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Blue_Tires

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73. Do NOT watch any movie about airliners or aviation with a pilot
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:30 PM
Jan 2013

Pilots have an insane attention to detail, and will notice EVERYTHING that is a little off...

Ed Asner and Martin Sheen have stated similar sentiments. no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #1
Thanks for posting that..Amnesty International has released concerns about the film too. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #2
Good (nt) NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #3
"Zero Dark Thirty: Torturing the Facts" think Jan 2013 #4
Thanks for that info. nt proverbialwisdom Jan 2013 #62
Exactly... AntiFascist Jan 2013 #139
Moot, since Lincoln will win, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #5
Wouldn't be a protest if they waited until after the Oscars were over. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #6
Just a comment - never thought about this - but ZDT is my initials Stringfellow Hawke Jan 2013 #44
Haven't seen it yet... hootinholler Jan 2013 #7
You're correct: Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #9
in practice I am not sure we believe that hfojvt Jan 2013 #36
The ends should never justify the means.... WCGreen Jan 2013 #54
Mark Boal also helped write In The Valley of Elah, a movie very critical of the Iraq War ButterflyBlood Jan 2013 #89
Torture was shown to not work. Real police detective work was shown to work. graham4anything Jan 2013 #82
That's your take as a reasonbly intelligent Democrat.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #96
Yup. It's the opposite of the Tarentino Django movie graham4anything Jan 2013 #98
Republicans have no limits on their outrageous behavior...haven't had any Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #105
Like that line from Dark Night. "I know you're going to enjoy... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #114
I'm boycotting it because it does show the torture as being useful, pnwmom Jan 2013 #120
apparently you never watched '24'. ellenfl Jan 2013 #140
Saw the movie last night. 99Forever Jan 2013 #8
See post #9. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #10
huh? Schema Thing Jan 2013 #11
Next they can make a fictional Iraq war movie think Jan 2013 #13
...and the protagonist finds those pallets of cash! leftstreet Jan 2013 #24
Now that's one happy ending. think Jan 2013 #31
And don't forget! The guy gets the gal at the end! KansDem Jan 2013 #126
And Birth of A Nation was just entertainment! kenny blankenship Jan 2013 #41
Except that movie was supposed to be racist obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #75
"Except that.. "that part of history" was depicted in an irresponsible and inaccurate way." 99Forever Jan 2013 #14
Real story perhaps goes more like this?: think Jan 2013 #17
What's your point? 99Forever Jan 2013 #19
You made a statement as to the real story. think Jan 2013 #21
"made a statement as to the real story"... 99Forever Jan 2013 #22
My bad. How about you made a statement in regards to the real story think Jan 2013 #23
Senators are privy to classified information tabasco Jan 2013 #56
"Credibility" with who? 99Forever Jan 2013 #59
So you're gonna believe what some Hollywood liberal puts in a film tularetom Jan 2013 #83
Here's a really crazy thought! 99Forever Jan 2013 #100
Did someone tell you to "take their word as gospel"? LanternWaste Jan 2013 #97
Bu bye... 99Forever Jan 2013 #103
Were the filmmakers there? Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #117
What? 99Forever Jan 2013 #119
Twice in this thread you dismissed people's take on the issue of the movie's portrayal of torture... Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #121
"The filmmakers" ... 99Forever Jan 2013 #125
You could answer without the personal attacks Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #146
Pot... 99Forever Jan 2013 #147
I am not acting like a victim, I am merely stating my opinion Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #148
what exacty did the movie say about torture? hfojvt Jan 2013 #37
It didn't really "say" much about it at all... 99Forever Jan 2013 #40
To depict torture without taking a stand at least artistically about it makes that depiction Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #66
+1 n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #67
Well then... 99Forever Jan 2013 #68
Illustrating a thing in fictional detail without taking a moral stance is then condoning a thing? LanternWaste Jan 2013 #99
This is not what I said. What I did say is that her contention that she made a neutral reporting Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #129
I feel the same way sad-cafe Jan 2013 #116
Exactly Aerows Jan 2013 #25
Probably goes back to when Hitler bombed Pearl Harbor SoCalDem Jan 2013 #109
Good - history must not be rewritten to suit Bushco malaise Jan 2013 #12
How does the movie do that? ButterflyBlood Jan 2013 #85
The torture link to evidence n/t malaise Jan 2013 #86
Have you seen it? ButterflyBlood Jan 2013 #90
I was going to add that I hadn't seen it yet malaise Jan 2013 #101
Exactly. 99Forever Jan 2013 #128
From the clips I've seen, it doesn't look that good anyway. progressoid Jan 2013 #15
Ridiculous. railsback Jan 2013 #16
it's not surprising that Zero Dark Thirty would have innacuracies in it WooWooWoo Jan 2013 #18
I watched Hurt Locker with a real explosives expert from Afghanistan. Tempest Jan 2013 #28
Do not watch Hunt for Red October with a Submariner nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #33
I watched SHOWGIRLS with a stripper zappaman Jan 2013 #49
Agreed marions ghost Jan 2013 #61
And the other half will tell you it does not work nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #64
Sounds like a good way to marions ghost Jan 2013 #65
Yup nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #122
