"One-Sided, Pornographic History Lesson"
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What You Need To Know:
WALTZ WITH BASHIR is as much an antiwar movie as it is a commentary on a war crime. The revelations about the massacre actually don’t occur until the movie’s second half. The animation is visually stunning, but the narrative is choppy. The movie’s history is a bit one-sided and politically correct. Also, the movie contains some foul language, very strong violence, explicit nudity and a very graphic sex scene from a porn video that’s animated. To include such a pornographic scene in any kind of movie is abhorrent. By doing it, the filmmakers just shot themselves in the foot.
Content:
(HH, RHRH, PCPC, ABAB, L, VVV, SSS, NNN, AA, D, MM) Strong humanist anti-war worldview with some one-sided, politically correct revisionist history (which could lead to more anti-Semitism and anti-Christian hatred among Arabs and Muslims) that recounts a war crime by Christian soldiers in Lebanon against Arab civilians and that indicts the Israeli army as well, without giving a full explanation for the 1982 Israeli occupation of Lebanon; seven obscenities (including some “f” words); very strong violence with some graphic blood includes gruesome newsreel footage of dead adult civilians and one child, plus some battle scenes with explosions, including soldiers kill boy holding rocket propelled grenade launcher after boy fires launcher and kills some troops, plus scary scene of snarling dogs running through streets; graphic pornographic animated scene with penetration during intercourse and sodomy, plus man floats in ocean while on top of a very large fully naked woman in a bizarre dream sequence; full female and full male nudity in several scenes, plus upper female nudity in several scenes; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking; and, pacifist subtext with an anti-military message.
More Detail:
WALTZ WITH BASHIR is an animated re-creation of nine interviews with former Israeli soldiers and a journalist who participated in the war in Lebanon during 1982. The movie’s main focus is not just the war, but also the soldiers’ recollection of how their army stood by while Lebanese militia soldiers from the Christian Phalangist faction entered two “Palestinian” refugee camps and massacred 330 to 800 civilians or more. The movie’s director, Ari Folman, is one of the Israeli soldiers. Actors appear in interviews with two of Folman’s friends in the movie.
The narrative opens with two former Israeli soldiers trying to recall the 1982 occupation of Lebanon by Israeli forces and a few of the battles that took place. The massacre at the two Arab camps occurs after a Syrian bombing plot to assassinate the newly elected Christian President Bashir Gemayel succeeds on Sept. 14, 1982. The movie blames the Israeli army leadership for enabling the subsequent massacre, which occurred from Sept. 16 until the morning of the 18th.
WALTZ WITH BASHIR is as much an antiwar movie as it is a commentary on a war crime. The revelations about the massacre actually don’t occur until the movie’s second half. The animation is visually stunning, but the film’s narrative is choppy.
Conveniently, the filmmakers neglect to mention the years of violent attacks and massacres against Christians by Yassir Arafat’s terrorist group, the PLO, which migrated to Lebanon after King Hussein of Jordan kicked them out in 1970-71. Thousands of Lebanese Christians have fled that country because of the PLO and because of vicious attacks by Muslims and Syria, which started occupying Lebanon in 1976 and began siding with the PLO in 1978. One wonders when someone will make a movie about these massacres and events.
Besides being very one-sided, WALTZ WITH BASHIR contains some strong foul language and a lengthy scene of animated hardcore pornography when an Israeli commander watches a porn video. The movie also contains other shots of graphic nudity, including full male and female nudity, during a couple dream sequences. The movie’s graphic violence, nudity and especially the hardcore porn scene add up to an abhorrent experience.
This movie should be rated NC-17 or X, not R. Its one-sided treatment of Israel and of Lebanese Christians could result in more terrorist violence against Jews, Christians and Israelis. Of course, history shows that radical Muslim jihadists often murder as many Arabs and Muslims as they do Christians and Jews. Too many Arabs and Muslims have stood by and let all of this great evil happen. And, the whole world continues to stand by while Christian communities like those in Lebanon continue to be slaughtered in various parts of the world.
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
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