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The biggest propaganda coup is that a movie that celebrates fighting the wrong Baitball Blogger Jan 2015 #1
Have you watched it? Is it a celebration? Orrex Jan 2015 #2
I think it's a complex portrayal and it's arguably an anti-war film uhnope Jan 2015 #8
Really? daleanime Jan 2015 #10
spoiler alert! uhnope Jan 2015 #31
Thank you.... daleanime Jan 2015 #36
I kept into your spoiler alert underpants Jan 2015 #42
cool nt uhnope Jan 2015 #44
That can't be right Orrex Jan 2015 #45
Lots of people who have seen it... JackRiddler Jan 2015 #62
Thank you for summarizing, you've just changed my mind I think I will go see it after all. 2banon Jan 2015 #52
Thank god someone finally told us war is hell. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #65
I saw it, and agree with you October Jan 2015 #70
does it explain that the war was based on lies? that we invaded for no reason? Skittles Jan 2015 #60
Yes I saw the full trailer at a movie theater underpants Jan 2015 #25
Reviews are stating that it's getting military support. Baitball Blogger Jan 2015 #30
The movie doesn't matter. The propaganda matters. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #37
Ok, but is the movie a celebration, as claimed? Orrex Jan 2015 #39
The point is I don't care? JackRiddler Jan 2015 #41
I would be interested to see such films, if they were well made Orrex Jan 2015 #43
I hope you would also ask... JackRiddler Jan 2015 #47
It's probably worth asking why any film is made Orrex Jan 2015 #48
Poor thing. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #49
Well, I can see that you have nothing to contribute. Orrex Jan 2015 #55
Pure projection. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #56
BINGO Skittles Jan 2015 #59
I would not nominate a propaganda movie personally, but we live in an 'Empire now' airc being told. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #69
The story that he shot a woman with a grenade in one hand and a toddler in the other is absurd Ash_F Jan 2015 #38
Ok, but is the movie a celebration, as claimed? Orrex Jan 2015 #40
Let's not judge Nazi propaganda films for their politics. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #57
I imagine that it's comforting to live with such a simplistic worldview Orrex Jan 2015 #64
Projection. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #66
Exactly !!! Ford_Prefect Jan 2015 #3
You've seen it? Orrex Jan 2015 #12
I can't put into words how I feel beyond what I've said, not without getting banned here. Ford_Prefect Jan 2015 #23
But that wasn't my question. Orrex Jan 2015 #26
Yes I saw it. Wish I had not but I wanted to see the view from the "other side". Ford_Prefect Jan 2015 #27
Thanks. (nt) Orrex Jan 2015 #29
That's fair Red Knight Jan 2015 #68
+100. Bait & switch indeed. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #33
No kidding it is? zeemike Jan 2015 #5
won't win MFM008 Jan 2015 #28
Glad he was snubbed. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #34
It will be close. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #67
My thoughts EXACTLY 2banon Jan 2015 #50
It's stunning that it made 103 million over the 4-day holiday yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #61
Probably also don't want to say . . FairWinds Jan 2015 #4
Or Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW.org) - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #6
I said two of the things you mention Go Vols Jan 2015 #7
Its kind of like the movie The Green Berets during the hight of the Vietnam war project_bluebook Jan 2015 #11
Don't also mention Clint was against going into Iraq. muntrv Jan 2015 #9
so he says now. any evidence of it from the period? ND-Dem Jan 2015 #35
Things TO say: "I'm an adult. It's just a movie. It's no big deal." nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #13
How about.... AlbertCat Jan 2015 #18
Yeah, there is that. HappyMe Jan 2015 #20
I read Kyle's book, and from the movie trailer it looks like they give him a lot more anguish tclambert Jan 2015 #14
Don't forget "Allahu Akbar!" Based on the film's ... 11 Bravo Jan 2015 #15
bad publicity is good publicity olddots Jan 2015 #16
"Why doesn't he just shoot at the ground and get rich like Jed Clampett?" Ed Suspicious Jan 2015 #17
First thing you know ole Jed's a millionaire lovemydog Jan 2015 #19
And he was just shootin' for some food. BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #21
'n up from the ground comes a bubblin' crude lovemydog Jan 2015 #22
Oil that is. Black gold. Texas tea BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #24
Or this... Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #32
Is this the sequal to "American Psycho"? n/t miyazaki Jan 2015 #46
Sadly not. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #51
"Soooo he couldn't find WMD either?" nuff said. madinmaryland Jan 2015 #53
"I give this movie 5 Lee Harveys!" Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #54
I will not see another movie made by an actor who Lint Head Jan 2015 #58
LOL at the Zimmerman comment. nt U4ikLefty Jan 2015 #63
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