Posted on 01/18/2015 4:30:14 PM PST by BenLurkin
But Academy members seem to be paying attention to the criticism that Eastwood and star/producer Bradley Cooper shouldn’t be celebrating a man who wrote that killing hundreds of Iraqis was “fun.”
“He seems like he may be a sociopath,” one Academy member told TheWrap, adding he had not yet seen the film but had read the article, which is being passed around.
Neither distributor Warner Bros. nor the filmmakers have responded to TheWrap’s request for comment, though the studio said they intended to make someone available.
A piece in The Guardian by author Lindy West was an early critic of Kyle: “The real American Sniper was a hate-filled killer. Why are simplistic patriots treating him as a hero?” he wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...
They are setting up Selma for best picture Oscar.
I just got home from seeing this.
Amazing. I have a lot of vets in my family - this was near life changing
If it weren't for double standards, they would have no standards at all.
This from the crowd who gave us the gratuitous “Natural Born Killers,” which inspired the Columbine shooters.
It's like the Hollywood of the past started slipping and trading places with a hollywood in a different dimension around the the the time of the Korean war and the the hollywood we ended up with was one lacking morals, patriotism, or God knows real Stars. If we had people behaving during WII the way they do now they would have been thrown in prison, or relegated to sub B movies.
Cowards hate brave men like Chris Kyle.
FWIW, the US public is voting about Hollywood with their pocketbook and Hollywood, Obama, and Liberals are howling like the banshees they are.
Makes me want to go out and see it ...
Oscars are not important. They are just leftists giving leftists awards for being leftists.
The power of the purse will dictate the winner.
And it ain’t Selma.
And another headline in Variety:
Box Office: ‘American Sniper’ Shatters Records With $90.2 Million Weekend
Hollyweird must have their undies in a bunch that the American public "celebrates a killer".
Then there's Breitbart:
Race-Hoax Backlash: ‘Selma’ Worst Box Office Performer of Every Best Pic Nom
, the dishonest Civil Rights drama stood alone in its box office free fall. Every other film nominated for Best Picture that is still in theatres out-performed “Selma,” in most cases by a humiliating margin.
The patriotic, pro-War On Terror “American Sniper” took in more money in one day — Friday — than “Selma” has in 10 days.
An Obama supporter, a liberal Democrat, one who was presented the Women's Social Media Award by none other than Jane Fonda, and a graduate of Occidental College, I am not surprised that Lindy West would be a critic of a SEAL. Kyle did not hide his disgust for Obama and the liberals will do all they can to vilify him.
Ridiculous. He’s not a “killer.” He’s a soldier protecting his fellow American soldiers from being killed. He deserves our respect and admiration for that.
Will they go after the people that spent $100 million watching the movie , LOL
If the panty-wetters can’t appreciate what Chris Kyle did to protect our soldiers, they are America haters.
Evil Harvey Weinstein smear job .
its called astroturfing
I’m waiting to see if they find their dry panties and go “occupy” the theaters.
Same here. And I hate them all the more for it. I want it to start while we still out-gun them. Even at my advanced age I’m ready and looking forward to it. The problem is, they will always step back from the brink, never quite making the provocation that sparks it off.
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