Battle in Seattle (2007) - ★★★☆☆

I assumed from this docudrama's title that it wouldn't be a docudrama at all, but rather a heist movie about stealing Seattle's famed needle. But docudrama it was, and I could not have been more pleased! As much as this fusion of entertainment and education might appall my 10th grade history teacher, I actually quite enjoyed it.

Very sad to see Woody like this!

In this, the third movie where Woody has acted as a cop in my journey thus far, he's tasked with keeping protests against the 1999 WTO conference in check. These protests, which were meant to be peaceful, quickly spiral out of control once police officers begin inciting violence (very timely indeed!). Woody's character's wife is pregnant with a baby, and ends up getting absolutely smacked by a night stick and the baby dies. It's not until Woody has to contend with this personal loss that he starts to think that maybe, cops are... bad? It's nice that he comes to this realization, but one would hope some empathy could have been employed to figure that one out a little sooner. I'm pretty sure his character then quits the police force, which is great! It's what any self respecting person who is a police officer should do, no matter the circumstances.

I don't think any cops are reading my blog about watching every single Woody Harrelson movie, and I'd like to keep it that way. So, if you're a cop, please quit your job immediately! Thank you :)

That said, I'll leave you with a few closing thoughts as you journey over to Woody's Hats to view the updated rankings:

Globalization = bad

WTO = bad

Cops = extremely bad!!!

Here's an image from the actual 1999 protests. Defund the police :)

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No Country For Old Men (2007) - ★★★★☆

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