Makes a person feel good about power

Rating: 6/10 (19 January 2005)

Basically, the way I felt about this movie is that while it was beautiful to watch, and thrilling in its tribute to human skill and ability, in the end it amounted to a justification for statehood and dominion.
In other words, it's stylistically captivating, but one should remain clued to the ideological message being conveyed. To accept this film part and parcel one must disregard logic and justice and a few other things relating to a healthy disdain for those in power. By harnessing the ethos of pacifism, the spirit of enlightenment, and the aura of human excellence to advance the idea of dominion, cloaked in a message of peace, it makes a bad idea seem good. Namely, that peace and unity can or should be obtained by the use of force by one people over another.
Some people may condemn this movie as "Communist" propaganda, but I think it is much more in line with the ideology of the West than anything to do with socialism, or China for that matter ;)