13 Hours of Unintended Consequences
Originally published in January 2016. Movie seen at Teaneck Cinemas in Hackensack, NJ. 13 HOURS OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES After visiting an old friend buried in Hackensack, NJ, I decided to take in a matinee at Teaneck Cinemas: 13 Hours . It's very clear that Michael Bay will have a handful of unintended consequences once this film lodges itself into Hollywood history. The Left will complain that it perpetuates conspiracy theories and promotes propaganda, while the Right will criticize that it does not go far enough. Michael Bay has already stated that the movie is apolitical. Unfortunately for Mr. Bay, all art is political, whether the artist intends it to be or not. Oscar Wilde noted in his preface to the Picture of Dorian Gray that all art is "useless" if the artist intends on using art for an agenda. Art's purpose for Wilde is for art's sake. Mythology, which most people don't really understand, is another art form that will shed light on 13 ...