Posted on 01/15/2016 7:47:52 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" opens nationwide this weekend, and it's getting word of mouth publicity from unlikely sources: GOP presidential candidates.
"Tomorrow morning a new movie will debut about the incredible bravery of the men fighting for their lives in Benghazi and the politicians that abandoned them," GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz said during his closing remarks of the Fox Business GOP debate on Thursday night.
If that wasn't enough buzz, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump rented out an Iowa theater and provided tickets to a free screening of the film.
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Thanks.
I have no doubt it is a compelling movie. Did you see American Sniper too? Would be interested in a comparison of the two if you did.
I plan to see it Sunday or Monday.
Looking forward to seeing it. I hope it does as well as American Sniper.
Every review I’ve heard is generally positive.
Difficult to compare the two.
I will say that although I thought I knew a low about Benghazi, this was a series of battles, each one getting progressively worse. I had thought it was one battle off and on. The enemy changed tactics, got larger numbers; it is amazing that anyone survived.
Godspeed to all who perished. True heroes.
I will be seeing 13 hours next week.
Saw it today here in SoCal. Very good movie. As the credit’s rolled at the end, one guy in the theatre yelled “I hope you are happy Hillary!”.
The pathetic media in south Florida is saying that garbage comedy “Ride Along 2” should BEAT “Star Wars” this weekend for being #1 at the box office.
I am going to go see “13 Hours” and hope THAT movie crushes “Ride Along 2”.
does Hillary dispute any of the details in the movie?
someone should ask her.
Great action, but....I was still a little disappointed:
I like military stuff, yes, but by far the most interesting thing about Benghazi was the universal amazement of so many high-ranking military people that no forces were sent to help, when there were AC-130’s both at Sigonella Sicily (which is closer to Benghazi than Tripoli and hosts a complete US naval air station) and also at our (then secret) base at the old French Foreign Legion base at Djibouti.
The other interesting part totally omitted in the film was the very detailed speculation regarding WHY it was so important to Obama and Valerie Jarrett that they do nothing to help those men.
The re-election was then just 5 or so weeks away, and 110% of their attention regarding Benghazi was how the fighting and any rescue might impact their re-election, which was widely forecast to be a squeeker.
Obama went to sleep and flew to Vegas the next morning for golf with a rapper and for some fundraisers. Most people think the details that night after 6 pm or so were handled by Valerie Jarret and Leon Panetta, who resigned shortly thereafter.
The other part left out totally was just how long and hard they were begging for help on the phone, radio, and even on the internet (seeing how badly they were being ignored by their entire chain of command, the goatee IT specialist guy even begged for help from his videogame friends, and indeed at several junctures the filmmakers show him still darting around during the attack wearing his videogamer headset, which he had been screaming into for several hours).
The movie is very good, however it’s mostly a Cowboy Western shoot-em-up film with lots of SAND.
Though this movie is certainly not liberal, there is virtually NO room made for politics in this movie.
They are not pursuing freepers or talk-radio fans.
Thanks for your report. I am sure we will all learn a lot about what happened! Heroes they were!!!
It was almost 2 and a half hours and went fast as it was......add in politics and it would have been 5 hours easy.
Good ...... Its about the sacrifices those men made for other Americans in trouble.....regardless of politics, they did what had to be done.
Thats what I hope young and old get from this movie.
My opinion only..... stay safe !
What’s the main feeling you walked away with...
I think they were two completely different movies. Thirteen
Hours was centered almost completely around the events that night in Benghazi and the battle itself. I felt American Sniper, although there was plenty of action, focused mostly on the psyche of a sniper and how it affected his life and family.
Thirteen was good, but sad. I didn’t feel there was really any connection to Hillary or Obama, no mention of them and complete confusion as to who was asking for help and who was refusing to send help, it was totally vague. It was like they knew from the beginning that asking for aid was useless.
Thanks for your thots :)
Saw the movie tonight, got home about an hour ago.
Regardless of whether or not a “stand down” was given or not, the real insult was revealed at the end of the movie. Without reading their account before hand and not seeing it mentioned I was just speechless.
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