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A Syrian Love Story (2015)
Worth the watch
Its been a few days since i watched this and its still playing on my mind. I understand that they come from a war zone but does a small child need to know their mother is being beaten daily? there is a callous disregard for sheltering their children from the horrors of the world and i find this the most unsettling thing of all. The Husbands failure to understand his wife was suffering with some sort of PTSD and required help rather than his constant accusal of her not loving him any more. I think i was traumatized just watching this.
There is so much that happens, you cannot fathom their decision making process. Especially as parents. So much so that by the end of it, i did not actually feel sorry for them. It was exhausting to watch their inability to simply do the right thing, their lives overshadowed by their past.
Off the Map (2011)
HAD potential- Why was it cancelled!?
After coming down with a pretty bad case of the flu, I logged into my Amazon Prime to find something to watch and this is what i found.
Off the Map comes from the creators of Grey's Anatomy and so from the beginning the expectations are set against the show. whilst it does have an air of cheapness to it (not so great SFX although could be because its a few years old) the acting is pretty good on the whole.
I particularly liked that they deal with "field" treatment in tropical climates. How to save lives without modern technology, using native medicines in conjunction with modern medicines.
i am currently on episode 11 and really disappointed that i won't be seeing much more. It was moving in the right direction and i was hoping to see more of the two worlds meeting each other. BAD MOVE ABC! PLEASE BRING IT BACK!