Green Zone (The Film)

I enjoyed reading the book and watching the movie. I found the movie more interesting because it focused on only one main problem in Iraq and what a soldier had to go through to discover the truth. The thing that was interesting was that the movie was much different than the book. The only thing that the book and the movie had in common was when the book had a small chapter in which it talked about the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), which was the main focus of the movie. The film started with an extreme long shot, to show a big explosion in Baghdad. Then the movie skips to 4 weeks later when Chief Miller, played by Matt Damon and other soldiers of his team are looking for the WMD. They encounter a sniper, and I noticed that the music that was being played in the background was tense because it was a matter of life and death. Something that took my attention was the close-up when Miller was talking to Martin Brown, a CIA agent. They were talking about confidential information, so the close-up made the conversation seem very important. The scene dissolved into darkness and then the camera showed Miller and his team in their Humvees going to help General Al Rawi. He was one of Saddam’s Generals. When Miller is going to meet General Al Rawi there is a dolly shot. It follows Miller as he walks in the darkness following one of Al Rawi’s people. When General Al Rawi gives his men the order to kill Miller, there is a low-angle shot to show the power of Al Rawi, and there also is a high-angle shot to show that Miller is powerless. After Miller escapes he is following Al Rawi. This is a birds-eye shot because the action is recorded from the helicopters that are there to help Miller. I would recommend this movie to anybody that is into action movies because there is a ton of action. This was a very interesting movie, because there was a lot of scenes in which I wasn’t sure what was going to happen next.