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Tommy_Carcetti

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16. When I first heard the story, I was expecting something like "The Last Temptation of Christ"

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 05:57 PM

Sep 2012

I.e., an artfully done piece that may take a controversial view on a central religious figure.

But this is just amateur shit. And while maybe in the context of Americans we can excuse amateurish shit that mocks one's deeply held personal beliefs, when it comes off as a bunch of Americans mocking other people's deeply held personal beliefs, it just doesn't help our image one bit.

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This movie is like "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" meets "The Satanic Verses" [View all] Poll_Blind Sep 2012 OP

Rat fucking-2012 style n/t winstars Sep 2012 #1

Exactly. For people who don't know what ratfucking is, link in message. Poll_Blind Sep 2012 #5

And what, pray tell, is your problem with "The Satanic Verses"? cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #2

Made it through 32 seconds. Just absurd. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #3

Beat me, I turned it off after 25 seconds just1voice Sep 2012 #7

It looks like something made at Regent University or Liberty University. Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #4

Or a Junior high school parady WCGreen Sep 2012 #9

Now I get it... lame54 Sep 2012 #6

This thing is just laughably, horribly, awful and amateurish. Or it WOULD be kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #8

Interesting. Definitely agitprop. But, it still looks like a Sheldon Adelson-funded project leveymg Sep 2012 #10

Looks like it was made by the KKK. That's the most obvious, stupid thing I've ever wasted time on. freshwest Sep 2012 #11

That's the full movie??? arcane1 Sep 2012 #12

"The Passion of the Christ" meets "Wag the Dog".... nancyfladem Sep 2012 #13

Man, I can't compare it to anything I've ever seen or read. It's that bad cali Sep 2012 #14

I think...this thing might be almost 100% dog-whistle. Think about it: When we watch this, it... Poll_Blind Sep 2012 #24

One thing is for sure, it is cheaply made. Jennicut Sep 2012 #15

When I first heard the story, I was expecting something like "The Last Temptation of Christ" Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2012 #16

Production Budget Revealed: Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #17

Honestly, it's so laughably bad it's hard to find offense. Brickbat Sep 2012 #18

I heard on NPR that it was widely rumored in the middle east cali Sep 2012 #20

I heard that too. Brickbat Sep 2012 #21

It needs some Benny Hill music. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #19

I'm thinking "Springtime for Mohammad and Mecca." Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #22

I want so badly to mock this piece of shit... jorno67 Sep 2012 #23