February 26, 2012

Moron Movie Review: Act of Valor
— andy

I'm no movie critic or expert in the art of filmmaking, and I've avoided reading every review of this movie for the express purpose of writing this man-on-the-street review without letting anyone else's bias creep in.

I haven't really liked an action/war movie since We Were Soldiers. And since becoming a parent a little over a decade ago, I could count the non-G rated movies I've seen at the theater without taking my shoes off.

But I do have about every possible method of movie delivery into a home imaginable and a great home theater setup, so I've seen most everything interesting in that time without really directly ponying up much money to Hollywood for it.

Probably the most celebrated film in the genre during this time was The Hurt Locker. It won 6 Oscars, and here's my mini-review of it: It's a plodding, predictable, utterly uninspired piece of shit.

Which brings me to the point of this review, which I rewrote parts of after thinking on it a little in light of the fact that the Academy Awards are tonight.

Look, no one "who matters" is ever going to call this film great art. They're just not.

The blowhole douchebags in Hollywood aren't going to fall all over themselves talking about how wonderful it is, and it's never going to rate 4-boners out of 5 at Sundance.

Why? Because there's no doubt about the who the good guys and bad guys are. The good guys are the U. S. Motherf*cking A. and the bad guys are the enemy. Jingoistic? Yeah, and it bears a pretty good resemblance to reality too, which the left and Hollywood (BIRM) can't stand.

Real Navy SEAL's made a movie that showcased their extraordinary skills. Knowing the "actors" and their families are authentic is a part of the movie. The dialogue is pretty stilted, but these are real men and amateur actors, as opposed to the exact opposite you'll see in, say, a Brad Pitt or Matt Damon flick.

So, on to the actual movie.

SPOILERS MAY APPEAR FROM THIS POINT FORWARD

As a connoisseur of fine and not-so-fine action movies, one thing I love. Love, LOVE about this movie is the technical details they got right. For example, the myth of the bottomless M-4 magazine is exploded by the frequent and well-announced mag changes. Because, you know, 30 rounds don't really last that long.

If you can only justify to yourself the exorbitant amount of taxes you pay to the federal government by imagining that it goes directly to the tip of the spear, you'll like this movie.

And if the sight of boats slung from Chinooks, realtime video from drone surveillance, or merely something as simple and beautiful as 7.62x51 brass streaming out of a minigun gets you excited, you may want to go ahead and call your doctor about that 4-hour thing they talk about on the ED commercials.

MEGA SPOILER

The plot centers on bringing a terror weapon across the border from Mexico. Liberal film critics will be wetting the hell out of their beds over this one, because that could never happen.

Outside the action, the movie reminds us that our soldiers are people who live, love, dream, want the best for their families but that their "family" also includes their brothers in arms. For those of us with connections to the military, this may not seem like a big deal, but most of the US population has no direct connection to today's military and I hope this resonates with them a little.

I'll leave it to Ace to do a full review on the artistic merits, but I liked the movie. And knowing that my contribution to its box-office take on opening weekend is a big middle finger pointed at Hollywood makes it all the better.

Go see the movie. You'll like it.

And stay for the credits. The first thing you'll see is the names of all the SEALs who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom since 9/11/01. Heroes all.

Posted by: andy at 07:27 AM | Comments (292)
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1 I still want to know if there were any apologies in this film.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 07:32 AM (jucos)

2 Seeing it today! And go cubbies

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 26, 2012 07:33 AM (xoPDv)

3 God bless and protect our Men and Women in harms way. And never ever fuck with a SEAL.

Posted by: a man called Horse at February 26, 2012 07:36 AM (t0zqG)

4 This is a must see movie for me.

Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2012 07:38 AM (YdQQY)

5

Something that the people that make up the mythical present day "Hollywood" do not quite grasp.

 

The the anti-war tripe of the last decade told people all they really needed to know about what actually passes for 'thought' in Hollywood.  That this is what that class of people really think.

 

That Matt Damon was proud that Howard Zinn was his neighbor growing up.  That Jane Fonda was the predecessor to all this, and not an outlier or an aberration.  That this is the "popular" culture that they would like to shove down your throats, not something like "Act of Valor".  And Andy, you're right. 

 

It will either be met with derision or be met with pretending it doesn't exist.

Posted by: Reader C.J. burch writes..... at February 26, 2012 07:38 AM (sJTmU)

6 "these are real men and amateur actors, as opposed to the exact opposite"




I like this statement.  I like this statement very much.

Posted by: mama winger at February 26, 2012 07:39 AM (P6QsQ)

7 1 I still want to know if there were any apologies in this film.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 11:32 AM (jucos)

 

No apologies. Just a simple"You fuck with us, we will fuck you up"

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 07:39 AM (uVuwp)

8 I am making a 200 mile trip with the wife to see my family so they can babysit my newborn for a couple hours and me and wifey can go see this.

I am a man who has seen and done. I don't get excited. I got excited for the birth of my boy. I am excited to go see this movie. (twice in a year, what is becoming of me)

And hollywood, you can't see it but I have a finger extended for you.

GO NAVY

Posted by: traye at February 26, 2012 07:44 AM (rhxxb)

9 Great movie, but not an easy one to watch.

And yeah, send that great big middle finger message to Hollyweird.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 07:46 AM (mKMj1)

10 can hardly wait to see this.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 26, 2012 07:47 AM (Ho2rs)

11 Reposted from late in the last "Act of Valor" thread:

"Can my 8 year old see this? He's the much younger 3rd son. It's R for violence not sex I'm assuming."

"I have a 12 year old who wants to see it."

Just saw it. We considered it a patriotic duty. Highly recommended... for adults.

Scenes with families, etc are the weak part and I found them boring and cliche. They are present, I'm sure, to create an attachment
for the characters and their families and to honor those on the
homefront, but it slowed the movie and were right out of Trope 101. Still, go see it, if only to encourage the making of films which show the military in a respectful light.

**FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN APPROPRIATENESS FOR KIDS****SPOILERS**

I think 8 is a bit young for this film, but 12 is probably OK. I would say it's a "know your kid" situation. Of course there is violence-- it's a military ops movie-- but the majority of it is firing guns, explosions, and blood smears/pools/splattering.

The worst part regarding violence is in the open, and what pisses me off about it is that it could have been easily avoided. The capture and torture of a female American CIA agent is graphically depicted (she is struck several times, and a baddie is shown gearing up a drill, she is heard screaming, holes in her hands are shown, there's lots of chains and blood.) It bothered me and I had to turn away, but then I'm ultra-sensitive to that kind of thing and I therefore otherwise almost never watch movies like this.

I recommend that you wait for it on DVD and just start the movie for kiddos after the first 15-20 minutes or so, when the SEALs are briefed. You are told everything you need to know in that scene. The violence thereafter is mostly of the video game variety.

All of those scenes could have been cut and her story told through the briefing and showing her terrible physical condition when she was rescued by the SEALs. It was probably shown to highlight the brutality of her captors so that the audience would root for the SEALs from the outset. Then again I'm a fan of "imagination is always worse than what's shown", so whateves.

Lots of f-bombs, but it's not like it's every other word.

No sex. I really respected the fact that there was no lameass love story subplot.

Posted by: Filly at February 26, 2012 07:47 AM (u6ZqI)

12 "But I do have about every possible method of movie delivery into a home imaginable and a great home theater setup, so I've seen most everything interesting in that time without really directly ponying up much money to Hollywood for it."

Sounds to me like you are ponying up plenty of money to ensure Hollywood has a nice revenue stream from movies no longer in the theater.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 26, 2012 07:48 AM (K0jnH)

13 We went to see it Friday night. I was worried that, given the day I'd had, I'd be too tired to enjoy it.

Frankly, it knocked my socks off.

This is a great movie for supporters of the military and people who aren't ashamed of being patriots.

Posted by: Dianna at February 26, 2012 07:48 AM (mKMj1)

14 I am concerned about the violence portrayed in this movie. Do both teams get a trophy?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 07:49 AM (jucos)

15 "And go cubbies"

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 26, 2012 11:33 AM (xoPDv)




And yet in all other respects you seem sane.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 26, 2012 07:50 AM (nEUpB)

16 An homage to Sr. Chief http://twitpic.com/8p1g9n

Posted by: motionview at February 26, 2012 07:50 AM (i+DU3)

17 "And go cubbies"Posted by: navycopjoe at February 26, 2012 11:33 AM (xoPDv)


And yet in all other respects you seem sane.Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 26, 2012 11:50 AM




Hey now.

Posted by: mama winger at February 26, 2012 07:57 AM (P6QsQ)

18 I haven't gone out to the movies in ages, but between the moronosphere's endorsement, and all the usual 'professional' critics trashing it, I might just have to go catch it later today...

Posted by: mugiwara at February 26, 2012 08:00 AM (KI/Ch)

19

OK, completely weird random question about this movie, did you eat movie snacks while watching it? After reading the reviews here I am thinking it is kind of violent so maybe eating and watching it will be disturbing. But, I am like Pavlov's dog, movie theater = movie popcorn.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 26, 2012 08:03 AM (RZ8pf)

20 Saw the movie with the missus last night. We both enjoyed the movie. It is a plodding, predictable piece. I wont go as far as to call it a POS, tho. Even with recent movies that I actually liked, Hurt Locker, The Kingdom, sorta liked the Green Zone, there is this constant thread of equivocation where our nation is the bad force in the world. I am so sick of that. AoV does not equivocate. WE are the good guys, terrorists are the bad guys. There are no aspersions cast on the struggle against radical Islam. There is no reservation about examining the issue of border security..... tho, and I'll try not to spoil here, the movie gave a nod to the Mexican govt and the Mexican military, without who's help the SEALS could not have completed their mission. If AoV sets off the Left in this country... it should. But it's probably not the movie itself, but that little tug on the conscience of people that should know better.....and THAT pisses them off.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 26, 2012 08:04 AM (ffV1/)

21

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 26, 2012 12:03 PM (RZ8pf)

 

Yes it is violent, but not any more than some of that gore crap that Hollyweird puts out in the name of  "art"

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 08:06 AM (uVuwp)

22 How did they recruit the SEALs for this movie and how were they compensated? I am just uncomfortable with a commercial enterprise involving some of our most valuable national assets. It just doesn't set right with me for some reason.

Posted by: Y-not at February 26, 2012 08:07 AM (5H6zj)

23 As to the violence..... its pretty accurately portrayed.... but the are TONS of movies out there much more gratuitous than AoV. If you can sit thru Scarface or any of the SAW movies.... you've got it made.... AoV isnt as bad as any of those.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 26, 2012 08:08 AM (ffV1/)

24 #1 movie for the weekend - about $25 million.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 26, 2012 08:09 AM (sP77w)

25 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at February 26, 2012 08:09 AM (7W3wI)

26 And I thought SEALs were supposed to have their anonymity maintained. Wasn't that part of the kerfuffle over Biden/Obama shooting out their ops about the bin Laden raid?

Posted by: Y-not at February 26, 2012 08:11 AM (5H6zj)

27 The left has nothing to be upset about,this movie doesn't take any shots at Obama.

Posted by: steevy at February 26, 2012 08:11 AM (7W3wI)

28 Let me be the first to say, fuck you, Roger Ebert

Posted by: Jones in CO at February 26, 2012 08:12 AM (8sCoq)

29 Go see it. Pamela Geller is full of shit and Obama is a Stuttering Clusterf*** of a Miserable Failure.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 26, 2012 08:13 AM (qvify)

30 > 22 How did they recruit the SEALs for this movie and how were they compensated? Posted by: Y-not a The movie started out as a recruitment video for the SEAL. They filmed SEALs doing normal training exercises during their normal traning schedule. Then the film makers thought, "hey, we could make a movie out of this". So they got the SEALs who were in the training footage to do dialogue scenes, shot more training footage with different boats to fit the script and so on In other words, so far as the SEALs were concerned, filming the movie took little to no time away from their normal schedule.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 26, 2012 08:13 AM (sP77w)

31 Speaking of navycopjoe and the cubbies. Picture the Venetians plundering Constantinople, thats what the Cubs did to the Red Sox and now think world series victory is assured... sure, sure

Posted by: doom am I, full-ripe, dealing death to the worlds, engaged in devouring mankind. at February 26, 2012 08:13 AM (hdbZF)

32 26.

