Posted on 01/19/2015 12:47:08 PM PST by servo1969
RUSH: The primary criticism of American Sniper ran in the New Republic, and it's what's feeding all the other criticism. The criticism in the New Republic is written by a guy named... What's his name? Dennis Jett. He admits he's not even seen it. He hasn't even seen it. The criticism of American Sniper is that Clint Eastwood has written and directed a movie that's celebrating a murderer -- a racist, bigoted murderer -- Chris Kyle who murders innocent Iraqi brown people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99k3u9ay1gs
We in America, by going to see this movie, are celebrating barbarism. We are celebrating murder. We are celebrating a sociopath. How dare Eastwood do this and how dare we fall for it! That chorus is being joined by more and more people, particularly in Hollywood and on the left. After all, folks, it's about a redneck from Texas who is better using a gun than anybody ever has been. What is there for Hollywood to like about that?
It's everything Hollywood hates: Rednecks, Texas, guns. Add to it war, Iraq? "Wrong, immoral, because of Bush. What's the guy doing? Killing innocent Iraqis, a murderer! No wonder America is hated in the world. This movie demonstrates why." That's what they're doing to American Sniper, and they're just getting started.
YEP!
I'm convinced there's a strange pathology of political conviction at some powerful level in Hollywood, where statement trumps profit.
Just look at any number of Kurt Russell movies. "Stargate" was sold out when it came out, but nary a peep in the entertainment news. Just simply ignored it.
"Tombstone" had a long run in the public theaters in So. Cal. I saw it three times over the span of ten weeks or so, and the theater was packed every time with audibly entertained audiences. But it never came up for discussion on So. Cal entertainment TV news, that I saw.
About a half a year later, when Kevin Costner's "Wyatt Earp" hit the theaters, it was the talk of the town on entertainment TV. We went to see it, once. It was okay. It didn't have much of a run, that I recall. The audience was as lukewarm as we were.
And if you've ever seen "Dark Blue" or "Miracle," you see some serious Oscar-worthy acting. Didn't happen, though, in the eyes of proper entertainment vistas.
Kurt Russell had his picture taken with Newt Gingrich and proudly, you see.
Profits be damned.
I have two Eastwood movies in my top ten... Unforgiven at number 2 and Gran Torino at 9. The man makes good movies.
It appears that we outnumber them. That’s not what the media tells us, though.
I second your strong recommendation.
LOL!
A different time, a very different war.
GO FOR IT!
That’s OK. I’m 69. My dear Dad used to take us cousins just up the road from my Aunt’s house so that the Moms could prepare Thanksgiving dinner. He set up a target in an empty field, gave us the gun safety lecture and had us all plinking at targets with a 22.
Think again... this is a different time, a different generation. My daughter was there - twice.
Watched it with my Army retired husband. Really touched a chord with us, particularly as our daughter had two tours in the Middle East, one in Iraq.
You’re only allowed one war movie?
Bttt
I know that Doogie! The other fool thought that nominations translated to wins. Okay, Doogie!
What I meant was, that weeping and calling each other baby preview didn’t inspire me to go see this movie. As I posted earlier, studios show the best scenes in the preview and I figured if this is as good as it gets, no thanks.
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