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'American Sniper' Is Almost Too Dumb to Criticize (Beyond horrible)
Reader Supported News ^ | January 22, 2015 | Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

Posted on 01/25/2015 12:32:49 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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If anything, the comments after it are worse than the review.
1 posted on 01/25/2015 12:32:50 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Wow. Now I REALLY want to see it!!!!!


2 posted on 01/25/2015 12:35:33 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, what else can one suppose of Rolling Stone? Unbiased reporting?


3 posted on 01/25/2015 12:37:58 AM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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I didn’t read this screed, but I can figure out what the a-hole is saying.

All I will say to the writer of this tripe is FU.

I saw it today and will say this...

Those who demean or degrade the film are anti-American scum...they are incapable of recognizing its true value and what it represents.


4 posted on 01/25/2015 12:39:52 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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this Rolling Stone author didn't like “American Sniper” because Chris Kyle didn't wander around all day in a dope induced haze like he does. It's all about the point of view on Mr. Matt Taibbi’s part.
5 posted on 01/25/2015 12:48:06 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I haven’t seen American sniper but I really want to.

As far as Forest Gump goes. I hated it. By far the worst movie to ever win any Oscar and to think it won ‘best picture’? Really? Pffffft!


6 posted on 01/25/2015 12:51:35 AM PST by Bullish (He's just NOT presidential material.)
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I didn’t think it was that great of a movie.

Suddenly we support Clint Eastwood after his love fest for Japanese Imperial soldiers? Where’s the chart so I can keep up.

Was it pro USA...more or less.

But Navy Seals, Delta Force...and dozens upon dozens of straight-to-netflix movies are pro USA...and most are total garbage.


7 posted on 01/25/2015 12:53:37 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod (I have five dollars for each of you)
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"...or the myriad other American atrocities"

OK let's just forget about anything Saddam Hussein did, because it doesn't fit our political agenda, does it? Liberals are idiot enablers of the real atrocities.
8 posted on 01/25/2015 1:06:29 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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If we are going to survive as a nation, something has to be done with the leftist enemy within.

They are infinitely more dangerous to the nation than ragheads in the middle east, and the very real threat they pose must be neutralized with extreme prejudice.

The time to break a few eggs in the interests of national survival is fast approaching.


9 posted on 01/25/2015 1:06:59 AM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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"it's a simple, well-lit little fairy tale with the nutritional value of a fortune cookie that serves up a neatly-arranged helping of cheers and tears for target audiences, and panics at the thought of embracing more than one or two ideas at any time."

That could easily describe the LMSM.


10 posted on 01/25/2015 1:07:03 AM PST by clearcarbon
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Sniper is a movie whose politics are so ludicrous and idiotic that under normal circumstances it would be beneath criticism.

If I’ve learned one thing about liberals, it’s that
there is no depth so murky that they won’t sink to
it in furtherance of their agenda.


11 posted on 01/25/2015 1:26:19 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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“Everybody knows you never go full retard. Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, ‘Rain Man,’ look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho’. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, ‘Forrest Gump.’ Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain’t retarded. Peter Sellers, “Being There.” Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. “


12 posted on 01/25/2015 1:32:26 AM PST by monkeyshine
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I generally do not repeat posts, but...

Matt Taibbi, I will bet my life, has trouble changing a tire by himself. And I know with the utmost certainty, has less than 3 power tools in his “loft”. Not counting the vibrating jelly kind... F-him with a cactus...

13 posted on 01/25/2015 1:47:00 AM PST by Captainpaintball (Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
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Atrocities?

That little effer hasn't a clue what an atrocity is.......

I'm gonna help the little turd out.....

this is not an atrocity

this is a bona fide atrocity

notice any difference you stupid idiot?

14 posted on 01/25/2015 1:50:15 AM PST by wardaddy (glenn beck is a nauseous politically correct conservative on LSD)
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To: monkeyshine

Is this the new movie which is smashing box office records?

Is that the magazine which puts pictures of mad bomber terrorists on its cover and publishes bogus rape stories?

These self appointed culture experts seem to be heading in a different direction than the rest of us.

I have been to 3 movies in 15 years and likely this week it will be 4. I have never purchased a copy of RS and that record will for sure remain intact.


15 posted on 01/25/2015 1:50:46 AM PST by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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The author sells his crap pretty well. But it’s polished crap he’s selling nonetheless.

Assuming the author is older than thirty, I’m curious about the history of his written objections — critiques of other cinematic reproductions concerning US overseas engagements.


16 posted on 01/25/2015 1:58:51 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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The author doesn’t seem to care about equity. He’s being paid to write like a Leftist asshole.


17 posted on 01/25/2015 2:01:41 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A hippy reviewing a war movie. Are they going to get a Klan guy to review “Selma”?


18 posted on 01/25/2015 2:04:02 AM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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Sniper is a movie whose politics are so ludicrous and idiotic that under normal circumstances it would be beneath criticism. The only thing that forces us to take it seriously is the extraordinary fact that an almost exactly similar worldview consumed the walnut-sized mind of the president who got us into the war in question.

Good, sound, objective criticism. There's nothing I admire more.

19 posted on 01/25/2015 2:10:20 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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What an evil little bastard..
He says this with pride and arrogance..

One of Chris Kyles dingberrys has more honor and relevance than him..
Hopefully someone will remember this.. and document it..


20 posted on 01/25/2015 2:17:04 AM PST by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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