"white" team operators.

Posted by: traye at February 26, 2012 08:14 AM (rhxxb)

33 > 26 And I thought SEALs were supposed to have their anonymity maintained. Wasn't that part of the kerfuffle over Biden/Obama shooting out their ops about the bin Laden raid? Posted by: Y-not No living SEALs are identified in this movie. The ones you see use only their first names.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 26, 2012 08:14 AM (sP77w)

34 Seeing it today, hopefully with my grown son, but without him if he can't make it.  I WILL be in the theater opening weekend to 'extend' my (one-fingered) salute to Hollywood as well.

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at February 26, 2012 08:15 AM (5z6T9)

35 There are a significant number of operators, some open, most not. These are from the open group; they are performing their duties as we sip and blog.

Posted by: motionview at February 26, 2012 08:15 AM (i+DU3)

36 9 Great movie, but not an easy one to watch. Huh? I was riveted.

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 08:18 AM (A98Xu)

37 I'm sold, spoilers and all! I hate going out amongst the humans, have a terrible urge to break necks mostly, but I guess if I get gummy bears in one hand and a massive tub of grease corn in the other, and if no OWS assholes sit three rows back seeking pain and death, then it should be okay. These filmmakers should send you a thankyou card for the ferrari you're buying them.

Posted by: And Irresolute at February 26, 2012 08:22 AM (RC3M9)

38

I didn't want to read spoilers, but if Andy thinks Hurt Locker is a piece of shit, then I can safely assume he'll be right about AoV.

Posted by: USS Diversity at February 26, 2012 08:26 AM (0s0CT)

39 Thx for the replies, guys. I hope the SEALs whose footage was used got compensated, especially the families of those killed.

Posted by: Y-not at February 26, 2012 08:27 AM (5H6zj)

40 HAHAHAH...That dumb ass Pamela Geller doesn't want you to see this EXCELLENT movie because the American interrogator asks, "but you're a Jew?" (of course referring to the fact that Muslim extremists want to kill all the Jews). Pamela, I mean, Francis, lighten the hell up.

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 08:29 AM (A98Xu)

41 me and my 18 year old son went and saw it yesterday, to say it was moving would be an understatement. This is a movie about honor, integrity, sacrifice and above all, respect. Words lost on most kids today and forgotten by most parents. After the credits rolled, that entire theater was silent. I didn't hear a single voice as we walked out, I asked my boy why he thought everyone was so quiet and he said it was because everyone was thinking about what a piece of crap they are compared to the men in the movie we just saw. Pretty poignant from an 18 year old, I thought, but more importantly was his perception of today's Croc wearing fathers who call their son's 'honey' and think disciplining them consists of saying, 'you want to go in timeout? I mean it this time." This movie should be required viewing for every teenage boy in America.

Posted by: gmland at February 26, 2012 08:32 AM (CgSDu)

42 mare @ 36,

How to explain...

First off, I tend to avoid most Hollyweird movies about the Armed Forces because they are so full of technical and character errors.  Hollyweird seems incapable of understanding the military ethos.  In this case it was the exact opposite, and I thought they showed some things that were better left unseen.

I thus found it both engrossing, and hard to watch.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 08:36 AM (mKMj1)

43 I will read this after I see the flick this afternoon. I am going with my nephew that earned his Airborne and Air Assault badges during the summers on break. He wants to go SF when he finishes school this year.

Posted by: Snafu at February 26, 2012 08:41 AM (8d28r)

44 I didn't like Hurt Locker and the idea of having an undisciplined troop being an EOD member is not very realistic.

Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2012 08:42 AM (YdQQY)

45
BREAKING ON DRUDGE RIGHT NOW!!!
President is officially a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure!

Posted by: Panzer Trout at February 26, 2012 08:43 AM (j5CHE)

46 Gotcha, Rodney.

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 08:46 AM (A98Xu)

47 Right, Vic. The movie can't make it past that fatal flaw.

Posted by: Andy at February 26, 2012 08:49 AM (8SJ8b)

48 Man.....as Andy mentions in his review.  I would give my left nut to drive those m*therf*ucking boats with those m*therf*cking mini-guns blazing.  I can't get that image out of my mind.

Funny I read the commenter that said there were quite a few f-bombs in the movie, but I think I was so absorbed in the action scenes I honestly didn't even notice one of them.

Posted by: Fustigator at February 26, 2012 08:51 AM (wr+Bb)

49 Saw it last night. Excellent. Two hours went by before I knew it.

At the end of the film, when the credits rolled with the names of the fallen SEALS since 9/11, I admit to tearing up a bit.

Four jar-heads a couple rows up gave a oo-rah at that point.

Almost lost it.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 26, 2012 08:53 AM (l0jV9)

50 That was said with respect and affection for those Marines, BTW.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 26, 2012 08:55 AM (l0jV9)

51

Saw the movie Friday night with Hubby - enjoyed it quite a bit.  (We saw it at our local Movie Tavern, and the scenes didn't make either of us lose our dinner, FWIW)

 

@39 - No SEALS died as a result of this film; any injuries were "dramatized" (including those of the "bad guys" - they were all just actors).

 

My understanding is that the SEALS were not paid anything other than their regular paycheck - they were doing their jobs, and that's the way they saw it as well.

 

These are FINE men, and as the movie credits say, "Damn Few".

 

We are damn lucky to have men such as these on our side.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at February 26, 2012 08:58 AM (0xqzf)

52 Should I take my 13 year old son to see it? Language is not an issue. He already cusses like a sailor!!!!

Posted by: izoneguy at February 26, 2012 09:00 AM (7eiBp)

53 I liked the Hurt Locker because it wasn't predictable.  Maybe I'm just stupid, but there were several points I had no idea where the story was going, I thought it was refreshing.

Posted by: Europe at February 26, 2012 09:00 AM (xXhWA)

54 Real movie making is "The Help," which teaches us how to overcome our biases and live together. Hate-films like Act of Valor just demonize people who are different from us.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 09:01 AM (aIVg6)

55 Actually, Debbie Schlussel argues convincingly of the PC fear of offending Muslims in this film, most obviously in (laughably) making the terror mastermind a Jew, and showing the Moooooslims as the reluctant muscle. Yeah! Osama bin Horowitz, that's the ticket.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 09:01 AM (OHcV9)

56 Pretty poignant from an 18 year old, I thought, but more importantly was his perception of today's Croc wearing fathers who call their son's 'honey' and think disciplining them consists of saying, 'you want to go in timeout? I mean it this time." AMEN BROTHER!!!!

Posted by: izoneguy at February 26, 2012 09:02 AM (7eiBp)

57 Who Ya, LT RORKE!

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:03 AM (mKMj1)

58 The wife and I are seeing it today. First movie I've been to at a theater in years. Just like Andy, I look forward to spending my money on this movie.

Posted by: Bosk at February 26, 2012 09:04 AM (V07Nc)

59
A good movie for you and your kids: Forbidden Kingdom (200 with Jackie Chan.

You'll like it. Your kids will like it more.

Posted by: soothsayer at February 26, 2012 09:04 AM (boOfN)

60 A reviewer at a trendy, leftishy but good site called www.pajiba.com gave the movie a fair review and said it was good. Perhaps in some places the ice is breaking.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 09:06 AM (dFcKO)

61 28 Let me be the first to say, fuck you, Roger Ebert Let me be the second to say, FUCK YOU, Roger "Dickhead" Ebert

Posted by: izoneguy at February 26, 2012 09:07 AM (7eiBp)

62 @ Brad:  Well, they're both great movies.  It doesn't matter so much what they teach, just so long as they teach something. Please Hollywood, teach us your wisdom.  We don't have colleges or internet out here in rube country.

Posted by: Europe at February 26, 2012 09:08 AM (xXhWA)

63

There really IS a difference between liberals and conservatives:

 

http://is.gd/sqj4nJ

 

 

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at February 26, 2012 09:09 AM (0xqzf)

64 Somebody put shit in Brad's pie.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 09:09 AM (dFcKO)

65 56 Actually, Debbie Schlussel argues convincingly of the PC fear of offending Muslims in this film, most obviously in (laughably) making the terror mastermind a Jew, and showing the Moooooslims as the reluctant muscle.

Yeah! Osama bin Horowitz, that's the ticket.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 01:01 PM (OHcV9)

 

What fucking movie did you watch? The terror mastermind was a muslim from Chechnya ( spelling) who used people from the Phillipines to do his dirty work and the arms and drug dealer was also from Chechnya and the fact that he was jewish was only mentioned by the incredulous Sr. Chief as an aside. There is no there there, doofus

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 09:14 AM (uVuwp)

66

Let me be the second to say, FUCK YOU, Roger "Dickhead" Ebert

 

 I liked Jaws better.

Posted by: Roger Ebert at February 26, 2012 09:14 AM (4KZu9)

67 eman @ 65: Pie or Skull?

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:14 AM (mKMj1)

68 Of course, Hussein is a SCOAMF, but I wonder why everyone here fails to see the cynical use of our military to make a film that panders to Muslims (which I guess is apt nowadays, as our military does indeed pander to Muslims). Islam is the problem. Hollywood has managed yet again to obscure this point, but nobody here seems to care.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 09:15 AM (OHcV9)

69 "... since We Were Soldiers"

I remember going to see "We Were Soldiers."  It was a rough week and I told the wife that I really didn't have the stomach to see "BlackHawk Down" so we opted for "We Were Soldiers" instead.

"We Were Soldiers" was rougher.  Stuffing a 3 day battle into less than 2 hours with virtually no letting up was grueling.  I came out exhausted.

Posted by: Neo at February 26, 2012 09:15 AM (e8kgV)

70 I think Brad was trying to be funny.

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 09:15 AM (A98Xu)

71 Ma Bell @ 66 Well said.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:16 AM (mKMj1)

72 Skzion @ 69 What movie did you see again?  What you're talking about bears little resemblance to what I saw Friday night.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:18 AM (mKMj1)

73 I think Brad was trying to be funny. Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 01:15 PM (A98Xu) Yes, I thought that too, then picked he's serious.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 09:18 AM (dFcKO)

74 @ 66"What fucking movie did you watch? The terror mastermind was a muslim from Chechnya ( spelling) who used people from the Phillipines to do his dirty work and the arms and drug dealer was also from Chechnya and the fact that he was jewish was only mentioned by the incredulous Sr. Chief as an aside. There is no there there, doofus" Thank you, I just erased a screed saying the exact same thing. It started with, "evidently, you watched a different movie."

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 09:19 AM (A98Xu)

75 56 Actually, Debbie Schlussel argues convincingly of the PC fear of offending Muslims in this film, most obviously in (laughably) making the terror mastermind a Jew, and showing the Moooooslims as the reluctant muscle.

------------

No. The terror mastermind is a Muslim convert. Weapons are provided by a childhood friend, who is a Jew. The weapons are suicide vests. The terror mastermind rounds up flunkies to splode them.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 26, 2012 09:19 AM (6fER6)

76 65 Somebody put shit in Brad's pie........Yeah, I was wondering if that was sarc. ....If it's not, then Brad can ESAD.

