STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, THE LATEST FILM BY RENOWNED DOCUMENTARIAN ERROL MORRIS, ATTEMPTS TO UNCOVER THE STORY BEHIND THE SCANDAL OF ABUSE AND TORTURE BY
IN THE INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED WITH MANY OF THOSE WHO FEATURED IN THE PHOTOS DEPICTING THE ABUSES, MORRIS GETS THEM TO REVEAL THE HORRIBLE REALITIES OF WHAT WENT ON IN ABU GHRAIB. THOSE INTERVIEWED, HOWEVER, ARE LARGELY SHOWN TO BE YOUNG AND NAÏVE, RATHER THAN CRUEL AND MALICIOUS.
THE MOVIE INSTEAD POINTS THE FINGER FOR THE SCANDAL AT THOSE IN COMMAND OF THESE SOLDIERS, FOR ALLOWING THEIR IMMORAL ACTIONS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD WITHIN THE PRISON.
ONE CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL THAT THOSE WHO APPEAR IN THIS MOVIE GET OFF TOO LIGHLTY, FAILING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS.
THAT SAID, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE DOES A VERY CREDIBLE JOB OF EXPOSING THE ILLS WITHIN THE
HOWEVER, IT IS TARNISHED BY ITS OVERLY THEATRICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS AND SCORE, WHICH MAKES THE DRAMA SEEM RATHER FORCED UPON YOU AT TIMES.
DESPITE THESE DRAWBACKS THE FILM IS ONE I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND SEEING. I GIVE IT A B MINUS.
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Good job on the podcast. On the script, I'd just suggest shortening a few sentences for variety.
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