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The Kingdom Gets the War on Terror Right - Peter Berg’s new film dares to portray Americans as...
City Journal ^ | 21 September 2007 | Harry Stein

Posted on 09/27/2007 7:23:33 PM PDT by neverdem

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1 posted on 09/27/2007 7:23:39 PM PDT by neverdem
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Wow, I thought it looked good in movie trailers, but held my breath lest I be bombarded with some anti-American leftie lovefest. Thanks for posting the review. I’ll be one of the ones cheering at the end!


2 posted on 09/27/2007 7:26:58 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Finally catching up with posting...)
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I have a conflict tomorrow (yes it’s lame and stupid): though I can easily do both, it’s this movie and Halo 3. I’d be best off seeing the movie first.


3 posted on 09/27/2007 7:32:01 PM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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I thought the movie was about how someone found the Katrina Hurricane machine built by Cheney and Rove being hidden in Saudi Arabia by Halliburton.


4 posted on 09/27/2007 7:35:40 PM PDT by Perdogg (Join the NCAA basketball thread - Freemail me)
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To: neverdem

About time, can’t wait to see it!


5 posted on 09/27/2007 7:38:39 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: Perdogg

It was spirited out of the country and is buried underground in the Syrian desert.


6 posted on 09/27/2007 7:40:51 PM PDT by saganite
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LOL, have you been drinking the koolaid at the DU stands? ;-)

I was afraid it would be something like that!

7 posted on 09/27/2007 7:42:14 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Finally catching up with posting...)
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To: neverdem

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thekingdom/


8 posted on 09/27/2007 7:42:41 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: neverdem

If John Anderson hates it (he’s a communist film critic), the film must have some decency.


9 posted on 09/27/2007 7:43:10 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: neverdem

Hm.

I admit, I went to a movie recently, and there were three or four previews for movies involving Iraq and/or terrorism.

This was one of them, and I resolved not to see the movie. My first impression was that it would doggedly drive home the liberal talking point that a LEGAL effort not a MILITARY effort is the way to combat terrorism.

Granted, it was a preview, and often one cannot tell from those, but there were other movie previews...one had Susan Sarandon in it, and I had to explain to my brother that if a movie has her in it, you can be sure it is anti-military or anti-American.

Am I wrong about this movie?


10 posted on 09/27/2007 7:46:16 PM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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“I thought the movie was about how someone found the Katrina Hurricane machine built by Cheney and Rove being hidden in Saudi Arabia by Halliburton”

LOL....I am glad to hear about a movie being an honest broker about the threat facing this country for once. May have to go see it!

BTW..those just wanting to curl up with a good book(well, ‘curl up’ isn’t exactly what you will do..’stay up’ is more like it)...I highly recommend:

‘The First Commandment’ by Brad Thor. I just finished it yesterday. It was great!

I wish they would make some of his books into a movie.


11 posted on 09/27/2007 7:48:33 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: neverdem

I thought the trailers looked good, too, but in the back of my mind I believed it wasn’t a movie I ever wanted to see because of the obvious. Now, I know it isn’t but I need to decide whether or not to see it in theaters or rent it.


12 posted on 09/27/2007 7:48:51 PM PDT by abercrombie_guy_38
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Cool. I'll see it. And that makes the second movie I've seen this year. The only other one was 300. I didn't regret it.
13 posted on 09/27/2007 7:49:49 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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Am I wrong about this movie?

Could be bait to suck in the Liberals.  It wouldn't be the first time.

Cheers,

knewshound

http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/
14 posted on 09/27/2007 7:51:42 PM PDT by knews_hound (In order to not be banned, I no longer discuss Politics here.)
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To: wastedyears
I’d be best off seeing the movie first.

I agree. And, LOL, not lame and stupid. Everyone's abuzz about Halo 3. It's supposed to be quite good, but I know shockingly little about it (and no Xbox), so for me it's an easy decision.

15 posted on 09/27/2007 7:51:54 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Finally catching up with posting...)
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I thought the movie was about how someone found the Katrina Hurricane machine built by Cheney and Rove being hidden in Saudi Arabia by Halliburton.

Don't be silly. The weather machine was moved to Dubai.

16 posted on 09/27/2007 7:52:46 PM PDT by Technogeeb
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To: neverdem

I’ll venture back into the theaters to see this one!


17 posted on 09/27/2007 7:53:13 PM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations.)
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3:10 to Yuma was excellent as well as Hot Fuzz (At Blockbuster)


18 posted on 09/27/2007 7:57:10 PM PDT by x_plus_one (A nation ashamed of its past will fear its future.)
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To: neverdem

I saw a sneak peek a few weeks ago. It is really good. I was a little concerned because one review I saw had said “Syriana with more explosions”. That is categorically incorrect.

While we aren’t portrayed as perfect, we certainly are not the bad guys. And it makes the way even foreign women are treated very poorly there. When all the men go to see a prince, Jennifer Garner is left because it isn’t proper for her to eat with men.

And the final 30 minutes or so is a gun battle that manages to top Mann’s “Heat”.

About the only disappointing part for me was they didn’t include U2’s “Bullet the Blue Sky” like they did in the previews.


19 posted on 09/27/2007 7:59:18 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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Am I wrong about this movie?

According to that reviewer, yes.

20 posted on 09/27/2007 8:03:33 PM PDT by neverdem (Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
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