Posted by: wheatie at February 26, 2012 09:20 AM (UOOK1)

77 Ma bell, dear, unlike many here, I don't use profanity. If you read my comment carefully--which I grant requires an IQ > 95, you will find that I have not claimed to have seen the film. Rather, I report on Schlussel's review.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 09:21 AM (OHcV9)

78 Speaking of movies, I'm watching the Glenn Miller Story. *That's* entertainment!

Posted by: Y-not at February 26, 2012 09:22 AM (5H6zj)

79 Flat out racism, guys.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at February 26, 2012 09:22 AM (dFcKO)

80 mare @ 71 "There is no try."

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:22 AM (mKMj1)

81 There's something about real maple syrup that the fake stuff can't reproduce.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at February 26, 2012 09:23 AM (dFcKO)

82 My children go to an international school, and after seeing The Help they were much more willing to share with the non-white, underprivileged special scholarship students. I dread to think how they'd behave if I took them to a movie which glorified violence like Act of Valor.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 09:25 AM (eALBA)

83 81 Flat out racism, guys. Are you "trying" at sarcasm also, Rachel?

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 09:25 AM (A98Xu)

84 Brad, evidently you are a racist and your children had to learn to share with non-whites from a movie. Pathetic. If your children learn to act with courage, honor, focus and out of love for Country by watching Act of Valor, they'll be doing better than most.

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 09:27 AM (A98Xu)

85 Definitely the skull vice the pie.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:27 AM (mKMj1)

86

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 01:21 PM (OHcV9)

 

Debbie Schlussel of FDL fame. Yeah, I would trust her review ( that's meant as sarc). Go watch the movie and then come back and comment on it. If you still think it's anti-jewish then you have a serious burr up your ass

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 09:29 AM (uVuwp)

87 I live next to Boulder, CO, Berkeley in the Rockies. At the end of the movie every single person in the theater clapped. All 15 of us. Semper Fi

Posted by: Tom from CO at February 26, 2012 09:29 AM (gKzBE)

88 Sounds like the only thing missing in this movie is Jan Brewer slapping Ofucknoggin around

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:29 AM (u50z0)

89 My children have never seen The Help and they share with non-whites all the time. Even "underprivileged special scholarship students."

Posted by: mare at February 26, 2012 09:30 AM (A98Xu)

90 "Ma bell, dear, unlike many here, I don't use profanity."

That's ok, we understand that a lot of folks just really lack the necessary skills to use it properly.  But if your interested well be holding an AoS webinar on profanity and it's proper use in webhosting, I can get you the date's and times.

"If you read my comment carefully--which I grant requires an IQ > 95"

See, and here's where you went off the rails.  They call us morons for a reason you know.

" you will find that I have not claimed to have seen the film. Rather, I report on Schlussel's review. "

Probably not the best idea to rely on anyone who reviews movies for a living to get an honest take, or even the basic facts, about a movie that doesn't wholeheartedly espouse the leftwing view of the Hollyweird crowd.  Just a thought.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 09:31 AM (R5yLq)

91 >> Rather, I report on Schlussel's review. You said her argument was convincing, which I find hard to believe given that she's a fucking moron (and not the good kind). If you had seen the movie, you'd agree.

Posted by: Andy at February 26, 2012 09:31 AM (ReQcR)

92 Oh, @55, stop it! You're killing me!! LOL!!

Posted by: And Irresolute at February 26, 2012 09:31 AM (RC3M9)

93 For those of you who have seen this, is there a SEAL named "Rooster" in it?  He's blonde and about mid to late 20's.

Posted by: EC at February 26, 2012 09:32 AM (R15UB)

94 "I hope the SEALs whose footage was used got compensated, especially the families of those killed."

Y-not,

Head over to Blackfive, and read "Froggy's" posts on the film. This was a 4-yr project until some one had the brilliant idea to make it a full motion picture. Then Relativity Media picked up marketing & distribution. The Pentagon wasn't even involved until the back end. The SEALs didn't want some "E-Ring" bean counter telling them what they could or couldn't do. For those guys, their biggest weapon is their reputation and they were telling it their way.

Anyway, the way I understand it, the operators in the film didn't take so much as a nickel. Remember, this was a project that started out as filming exercise/ evolution training. It was just their jobs day to day. It'd be nice if the producers gave a percentage of gross to a 5013c (say, Marcus Lutrell's charity or whatever), but I haven't read anything like that yet.

Cheers.

Posted by: Lamontyoubigdummy at February 26, 2012 09:34 AM (USWGK)

95 Brad surely is a sock. No one is that absurd. Well, I hope so.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 09:35 AM (dFcKO)

96 >>> The terror mastermind was a muslim from Chechnya ( spelling) who used people from the Phillipines to do his dirty work and the arms and drug dealer was also from Chechnya and the fact that he was jewish was only mentioned by the incredulous Sr. Chief as an aside.

So was he Muslim or Jewish?  "the fact that he was Jewish" sounds like the latter.  Clarity is *extremely* important on these kinds of points.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 26, 2012 09:35 AM (Lpdzt)

97 Mare, I said my children were MORE willing to share, not that they weren't willing before. They now affirmatively reach out and offer their toys to the poorer children, understanding the history of their oppression. And they were always very respectful of the cafeteria and janitorial employees, despite the cultural differences.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 09:36 AM (eALBA)

98 Additional spoiler: you might want to take a discrete handkerchief in case something gets in your eye during the movie so no one gets a wrong impression once the house lights come on.

Posted by: Tmitsss at February 26, 2012 09:37 AM (V4Pya)

99 Posted by: Filly at February 26, 2012 11:47 AM (u6ZqI)

Thanks. The drill thing is bothersome. He's the 3rd son with two much older brothers and has seen everything and doesn't seem to be bothered. Plays CoD and Gears of War and Battlefield. Jaws was his favorite movie when he was three (don't ask). Loves those shark horror movies. But I don't like the sound of the drill thing. If he keeps on wanting to see it, I'll explain about the drill scene and ask him to "cover up" for the beginning. His 20 year old brother has some system worked out with him where he allows a jacket to be dropped over his head so that he is still allowed to go places. Hopefully he hasn't been anywhere too extreme but, hey, they grow up fast.

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:38 AM (u50z0)

100 Is it a Lucasart? I only watch Lucasarts.

Posted by: Europe at February 26, 2012 09:38 AM (xXhWA)

101 So if you like to just close your mind and enjoy American soldiers killing brown people, you'll love this movie? Gotcha. "U.S. Motherfucking A" Wow. What's it like to live a stereotype? It's nice when movies remove all subtlety and pretend that things are clear cut, black and white, right. And then there's reality...

Posted by: Just a guy at February 26, 2012 09:38 AM (gnViO)

102

thanks for the review.  good flic.  go see it. 

 

Hooyah

Posted by: teamguy at February 26, 2012 09:39 AM (aq5QU)

103

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 01:36 PM (eALBA

 

I think if we put together every other letter in every other sentence it will spell AVERAGE JOE

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 09:39 AM (uVuwp)

104 Ian S. @ 98  Go see the movie and then you can tell us.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:40 AM (mKMj1)

105

Thanks for the review, Andy. .....I have been eagerly awaiting the reviews and enjoy the juicy spoilers.

.....

I will be buying tickets, but just can't bring myself to go into the theater. ....Since I seem to be alergic to pretty much all prescription drugs these days, and even aspirin makes me faint and fall over.....I have been avoiding crowds and avoiding spending time in other germ infested places.

.....

Planning to buy DVDs when they come out. .....Does Hollywood take note of DVD sales? Or do they only notice box office totals.

.....

Fuck Hollywood with the barbed cock of satan.....especially today, during their annual handjob-fest where they will be stroking each other on national tv.

Posted by: wheatie at February 26, 2012 09:40 AM (UOOK1)

106 Haven't seen Act of Valor yet, just moved it to the top of the list. Related: If Woody's movie (which I saw to pay back my wife for coming to Atlas Shrugged w/me) wins, a lot of the "credit" should go to a few lines. The ones where Republicans are crypto- Nazis and the Tea Party is made up of insane people. Obviously I'm paraphrasing, but they were glaringly put in the movie as a simple avatar for the Lefties to look to in order to know that all the politics of the film were in order.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2012 09:41 AM (hiMsy)

107 "Mare, I said my children were MORE willing to share, not that they weren't willing before."

Nice part about being an American, you can do pretty much as bad a job as you want raising your kids, and that's your God-given right.  At least until most of us are drug off to re-education camp of course.

"They now affirmatively reach out and offer their toys to the poorer children, understanding the history of their oppression. And they were always very respectful of the cafeteria and janitorial employees, despite the cultural differences."

ROTFLMAO - you know what I find the most amusing about all of this, your automatic assumption that if the children in question have a higher melanin content in their skin than yours, then obviously the must be from a less affluent family.  And supposedly were racist, and your not. 

Irony.. gotta love it. 

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 09:41 AM (R5yLq)

108 84 My children go to an international school, and after seeing The Help they were much more willing to share with the non-white, underprivileged special scholarship students. I dread to think how they'd behave if I took them to a movie which glorified violence like Act of Valor.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 01:25 PM (eALBA)


Wow, how are they in an international school and still differentiating race? How incredibly backward.

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:41 AM (u50z0)

109 OT: Anyone see these: More "green" failures A123 Systems: http://bit.ly/AwDX0n yet another Michigan Manufacturing Boondoggle. Advanced battery manufacturing. What a waste. Their primary customer is Fisker Automotive. Fisker is a government grantee. http://bit.ly/yc5wwe But all of this pales in comparison to the epic failure in the making of this: http://bit.ly/wE3yGh "The efforts would build on Michigan's manufacturing base, expanding the green business sector and established export market. It's a strategy that veers away from the emphasis on the "knowledge economy" that came with high technology, as well as initiatives to diversify Michigan away from manufacturing, said Doug Rothwell, CEO of Business Leaders for Michigan." The amount of #FAIL in this is simply staggering. Beyond believe. This is wrong, at so many levels. Its not even wrong anymore. Why on earth do we ever let liberals and lefties have control of important resources? Are we mad? Seriously? Yet another path to failure for Michigan.

Posted by: John Galt at February 26, 2012 09:41 AM (80GjT)

110 Actually, Debbie Schlussel argues convincingly of the PC fear of offending Muslims in this film, most obviously in (laughably) making the terror mastermind a Jew, and showing the Moooooslims as the reluctant muscle.

Yeah! Osama bin Horowitz, that's the ticket. Posted by: Skzion

From Ed Morrisey's review thread.
"[The Jewish character] wasnÂ’t the main terrorist, [he] was the Eurotrash drug-smuggler facilitator.
...
Just to be clear, the main villain was explicitly an Islamist terrorist, and the motivation for the attacks was Islamist terror. That point comes across explicitly in the film."

It appears Schlussel is in error, and you may be hyperventilating over very little.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at February 26, 2012 09:43 AM (9Hw3U)

111 "U.S. Motherfucking A" Wow. What's it like to live a stereotype?

Posted by: Just a guy at February 26, 2012 01:38 PM (gnViO)

     Its "America, fuck yeah", dumbass.

Posted by: Europe at February 26, 2012 09:44 AM (xXhWA)

112 "I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute," Santorum, a devout Catholic, said in an interview from Michigan on ABC's "This Week." "The First Amendment means the free exercise of religion and that means bringing people and their faith into the public square." You should read the Yahoo comments on this quote.

Posted by: sexypig at February 26, 2012 09:45 AM (wWV5q)

113 I remember pointing out the DVD to "the Help" in the grocery store line. Told my husband, "Yep, betcha there's no stereotypes there ." He almost choaked laughing.

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:45 AM (u50z0)

114 @106: I am not trying to be cute here, and I don't give a shit about Debbie Schlussel, but I would like a simple answer to a simple question.  I don't as a rule pay to see movies with, shall we say, Mel Gibson-esque points of view.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 26, 2012 09:45 AM (Lpdzt)

115 114 Because everyone at yahoo is retarded or because as a slice of america the comments are interesting?

