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Topic: Zero Dark Thirty is a truly
great film. It deserves
applause not boycotts |
Zero Dark Thirty is a truly
great film. It deserves
applause not boycotts
Telegraph [UK], by Nile Gardiner
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 1/17/2013 3:09:43 PM
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| Zero Dark Thirty is already the most talked about film of the year. The Sony Pictures release about the 10-year hunt for Osama bin Laden has been nominated for five Academy Awards, and raked in an impressive $24 million in its first weekend on wide release, a huge figure for January, normally a quiet period at the US box office.[Snip]Zero Dark Thirty has also become the most controversial film of the year, with some members of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (including Martin Sheen) calling for a boycott of the film for its depiction of the
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
merrijane, 1/17/2013 3:20:49 PM (No. 9122616)
A boycott?? Man, some people really are blinded by their politics. When did the Academy EVER boycott a film because of excessive violence, explosions, or bloodbaths? Accurate depiction of something that really happened, but they can´t allow it in case it makes a Republican look good!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
disasterman, 1/17/2013 3:23:50 PM (No. 9122620)
Martin Sheen is calling for a boycott of this film? Good enough for me, I´m going to see it tonight.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
viking diver, 1/17/2013 3:37:00 PM (No. 9122636)
great work of fiction... do the research
just saying don´t flame me
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Refried, 1/17/2013 3:56:30 PM (No. 9122658)
Had not planned on seeing this movie but after all the Lefties got their lil panties in a wad guess I will go see it!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
franq, 1/17/2013 5:03:38 PM (No. 9122776)
Who wrote that headline? Michelle Obama (Soetoro)?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JHHolliday, 1/17/2013 7:25:27 PM (No. 9123039)
I thought at first that it would be some sort of Obama-worship propaganda. If Sheen and the usual lefty p###ks don´t like it I will have to see it.
The reviews I read all say that it´s extremely well done.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
fiddle ed, 1/17/2013 7:40:09 PM (No. 9123062)
I went today to the matinee to see this film. It´s a great film and that is proven by the predictable outrage of the left when shown true heroism and patriotism in the face of evil.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/17/2013 8:20:03 PM (No. 9123141)
I have been boycotting Martin Sheen forever, so he can count me for that boycott.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LouD, 1/17/2013 8:31:11 PM (No. 9123163)
I guess I´m not allowed to express my opinion, as I keep getting rejected for a "bad word"! I corrected it 4 or 5 times, and kept getting the same rejection, but NOTHING was marked in red.
Go figure.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 1/17/2013 11:16:40 PM (No. 9123429)
I saw it. It was engaging, but not "great." The camera work was annoying. There were two disjointed parts of the movie: one part Hollywood feminist with the red-headed actress (who was OK in the role, but not particularly "great") and then the he-man part when the SEAL team went on their mission.
All that said, it was still pretty much a pro-American film with the expected politically correct angle against any harsh interrogation techniques. I do think it gave away too much information on our covert operations.
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