charlie wilson's war

[auberus]

...is really freakin' awesome.  Seriously, if you're at all politically-minded, go and see it.  The screenplay comes courtesy of Aaron Sorkin of West Wing fame, and it's brilliant, as are Tom Hanks, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Julia Roberts.  There are two scenes in particular that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck; one was a beautifully choreographed series of scenes set to Farewell to Slavankia; the other comes near the end, and touches so subtly on 9/11 that the subtlety itself is genius.

So go and see it.  Trust me on this.