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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2015, 10:47:15 AM »
MSNBC thinks the movie has "ignited a national debate over violence". I'm with the commenter who asked why this movie, and not something like "The Expendables" has (I know the answer, but it's a good question to throw back at the idiots).

http://twitchy.com/2015/01/20/it-has-msnbc-american-sniper-has-ignited-a-national-debate-over-violence/
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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2015, 01:15:39 PM »
James Woods weighs in on Moore's foot-in-mouth episode:

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/557412887988551680
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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2015, 01:17:10 PM »
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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2015, 03:11:33 PM »
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There are five things, above all else, that make life worth living: a good relationship with God, a good woman, good health, good friends, and a good cigar.

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier.  One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

Bacon is the candy bar of meats!

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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2015, 09:47:08 PM »
Saw the movie today.

No wonder Moore and his ilk are so pissed off about it. It is so unapologetically AMERICAN that it's like holy water sprayed on vampires to the shitheads.

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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #30 on: January 21, 2015, 01:04:11 AM »
Um.
I'm going to poke the nest as gently as I can, but I can't help myself: the more I learn of the causes and effects of war, particularly these last few decades' wars, the less I consider folks like Kyle to be heroes.
He seems(from interviews, I have not read his book) for all the world to be a man attempting to rationalize a shitload of killing by convincing himself that his marks were "bad guys".

It may be a thrilling movie, but I don't get much enjoyment anymore out of films which glorify killing and dying in service of State.


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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #31 on: January 21, 2015, 08:53:04 AM »
Quote from: BReilley on January 21, 2015, 01:04:11 AM
Um.
I'm going to poke the nest as gently as I can, but I can't help myself: the more I learn of the causes and effects of war, particularly these last few decades' wars, the less I consider folks like Kyle to be heroes.
He seems(from interviews, I have not read his book) for all the world to be a man attempting to rationalize a shitload of killing by convincing himself that his marks were "bad guys".

It may be a thrilling movie, but I don't get much enjoyment anymore out of films which glorify killing and dying in service of State.


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The military doesn't get to declare war, if you want to point your angst toward anyone, point it toward the politicians. Kyle did his part in making sure that as many young men and women came back alive as possible.
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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #32 on: January 21, 2015, 10:04:38 AM »
A local radio guy interviewed a lefty journalist and it seemed that her core opinion was that the movie was about Iraq, but didn't portray Iraq as a "bad" war.  It was odd.
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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #33 on: January 21, 2015, 11:32:29 AM »
Quote from: BReilley on January 21, 2015, 01:04:11 AM
Um.
I'm going to poke the nest as gently as I can, but I can't help myself: the more I learn of the causes and effects of war, particularly these last few decades' wars, the less I consider folks like Kyle to be heroes.
He seems(from interviews, I have not read his book) for all the world to be a man attempting to rationalize a shitload of killing by convincing himself that his marks were "bad guys".

It may be a thrilling movie, but I don't get much enjoyment anymore out of films which glorify killing and dying in service of State.
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Kyle was doing his job to protect his fellow servicemen.  Brimic is right, if you want to criticize, criticize the politicians who tell the soldiers to go to war then tie their hands while they're fighting and then court-martial them when they kill people.
And Kyle WAS shooting the "bad guys."  Why does there have to be any rationalization about that?
You can disagree about whether we should be over there but that doesn't make the enemy thugs into saints.
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Re: Twisted Knickers - "American Sniper"
« Reply #34 on: January 21, 2015, 12:06:00 PM »
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