Film Review of Syrianna

I faced with Syriana was that while I was spellbound throughout the duration of the movie , the various intermingled storylines confused me and I felt this happen more so because the characters in the movie itself are confused by the events around them and do not know exactly what kind of situations they 're involved in . The confusion of characters might have been written in the script , but in this particular case , it got passed on to the audience as well , which was in most probability , not the intention of the director . Another

br issue with the multifaceted stories were that some characters and plotlines were more developed and interesting , such as those of Matt Damon and George Clooney , while others , such as Jeffery Wright 's could not impress , even with Wright 's brilliant potential , simply because he just got about twenty minutes of screentime . Hence , while parts of the movie were good , they did not add up to a rewarding whole

Syriana is similar to Traffic in its aesthetic appeal : it has not been shot in a studio , rather to ensure the believability of the movie production took place all around the globe to capture the true essence of the stunning landscapes and inimitable societies it would be depicting . The entire movie has been shot using a pair of hand-held cameras , which give the film its unique quasi-documentary feel and helps in providing context for some of the issues discussed in the movie

The movie is worth the two hours spent watching it , however , one ends up feeling that it was too ambitious a project where the execution could not deliver all that it was expected to . Nevertheless , Gaghan 's effort is commendable and the narrative of the oil industry is definitely eye-opening . His approach of not explaining everything and...