So much to say about JFK I don't know where to start....
Posted on 04/12/2020 10:28:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan
There's too much chatter about movies that are "so bad, they're good." These admittedly amusing musings distract from a truly insidious phenomenon:
Movies "so good, they're bad."
No such creature as "just a movie" exists. We may (believe ourselves to) be capable of separating fact from fiction, but millions of people never will.
Take the "Hitler's Pope" canard. It was popularized by, of all things, a Soviet-orchestrated stage play called The Deputy, back in 1963. How many individuals have heard of this play, let alone seen it performed? A few thousand? Yet the Vatican's supposed collusion with the Nazis is widely considered "common knowledge," despite all the well-researched critiques which have not, in like fashion, been rendered down into easily digestible, entertaining, two-hour public performances.
I remain perturbed by Ben Affleck's reduction of Canada's crucial role in the rescue of American hostages in Argo. Brits object, among other things, to the portrayal of their ancestors as war criminals in The Patriot. James Cameron had to apologize for slandering a Titanic officer. Do not get me started on Thirteen Days...
And it gives me no (okay, a little...) pleasure to inform those of you forced to sit through corporate "team building" exercises based on the "square peg in a round hole" scene in Apollo 13 that, in actuality, one man came up with that lifesaving fix; as in most situations here on planet Earth, a team probably would have taken much longer and just screwed things up.
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So much to say about JFK I don't know where to start....
A brilliant piece of film making. And absolute fiction.
Propaganda works. Even with people on this website, who can’t accept the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
“JFK” is the fever dream of a crazy person, but I’m not sure exactly what Steyn’s beef is with “Thirteen Days”.
Other than the standard percentage of artistic license with any historical drama (Like overstating O’Donnell’s role because Costner was playing him), what exactly is hopelessly inaccurate about it?
And don't get me started on the portrayal of Poles in every Holocaust movie.
I saw it. I was too young to really understand it, which was probably for the best. I have a dim view of the Hitler's Pope stuff.
ML/NJ
Showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do.
Brits object, among other things, to the portrayal of their ancestors as war criminals in The Patriot
Read “Women of the Revolution”
The Brits raped women on a BRUTAL BRUTAL SCALE.
In some instances dozen rape a single woman tied to a bed.
It’s history.
Why do we have to lie???
Read British soldiers’ journals.
For goodness’ sake.
Steyn writes another great piece. I like his writing as much as his commentaries.
Still not an “Oswald only” believer. Call me cynical of the government and mafia motives. And who had the most to gain? LBJ.
It’s a wonder LHO didn’t kill more people given that security involving tall buildings was practically non existent.
Heard a former CNN president hawking a history book years ago.
He said Connolly was in a jump seat that was inches lower, explaining the “magic bullet”.
Three shots in six seconds? Sure. First shot is “free”, and 6 seconds to eject/load/fire two more, especially since the car was going down hill that was pretty much in Oswald’s LOS, meaning minimal corrections.
Summed it up perfectly.
Not only was the jump seat lower, is was offset laterally in relation to JFK’s position. The whole bullet trajectory showing a zigzag course is baloney like all the conspiracy nonsense.
This isn’t Steyn, it’s his sidekick Kathy Shaidle. And you just gave her a great compliment.
And a trained Marine rifleman.
The zig zag trajectory is what enables the conspiracy “nonsense.”
I’m definitely an “Oswald acted alone” guy, and despite all the bricks that have been thrown at it by conspiracy theorists for years, I think Posner’s “Case Closed” is still an excellent resource for people disinclined to buy into the conspiracy stuff.
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