Paradise Now

We watched this movie last night - it was eye-opening. I can't comprehend what it must feel like to believe in something so strongly that you are willing to kill yourself and innocent bystanders.

"Paradise Now" follows the last few days of two suicide bombers. Dutch-based Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad has designed the story so that a number of different viewpoints on this tragic Middle Eastern form of terrorism get aired. While nothing truly new or shocking emerges, the film does bring clarity and compassion to its depiction of an act that baffles, angers and sickens people the world over. More here.