-hu-Akbar' . After his training is
complete Omar is sent to Indian capital city Delhi to commit jehad
against India .



Here he uses a hindu name , but at a routine road checking the Delhi
police recognise him for what he is and call him a ' mullah' . But naive
westerners are fooled by his sophistication as he slickly uses his
western upbringing to become friends with westerners---two british and
one czech male and one american female . And kidnaps them and holds them
hostage . But the Indian authorities catch him and put him in jail . He
is hung upside down and beaten up .



But what follows is the most shameful episode for India as a nation .
Actually it is quite clear that Omar is an pakistani ISI agent . Why is
he allowed to live and not put to death by India ? Instead his father is
allowed to meet him and he brings a lawyer who tries to extradite him
as he is a British citizen . Omar even tries to radicalise the Indian
muslim lawyer by asking him if he is happy in India but is rebuffed by
the lawyer who says he is very happy . Then an Indian jet is hijacked
and the pakistan backed terrorists who hijacked it demand that Omar be
released along with others in order to let the hijacked passengers be
let free . The Indian government releases Omar and Omar arrives in
triumph in Pakistan to be paraded on the shoulders of other terrorists
to the cries of 'Allah-hu-Akbar' .



Omar becomes a hero in pakistan and gets married to a pakistani lady .
He openly boasts about being part of the pakistani establishment now and
his house is guarded by security personnel . Another good point---the
film does not shy away from admitting that a large part of the nation
of pakistan supports terrorism and does take the usual bollywood
hypocritical line that pakistan also equally suffers from terrorism as
India . Women of good families are ready to marry terrorists like Omar
and one scene has a character saying the Omar will become a hero for
millions of muslims .



9/11 occurs ; the twin towers of the world trade centre of New York are
shown falling , and Omar's name is linked to the plot . Pakistani
authorities assure Omar that he will be put on trial in Pakistan only ,
but his wife is afraid for him .



The kidnapping and killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl is
probably the highlight of the film and will interest westerners . Daniel
is out in search of story on 9/11 , but asks too many questions and
that too recklessly . The ISI wants him silenced before he publishes his
story . And the man they turn to do it is Omar . Omar entices Daniel
with the hope of getting him to meet some man named Geelani , but holds
him hostage . Omar taunts Daniel for being a jew and his people killing
muslims in Palestine and torturing pakistanis in Guantanamo bay prison .
When Daniel tries to escape he is killed brutally with a knife by Omar
himself . The killing is not shown as it is too brutal but the sound
effects of the knife attacking the victim repeatedly give it's
brutality away as does the blood spattered face of Omar at the end of
the scene . Omar is currently in jail for this . But he is unrelenting ;
smiles and waves to his followers whenever he is in front of cameras .



Rajkumar Rao has acted the role of Omar quite well . The movie does not
show his upbringing at all . It moves at a quick pace with no songs and
minimum fuss . Photography and background music is all good though the
colours are little bleak due to the dark subject of the film . The film
does not glorify Omar and hence is realistic .



Verdict---Good .



Four stars out of five .

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Originally posted by: clairvoyance

omerta is so nice movie