BLASPHEMY. I don't how could you not possibly enjoy the brilliance of Nightcrawler, Or the creative genius of Birdman, Or the brilliant Whiplash. Most if not all of this year's academy awards nominees were just brilliant.
I haven't seen The Theory of Everything, Selma, The Imitation Game or American Sniper yet. But I have been wanting to watch both The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game for quite a while now.
LOL i thaught you said Intimdation Game.
The fact that war is awful, not "heroic" and that there are always innocents & children caught in the crossfire
You don't think the scene where a man got executed by firing squad after watching his kid get drilled in the head as a result of participating in a plan that he was forced into by American soldiers kicking down his door and shoving a gun in his and his wife's face addressed that point at all?
I don't think the movie was good, but I think it's laughable that people consider any American military movie that portrays the American soldiers or their cause in a positive light to be propaganda.
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You don't think the scene where a man got executed by firing squad after watching his kid get drilled in the head as a result of participating in a plan that he was forced into by American soldiers kicking down his door and shoving a gun in his and his wife's face addressed that point at all?
Not enough evil villains with powder wigs who burn down churches.
The fact that war is awful, not "heroic" and that there are always innocents & children caught in the crossfire
Should have been called American Propaganda.
Your thoughts?
I don't understand a word you just said. Try speaking Murican!
I don't understand a word you just said. Try speaking Murican!
A fan of the Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series perhaps?
A fan of the Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series perhaps?
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe >_>
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe >_>
I can tell you haven't seen the movie.The fact that war is awful, not "heroic" and that there are always innocents & children caught in the crossfire
I almost read the book this was based on, but then I read a lot of stuff about the book and the person behind it and decided to read another book written by a different sniper.
No real interest in watching the movie.
BLASPHEMY. I don't know how could you not possibly enjoy the brilliance of Nightcrawler, Or the creative genius of Birdman, Or the brilliant Whiplash. Most if not all of this year's academy awards nominees were just brilliant.
I haven't seen The Theory of Everything, Selma, The Imitation Game or American Sniper yet. But I have been wanting to watch both The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game for quite a while now.
Oh I have this movie to watch and it's much better than those you mentioned:
And in my watch list are movies acted by Mark Wahlberg and Nicolas Cage.
Remember I'm a Buzz Kill!
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Oh I have this movie to watch and it's much better than those you mentioned:
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And in my watch list are movies acted by Mark Wahlberg and Nicolas Cage.
Remember I'm a Buzz Kill!
You're an action movie buff. Nothing wrong with that, I'm just saying that because you don't like a certain genre or type of movies doesn't make them bad. It's just subjective. And nothing wrong with movies led by Walhberg or Cage either, I judge a movie by its content, Not by the reputation or the creative tendencies of its actors/directors. Just don't mention the Fast & Furious franchise and we're fine. 
I don't understand a word you just said. Try speaking Murican!
but he is Canadian.
I can tell you haven't seen the movie.
I admit it. I haven't seen it. I also doubt I ever will. Despite the fact that I love Eastwood's directing and acting. (despite some of the heavy-handed "morals" of a couple of his more recent films)
This movie absolutely IS propaganda, in that it not only attempts to sway the viewer to pity soldiers, and 'Murican policy makers but also assumes that the audience is going to go along with the Hyper- patriotism & Xenophobia which is often an underlying theme in American war films.
Also, with the political climate in the US and the world, can we PLEASE stop eating up every morsel the media serves us? Can we try to think critically and honestly about what our role in the world community should be? Perhaps make up our OWN minds once in a while about important issues rather than jumping on band-wagons or voting for who we think "the Pope would vote for"?
I admit it. I haven't seen it. I also doubt I ever will. Despite the fact that I love Eastwood's directing and acting. (despite some of the heavy-handed "morals" of a couple of his more recent films)
This movie absolutely IS propaganda, in that it not only attempts to sway the viewer to pity soldiers, and 'Murican policy makers but also assumes that the audience is going to go along with the Hyper- patriotism & Xenophobia which is often an underlying theme in American war films.
Also, with the political climate in the US and the world, can we PLEASE stop eating up every morsel the media serves us? Can we try to think critically and honestly about what our role in the world community should be? Perhaps make up our OWN minds once in a while about important issues rather than jumping on band-wagons or voting for who we think "the Pope would vote for"?
Agreed that critical thinking is needed, and one should gather news from varied sources. But since I do these things myself, it is doubtful that this film is propaganda, as reviews remain conflicted on this point. And I personally question the sources calling it such.
I both watch
movies and conservative/patriotic movies.
There is also a difference between getting varied outlooks on news, and outright fabrication, lies, and distortions. Pass.
Moore or Eastwood?
By far the least funny movie in the American Pie series.
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No it's not, it's a anti war film. Throughout the entire movie you see a man who originally was a very patriotic soldier get ground down into an empty shell of his former self. If there is one complaint I have with the movie it's that it doesn't go far enough. People need to be shocked, they need to be slapped upside their heads and understand war is a waste of life.I admit it. I haven't seen it. I also doubt I ever will. Despite the fact that I love Eastwood's directing and acting. (despite some of the heavy-handed "morals" of a couple of his more recent films)
This movie absolutely IS propaganda, in that it not only attempts to sway the viewer to pity soldiers, and 'Murican policy makers but also assumes that the audience is going to go along with the Hyper- patriotism & Xenophobia which is often an underlying theme in American war films.
Also, with the political climate in the US and the world, can we PLEASE stop eating up every morsel the media serves us? Can we try to think critically and honestly about what our role in the world community should be? Perhaps make up our OWN minds once in a while about important issues rather than jumping on band-wagons or voting for who we think "the Pope would vote for"?
Moore or Eastwood?
No it's not, it's a anti war film. Throughout the entire movie you see a man who originally was a very patriotic soldier get ground down into an empty shell of his former self. If there is one complaint I have with the movie it's that it doesn't go far enough. People need to be shocked, they need to be slapped upside their heads and understand war is a waste of life.
Something like this ? Haven't seen the movie. But haven,t like.. every country done this ? Make your country seem to be the best place in the world and make other country seem to be the worst place in the world ?
Dehumanize your enemy so your soldier can become cold killing machine ? The Japanese soldier that killed the Chinese . The American that massacred the native and the Nazi that slaughtered the Jew. Ain't the same thing when you think about it ? It's always done for the greater good and the greater good is always your side.
Ah But I think we can't talk about politic on these board.
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