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AlbertCat

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11. This is what I predicted....

Fri Jan 23, 2015, 04:09 PM

Jan 2015

"Ultimately, the film fails not because it doesn't present the Iraqis in a more complex way, but because it banks on our credulity. It treats us like we're fucking idiots who are willing to forget anything about the truth behind the invasion of Iraq. It counts on our fucking idiocy in order to convey it's simplistic message that American soldiers are awesome and everyone else needs to shut the fuck up. "

This expresses EXACTLY what I think I will be seeing when I finally see the thing.

I don't mean to be cynical about THIS ONE PARTICULAR film. I find every film from Hollywood these days, no matter how serious or how "adult" the subject matter is (the few with adult subject matter)... I find every film from Hollywood these days is made for 14 year old boys. Period. It could be a Barbie film and it would still be made for 14 year old boys. This is not always a bad thing.... depending on what the film is supposed to be about. But every once in a while I have to hide in my room and watch something like "Z". (no one I know wants to see it... and No, I don't mean "World War Z" dammit!)

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Mr. Rude gets it Skittles Jan 2015 #1

Lol. Yup. RedCappedBandit Jan 2015 #57

you may be able to put aside that big fat lie Skittles Jan 2015 #69

Just in case, I was agreeing with you RedCappedBandit Jan 2015 #70

HEH Skittles Jan 2015 #71

Nothing more than blatant propaganda by a right wing freak. olegramps Jan 2015 #59

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And not even then. We go to war for our Ed Suspicious Jan 2015 #40

In this country we go to war for the interests of the profits of the military industrial complex. Initech Jan 2015 #46

I refuse to give my money to Eastwood or the studio. mnhtnbb Jan 2015 #4

Clint Eastwood claims that he was opposed the Iraq war. muntrv Jan 2015 #5

I saw that too. Unable to find any documentation from the period though. No record of him ND-Dem Jan 2015 #31

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Right on the money. Again. nt cyberswede Jan 2015 #6

Could the almost-framing RP notes have been intentional, anyway? Orsino Jan 2015 #7

Rude got it precisely right. I found it to be an epic movie, in msanthrope Jan 2015 #8

Leni Riefenstall would be proud of Clint. nt COLGATE4 Jan 2015 #41

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2015 #9

"the overwhelming feeling the Rude Pundit had was pity, not pride." uhnope Jan 2015 #10

This is what I predicted.... AlbertCat Jan 2015 #11

I liked that movie. Just looked it up and it made a surprising amount of money in the US- ND-Dem Jan 2015 #32

I guess I must have been a 10 year old boy, when I saw "Z" for the first time... villager Jan 2015 #53

Adult films! XXX! No.... not XXX AlbertCat Jan 2015 #63

The Rude One tops himself with this quote: hifiguy Jan 2015 #12

"... the story of a dumb man who wrecked himself for a worthless cause ..." Scuba Jan 2015 #33

this one, too... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #39

+1000000000000000!! 2naSalit Jan 2015 #45

One of Rude's best! n/t Martin Eden Jan 2015 #47

I haven't seen it and I have no intention of seeing it. marym625 Jan 2015 #13

Should be required reading before watching the movie.... daleanime Jan 2015 #14

Money Maker jalan48 Jan 2015 #15

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sharpshooter, probably grasswire Jan 2015 #37

Excellent analysis, except... americannightmare Jan 2015 #17

absofuckinglutely K & R..... spanone Jan 2015 #18

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"American Sniper exists, then, to play to that lie, to silence anyone who would point it out." ND-Dem Jan 2015 #23

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yes. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #30

Back to InfoWars with your nonsense. 7962 Jan 2015 #58

Snappy website. secondvariety Jan 2015 #29

Chris Kyle in his own words (left on Eastwood's cutting-room floor): KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #64

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jan 2015 #25

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A movie about a Darwin Award winning serial killer and the evil clowns who sent him to war. hunter Jan 2015 #34

Kicked and recommended! Way to go, Rude! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #35

and a big K & R! n/t wildbilln864 Jan 2015 #36

Thanks, Rudie! I won't see this movie without a bucket to vomit into. LuvNewcastle Jan 2015 #42

Spot on. Maedhros Jan 2015 #43

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Kick and R. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #49

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I haven't seen it either. catbyte Jan 2015 #73

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K&R for the Rude truth. raouldukelives Jan 2015 #56

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I was hoping the Rude Pundit would comment on this film. As always, FourScore Jan 2015 #67

Chris Kyle was a shitbag of a human being. KG Jan 2015 #68