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Benicio Del Toro, 'Latino Brad Pitt', wins Cannes award as 'Che'(Hollywood Commie Love Alert)
AP ^ | May 25,2008 | Claire Rosemberg

Posted on 05/25/2008 7:58:24 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

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Some critics slammed the film shot in Spanish for its length and meticulous documentary-style presentation, as well as for failing to focus on the politically controversial aspects of the Cuban revolution.>>>>

There you have it. This is going to be a love fest for one of the most brutal scumbags you could ever read about. Hollywood is embracing this with open arms and will be marketing the shirts, hats, posters,dvd's, you name it come Oscar time.

So many kids I see in my neighborhood who come from upper middle class homes wear this crap and preach how he is a hero for the common man.

The campaign to destroy this movie needs to begin immediately.

1 posted on 05/25/2008 7:58:24 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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To: My Favorite Headache

Bennie the Bull is full of it...


2 posted on 05/25/2008 8:02:02 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Del Toro is a disgraceful idiot! Imagine an actor winning an award for portraying Hitler and then thanking him. It goes to prove that the Left is not opposed to mass murder as long as it’s a Leftist that’s doing it. They accuse Bush of murdering innocent Iraqis, but worship a totalitarian murderer like Che. Hypocrisy, thy name is Leftism.


3 posted on 05/25/2008 8:02:45 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
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LOL...I didn’t even know they made a film about the Butcher of a Prison warden, a pity he wasn’t hung instead of shot.


4 posted on 05/25/2008 8:03:45 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
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5 posted on 05/25/2008 8:04:10 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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It has been pointed out elsewhere that the movie completely avoids Che’s gleeful role as the head executioner at La Cabana prison immediately after the Revolution:

“In a six-month period, Guevara implemented Castro’s orders with zeal, putting 180 prisoners in front of the firing squad after summary trials, according to Machover. Jose Vilasuso, an exiled lawyer, recalled Guevara instructing his “court” in the prison: “Don’t drag out the process. This is a revolution. Don’t use bourgeois legal methods, the proof is secondary. We must act through conviction. We’re dealing with a bunch of criminals and assassins.””

After all, the damn thing’s over four hours long.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2461399.ece


6 posted on 05/25/2008 8:04:47 PM PDT by sinanju
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Perhaps they will be historically accurate and title the movie:

“Castro’s Executioner”

Right.

Wearing a Che t-shirt is like wearing a Sammy “The Bull” Gravano t-shirt.


7 posted on 05/25/2008 8:06:30 PM PDT by Happy Rain
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How is Hollywood embracing it? Its having trouble finding a distributor. The Cannes Jury is more European than American.


8 posted on 05/25/2008 8:06:31 PM PDT by Borges
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What “average” movie goer sees a four hour movie about a mass murderer? These people have no clue.


9 posted on 05/25/2008 8:06:57 PM PDT by Patrick1
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He was very good in the Movie: Traffic. I just wish they could just act and keep their personal-political opinions to themselves./Just Asking - seoul62........


10 posted on 05/25/2008 8:09:03 PM PDT by seoul62 (cC)
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I’ll bet the applause at the end was for the subject of the movie and not its creators.


11 posted on 05/25/2008 8:09:25 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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He had a really warm smile.

Well, there you have it.

12 posted on 05/25/2008 8:12:16 PM PDT by windsorknot
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Hollywood ...will be marketing the shirts, hats, posters...

Capitalism. ....everything Che despised. Yet the libs fail to see the irony.

13 posted on 05/25/2008 8:13:44 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Actually the movie is going to be released as the 4:30 film first and then broken down into 2 different films. One will be the start of his life and how he got to where he did and then the other film will be about his role as an adult.

Hollywood has been gushing over this film behind the scenes for a year now...all you have to do is read the boards, the comments, the production notes.

Just wait Oscar time...I want to see how this is going to play out because the entire film is in Spanish. Remember that Apocalypto and The Passion of the Christ were labeled in-eligible because it was not in the English language.

Let’s see if this standard applies to their hero Che.


14 posted on 05/25/2008 8:20:14 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (Democrats worry about winning peace prizes , Republicans worry about winning wars)
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"I wouldn't be here without Che Guevera..."

And how many aren't here because of him?

Idiot.

15 posted on 05/25/2008 8:21:53 PM PDT by ItsForTheChildren
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What boards? IMDB? That’s Fan Boy city. And most people are talking about it as a folly the way we are now.

The Mel Gibson films were ineligble for Foreign Language film Oscar becase they weren’t submitted by any Foreign country which is the only way to get into the nominating list for that Oscar.


16 posted on 05/25/2008 8:23:03 PM PDT by Borges
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Che murdered thousands, but please don't compare him to Hitler.

There have been lots of murderous thugs, but Hitler stands in lonely company as a destroyer of civilizations.

17 posted on 05/25/2008 8:26:32 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Heaven's Gate.

George McGovern.

Ishtar.

Baldy Khruschev's 4-hour UN speeches.

Syriana.

Now this piece of crap.

Well, the Marxists are consistent, you have to give them that much...

18 posted on 05/25/2008 8:27:09 PM PDT by SAJ
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Heaven’s Gate and Ishtar are Marxist films?


19 posted on 05/25/2008 8:27:57 PM PDT by Borges
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Both Mao and Stalin killed MILLIONS more than Hitler...and, no, I'm not defending Hitler for a nanosecond.

Facts are still facts, though, no matter how much the revisionists wish they weren't and try to change history post facto.

20 posted on 05/25/2008 8:29:01 PM PDT by SAJ
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