Blackrook
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Two Israeli movies have recently appeared on Netflix. I watched both.
The first movie was "Zero Motivation." It portrayed female soliders on a remote desert post, working in the Administration Department. The entire movie was physical humor on the same level as the Three Stooges or Charlie Chaplin. It portrayed an Administration Department that was a total disaster doing its job.
However, one female character, was careful to inform us that the combat departments of the IDF were the best. And the men who worked in combat were not portrayed as buffoons like the women (though one of them was portayed as a potential rapist).
The movie was very funny, and I thought, even though it showed IDF women soldiers as buffoons, it was still a good propaganda movie because it made us like the characters..
The other movie was Under the Helmet, which was more straightforward propaganda. This movie followed six young men in training, which takes eight months in the IDF.
The training is not just physical, it is mental as well. The IDF wants these young men to care about Israel, so they teach them Israeli values and history. And that's not unusual, every army does that.
The movie stopped after training was over. They did not let us see actual combat involving these young men. So they were smiling with big grins at graduation, because they had no idea what was going to happen next: killing people to defend Israel.
I liked both movies, but I'm pro-Israel already, so I don't need convincing.
I invite you all to see these movies and tell me what you think.
Please don't bother with the normal stupid comments if you're not willing to watch the movies.
The first movie was "Zero Motivation." It portrayed female soliders on a remote desert post, working in the Administration Department. The entire movie was physical humor on the same level as the Three Stooges or Charlie Chaplin. It portrayed an Administration Department that was a total disaster doing its job.
However, one female character, was careful to inform us that the combat departments of the IDF were the best. And the men who worked in combat were not portrayed as buffoons like the women (though one of them was portayed as a potential rapist).
The movie was very funny, and I thought, even though it showed IDF women soldiers as buffoons, it was still a good propaganda movie because it made us like the characters..
The other movie was Under the Helmet, which was more straightforward propaganda. This movie followed six young men in training, which takes eight months in the IDF.
The training is not just physical, it is mental as well. The IDF wants these young men to care about Israel, so they teach them Israeli values and history. And that's not unusual, every army does that.
The movie stopped after training was over. They did not let us see actual combat involving these young men. So they were smiling with big grins at graduation, because they had no idea what was going to happen next: killing people to defend Israel.
I liked both movies, but I'm pro-Israel already, so I don't need convincing.
I invite you all to see these movies and tell me what you think.
Please don't bother with the normal stupid comments if you're not willing to watch the movies.
(I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to be available though. 
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