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American Sniper breaks box office records
americanthinker.com ^ | 1/18/2015 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 01/18/2015 9:38:35 AM PST by rktman

The Hollywood Reporter calls it a “shocker” that a patriotic movie by one of the best directors working today, about an American hero who kills jihadists, is really, really popular. To me, that sounds like a formula for success, but Hollywood still thinks tender stories about gay males coming of age are what the public demands, along with cartoonish special effects-laden, nine-figure-budget mind candy.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: americansniper; americanthinker; boxoffice; bradleycooper; clinteastwood; hollywood; milspec; patriots; thomaslifson; top10; warnerbros
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To: BenLurkin

LOL! Wait until the “Producers stunned that ‘selma’ is dismal failure at the box office!” headline to come out. Just more proof that the country is racist. Or something.


21 posted on 01/18/2015 10:09:17 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

Big trouble, buster!


22 posted on 01/18/2015 10:09:26 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: Doctor 2Brains

Yup - ditto. Clint Eastwood is no dummy, and I plan on seeing this movie of his. But I agree with you —— the majority of voting Americans these days have no right to complain about the state of our country. MOST OF THEM CONTRIBUTED TO THE DOWNFALL, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.


23 posted on 01/18/2015 10:11:18 AM PST by fivecatsandadog (OBAMA - IMPEACH HIM NOW. Worry about it later.)
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To: rabidralph

Crap. I think I hear the local MRAP pulling up out front now.


24 posted on 01/18/2015 10:11:34 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: Doctor 2Brains

25 posted on 01/18/2015 10:24:08 AM PST by EEGator
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To: CGASMIA68

“Selma’s negative response is probably due to many folks in general probably sick and tired and fed up with black rhetoric”

No one wants to go see a movie that’s been done a dozen times already, with bad acting, whose sole purpose is to gin up racist hate supporting Hillary 2016.


26 posted on 01/18/2015 10:25:08 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: rktman

Do you really believe that The Elites listen to the views and wishes of The Proles? The Elites know far better than us what films we want to see and what politicians we want to vote for to run our country. The Elites just know better!


27 posted on 01/18/2015 10:34:04 AM PST by I am Richard Brandon
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To: whinecountry

In private, liberals are as bigoted as any conservative caricature dreamed up by the NYT editorial board and MoveOn dot org. They constantly ridicule blacks and homosexuals, as long as they think they won’t be overheard by the “wrong” people.


28 posted on 01/18/2015 10:36:03 AM PST by clintonh8r (Death to islam.)
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To: rktman

LOL!


29 posted on 01/18/2015 10:41:34 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: whinecountry

LOL! That’s funny. I bet there’s a lot of that going on.


30 posted on 01/18/2015 10:42:13 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: fivecatsandadog

It’s funny that they don’t recognize or, worse yet, lie about the reality of what they did.


31 posted on 01/18/2015 10:44:04 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: rktman

You mean BILLIONS of people aren’t rushing to see The Oprah’s “Selma”???

Hey, does Selma rightly identify the racists as DEMOCRATS?


32 posted on 01/18/2015 10:56:47 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: I am Richard Brandon
The Elites just know better!

You have erred. The elites know best.

Expect an IRS audit in the near future for such insolence.

33 posted on 01/18/2015 11:44:50 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers)
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To: rktman

....and go away....


34 posted on 01/18/2015 1:09:23 PM PST by matginzac
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To: wmfights
>>>This is the movie you want to see this year!

You might want to ad Unbroken to that list. We saw IT Friday and it was incredible.

35 posted on 01/18/2015 1:16:45 PM PST by NELSON111
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To: NELSON111

Thanks, I’ll make a point of seeing it.


36 posted on 01/18/2015 1:30:06 PM PST by wmfights
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To: rktman
Saw it yesterday. Phenomenal film. The acting is superb across the board. It was a very emotional film to watch and will change the way people view the War in Iraq. I think it will go a long way in helping people understand how much our troops sacrificed for their country. The movie was sold out for every show yesterday at the theater I saw it in. I don't think there was an empty seat. Even with a crowd that big you could hear a pin drop it was so riveting. A MUST SEE!!!
37 posted on 01/18/2015 1:52:09 PM PST by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: All

people want to see movies that portray a positive image on the US. Why is this a surprise?


38 posted on 01/18/2015 1:58:46 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Doctor 2Brains
and Americans will CONTINUE TO VOTE DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!!! DEMS HAVE BEEN OPENLY, BLATANTLY, AND PROUDLY

DEMS HAVE BEEN OPENLY, BLATANTLY, AND PROUDLY committing massive, IN_YOUR_FACE. Proven fraud and getting always with it, because, even after proven - it's long after the fact, so just fergettaboutit.

It's things like the contrast between these two movies this week end that tell the real story.

ONLY way we'll even win another election is to vote in MASSIVE numbers - to much for them to cover with fixed machines, lost votes, and last minute 'found' boxes of votes...and people who will finally stand up and so NO MORE - and start prosecuting and jailing the fraudsters... _

39 posted on 01/18/2015 2:57:59 PM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits ye shall know them.)
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