Great movie

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2010)

Battle of Algiers was a great movie that portrayed the struggles of the Algerians for their freedom. The way the movie was filmed made it so that I couldn't tell who the bad guy and the victim was. The movie equally showed the destructions that each side caused without much bias on each side.The scenes where each side were bombed by the opposition, they were both filmed in a way that you would sympathize who ever was on the receiving side. This made it even harder to pick a side, which let me really question the justice of the uses violence in those circumstances on either side. Even so, I sympathized with the Algerians because, I am an Korean-American, and because Korea went through similar oppression by the Japanese. Another great aspect about this movie was how realistic the shots of the attacks were. For example the scene where the racing track was blown up it was so realistic that it made people think that the movie was a documentary. A scene that caught my eyes the most was the scene where Ali is tripped by a Caucasian man and they exchange a very intriguing stare. Even though Ali was on the floor, his did not waiver as he stare into the Caucasian man's eyes. I thought that this scene was a great metaphor of the relations between the Algerian and the Americans as a whole. Because even though the Algerians (Ali) is oppressed by the Americans (Caucasian man), the Algerians don't lose their pride and fight on to regain their freedom.