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:46 AM (u50z0)

116 Ian S. @ 116, see cut-loop's 112, or go and be persuaded by the evidence of your own eyes and ears.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 09:48 AM (mKMj1)

117 Stuckonstupid, Schlussel is hardly a leftwing movie critic! I will supply the link and let you read it or not, as you prefer. As for you being "morons," that's irony or sarcasm. I don't waste my time with real morons. I'm sure you don't either. http://tinyurl.com/76p24nv

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 09:51 AM (ptcUS)

118 Ah, I see it's the "retarded" option

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:51 AM (u50z0)

119 116 @106: I am not trying to be cute here, and I don't give a shit about Debbie Schlussel, but I would like a simple answer to a simple question. I don't as a rule pay to see movies with, shall we say, Mel Gibson-esque points of view.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 26, 2012 01:45 PM (Lpdzt)

 

The terrorist was a muslim from Chechnya. The drug dealer who helped him get the suicide vests was his childhood friend also from Chechnya and he was born jewish, but called himself Christo (talk about irony). When the drugdealer was interogated by the Sr. Chief, he just brought up his jewish heritage as a question. That is all that is to it: a simple question. Now people want to make hay out of it. The point is, the drugdealers new religion is MONEY

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 09:53 AM (uVuwp)

120 I take it this must be a Republican-leaning blog. That would explain a lot.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 09:53 AM (eALBA)

121 Nah, they'll give the anti-margaret thatcher movie the oscar. Funny how Thatcher with alzheimers, Reagan with alzheimer's and a bullet wound, and JPII with alzheimer's, Parkinson's and a bullet wound all beat you and the Soviets, huh libtards?

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 09:55 AM (u50z0)

122 98 >>> The terror mastermind was a muslim from Chechnya ( spelling) who used
people from the Phillipines to do his dirty work and the arms and drug
dealer was also from Chechnya and the fact that he was jewish was only
mentioned by the incredulous Sr. Chief as an aside.

So was he Muslim or Jewish? "the fact that he was Jewish" sounds like the latter. Clarity is *extremely* important on these kinds of points.

----------

"the fact that he was Jewish" refers to the "and the arms and drug dealer" person. I realize that was in the middle of a sentence and none of the words are capitalized, so you may have missed it.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 26, 2012 09:55 AM (6fER6)

123 Well look at the big brain on Brad.....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 09:56 AM (jucos)

124 @121; Alright.  Sounds sloppy (it's an own goal the filmmakers didn't need to score), but acceptable.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 26, 2012 09:56 AM (Lpdzt)

125 Brad, what is your lineage?

Posted by: madamex at February 26, 2012 09:56 AM (5+Fw+)

126 Francis Cardinal George (Archdiocese of Chicago) posted a commentary yesterday detailing the threat to religious liberty by explicitly comparing the HHS mandate to the reality of the Soviet experience.  Must Read.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/72go782

Excerpt:

"The provision of health care should not demand “giving up” religious liberty. Liberty of religion is more than freedom of worship. Freedom of worship was guaranteed in the Constitution of the former Soviet Union. You could go to church, if you could find one. The church, however, could do nothing except conduct religious rites in places of worship-no schools, religious publications, health care institutions, organized charity, ministry for justice and the works of mercy that flow naturally from a living faith. All of these were co-opted by the government. We fought a long cold war to defeat that vision of society."

Posted by: mrp at February 26, 2012 09:57 AM (HjPtV)

127 You'll all enjoy this tweet from the AP --

Rain forces NASCAR to push back start of Indy 500; track drying can't start until rain stops

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 26, 2012 09:58 AM (CHbxW)

128 @128: The SCOAMT will take comparisons with the USSR as a compliment, I suspect.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 26, 2012 09:58 AM (Lpdzt)

129 "As for you being "morons," that's irony or sarcasm. I don't waste my time with real morons. I'm sure you don't either."

Obviously your new here.

"Schlussel is hardly a leftwing movie critic!"

Don't really much care who or what he/she is to be truthful with you, obviously he/she/it either didn't watch the movie and relied only on 2nd hand information to form the opinion you accredited he/she/it with, or if they did watch the movie they obviously missed some salient points, as many others have already indicated.

But hey, don't let the facts stop you from a good rant.  By all means, rant on.  Maybe you and brad can discuss it at length the next time he needs someone to carpool with him in his Prius to go pick up the kids from the international school they go too.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 09:58 AM (R5yLq)

130 Brad does a good job playing with the expectation that the help are browner than he and his ilk. In fact he plays with the expectation of the expectation. Good socking job mocking the Liberal caste.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 09:58 AM (dFcKO)

131
I take it this must be a Republican-leaning blog. That would explain a lot.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 01:53 PM (eALBA)


Actually, it's an American-leaning blog based upon the pillars of Duty, Honor, and Country to which many of the posting subscribers have sworn and served. 


Posted by: Doctor Fish at February 26, 2012 09:58 AM (TkGkA)

132
they'll let Danica Patrick keep racing until she kills someone

Posted by: soothie at February 26, 2012 09:59 AM (boOfN)

133 "This must be a Republican blog." Brad, this is a far right-wing extremist ultra-conservative blog. These people aren't interested in anything reasonable. They are extremist ideologues. Expect only the most unreasonable, unreflective, jingoistic nonsense from them.

Posted by: Just a guy at February 26, 2012 09:59 AM (gnViO)

134 Weft cut-loop, Morrissey is not a professional movie reviewer, and frankly, he is not a serious anti-Islamic warrior either, in my opinion. I have provided the link to the review in my last post. You can read it or not, as you see fit. Ok?

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 10:00 AM (ptcUS)

135

Sorry if my spelling and capitalizing is not up to snuff, but I am typing with only my right hand, pretty much lost almost all of the use of my left arm. So bear with me please.

Also I very much liked the Chief calling him "Crisco" instead of "Christo"

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 10:00 AM (uVuwp)

136
Rain forces NASCAR to push back start of Indy 500; track drying can't start until rain stops

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 26, 2012 01:58 PM (CHbxW) 

The Melbourne, FL loop shows a strong line of thunderstorm activity stretching west of Ocala to the western edge of Florida.  I predict the 'Daytona 500' will run Monday.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at February 26, 2012 10:01 AM (TkGkA)

137 "This must be a Republican blog." Brad, this is a far right-wing extremist ultra-conservative blog. These people aren't interested in anything reasonable. They are extremist ideologues. Expect only the most unreasonable, unreflective, jingoistic nonsense from them. Posted by: Just a guy at February 26, 2012 01:59 PM (gnViO) The Goddess Irony smiles.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 10:02 AM (dFcKO)

138 125 Well look at the big brain on Brad.....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 01:56 PM (jucos)



Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:02 AM (lbXwl)

139 I like this idea of drying the track while the rain is still going on.  We need to throw a few billion at it!

Posted by: Barack H. Obama, Venture Capitlist To The Stars at February 26, 2012 10:02 AM (Lpdzt)

140 Dagny, most British feminists rejected Margaret Thatcher as a role model. As a woman, you might reconsider your admiration of her.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:03 AM (eALBA)

141 I see there is a re-make of "Red Dawn" coming in November, with NoKo replacing Central American commies this time (Tom Cruise's son plays the mayor's son).

Also, in August a new "Bourne Legacy" film without Jason Bourne and Matt Damon, but with most of the other cast members.


Posted by: Neo at February 26, 2012 10:03 AM (e8kgV)

142 Algae will soak up the rainwater on the track in no time.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 10:04 AM (dFcKO)

143 " Brad, this is a far right-wing extremist ultra-conservative blog. These people aren't interested in anything reasonable. They are extremist ideologues. Expect only the most unreasonable, unreflective, jingoistic nonsense from them."

And yet for some reason Just a Guy would prefer to hang out here and post idiotic nonsense like this, rather than going over to the HuffPo and hanging out with people who agree with his naive view of the world.

Nope, he'd rather be here hurling insults and being snotty.  Because that's what a truly "tolerant" liberal does, don't you know.. rotfl...


Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:05 AM (R5yLq)

144 Dagny, most British feminists rejected Margaret Thatcher as a role model. As a woman, you might reconsider your admiration of her.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 02:03 PM (eALBA)


That should pretty much clinch admiration of her.



*And Brad is Avg. Joe.



Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2012 10:05 AM (X6akg)

145 Brad! Quick get out before we get some of our republican ick on ya.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:06 AM (jucos)

146
These people aren't interested in anything reasonable.

Posted by: Just a guy at February 26, 2012 01:59 PM (gnViO)

Nonsense!  We still believe in your sister's ability to perform fellatio on most posters excepting Raykon, Dum Dum, and Jay Carney. 

Posted by: Doctor Fish at February 26, 2012 10:06 AM (TkGkA)

147 Just a Guy, I do my level best not to prejudge people. But I am beginning to sense that there is a grain of truth in what you say.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:07 AM (eALBA)

148 127 I can answer that question. Brad lineage = Douchebag

Posted by: mpfs at February 26, 2012 10:07 AM (sd7RS)

149 *And Brad is Avg. Joe. Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2012 02:05 PM (X6akg) Sad. I was hoping Brad was a brilliant parody of a typical clueless Leftist.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 10:07 AM (dFcKO)

150 obie won oboma... stop the rain.

Posted by: Racefan at February 26, 2012 10:08 AM (SdBhx)

151 Just a Guy, I do my level best not to prejudge people. But I am beginning to sense that there is a grain of truth in what you say. Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 02:07 PM (eALBA) ----------------------------------------------------- Kiss me you fool!

Posted by: Just a Guy at February 26, 2012 10:09 AM (jucos)

152 Stuckonstupid, I'm not new here. But I don't usually post because there are too many flame wars. You foolishly think I have anything in common with the likes of Brad. Anyway, I've said all I came to say.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 10:10 AM (ptcUS)

153 142 Dagny, most British feminists rejected Margaret Thatcher as a role model. As a woman, you might reconsider your admiration of her. So many things wrong with those two sentences. First, your argument is an "appeal to authority" (assuming "British feminists" are any kind of respectable authority) logical fallacy. Second, are you seriously trying to argue that a woman who helped re-energize Britain after a long period of post WWII decline and was one of the few women HoS in the entire world (and a damned effective one at that), is not a worthy role model? You seriously have some critical thinking and analysis flaws.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 26, 2012 10:10 AM (UR5vq)

154 Weft cut-loop, Morrissey is not a professional movie reviewer, and frankly, he is not a serious anti-Islamic warrior either, in my opinion. I have provided the link to the review in my last post. You can read it or not, as you see fit. Ok?

Are you seriously suggesting that it takes a professional movie reviewer [sic] to determine what characters are the main characters and which are ancillary?

Again, the protagonist is not Jewish. Schlussel's facts are wrong, and by extension your outrage is unwarranted.

and frankly, he is not a serious anti-Islamic warrior either, in my opinion.

Ah, ad hominem. Well, frankly, your opinion and buck might be able to get you a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at February 26, 2012 10:10 AM (9Hw3U)

155 "Dagny, most British feminists rejected Margaret Thatcher as a role model. As a woman, you might reconsider your admiration of her."

ROTFL.. not sure who is funnier, you or Just a Guy.  So, let me see if I have this straight, all women should reject Margaret Thatcher as a role model because some british feminsts didn't like her.

So, since a group of women who supposedly wish to sponser free thought and expression of opinion among women dislike someone, then all women must dislike them as well because only by acting in total lock-step and agreeing with everything this group says will you be proving that your a freely thinking and expressing your opinion?

Lol.. wow, I have to admit, you guys crack me up.  The mental gymnastics it takes to support liberal thought are truly amazing.

