When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The story is adding drama and killings that were a bit much. Otherwise, good acting and realistic scenes.

First things first. This is a thriller/action movie, regardless of the negative reviews from predominantly right-wing US reviewers.What I find particularly hilarious is that the same people will eat up the garbage of 13 hours and American Sniper as 'factual' because it suits their own political agenda, but decry anything that even remotely goes against that with the usual whining of 'Anti- American'. Here's a thought. Don't invade a sovereign nation illegally under false motives and people won't despise your nation for doing so.The movie itself is a well acted, scripted affair. I didn't actually notice the 'hand camera shakiness' until I started reading negative reviews on here. Apparently, I, like many other adults, are capable of following the movements of other human beings on the screen without them being tied to a rail. Who'da thunk it?Gritty, confusing and twisted sums up the storyline and Damon delivers once again. Greg Kinnear delivers his usual double-dealing politician role with gusto and Brendan Gleeson nails the image of the cynical, world-weary spook.Special mention must be made of Khalid Abdalla or 'Freddy'. He brings a poignant humanity to the movie with his ex-military Iraqi character, interested only in the welfare of his nation as a whole.Naturally, many will decry this as 'left wing propaganda', but we've been over that already. Make your own mind up. Do a bit of research about the joke that was the US intelligence effort prior to 2003. Watch the movie. Realise the debacle that Bush's war was and then tell me who's at fault.

This movie is based on the non-fiction book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" that documented life in the Green Zone in Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq invasion. I never read the book so I don't know how much truth is behind the film but I am impressed at how critical it is of the American society. The plot revolving around a non-existent WMD (weapon of mass destruction) is suspenseful. I really like the raw and truthfulness of the film.Two quotes stuck with me from this film: 1) Freddy to Miller: "It is not for you to decide what happens here." I think that's like a reality check. (Speaking in the context of the film) The Americans were too caught up with power and the idea they were doing a good thing because democracy is good to really care of the sufferers, the locals.2) General Al Rawi to Miller: "Your government wanted to hear the lie, Mr. Miller...". For some reason this really stuck me as the truth of our actual society and the whole point of the movie.

"Green Zone" is a 2010 film starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass based on the book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.Matt Damon plays Roy Miller, a Chief Warrant Officer who in 2003 is sent to Iran to find weapons of mass destruction.He can't find any.The search for WMD was in part instigated by the Pentagon's man in Baghdad, Poundstone (Greg Kinnear). When no weapons are found, Miller wonders why the intel is so bad. A Wall Street Journal reporter, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) tells Miller that Poundstone had secret talks in Jordan with someone with the code name Magellan, who claims there are weapons. Miller endeavors to get at the truth.Very interesting story with lots of action, and a good premise. I confess I haven't read the book so I have no idea how much is based on fact.The acting was very good. The director used a hand-held camera for some of the action scenes. I'm like another person who reviewed on this site. It doesn't really bother me.This film didn't do well at the box office; in fact, it didn't even break even. I know sometimes seeing a film in the theater is a different experience, but seeing it as a rental, it was good.