Day 8: Charlie Wilson's War

A farcical take on the planning and execution of the U.S. covert proxy war against the Soviet Union via Afghanistan. I liked the movie a lot, and I say farcical only because in order to show a whole war in two hours, all the actors have very pithy, smart lines they deliver with laser-guided accuracy. (Pithy was the word my roommate used, credit where credit is due.) Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great as a CIA agent. I'm not sure if his uber-phony mustache is supposed to be fake in the movie because he's a spy, or if it's just silly costuming. Either way it gives him a comical appearance that matches his quick black-ops punchlines. No mention is made of UBL in the movie but the message is pretty clear, PSH keeps repeating this mantra. When you wonder whether what's happened is good or bad, the zen master always says, "We'll see."