Besides, what did Margaret Thatcher ever do that warrants being admired.  I mean, sure, she was elected Prime Minster of England, helped bring about the end of the Soviet Union.. but who cares about all of that crap.  Did she ever appear in a PETA ad?  Hell no.. so obviously she really didn't do much with her life.. silly tart.

Lol..

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:10 AM (R5yLq)

156 Hey, Racefan!  Are they gonna run this thing or not?  I heard tomorrow's weather is supposed to be worse. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:12 AM (lbXwl)

157 Okay, everyone. Calm down.

CALM DOWN!!!

Posted by: soothie at February 26, 2012 10:12 AM (boOfN)

158 * "protagonist'

Should be 'antagonist.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at February 26, 2012 10:12 AM (9Hw3U)

159 "Stuckonstupid, I'm not new here. But I don't usually post because there are too many flame wars. "

Then you might want to read the blog more carefully in the future, as anyone who has been here for longer than a few days will almost immediately pick up on the fact that most of the regular posters here lovingly refer to each other as morons.  A reference you completely missed, thus indicating that it is very unlikely that you read this blog much.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:12 AM (R5yLq)

160 And knowing that my contribution to its box-office take on opening weekend is a big middle finger pointed at Hollywood makes it all the better.


This x1bazillion.  I liked the movie.  The action in it was awesome to this relative and friend of many who have served but who has never herself seen combat. 

And, through parts of the movie, I bawled like a baby  I stayed for the credits and bawled even harder.   

Posted by: Theresa at February 26, 2012 10:13 AM (2dNWw)

161 mpfs, it might surprise you to learn that I live in a rather conservative neighborhood of New York City, on the Upper East (not West) Side. And recall that this town has been governed by a wealthy Republican fior over a decade.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:14 AM (eALBA)

162 hell they have lights.......... dont count it out yet. it might be better.

Posted by: Racefan at February 26, 2012 10:14 AM (SdBhx)

163

Data point one (perfect for developing meaningful graphs and analyses of things like global climate, for example ....) - but my SEAL friend is lukewarm about the whole thing.

 

Same reason he - and he says, most in his circle (he's at Coronado, towards end of more than 2 decades in the teams) - are upset at the publicity given the bin Laden raid by the idiots in the WH/admin.  Dark cloak of secrecy and discretion are among the special forces' best assets.  He understands the movie reveals nothing meaningful in terms of tactics/techniques/procedures.  But he's been in the business for many years and as he said, like many of his colleagues, he opposes any beyond the tiniest bit of publicity for the teams or SF.

 

He added that while the movie may be one more little positive blip for recruiting, there's no problem with recruiting as it is. 

 

So I don't think I'll ask to go see it with him - but I will ask to join any viewing sessions he and his colleagues might have.  He brought me to a graduation last year (a class was completing a year of qualification training and getting their Tridents pinned on) - fantastic experience.  The quality and dedication of those 60+ young guys was almost enough to restore hope in the country.  Almost (since obviously they are not the problem).

 

Posted by: non-purist at February 26, 2012 10:15 AM (ESC13)

164 "I can answer that question. Brad lineage = Douchebag"

Hmm.. would that be the New Hampton Douchebags by chance? 

Lol..

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:15 AM (R5yLq)

165 4 out of 5 British Feminists agree that toothpaste is a tool of the patriarchy.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2012 10:15 AM (hiMsy)

166 Doctor Fish @ 133  "Who Ya"

brad @ 122 Absolutely the skull.

Peaches @ 140 And we know what it's made of!

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 10:16 AM (mKMj1)

167 The Goddess irony names her new cat "Brad".

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 10:16 AM (dFcKO)

168 "mpfs, it might surprise you to learn that I live in a rather conservative neighborhood of New York City"

It would surprise me to learn that there are any conservative neighborhoods in New York City.  Not exactly a bastion of conservatism last I checked.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:16 AM (R5yLq)

169 Does Danica Patrick race NASCAR? I am not a fan so I do not know. I thought that she did Indy car races? Is she good?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:16 AM (jucos)

170 mpfs, it might surprise you to learn that I live in a rather conservative neighborhood of New York City, on the Upper East (not West) Side. And recall that this town has been governed by a wealthy Republican fior over a decade.

Relevance, Brad?  I mean, wtf are you even talking about?  Nobody cares where you park your refrigerator box and shopping cart . . .  We're just glad you got the free wi-fi so you can put us some knowledge.

Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:18 AM (lbXwl)

171 Stuck, I think we can disagree without being disagreeable This isn't a Tea Party rally, after all.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:18 AM (eALBA)

172
This will be Danica's first Daytona 500.

I dunno if she still races open-wheel, but she's been doing NASCAR for a little while now.

Posted by: soothie at February 26, 2012 10:19 AM (boOfN)

173 Stuck, I think we can disagree without being disagreeable This isn't a Tea Party rally, after all. Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 02:18 PM (eALBA) ------------------------------------------------------------- Brad, you still got a chance to get out before we ejaculate our republicanism all over you.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:19 AM (jucos)

174

 I am not a fan so I do not know. I thought that she did Indy car races? Is she good?

 

 I hear there are few better on the pole.

Posted by: garrett at February 26, 2012 10:20 AM (4KZu9)

175 167 4 out of 5 British Feminists agree that toothpaste is a tool of the patriarchy. Toothpaste and the use of other daily grooming habits are all tools the patriarchy uses to keep the Sisterhood in slavery. By the way, if Margaret Thatcher isn't considered a good woman role model, who is a good role model in the eyes of these British feminists?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 26, 2012 10:20 AM (UR5vq)

176 Oh good grief, Stuck, I know perfectly well how "moron" is used here. By flaming I refer, for example, to the nonsense that some people are hurling at me. It's regretable and boring.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 10:20 AM (ptcUS)

177
I got bored with NASCAR right around the time they pussed out and dropped the "Winston Cup" series name.

Posted by: soothie at February 26, 2012 10:21 AM (boOfN)

178 Peaches, our social environment is always relevant to our perspective. I am very conscious of whatever advantages I might have, and am therefore careful to check my privilege at the door. You?

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:21 AM (eALBA)

179

I'm convinced  Debbie Schussel doesn't even watch the movies she claims to "review". Her review of Blade Runner was comical as she managed to miss the whole point of the film.

 

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at February 26, 2012 10:22 AM (ZETiK)

180 By the way, if Margaret Thatcher isn't considered a good woman role model, who is a good role model in the eyes of these British feminists? Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 26, 2012 02:20 PM (UR5vq) Madonna.

Posted by: eman at February 26, 2012 10:22 AM (dFcKO)

181 Average joe is an above average asshole.

Posted by: ontherocks at February 26, 2012 10:22 AM (ZJCDy)

182 By the way, if Margaret Thatcher isn't considered a good woman role model, who is a good role model in the eyes of these British feminists?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 26, 2012 02:20 PM (UR5vq)


I believe they hold Vanessa Redgrave in particularly high esteem, Kratos.  We probably would, too, if we weren't racist hicks. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:22 AM (lbXwl)

183 I got bored with NASCAR right around the time they pussed out and dropped the "Winston Cup" series name. Posted by: soothie at February 26, 2012 02:21 PM (boOfN) --------------------------------------------------------- Winston, as in cigarettes?

Posted by: Braaaaaad at February 26, 2012 10:22 AM (jucos)

184 drab @ 173  A lot of folks here find the TEA Party to be entirely too moderate in their tactics.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 10:23 AM (mKMj1)

185 Truck, interesting how a commenter on a blog devoted to denying contraceptive justice to women would engage in such libertine imagery.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:23 AM (eALBA)

186 You?

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 02:21 PM (eALBA)


Me, Brad?  I'm waiting for you to link a picture of your junk, just so we know you're a real boy.   

I'm off to the showers, which should give you time to find your wide-angle lens . . .

Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:24 AM (lbXwl)

187 I got bored with racing when they quit racing stock cars.

Posted by: Vic at February 26, 2012 10:24 AM (YdQQY)

188 Look at the big brain on Brad ya'll! WTF is contraceptive justice? Seriously........

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:25 AM (jucos)

189 "Stuck, I think we can disagree without being disagreeable This isn't a Tea Party rally, after all."

Rotfl.. so, we you start by saying that we can disagree without being disagreeable, then follow that up by slapping me across the face and insinuating that a tea party rally is a violent and disagreeable sort of affair.  Not at all like those wonderfully peaceful occupy protests, huh?

Wow.. does it ever get tiring?  This ridiculous mental masturbation and total denial of fact and logic you must engage in to maintain your core belief system?

Lol.. if nothing else your good for a laugh or too.  Again you display your special brand of tolerance, in which any thought that isn't 100% in lock step with your own isn't tolerated at all.

You know what the funniest thing about all of this is Brad?  I'm sure you think I'm a horrible, evil person, as most liberals do - but I don't think the same about you.  I don't think your horrible, or evil - just very misguided.  I think someone at some point sold you a bill of goods that made you think that in order to be a good person, you had to be a liberal.

Sadly though I learned through life experience that liberal ideas don't help people, they almost always end up hurting them instead.  Hopefully you'll hang around long enough to see the light in this regard, to start actually thinking about how things work instead of always worrying about how they make you feel.


Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:25 AM (R5yLq)

190

Does Danica Patrick race NASCAR?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 02:16 PM (jucos)

She has been marketed very heavily and to date her performance has not matched the hype.  Her sponsors and NASCAR have done her no favor by pushing her into the Sprint Cup Series for which she may or may not be qualified at this stage in her stock car driving development?

Danica raced yesterday in the Nationwide Series, and ended up in the wall with blame directed at her teammate.  What was her response over the radio?  "What the fuck was he thinking?"  Dissing your teammate is poor form.

Sidebar:  Also in the same race was a chick named Johanna Long.  Amazingly, she is seldom mentioned, but has been in racing for a number of years.


Posted by: Doctor Fish at February 26, 2012 10:27 AM (TkGkA)

191 Brad's one of those folks (and they are legion) who were taught WHAT to think, not HOW to think.  Pitiful . . .

Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:27 AM (lbXwl)

192 Wow, I went and read that Schlussel piece. She's off her rocker (not a new fact, I know). If you watch this movie and come away thinking it's anti-semitic, you probably see that ghost in lots and lots of places.

Posted by: Andy at February 26, 2012 10:27 AM (XG+Mn)

193 Peaches, I'm a real man, not a boy. Which is why I'm off to my gig as a volunteer as an escort at Planned Parenthood, helping real women to self-actualize. Sad that your shower won't wash off the kind of dirt that really matters.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:29 AM (eALBA)

194 mpfs, it might surprise you to learn that I live in a rather
conservative neighborhood of New York City, on the Upper East (not
West) Side. And recall that this town has been governed by a wealthy
Republican fior over a decade.

It wouldn't surprise me, personally, since you seem rather ignorant of reality.  Bloomberg is an Independent.  He has been for quite some time.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at February 26, 2012 10:29 AM (Y/s90)

195 You know what the funniest thing about all of this is Brad? I'm sure you think I'm a horrible, evil person, as most liberals do - but I don't think the same about you. I don't think your horrible, or evil - just very misguided.Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 02:25 PM (R5yLq) ---------------------------------------------------- Profoundly stupid comes to my mind. I know that libtards hate me and mine and everything I/we stand for. I don't hate them either, but I am indifferent to them (at best).

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:29 AM (jucos)

196 Appreciate the review, Andy. I work pretty hard to stay away from Hollywood's opinion of my soldier. Usually he watches first and let's me know if I will want to punch hippies afterward. My grandfather was pushed into a film while in uniform. Regardless of film merit, it is a nice heirloom for future generations of those families.

Posted by: veeka oot seeg at February 26, 2012 10:29 AM (sqVOl)

197

thats Winston Cup.

Danica Patrick was on the pole in yesterdays race, the bad news is she blew a tampon out and hit the wall............

