Paradise Now

Paradise now was a decent movie. It was kind of boring, but it at least gets you thinking and give you some insight. At first the story moved rather slow, actually the story moved slow throughout the whole movie. These two men who provided for their families had been chosen to carry out a mission to blow themselves up to further their cause. They were working against Israel. They said that Israel was coming in and taking their lands, and pushing Judaism.

They lived simpler lives anyway. They knew they were going to die. As I was watching I imagined what it would be like to be them. To know you were going to die. Not only knowing you were going to die, but knowing that you'd be the one deciding when. That to me is a crazy feeling. They were dying for a better cause they thought. The people they worked with said that their families would be taken care of and that two angels would meet them on their way to heaven.

To see this was rather sad. People killing themselves to die as martyrs and to go to heaven for such a thing. They weren't only killing themselves, but they were killing others as well. They were instructed to take out as many soldiers as they possibly could. Towards the end of the movie one of the characters starts questioning their cause and he backs out. He tries to get his friend to do the same. His friend though, despite the cries to not do it goes on. He finds a bus full of soldiers and gets on. It ends with him about to pull the cord to blow himself up. This story was slow, but kind of powerful. It really gives you insight into what life might be like as a suicide bomber.