Don't you mean Rorschach test? CE5 Jan 2013 #80
"First Roeshart test in film, from what I can tell." zappaman Jan 2013 #107
Do NOT watch any movie about airliners or aviation with a pilot Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #73
I watched Star Wars with a member of the Rebellion... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #102
LOL! zappaman Jan 2013 #106
I did just that AnnieBW Jan 2013 #113
Has Anyone Asked The Author(s) What Their Intention Was For Including Torture In This Movie?....nt global1 Jan 2013 #20
The fact that it happened nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #26
So they never actually stated in the movie bama_blue_dot Jan 2013 #58
No. They go through the mishaps nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #60
Should we sanitize us history and ignore we did torture people? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #27
The issue is the false narrative the movie creates Tempest Jan 2013 #29
No it does not nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #32
Yes it does... Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #47
You can talk to actual audience members like Altman nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #63
I did not include those scenes because the movie did not portray that they worked. Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #104
McCain has an agenda nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #123
This whole debate is over a very very small part the movie. But think Jan 2013 #132
The rubb you run into is nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #133
I am not disagreeing that torture happened. Only that it helped find OBL think Jan 2013 #135
Audience members are split nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #136
Yes. Keep the torture in. Still either the CIA, the Senators, or the director is lying think Jan 2013 #137
There was torture nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #138
That's it in a nutshell..thanks think. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #134
Negative railsback Jan 2013 #34
You are right. Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #50
No, it doesn't obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #76
Then you didn't watch very closely. Schema Thing Jan 2013 #108
AI has issued statements regarding the film. see post #9. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #45
Was it nominated as a documentary? leftynyc Jan 2013 #30
It doesn't seem like too many here actually saw it. railsback Jan 2013 #35
I haven't seen it and leftynyc Jan 2013 #38
I Saw It Before It Opened, and I Posted About It Yavin4 Jan 2013 #43
Propaganda? railsback Jan 2013 #69
Not a documentary, and the boycott is due to the implication that torture Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #46
The implication in the movie was that torture didn't work. railsback Jan 2013 #70
I don't think so. Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #71
The boycott is ridiculous railsback Jan 2013 #115
That is not what the boycott is establishing as a criticism. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #118
Oh, really? railsback Jan 2013 #141
I saw it, and my takeway was that the torture yielded nothing obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #78
I saw it obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #77
Absolutely Warranted kenny blankenship Jan 2013 #39
I Concur. It's Pure, Manipulative CIA Propaganda Yavin4 Jan 2013 #42
LOL. Argo is quite critical of US foreign policy and backing the Shah ButterflyBlood Jan 2013 #95
Kathryn Bigelow is the auditioning for the role of Leni Riefenstahl. Dawson Leery Jan 2013 #48
+1 (nt) whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #57
What a horrible and ridiculous thing to say about her obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #72
Not far off IMO whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #111
It's an excellent movie zappaman Jan 2013 #51
The PI movie looks to be a visual wonder, I want to see it. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #52
It is! zappaman Jan 2013 #53
This just sounds like someone looking to get their name in the spotlight. socialaidem Jan 2013 #55
It is a good movie and does not advocate torture obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #74
I think Lincoln is the likely winner too. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #79
A good article answering Bigelow's critics obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #81
The Oscars have always been political. Yet I understand the boycott and their concerns. Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #92
Great slapdown of the pearl-clutching... 99Forever Jan 2013 #130
Torture is not legal. Nor is it entertainment. tblue Jan 2013 #84
I would recommend then you not watching homeland or in the past, 24. There was far more in those graham4anything Jan 2013 #88
If one hasn't seen the movie, how can you judge? graham4anything Jan 2013 #87
It shows the whole world the Brutality of America lovuian Jan 2013 #91
Amen. mmonk Jan 2013 #93
I've seen the movie. "Torture works" is not a message I got from it at all. ButterflyBlood Jan 2013 #94
Whoah there did we see the same movie...I saw a woman picking up lovuian Jan 2013 #110
Vote for "Les Miz" instead! AnnieBW Jan 2013 #112
"Miles Drentell" you never stop surprising! Iris Jan 2013 #124
True, not surprising at all. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #127
If Judgement at Nuremeberg can win an Oscar. Why can't the opposite? nt raouldukelives Jan 2013 #131
LOL. Indeed, why not nominate Jud Süß ? kenny blankenship Jan 2013 #143
I'll be seeing it this week sometime BarackTheVote Jan 2013 #142
On an ethical level the issue seems to be the truth claim flamingdem Jan 2013 #144
People tend to believe what they see projected 50 feet high on a screen kenny blankenship Jan 2013 #145
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