I have to disagree with you on this one. I respect your points, there's some truth there I think, for sure. Is it cliched and a bit contrived? Yes. I felt like it was genuine, though, and I think the reason they went for more of a cinematic rather than documentary style feel was because they wanted people in other parts of the world to relate. Should it be necessary to reinfore the idea that people in Africa are human beings just like us? Absolutely not. But unfortunately, at least here in America, some people tend to lump the world into "them" or "us". I think anything that inspires compassion is worthy of being applauded, and I'm proud of the guys for this as I'm sure you are too. With all the crap on TV these days, at least the guys tried to do something that mattered.
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on 2007-09-13 03:04 pm (UTC)I felt like it was genuine, though, and I think the reason they went for more of a cinematic rather than documentary style feel was because they wanted people in other parts of the world to relate. Should it be necessary to reinfore the idea that people in Africa are human beings just like us? Absolutely not. But unfortunately, at least here in America, some people tend to lump the world into "them" or "us".
I think anything that inspires compassion is worthy of being applauded, and I'm proud of the guys for this as I'm sure you are too. With all the crap on TV these days, at least the guys tried to do something that mattered.