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I couldn't asked for a better example of British film reviewers' childish anti-Americanism.
@RobAger consistently loses it when reviewing American war movies.
In this case he says STEVEN SPIELBERG(!) "promotes war."
I couldn't asked for a better example of British film reviewers' childish anti-Americanism.
@RobAger consistently loses it when reviewing American war movies.
In this case he says STEVEN SPIELBERG(!) "promotes war."
The reason I hated Saving Private Ryan was that the ONLY SOLDIERS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES WERE AMERICANS.
Spielberg portrayed the WAFFEN SS as honorable and merciful.
After a Waffen SS soldier stabs to death Private Mellish, he walks past the ARMED Corporal Upham on the stairs.
Spielberg portrayed the WAFFEN SS as honorable and merciful.
After a Waffen SS soldier stabs to death Private Mellish, he walks past the ARMED Corporal Upham on the stairs.
The SS Knight (in Spielberg's eyes) chivalrously spares a man holding a rifle on his lap.
IN THE MIDDLE OF A FEROCIOUS BATTLE.
Later, Upham MURDERS Steamboat Willie after Willie surrenders.
IN THE MIDDLE OF A FEROCIOUS BATTLE.
Later, Upham MURDERS Steamboat Willie after Willie surrenders.
From the beginning of the movie, Americans murder surrendering, unarmed soldiers, including two Czechs.
When they use (the wrong kind of flamethrower) on the pillbox, and burning Germans fall out, Americans yell, "Don't shoot them! Let them burn!"
When they use (the wrong kind of flamethrower) on the pillbox, and burning Germans fall out, Americans yell, "Don't shoot them! Let them burn!"
Then they're going to murder Steamboat Willie for simply doing his duty.
They even make him dig his own grave.
Most modern AMERICAN war movies are anti-American.
Fury, with Brad Pitt.
Only Americans commit war crimes.
They even make him dig his own grave.
Most modern AMERICAN war movies are anti-American.
Fury, with Brad Pitt.
Only Americans commit war crimes.
Handsome blond Waffen SS soldiers show mercy.
OBVIOUSLY Spielberg felt GUILTY about his portrayal of Germans in Schindler's List, so he made AMERICANS the villains in Saving Private Ryan.
The fact is that deep down, a hell of a lot of people admire the Nazis.
OBVIOUSLY Spielberg felt GUILTY about his portrayal of Germans in Schindler's List, so he made AMERICANS the villains in Saving Private Ryan.
The fact is that deep down, a hell of a lot of people admire the Nazis.
"It's not that I AGREE with Nazism, but you have to admit that--"
I recommended this movie earlier today.
Here's a good copy of it:
I recommended this movie earlier today.
Here's a good copy of it:
No politics.
No agenda.
No "teachable moments."
And DEFINITELY nobody telling us that he's helping us "learn."
Just a story.
No agenda.
No "teachable moments."
And DEFINITELY nobody telling us that he's helping us "learn."
Just a story.
I'm sure people who hate Americans will hallucinate something about it, but let me tell you something:
Hate goes both ways.
I hate people who hate Americans.
See how I didn't say, "I hate British people"?
I was once an Anglophile, before they ruined their culture.
Hate goes both ways.
I hate people who hate Americans.
See how I didn't say, "I hate British people"?
I was once an Anglophile, before they ruined their culture.
We went to London so many times in the 1970s.
Everything was magical.
The food was GREAT. People were NICE.
I was even almost killed in London by the Irish Republican "Army."
Everything was magical.
The food was GREAT. People were NICE.
I was even almost killed in London by the Irish Republican "Army."
On a path in Regent's Par on July 20, 1982, my brother and I turned left instead of right and barely avoided the nail bomb that the brave lads of the IRA set off under the bandstand.
Seven soldiers were killed and eight civilians wounded.
I hated the Irish--all of them--for twenty years.
I still have severe PTSD from the bombing. My brother and I felt the blast wave.
For the twenty years that I hated the Irish, I looked for movies that showed terrorists being killed.
I still have severe PTSD from the bombing. My brother and I felt the blast wave.
For the twenty years that I hated the Irish, I looked for movies that showed terrorists being killed.
The British army taking care of IRA terrorists in The Crying Game.
I could watch hours of stuff like this.
I could watch hours of stuff like this.
BUT.
At long last, I came to my senses and stopped hating the Irish. It wasn't justified.
My favorite singer is Irish.
At long last, I came to my senses and stopped hating the Irish. It wasn't justified.
My favorite singer is Irish.
I can stop hating, despite surviving TERRORISM that left me with incurable PTSD, but British people who never had ANYTHING DONE TO THEM by Americans are so full of hate that they invert the agenda of the director.
Think about:
"Steven Spielberg is pro-war."
Think about:
"Steven Spielberg is pro-war."
Said in all seriousness.
The two latest British war movies--Dunkirk and 1917--are somehow soulless.
Everything is too antiseptic. The actors are strangely clean and toylike. The movies have that computer-game vibe.
The two latest British war movies--Dunkirk and 1917--are somehow soulless.
Everything is too antiseptic. The actors are strangely clean and toylike. The movies have that computer-game vibe.
A spectacular war movie is A Very Long Engagement.
Each side has its villains, and each side has those so horrified by everything that they go to extreme lengths to escape it.
IT'S JUST A GREAT STORY.
Anti-Americanism is a pose.
Proclaiming yourself anti-American frees you from DOING anything to improve the world.
IT'S JUST A GREAT STORY.
Anti-Americanism is a pose.
Proclaiming yourself anti-American frees you from DOING anything to improve the world.
And guess what?
Anti-Americanism is a deal-breaker for me.
I don't listen to anti-Americans. They make my skin crawl. So I find other sources.
I haven't watched a modern war movie since Fury. That was the last straw. American are worse than the WAFFEN SS?
Anti-Americanism is a deal-breaker for me.
I don't listen to anti-Americans. They make my skin crawl. So I find other sources.
I haven't watched a modern war movie since Fury. That was the last straw. American are worse than the WAFFEN SS?
Life is too short to waste on hate-based drivel.
Battleground (1949) is the best war movie for combat, and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is the best immediate-postwar movie.
TOTALLY AMERICAN.
And timeless.
They use ethnic slurs, so they'll be banned soon.
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Battleground (1949) is the best war movie for combat, and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is the best immediate-postwar movie.
TOTALLY AMERICAN.
And timeless.
They use ethnic slurs, so they'll be banned soon.
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