Review: 'Defiance' solid but lacking (CNN criticizes "timing" of movie)

CNN ^ | January 16, 2009 | Tom Charity

[Ooh-Ah]

The timing is unfortunate. For a story that has gone neglected for the best part of 60 years, this is hardly the ideal week to be extolling heroic Jewish resistance fighters.

[Tax-chick]

this is hardly the ideal week to be extolling heroic Jewish resistance fighters

Pish-tosh. Every week is the ideal to week to extol heroic Jewish resistance fighters. (Whether it's a well-done movie or not is a different issue. Vladimir Putin as Tuvia Bielski just doesn't work for me.)

[madison10]

Why? They have a problem with resisting evil?

[pankot]

CNN is full of crap. Excellent movie every Freeper should see. NEVER AGAIN! (And I’m not Jewish!)

[max americana]

Daniel Craig played a Jewish fighter (assassin actually) in Speilberg’s ‘Munich” so this is not a stretch. Quote by his character: “Don’t F*** with the Jews!”

[FlingWingFlyer]

I guess we have to expect this from the anti-semitic bigots at CNN.

[ritewingwarrior]

Sounds like a good one. They need to make a movie about the Lehi, Stern Gang, in Israel in the 40’s. Would be some good plot twists considering they wanted to help the Nazi’s get the jews out of Germany, in exchange for Nazi assistance to rid Palestine of the Brits.

[outofstyle]

The timing is unfortunate.

They should have waited a few months until His Excellency and Hamas finished the job Hitler started. According to CNN it is only acceptable to support dead Jews.

[Army Air Corps]

If it annoys CNN, then I am going to see it. I wanted to see the film anyway, but I now have further incentive to do so.

[MathDoc]

The timing is unfortunate. For a story that has gone neglected for the best part of 60 years, this is hardly the ideal week to be extolling heroic Jewish resistance fighters. Ari Folman's angst-laden nonfiction animated film, "Waltz With Bashir," is altogether more relevant.

The saddest thing about this bit of CNN anti-semitic stupidity is that by their standards there has never been a good time for a story of heroic Jews who don't do what CNN would like to see the Jews doing ... walking meekly into the ovens and gas chambers. The Jews have had a rough 70 years, even by the standards of their history, and CNN is there to make sure it doesn't improve. [And, no, I'm not Jewish either; I just despise evil when I see it.]

[Psycho_Bunny]

Oh, stuff it Tom, you bore.

[Wisconsinlady]

I totally agree, if it pisses off CNN, the box office will have my money for this film next weekend. And then I’ll tell all my friends to go see it...

[ArmyTeach]

Every week is the ideal to week to extol heroic Jewish resistance. I'll agree and go one better. This is precisely the week to extol heroic Jewish resistance. I hope they pick up where they left off if Hamas resumes bombing.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I was going to add a pithy reply but fortunately I read yours first. So I will just say *ping* to #10.

[the invisib1e hand]

Are there any illusions about the battle lines any more, FRiends?

[max americana]

> Zwick’s Hollywood liberal credentials are not in doubt, but his films have a surprisingly gung-ho undercurrent (they include such martial adventures as “The Last Samurai,” “Glory,” “The Siege,” “Legends of the Fall” and “Courage Under Fire”).

CNN hates it...a lib director’s gung ho attitude..I’m in!

[Nachum]

Now I will pony up some dough and see this movie for sure.

[DTogo]

“Cast a Giant Shadow” with Kirk Douglas is another very timely movie these days:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060218/

[rmlew]

The timing is unfortunate. For a story that has gone neglected for the best part of 60 years, this is hardly the ideal week to be extolling heroic Jewish resistance fighters. Ari Folman's angst-laden nonfiction animated film, "Waltz With Bashir," is altogether more relevant.
In other words, if it isn't an explicitly anti-Zionist self-hating piece, it is wrong. Damn commies.

[DTogo]

No, nice tagline!