Nihil This is the second time I have watched the film Timbuktu. I did not enjoy this film the first time watching it. I also did not like the film the second time I watched it. I thought the film was kinda boring to be honest, it was also a very slow film. The only thing that I did not understand was at the end of the film the wife gets on a motorcycle and the guy hands her a gun. She goes to see her husband but when she gets off the motorcycle and the husband and wife run at each other they are both shot to death. Why are they both shot to death? I didn't see her pull the gun out and try to shoot anyone. One quality of this film that lets you know that it is not American is the fact that it is such a slow movie. Religion seems to be very important in the culture of these people because everything they do has to be acceptable under Shariah law other wise they are sent to prison. I feel violence is used in a lot in this culture but not until they have proved that is completely necessary. They said that if you are found to have committed adultery that you would be stoned to death. So as harsh as this sounds, just don't commit adultery and you will not die. It is as easy as that. Its wrong that they are putting all these rules upon their people but if they just follow them then everything will be alright.

Pablo For starters, I'm not too big a fan of slow, rather speechless films like this one. At the same time though, it still had me captivated like the other ones and for the same reason as well. It's very interesting to me seeing what life is like in countries I never really hear or care about. Also seeing the way Islamic militant groups are outside of the battlefield was a cool thing to experience. The movie also showed how everyday people live under their governmental control. I found a lot of the rules they imposed and the punishments for breaking those rules to be quite extreme. A woman was given 80 lashes for singing in her home. Something I found strange about this system was that there was a set amount of lashes for sinning, but then you were given more lashes if you confessed to doing that sin. I also just don't see what's bad about singing in your own home, or just having a good time playing soccer. That's another thing. Soccer was seen as a sin for some reason and then the kids started playing without a ball and it seemed like it didn't matter, so is soccer the sin, or is playing with balls a sin?

thmurphy-37414 Timbuktu was a very good movie. I liked many parts of it and there were only a few that I wish were a little bit more attentive to detail. As the ending had many different holes that I wanted to just know what happened next. There will be many spoilers in this review by the way. Obviously you will realize all of the anger that is building up in the main character and why it is. Everyone believes they can just come to Timbuktu and feel that they own the place. As he eventually kills a nearby fisherman after one of his most favorable cows walks into the fisherman's nets and is shot dead. The cow (GPS) was also pregnant, and was worth a lot to the family. He accidentally kills the fisherman, and then is put on trial by the Jihad believes that have taken over Timbuktu. Timbuktu is such a peaceful place, yet it is ruined by the militia groups that just come in trying to enforce the way they believe life should be lived. One of the greatest moments of the film was when all of the kids were playing soccer with no ball, as soccer had been banned by the leaders of the Ansar Dine. Now, back to the ending, it did not really make much sense to me. As the husband is killed when the wife shows up with a mysterious biker, as soon as that occurs the daughter is filmed running towards some random direction, and the son is also running. Then the film closes out. Although the ending was not completely clear, I thought it was a very good movie. I would recommend it.

graupepillard TIMBUKTU 11/29/15 I saw TIMBUKTU directed by ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO - the film was both poetic in its depiction of a sense of place and the relationship of an isolated cattle herder living peacefully and contentedly with his family in a tent under the stars in a sea of sand, herding cows, gently and playfully interacting with his wife and adored 12 year old daughter (who often reaches to the sky to attempt getting a signal for her cell phone - technology has permeated all our lives,) and devastating in its description of what people have to endure living under (AQIM) Al Queda in the Islamic Maghreb in 2012 Mali, particularly when they find themselves in direct conflict with this government.TIMBUKTU shows the brutal rule of Jihadists (as they called themselves) - the hypocrisy, the legal capriciousness in the administration of "justice" and the total disregard for fellow Muslims under their authority - who are equally devout, but in contrast to those now in power, humane in the interpretation of their beliefs. Arbitrary orders concerning dress, (gloves and socks must be worn by all women), the banning of music and sports such as Soccer - edicts loudly proclaimed for all to hear from a megaphone proscribing and narrowing those very actions that allow for the breadth of life's beauty and individuality.