Posted by: Racefan at February 26, 2012 10:30 AM (SdBhx)

198 "Peaches, our social environment is always relevant to our perspective. I am very conscious of whatever advantages I might have, and am therefore careful to check my privilege at the door. You?"

Rotfl.. check your privilege at the door?  Are you kidding me?  Wow.. funny, the more you speak, the more condescending you become.  You know pretty much nothing about us, and yet you automatically assume that you are more privileged and thus must "check that at the door".

You assume that kids of other races are not as privileged as yours, and force your own children to make that same assumption, because of the color of their skin.

And yet you maintain that we, who do not see other people through the prism of race, are racist, and you, who are obviously judging everyone you meet based on this criteria, are not..

Rotfl... Irony, they name is Brad.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:30 AM (R5yLq)

199 Danica raced yesterday in the Nationwide Series, and ended up in the wall with blame directed at her teammate. What was her response over the radio? "What the fuck was he thinking?" Dissing your teammate is poor form.

Eh, in that case it was deserved, he did bump her in the corner and cause her wreck.

Posted by: booger at February 26, 2012 10:31 AM (29wvc)

200 Brad is a brave beta male planned parenthood warrior. Too funny for words.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:31 AM (jucos)

201 >>>"helping real women to self-actualize." lol

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 26, 2012 10:33 AM (jSs99)

202 Danica raced yesterday in the Nationwide Series, and ended up in the wall with blame directed at her teammate. What was her response over the radio? "What the fuck was he thinking?" Dissing your teammate is poor form. -------------------------------------------------- Maybe she was putting her lipstick on or she was obsessing about the fucking republicans denying her her contraceptive justice.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:33 AM (jucos)

203 Stuck, I think for myself. I read a wide variety of opinions, from left-center columnists like E.J. Dionne to the ultra-conservative Kalthleen Parker.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:34 AM (eALBA)

204 Brad has to be a sock. Average Joe, is that you? It is way too stupid to be anything other than a real good sock.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:35 AM (jucos)

205 "Which is why I'm off to my gig as a volunteer as an escort at Planned Parenthood, helping real women to self-actualize."

Lol.. ok, so by helping women undergo a risky medical procedure that is almost completely unregulated and thus even though it is a major surgical procedure it can be performed by any MD, even a podiatrist, your helping women "self-actualize"? 

Rotfl.. and you think this somehow makes you a "real man"?

Brad, seriously man, you just keep getting funnier and funnier.   Look, all your really doing here is helping to make Planned Parenthood millions of dollars and helping to keep these poor desperate women chained to a system that puts their lives in danger to protect PP's profit margin by keeping any sort of reasonable controls on abortion impossible.

Nothing manly about that.  And that doesn't even discuss the morality/immorality of terminating another human life, the above is true even if one ignorantly assumes that the pregnant woman has something other than a human life growing in her womb, which is scientifically speaking the most ignorant thing imaginable.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:36 AM (R5yLq)

206 Sometimes I pay women to pee on me.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:36 AM (lbXwl)

207 Any movie that substitutes a Jew as terrorist for a Muslim is DOA in my house.
Not only unrealistic, but simply dishonest and shows a fear of the truth.

Posted by: pat at February 26, 2012 10:36 AM (UFxap)

208 Contraceptive justice? First you will recognize my demands for oral justice.

Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at February 26, 2012 10:37 AM (4136b)

209 I think Brad is doing the Lords work.

Posted by: Margaret Sanger at February 26, 2012 10:37 AM (jucos)

210 The Help is one of those movies that white liberals like because it says the poor colored folk just can't do anything on their own and white liberals are their savior, see also Avatar/Dances With Wolves etc.

Posted by: booger at February 26, 2012 10:37 AM (29wvc)

211 Brad's schtick is pretty amusing.

Posted by: Andy at February 26, 2012 10:38 AM (XG+Mn)

212 "to the ultra-conservative Kalthleen Parker."

Good fucking grief.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 26, 2012 10:38 AM (GZitp)

213 ultra-conservative Kalthleen Parker.

Yeah, that's gotta be average joe.

Posted by: booger at February 26, 2012 10:39 AM (29wvc)

214 I just had to drop in to say that Brad is truly stupid.

Posted by: Jesus at February 26, 2012 10:39 AM (jucos)

215 Here is a pretty fair review of Act of Valor.

http://tinyurl.com/74xxjem

Posted by: McLovin at February 26, 2012 10:39 AM (l14aH)

216 208 Sometimes I pay women to pee on me.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: booger at February 26, 2012 10:39 AM (29wvc)

217 Fuck you Brad!

Posted by: An Angry Aborted Fetus at February 26, 2012 10:40 AM (jucos)

218 "Again, the protagonist is not Jewish. Schlussel's facts are wrong, and by extension your outrage is unwarranted."

Didn't Schlussel have a full-on melt-down mental episode over The Watchmen?

Oh, and Brad has got to be a parody.   Got to be.

Seriously... he writes that his kids are nice to the janitors despite their cultural differences?   Am I the only one who reads that and immediately does a double take?   *What* cultural differences?   The elitism simply Oooooozes.

Got to be someone having fun on a Sunday morning.

Posted by: Synova at February 26, 2012 10:41 AM (P0X9Q)

219 "Which is why I'm off to my gig as a volunteer as an escort at Planned Parenthood, helping real women to self-actualize."

Real men volunteer for billion dollar multinational corporations.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at February 26, 2012 10:41 AM (Y/s90)

220 209 Any movie that substitutes a Jew as terrorist for a Muslim is DOA in my house.
Not only unrealistic, but simply dishonest and shows a fear of the truth.

Posted by: pat at February 26, 2012 02:36 PM (UFxap)

 

nobody substitutes anything. The muslim jihadist is the terrorist. Don't let some idiot who just read a dumbass review keep you from the movie. Watch for yourself and you come away thinking differently

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 10:42 AM (uVuwp)

221 Sometimes I pay women to pee on me.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: booger at February 26, 2012 02:39 PM (29wvc)


Not if you check your privilege at the door.  We could all learn a lot from Brad today, booger. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 26, 2012 10:43 AM (lbXwl)

222 K Parker called Mitt a dork on MTP this AM.

Coming from recently shitcanned faux conservative bint for hire like her, I couldn't figure out if that was ironically high praise or low comedy.

Posted by: ontherocks at February 26, 2012 10:43 AM (ZJCDy)

223 I mean...  if Brad were a *real* ultra-elite liberal, he'd be aware that he's not supposed to like The Help on account of it being all about the White Girl learning to help out the black maids, who couldn't do it themselves.

I know, because I heard it on NPR.

Posted by: Synova at February 26, 2012 10:44 AM (P0X9Q)

224 @208 Sad that disagreement must encourage such crude impersonation. Stuck, Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization which helps women who find themselves in difficult circumstances. And certainly, the woman is in the best position to judge whether it is actually a "life" growing within her. Try to trust them with their own bodies.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:44 AM (eALBA)

225 Shivers.
>>I see antisemites...

Posted by: Haley Joel Osmental at February 26, 2012 10:45 AM (4136b)

226 219 Fuck you Brad!

Posted by: An Angry Aborted Fetus at February 26, 2012 02:40 PM (jucos)

**************

nothing like a good AoSHQ debate.

Posted by: Racefan at February 26, 2012 10:45 AM (SdBhx)

227 #137, I'd forgotten that the interrogator kept calling him "Crisco."  Thought that was pretty damn funny. 

Posted by: Theresa at February 26, 2012 10:45 AM (2dNWw)

228 I can assure you that I was not a growth or a tumor!

Posted by: An Angry Aborted Fetus at February 26, 2012 10:46 AM (jucos)

229 @Dagny, the comments on yahoo are usually retarded. These seemed to be actually real people who were upset. Now. that could be my bias, or it could be that they weren't in all CAPS.

Posted by: sexypig at February 26, 2012 10:47 AM (wWV5q)

230 @190: Lileks has a great riff on "contraceptive justice" in the new (dead tree) National Review.

Cliffs Notes version: if you believe what libs and PP say, women everywhere are at constant risk of "sudden sex syndrome" in which they're going about their day and presto!, they're raw-dogging some guy they don't even know.

Imagine the volume of mail to Penthouse Forum if this were true.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 26, 2012 10:47 AM (Lpdzt)

231 Synova, I am aware of that particular critique of The Help and respect that viewpoint. However, the film employed many African-Americans in lead roles and if they did not object, certainly there is no reason to second-guess them.

Posted by: Brad at February 26, 2012 10:48 AM (eALBA)

232 So much for me being the first female President.

Posted by: An Angry Aborted Fetus at February 26, 2012 10:49 AM (jucos)

233 Brad is a very, very good sock.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 10:50 AM (jucos)

234 this is a far right-wing extremist ultra-conservative blog. These people aren't interested in anything reasonable. They are extremist ideologues. Expect only the most unreasonable, unreflective, jingoistic nonsense from them.

We just call it the truth.  Adjective conservation is conservative.

Posted by: DaveA at February 26, 2012 10:51 AM (2eUbq)

235 Brad,  an actual life?
Are you being funny?
Gosnell aborted some children He himself said could almost walk . so Yes why some women might be well aware the life they carry is truly alive and kicking until the moment  of a Gosnell helper. You really find that comment appropraite or wise?
speaking of which, what ever happened to Mr. Gosnell and His house of horrors.

(o i'm sorry helping hand doc for women that are distressed?)

Posted by: willow at February 26, 2012 10:53 AM (TomZ9)

236 as for Mzzz.  M. Thatcher, I would give a lot to have her have been Our president the last 3 plus years.

Posted by: willow at February 26, 2012 10:54 AM (TomZ9)

237 At least Brad's escortees won't be punished with a baby, as Obama points out. I've wondered how Obama's daughters feel about being considered "punishment" by their father. Knowing that for 9 long months there they were only minutes away from being escorted by Brad into Margaret Sanger's wet dreams of ethnic cleansing. And "non-profit" just means not having to share any money with stock holders or the government. That means about twice as much money available for employee compensation. El Rushbo himself once ruffled a bunch of lib feathers by reporting the pay rates of executives at some "non-profit" companies.

Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2012 10:55 AM (14BKc)

238 "Stuck, Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization which helps women who find themselves in difficult circumstances. And certainly, the woman is in the best position to judge whether it is actually a "life" growing within her. Try to trust them with their own bodies."

Brad, as usual we find that you are talking out of your ass.  You don't have a clue, so please, allow me to educate you.

First, ask anyone that has taken a biology class, even a high school biology class, and they can tell you with scientific certainty beyond any doubt that a moment an egg is fertilized it is life, by the very definition of the term.  No quotations marks are needed.

Second, if you knew anything at all about Planned Parenthood you would know that they make huge profits from performing abortions.  Only and idiot would say otherwise, the facts are all as plain as the nose on your face.  Their "non-profit" status is about as big a joke as Media Matters tax exempt status.  I suggest you do some research on how "non-profits' work, just because an organization is supposedly non-profit doesn't mean that they don't make a profit, or that they won't be deceptive or aggressive in protecting those profits.

Third, again if you had done even one iota of research into the matter, you would realize that in order to perform any sort of abortion in the USA all you need is a medical degree.  You don't need any sort of surgical specialization, special training, etc.  Just an MD.  So you could have been a podiatrist, or a dermatologist, etc - with little to no surgical experience at all, and you can hang out a shingle and start doing an invasive medical procedure with a lot of inherent risks with no fear of the law whatsoever, primarily because idiots like you fight tooth and nail whenever anyone tries to put any reasonable restrictions on abortion whatsoever.  The worst part is that even though hundreds of thousands of these women you supposedly care about wind up in Emergency rooms after going to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers with complications that could prove fatal, such as hemorrhaging, etc, the ER's themselves are prevented in most places BY LAW and cannot report the fact that a woman has had an abortion that lead to this complication.  Thus it is impossible to collect any unbiased scientific data on the subject, thanks mostly to idiots like you.

