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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #45 - Jan 26^th, 2015 at 9:48am Who is the target audience for this movie? American FOX News viewers, Tea Patriots, gun nuts, racists, et al.
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innocentbystander. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4723 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #46 - Jan 26^th, 2015 at 10:19am AiA wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 9:48am: Who is the target audience for this movie? Movie goers I would say
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #47 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 8:52pm It is a great story and an excellent movie. Neither jingoistic nor a propaganda movie. It is certainly not some B grade schlock. The controversy is silly. Go and see it.
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #48 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 8:54pm its american jingoistic rubbish designed to appeal to the low IQ crowd. Ive read his story and seen more than enough of the movie to be able to make that judgement. The Yanks have a history of fabricating heroes and this is no exception.
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Reply #49 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 9:16pm

issuevoter wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 9:41am:

I have not seen this movie yet, so I cannot judge it. But it sounds to me like Clint might be on to something. It’s still barely PC to show the Japanese and Germans as enemies, but not the Iraqi factions. I am not placing blame here. There was no justification for W Bush’s invasion, but it is a reality on which Hollywood has been dragging its heels.

Australian cinema has a post WW2 tradition of portraying soldiers angst and guilt ridden victims. Of course such cases exist but this percentage did not win two world wars. Gallipoli, Lighthorsemen, Kokoda etc, all dreadful revisionist views of warfare that are intended to spread a pacifist agenda. They are essentially remakes of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Its a philosophy which decries the war hero, empathises with the enemy and contributes the creeping malaise in the West where we are slowly legislating away I ability to make war and win.

But to return to Clint's movie, if the only thing wrong with it is that it appears to be hostile to Muslims I would say there is some justification for that sentiment whether it was intended or not.

Well, I'll be seeing it then.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #50 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 9:17pm AiA wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 9:48am: Who is the target audience for this movie? American FOX News viewers, Tea Patriots, gun nuts, racists, et al. tax payers, people who respect freedom of speech.
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #51 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 9:19pm AiA wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 9:48am: Who is the target audience for this movie? American FOX News viewers, Tea Patriots, gun nuts, racists, et al. add pathetic australians with a severe case of self loathing.
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Reply #52 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 9:23pm

ian wrote on Jan 27^th, 2015 at 8:54pm:

its american jingoistic rubbish designed to appeal to the low IQ crowd. Ive read his story and seen more than enough of the movie to be able to make that judgement. The Yanks have a history of fabricating heroes and this is no exception.

You're my hero ian, to see you, a person with such obvious and profound disabilities trying to prove to the world that even someone with such a high degree of spasticity can still try to interact and socialise with "normal" people via internet message boards, it almost brings a tear to my eye, your carers must be very proud, keep up the great work ian.

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Reply #53 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 9:35pm

ian wrote on Jan 27^th, 2015 at 9:19pm:

AiA wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

Who is the target audience for this movie? American FOX News viewers, Tea Patriots, gun nuts, racists, et al.

add pathetic australians with a severe case of self loathing.

Oh snap out of it this rubbish thinking your in.

People need heroes, its emplified in the arts such as cinema, whether it was audie murphy from world war 2 or chris kyle from the iraq war.

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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #54 - Jan 27^th, 2015 at 10:19pm only pathetic individuals with no life of thier own need to pretend fabricated heroes are real.
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #55 - Jan 28^th, 2015 at 1:03am Agreed. People need heroes. I think it is harder today than ever to have heroes because, unlike in the past, it is harder for the well-known to hide personalty/character flaws.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #56 - Jan 28^th, 2015 at 1:01pm and it was directed by Clint Eastwood. So, must be a good movie.
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innocentbystander. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4723 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #57 - Jan 28^th, 2015 at 3:36pm I would just like to say something politically neutral about this movie ... F#ck he was a good shot
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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17472 Gender:	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #58 - Jan 28^th, 2015 at 3:55pm The USA military has the best sniper training. Here is a guy hitting a beercan at 1236 yards with a Lapua 338 Magnum. Almost makes me want to break out the 105gr Berger VLD's and practice some long range shooting.
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: American sniper movie controversy Reply #59 - Jan 28^th, 2015 at 4:09pm wow! a beer can. That guy must really be tough. Is it a Muslim beer can?.
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