Movie addict

Can a Kuwaiti reader help me understand what's with Ali Bebhehani? Is the Arab Times so desperate for Letters to the Editor that it prints everything Ali has to say about movies he’s watched? It's not even a review of movies... it's just ramblings about movies he's watched in the past. Given that the editor, Ahmed Jarallah seems to not be too afraid to print his or other musings on controversial topics, can’t he do better and print some of the other letters/emails he receives? Who’s paying who the favor here?

Talking movies, we’ve bought a stack of DVDs recently from Carrefour in Dubai and an ex-pat reducing their collection. I’m not usually one to see a film more than once, but buying is a lot more attractive these days with original DVDs (not the dubious copies easily available locally for KD2) more reasonable than going to a Kuwaiti cinema, with the added bonus that the film hasn’t been cut to pieces by the censor. For those unfamiliar with censorship in Kuwait, kissing & hugging or any outward indication of love is out, let alone sex scenes; whereas the more violence the better! Then there are some films like Fahrenheit 9/11 (offensive to Saudi royal family & our friends the American regime) or Passion of Christ that don’t have any sexual connotations but are banned altogether.

If you ever wanted to see what the rest of the world thinks of movies I just came across this article in the NZ Herald which provides links to all the websites out there that provide movie reviews.