I'll ignore the provocative quote from the presumptious imbecile calling himself "God" along with whatever-the-hell the previous poster had to say.
I think The Kingdom, for an action film in particular, did a great job of conveying the repressive and alien features of the Saudi world, and also in avoiding the frequent Hollywood need to generalize portrayals of terrorists and fanatics, avoiding giving them specifc cultural attributes, etc. Even many Gulf Arabs see the Saudis and their political order as particularly disturbed, so I've found it amusing when so many American academics, businessmen, and filmakers gloss over the obvious...
Gregory C.
I'll ignore the provocative
I'll ignore the provocative quote from the presumptious imbecile calling himself "God" along with whatever-the-hell the previous poster had to say.
I think The Kingdom, for an action film in particular, did a great job of conveying the repressive and alien features of the Saudi world, and also in avoiding the frequent Hollywood need to generalize portrayals of terrorists and fanatics, avoiding giving them specifc cultural attributes, etc. Even many Gulf Arabs see the Saudis and their political order as particularly disturbed, so I've found it amusing when so many American academics, businessmen, and filmakers gloss over the obvious...