You might also note that at no time did I or have I ever made any sort of moral judgement about the women seeking abortions, Nor have I indicated any desire to "judge" what is best for them.  I do think that anyone seeking to have an invasive medical procedure done is entitled to all of the facts and should be made aware of all of the risks involved, something that is again impossible thanks to idiots such as yourself who make such things impossible.

But hey, your the compassionate "tolerant" one who cares about these women right? 

Rotfl.. seriously, does it hurt at all being this completely disingenuous?  I mean the level of intellectual dishonesty required is simply astounding, and I would think rather painful.



Posted by: StuckOnStupid at February 26, 2012 10:56 AM (R5yLq)

239 infants, how absolutely selfish  for them to just show up when unwanted .

Posted by: willow at February 26, 2012 10:57 AM (TomZ9)

240

Schlussel's hit job is pathetic.

She makes so many errors, misrepresentations, and out of the blue leaps it is difficult to believe she actually saw the movie rather a random clip or two, and decided a single line defined the entire film.

Geller just links/reposts another review which again is simply wrong about the appearance and relevance of the character in question.
Further, based on a follow up post by that reviewer, the SEAL who said the line did it as part of how he would do a real interrogation, using personal information to unsettle the subject and break down his defenses. Far from being a sucker punch, it instead becomes a perfect counterpoint to the earlier failed physical torture of the CIA agent, showing how a professional American interrogator does his job successfully.

The movie I saw had its issues with camerawork (the evil shaky-cam and first person shooter perspectives) and use of non-actors, but in everything else it was perfect - story, themes/cliches/tropes, and action. If people want to pass on it because some thin-skinned hucksters and overly literal reviewers got their panties in a bunch it is their loss.

Posted by: Sam at February 26, 2012 10:57 AM (6VSdJ)

241

Posted by: Sam at February 26, 2012 02:57 PM (6VSdJ)

 

Thankyou, you said it way better than I did

Posted by: Ma Bell at February 26, 2012 11:02 AM (uVuwp)

242 http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/ box-office-noon-numbers-show-act-of-valor-1-good-deeds-2-wanderlust-5/ http://tinyurl.com/7cezlfb BOX OFFICE: ‘Act Of Valor’ #1 With $25M Weekend Relativity’s R-rated Act Of Valor has stayed No. 1 all weekend...

Posted by: Looking Glass at February 26, 2012 11:03 AM (14BKc)

243 Brad seems like Greg........

Posted by: FU52 at February 26, 2012 11:37 AM (NZu+i)

244

Great movie... was hard to watch,.... but not for the reason most folks will have....

 

I'm retired USN.. and played on Amphibs, some small boats... and did boarding teams in the Gulf... even rode Subs a few times when I worked for COMSUBPAC.... and it was a STARK reminder of the difference between the Frontline Active Duty Military folks... with their sense of mission, and Honor... and the folks I deal with in the Civilian world..

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 26, 2012 11:41 AM (lZBBB)

245 Posted by: Just a guy at February 26, 2012 01:59 PM (gnViO)

Wow, I see by your hash that you used to be Sally Ann Cavanaugh, 'Just a guy'. One question: was the surgery really, really painful?


Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 26, 2012 11:42 AM (VMcoS)

246 Brad is a sock, folks.

Posted by: stace, all dead inside now at February 26, 2012 11:42 AM (lYlx9)

247 ACT OF VALOR is #1 at the Box Office This Weekend.

It was made for $12 million and in one weekend has grossed over $24 million so far

Posted by: trip at February 26, 2012 11:45 AM (xhBda)

248 >>>Brad seems like Greg........

Except Greg is serious

Posted by: wiserbud at February 26, 2012 11:51 AM (gCa4h)

249 @Just a guy No no no. Thats the other room. This is the insults room. You stupid git. This is a blog where people who love and support this great nation, including many whom have put their one and only mortal body between the horrors of war and their family and loved ones, comment. This is not your typical lefty blog where chicken-hawk dipshits whom are stuck on stupid (not the commentor here with that handle, I mean literally mind numbingly dumb people) make armchair quarterback critiques, and deride the SCOAMF (whom you know as the president) for "giving into the republicans". These are the same blogs that insist, without a shred of evidence, that the Koch brothers are eeeeevvvvuuuulllll and funding the Tea Party, that the Tea Party is eeeeevvvvuuuulllll, racist, homophobic, anti semitic, yadda yadda yadda. Must be some mirror there. The Koch brothers aren't interested in the Tea Party last I've heard. Would love to see evidence to the contrary, but even if they are, they tend to fund things that promote the US agenda of religious freedom, tolerance, and democracy around the world. Not like Mr. Soros for comparison, who actually actively funds evil things, and is a known and self admitted Nazi collaborator in his youth. The Tea Party has members from all ethnic groups, and calling it racist is ... almost ... the dumbest thing the lefty liberal twits have ever done. The media (but I repeat myself) went way overboard with this, and got themselves into some sort of pickle with their customers. Go figure. Call your customers racist and stupid for wanting limited government, spending reductions, and sanity in regulations. My god... the outrage of that. And yes you liberal twit, this is *all* the Tea Party wants. Politicians to represent the people. Not themselves. Or a national party. The people have spoken. They want limited government. Lower expenditures. Less regulation. Less overbearing reach of a federal monster. This is an issue that should be supported by *everyone* and the Tea Party has as many socons as soclibs in it. Locally about 25% of the membership is "African American". About 10% is Hispanic. Now about this love of country thing. Some people here have had the honor and privilege to serve our great nation in our armed forces. Sadly I was not one of them (and looking back 30 years now, I do regret this), but many are in that group here. There are other ways to serve; volunteering time/effort, contributing to worthwhile charities (we donate lots to Purple Heart among others, looking for good charities to contribute to, to help people and families in the service returning home in less than perfect shape ... chime in if you know of any reputable ones). I can tell you that I found the profound anti-semitism expressed at "the movement", you know, the Occupy Wall Street movement(s), to be terribly saddening. I mean, really ... 80% of jews who voted in this country voted for Mr Obama. And this is what we get? I can tell you that both wallets and minds are pretty much closed to the guy going forward, as he does everything in his power to encourage those who wish to kill the tribe. He hung out with insane anti-semites for 20 years in a "church", ran about with apologists for terrorists (his buddy who left for Columbia) who had a spittle inflected visceral hate of jews. C'mon ... could we not see this coming? The guy does a very poor job of masking his contempt for us. I love this country for the opportunities it has afforded me. I could not see raising my family in another country. I would not want my daughter raising any future children in another country. Is it evil to love your country? Is it jingoistic? Maybe to a post-country liberal lefty who wants a single world government ... Imagine that utopia for a moment. One vote, once. Elect the dictator of your choice. Now the feces starts hitting the fan. Freedom of speech? Gone if you are insulting islam. Fine if you call judiasm a gutter religion or call the followers of such apes and pigs. Right to bear arms? Gone. Right to property? Gone. Thats the thing about lefty utopias. They are never realistic. They always devolve into poor parodies of George Orwell novels. So you can insult folks here in a light hearted manner, or you can get all spittle inflected upon us. One way gets you lots of ... enthusiastic back and forth, the other way, you are called the carpet for being a douchebag. Your choice.

Posted by: John Galt at February 26, 2012 12:36 PM (80GjT)

250 Loved it!

Posted by: John Wayne at February 26, 2012 12:54 PM (kwAf2)

251 Gotta agree with Schlussel: the script may as well have been written by David Duke. False flag bullshit about Jihadists mega-terrorists being operated by a seekrit Jooooooo from behind the scenes is what I'd expect to see on the prose section of Stormfront, not from semi-official recruitment movie involving SEAL. But who cares as long as it's realistic about WoT, right? All terrorism is false flag by ZOG, and Islam is a religion of peace and zen.

Posted by: Dremb at February 26, 2012 01:05 PM (GDIHY)

252 Loved the movie! My nephew that hopes to start SF within the next few months has seen 3 times already. And when the end came and the lights came on, I flipped my shades down. Stuff was in my eyes.

Posted by: Snafu at February 26, 2012 01:09 PM (8d28r)

253 "Gotta agree with Schlussel: the script may as well have been written by David Duke. "

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do.    But I really don't think that *I'd* chose to share wadded panties with Schlussel.

Posted by: Synova at February 26, 2012 01:25 PM (P0X9Q)

254 Note--traitors come in all shapes and flavors (John Walker Lindh, and whatshisbucket, Adam Gadahn, was raised jewish if I remember correctly), so I don't have a major issue with a a drug dealer who was raised right and turned out wrong being portrayed.

And as far as the drugs issue--the netherlands is the #1 manufacturer of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy.  #2 is, to my dismay, Israel.  Now, in their defense, the Israelis kill LOTS and LOTS of bad guys, publicly, privately, and in traffic in Tehran, so I give them a pass there.  Plus, they are a very divided people--I would bet if given a vote on that, they would stop production and shoot more baddies.

And as a result of former professional rivalry, I will not cheer the squiddies publicly.  Out loud.  I may however enjoy this greatly with no visible reaction.  With a lot of 'what is the sound of one hand fapping?' going on.

Posted by: Xenophon at February 26, 2012 01:32 PM (gHBfR)

255 6 "these are real men and amateur actors, as opposed to the exact opposite"




I like this statement. I like this statement very much.

Posted by: mama winger at February 26, 2012 11:39 AM (P6QsQ)

 

I just read that line to my girlfriend back in CO.  She laughed too.  It's a funny statement but also true.

Posted by: Riding Through the Desert On A Sock With No Name at February 26, 2012 01:39 PM (Q5fHc)

256 Just came back from the movie. It. Is. Awesome. That is all.

Posted by: MathMom at February 26, 2012 01:56 PM (JGVrO)

257 I still want to know if there were any apologies in this film.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 26, 2012 11:32 AM


The only apology I saw was when they drug the SCOAMF off the golf course and made him watch the SEALS do that which Leon Panetts forced him to allow them to do while SCOAMF golfed.  s/

Posted by: Concealed Kerry or Sub Mitt at February 26, 2012 02:13 PM (nonzP)

258 Truck Monkey, they did read the terrorists their rights: "You have the right to become, and remain, dead."

dremb @ 253 You should quit taking hits off of Schlussel's crack pipe.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 02:32 PM (mKMj1)

259 That guy who claimed to be a Seal, on Top Shot, was a Whiny Doofus Quitter.

Pope out.


Posted by: Retired Geezer at February 26, 2012 02:41 PM (mryMr)

260 "73 "I haven't really liked an action/war movie since We Were Soldiers." You liked a Mel Gibson movie? Wow, this site is turning into Stormfront. Posted by: infovore at February 26, 2012 01:18 PM (0llFJ)" Would you prefer instead "What Woman Want"?

Posted by: Worf the Wonder Klingon at February 26, 2012 02:42 PM (wL5Cc)

261 Great flick!!! All the way around. Libs are pissed because these guys aren't Film Actor's Guild members.....

aw.

Posted by: ted at February 26, 2012 02:42 PM (wb4qc)

262 Let's see .... we all agree that in this movie, an evil Joooo funds the terror and manipulates the situation. The brainiac ma bell scoffs at my suggestion that the decision to replace the likely Saudi money bags with a Jewish money bags is, uh, suspicious. Now, I'm pro-military, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to be manipulated into paying to see a "narrative" that shifts attention from the REAL source of financial backing for jihad. True, I have not seen this movie. So, I need to rely on analyses by others. But even those who trash Schlussel here do not dispute the Jooooish money bags angle. 9/11 was not funded by Jews. This movie implies that it certainly could have been.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 03:11 PM (ptcUS)

263 Oh and ted, all I can say is, Hans Brix, so good to see you.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 03:12 PM (ptcUS)

264 I guess the Axelrod trolls are here. Nothing anti-Jewish at all in the movie. The guy is a gun and drug smuggler who's childhood friend is the jihadist. He's not the mastermind so much as a facilitator, eg. the jihadist bought his services. The "But you're a Jew" comment is one of disbelief as to why he's helping a jihadist- ie. this isn't your gig. That's when the above explanation comes out plus a previous scene between the smuggler and the jihadist establishes this as well. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't seen the movie. Period. and is probably a leftist scumball trying to poison peoples' minds against a patriotic movie. It's what they do.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 26, 2012 03:28 PM (I49Jm)

265 Naturalfake, I can agree with the last 50% of your name. Feel free to Google my nick to see if I am a leftist. Or, you might just read my posts here. You probably thought there was nothing anti-Semitic about The Passion of the Christ, either. Your laughably "nuanced" reading of the Jew-not-Moslem financier in this movie would be highly applauded in a college senior year "film studies" course.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 03:42 PM (ptcUS)

266 Leftard is as leftard does, Skzion. You haven't seen the movie or you're simply too stupid to understand plain English. I'm betting stupid.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 26, 2012 03:48 PM (I49Jm)

267 The GF & I just got back from watching this movie.  It brought her to tears.  The theater was absolutely silent after it ended - I didn't hear anyone speak even after walking outside. 

Posted by: DPR VIII at February 26, 2012 04:00 PM (Rh+tg)

268

 The Oscars going on tonight can suck it. 

Posted by: DPR VIII at February 26, 2012 04:02 PM (Rh+tg)

269 Skzion you are a closed minded fool, at a minimum.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 04:21 PM (mKMj1)

270 "And stay for the credits. The first thing you'll see is the names of all the SEALs who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom since 9/11/01. Heroes all."

More than worth the ticket

Posted by: Blacksmith8✡ at February 26, 2012 05:06 PM (Q1qy3)

271 I saw it, i loved it/them. I am now saving my pennies for a mini-gun and the ammo to feed it.

Posted by: Thorvald at February 26, 2012 05:46 PM (OhenJ)

272 Btw, I've spent a lot of time in Israel, and I speak Hebrew well (as well as a few other languages that are useful in S.W. Asia). I saw a Hebrew-dubbed "Moonraker" (1979) in a theater in Tel Aviv, a few blocks and a few days away from a homicide bombing in a farmer's market. I am as Scandi as they come, my knuckles even drag and I have fish candy for breakfast, and if you are coming for Israel, you will have to come through me. Not a hint of anti-Semitism from the Marcinko character in the movie, bitch.

Posted by: Thorvald at February 26, 2012 05:56 PM (OhenJ)

273 123 Nah, they'll give the anti-margaret thatcher movie the oscar. Funny how Thatcher with alzheimers, Reagan with alzheimer's and a bullet wound, and JPII with alzheimer's, Parkinson's and a bullet wound all beat you and the Soviets, huh libtards?

Posted by: dagny at February 26, 2012 01:55 PM (u50z0)


dagny for quote of the century!!!!

Posted by: Blacksmith8✡ at February 26, 2012 06:03 PM (Q1qy3)

274 "Let's see .... we all agree that in this movie, an evil Joooo funds the terror and manipulates the situation."

No. 

No one agrees with that.

Posted by: Synova at February 26, 2012 06:14 PM (P0X9Q)

275 "ultra-conservative Kalthleen Parker."

Right, like on bizarro world where Superman is normal.

Posted by: Blacksmith8✡ at February 26, 2012 06:19 PM (Q1qy3)

276 Just saw AoV. Very nice, We all saw the preview with the boat extraction/minigun. I thought they should have played it up more...MOAR louder...but very cool when it happens. The master chief steals the show. mini mini spoiler...everything does seem a little too easy until the last mission when you're like, um, guys, this could be dangerous.

Posted by: joeindc44 at February 26, 2012 07:04 PM (S9InG)

277 Fake sez: "You haven't seen the movie or you're simply too stupid to understand plain English. I'm betting stupid." Given that I have said TWICE that I have not seen the movie and have suggested why I will not do so, I conclude that either you are too lazy to read my comments before replying or are too stupid to understand them. Actually, I'm guessing that you are both stupid and lazy. No wonder we ended up with Hussein as prez.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 07:15 PM (ptcUS)

278 Rodney, dear, I notice that you have nothing to say regarding the latest koran burning blog. But why should you? After all, you're much more concerned about the Afghan's funding source: the Jooos.

Posted by: Skzion at February 26, 2012 07:19 PM (ptcUS)

279 Skzion @ 279 You remain a closed minded fool.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 07:20 PM (mKMj1)

280 Skzion @ 280 A closed minded fool who makes Pamela Geller look rational and competent.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 07:23 PM (mKMj1)

281 Skzion Again libtard is as libtard does. So, not having seen the movie, you know absolutely nothing about AoV. but presume to lecture us all about it. Typical. Typical libtard with a typical libtard style "argument" ie. spewing accusations of anti-semetism, racism, whatever to try and cover up his gross ignorance. Does that tired old routine really work anymore? What you're saying regarding anti-semitism in AoV is simply a lie. There's no need to read your lame comments rationalizing that lie. So, to sum up, you're not only ignorant but so stupid you choose to display that ignorance in public. If that weren't awesome enough- you're belligerently, snarkingly proud of that ignorance and stupidity. The hallmark behavior of a libtard. Pitiful really. Axelrod needs to hire a better class of bus station gloryhole afficionado.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 26, 2012 07:53 PM (I49Jm)

282 naturalfake @ 283  Here's another 30 round magazine.  Have fun.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 07:58 PM (mKMj1)

283 I took my teenage sons to see Act of Valor this afternoon.  They loved it.  I'll admit, the dialogue was a tad stilted, but then again,so was everything about Charlie Sheen's US Navy Seals, and Platoon for that matter.  The film reminded me very much of the war movies done back in WWII, with clear distinctions between good and evil, and like those movies before, clearly intended for a domestic audience.  About damn time that an American movie was made with an American audience in mind.

Posted by: Frank Capra at February 26, 2012 08:49 PM (RPHIW)

284

Hubby and I saw this last night--7 p.m. showing.  Worth the $7.75/ticket we paid.  Hubby did get popcorn, I did not. 

The theatre was packed--close to sold out.  We were glad we got there early so we could get good seats.  I told my husband "Every conservative on the Eastside must be here right now."  We live in a fricking blue suburb of Seattle (Obama was out here last week, and people were going orgasmic over that).  Because we are in a bubble (lots of Microsofties, Amazon.com peeps, Boeing and Starbucks people, no one is feeling any economic pain at the moment, so everyone still loooves Teh Scoamf).  So to see that many people in the theatre got me really excited.

A great movie, and yes, it was predictable, but it was also very engrossing.  We both really enjoyed it.  My husband said "It makes me feel sorry for the bad guys, there is nowehere they can hide."

I brought extra kleenex because a friend who saw it earlier in the day said to do so (he cried).  I ended up not crying, but whenever someone warns me something is going to be really sad, I never do.  You could hear a pin drop while the credits were rolling.

I hope everyone who can, goes and sees this movie!

Posted by: runningrn at February 26, 2012 09:02 PM (vJ9tV)

285 Saw AoV this afternoon. The dialogue could have been sharper, maybe the SEALS with the home-front scenes could have been coached a little more, but between the set-up for the story and the visuals on the characters that were left holding the bag in their suicide vests.. it was all very honest to me. Brilliant, complex people will seem simple when the situation around them is changing fast and deadly. This isn't a CIA film about analysis and moral worries, it's a war film about the race against time with our real enemies. I've been a peace activist and women's rights activist, and I still get it that we need these men to do what they're doing. I don't take it for granted or think we'd be just fine without their help. It's an amazing thing to get this glimpse. I hope a LOT of the money from AoV goes to the families of the fallen.

Posted by: WorkADayMom at February 26, 2012 09:35 PM (Okm8O)

286 "Skzion @ 280 A closed minded fool who makes Pamela Geller look rational and competent. Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 26, 2012 11:23 PM (mKMj1)" Is that you Ace, indirectly ragging on Pam Geller again? As for Pam Geller being rational and competent, Pam was digging into Obama's campaign finances, while the MFM was singing the praises of "Hope and Change." When Pam started looking into Perry's unfortunate ties to some American Islamists, Ace had a fit and wrote pages of incoherent dribble. Note: I thought Perry was still the best candidate, but even some Republican politicians are too accommodating to the demands of Islam. Pam is sensitive to anti-Semitism, maybe overly so, because she's Jewish. Even without the Holocaust, Pam either experienced or was probably warned about anti-Semitism by her parents while she was growing up. Spending her time trying to fight the encroachment of Islam in America has probably heightened her sensitivities. Think I'm kidding: a Muslim recently attacked a Jew in Berkeley, the charges were dropped because of "free speech", see http://preview.tinyurl.com/84xktfm Anti-semitism is a real and growing problem in much of the world. Why do think Israel might end up bombing Iran? I haven't seen the film, but why did the film makers feel the need to point out that a Jewish character is helping the Islamic terrorists? Was it based on an actual case? If not, was it something the Obama administration wanted? Was it the film's message that anyone could be involved in terrorism? Was it to make the film more salable outside the USA? (I wish there was a way I could emphasize more that last question to the people here.) The fact that they went out of their way to make that statement raises all sorts of legitimate questions. For some of you, this didn't matter. We all want Hollywood to stop bashing America and make patriotic films. For some people, including me, I'd like an answer as to why this happened. Pam isn't crazy or incompetent, although she does get emotional. She certainly doesn't deserve the kind of misogynistic crap that gets casually thrown around here.

Posted by: Worf the Wonder Klingon at February 26, 2012 09:49 PM (wL5Cc)

287 Worf the Wonder Kliingon @ 288  I am not Ace (never even met him, though I have met Gabe at a West Coast Moron Meetup).  I've met Pam Geller, and I used to read her regularly.

Note the tense.

Pam occasionally did (perhaps still does) very good work indeed.

She also has blind spots a mile wide where her prejudices are concerned, and is hysterical about any perceived slight to the subjects of her prejudices.

If you have time for a drama queen, more power to you.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 27, 2012 06:33 AM (mKMj1)

288 Oh, I almost forgot.  AoV is great, everyone should go see it.  Criticisms of the movie alleging anti-semitism are products of hysterical imaginations.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at February 27, 2012 06:35 AM (mKMj1)

289 I can't watch this stuff. I don't even like to see servicemen in airports. They're just like the crews I had and all I can see are the faces of the boys who did not get to come home. God help us, they're so young. Were we really that young? I guess we were.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Lord Collingwood (Mentioned in Dispatches) at February 27, 2012 09:41 AM (Go51u)

290

Act of valor. Yeah definitely didn't suck. Only just now realized that the film is a flashback, of sorts. The boats, my God, the boats!

On a side note, I always viewed liberals (as a group) with the same sort of detached bemusement I view chimps in an enclosure at the zoo. Just a bunch of chimps doing what chimps do.

Posted by: Dave C at February 28, 2012 04:11 AM (tmxUi)

291 Wodney and Fake like to use words like "hysterical" and "libtard" a lot. That's because they're not very bright and careful thinking eludes them.

Something terrible has happened to Ace of Spades HQ.  Did it start when some chose to embrace "moron" (rather like gays embracing "fag"), or was that just a sign of deterioration?

Posted by: skzion at February 28, 2012 10:20 AM (4Hc2G)

292 Skzion finds anti-semitism in the reviews of hystericals and presents same as facts, having never seen the movie...

Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by: Rodney G. Graves at March 01, 2012 09:19 PM (mKMj1)

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