Liberal Media Wage War Against ‘Act of Valor’
Daily, American soldiers defend the freedom of speech the left loves to exercise to repeatedly condemn the American military. As soon as “Act of Valor” was released, lefty outlets wasted no time in crying the newest military flick is nothing more than glorified Pentagon “propaganda,” while savaging the acting of the active duty Navy Seals who comprise most of the cast.
“Valor” has topped the box office; grossing more than $29 million, and proving there’s a market for stories about the sacrifices, bravery and skill of the U.S. military. But all many left-wing outlets saw was supposedly sub-par acting and plot. “Act of Valor” used active-duty Navy SEALS for actors, and one can hardly fault them if their acting abilities are not quite up to Oscar standards.
Soldiers who put their life on the line for American citizens shouldn’t be expected to deliver a flawless performance, but The New York Times and Los Angeles Times would beg to differ, as both published reviews denouncing the acting and labeling “Valor” as military “propaganda.”
As “Valor” hype escalated “Parenthood” star Dax Shepherd tweeted the movie reminded him of "Triumph of the Will", a Nazi propaganda film. Clearly, the one time “Punk’d” prank boy needs a lesson in respect, and history.
Continuing the disturbing trend, Counterpunch accused America of having a "runaway national security" mentality, and declared the Pentagon is using “Valor” to entice new recruits into its shiny, war machine that celebrates “secret killing.”
Other liberal media have jumped on the SEAL-bashing bandwagon including Soros-funded Alternet, who called soldiers "robotic warriors" and "shadowy special-ops teammates." Brandchannel maligned the film by branding it “"as simple and uncomplicated as a military-mission video game."
Huffington Post slammed “Valor” with allegations that “any possibility for change, self-discovery, emotion, doubt – all that stuff – is far outside the realm of “Act of Valor”, a steely monument to military might.” Patch, a Huffington Post-owned media outlet, actually characterized the SEALs’ professionalism and pride as “bitten by arrogance.”
Lefties would be wise to check their own arrogance, remembering this “military might” ensures their right to voice their opinions. Journalists not “bitten by arrogance” would also take note that “Act of Valor” is on its way to succeeding with the public, where the long string of anti-war films Hollywood has produced failed.
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Oh how the castrati whine!
Submitted by HelenS on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 11:55am.
I went to see it this weekend: it is FANTASTIC! and worth having to sit in a theater with the unwashed. An excellent movie - Genuine warriors showing the quivering whiners what a beautiful thing real men are.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
My friends and I made a day
Submitted by ninerdog on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:08pm.
My friends and I made a day of it. I agree that it was a killer movie. I really liked the part where the seal just his hands appear out of the water. You are sitting there thinking he is going to do the hollywood thing and grab the guy on the dock but no. He is there to keep the body from making a splash as the sniper takes him out. Hollywood would never have thought of team work like that. You can also tell who the real seals are due to there acting. Great movie. I was also shocked by the list of names of the seals that have died. Not so much that they died but how many have. Just shows that they are a busy bunch playing a very deadly game every day. All I can do is say thank you and pay my taxes so they have the cash to do what they do. I get pride that my tax dollars may have paid for 1/10000000 of the bullet that went into ABL's brain.
I loved that scene too! It's
Submitted by HelenS on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:11pm.
I loved that scene too! It's one of the ones that really got me! That and the way they quietly come up out of the water, just their heads, and then quietly sink back down.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
That was so cool. I also
Submitted by ninerdog on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:22pm.
That was so cool. I also liked the "hot extract". I would have never thought to put that kind of firepower on a boat. WOW!
Have you watched "Reality TV?"
Submitted by neutron on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 11:17pm.
"... all many left-wing outlets saw was supposedly sub-par acting and plot. “Act of Valor” used active-duty Navy SEALS for actors, and one can hardly fault them if their acting abilities are not quite up to Oscar standards..."
I saw it. I loved it. The SEALs were better actors than any "Reality TV" actors or most TV show actors. I found their performances to have realism and gravitas that most vapid programming lacks. It is True Grit showing through.
Stop judging everything through the liberal prism. Life is much bigger than than narrow focus!
This tears it!
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:03pm.
Now I'm definitely going to go to the theater to watch this movie.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
You'll like it Kingfish.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:10am.
I saw it last weekend, and enjoyed every minute of it, up until the re-enacted the funeral of Michael Mansoor, and other SEALs with the hammering of the Tridents on the casket. My wife lost it, and I kept getting dust in my eyes.
Had a long diatribe planned...but
Submitted by theduck6 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 8:39am.
“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” George Orwell
kinda says it all. Progressive weinies usually screech the loudest at the things that hurt them the most.
And...
Submitted by HelenS on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:03pm.
They are NOT bitten by arrogance. They are quiet heroes. Doing their job. And appropriately and justifiably confident.
If that's arrogance, then the person who said that has been around the pathetic maggots who pretend to be men in what is the swamp of democrat liberalism. Someone who wants men to whimper and do what they're told by the shrews in the same swamp.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Re: Arrogance
Submitted by Skunk Ape on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:16pm.
Remember, it's not arrogance if you really are that good.
I agree
Submitted by texusmc on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 3:42pm.
it is not arrogance if it is truth and done in a quiet humbling manner as many of the SEALs that I have had the great pleasure of meeting, deploying with, and assisting in Intelligence briefings in my career.
p.s. really like the Firefly reference!
this film is very important -
Submitted by TruthMonger on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:07pm.
this film is very important - it's reality and so it scares the sh*t out of the left - and so i am very happy this morning
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
I propose a trade...
Submitted by Sasquatch on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:09pm.
All Navy SEALS get to trade places with randomly selected members of the liberal media/Hollywood elite for one day. The SEALS would get a well-deserved break, and the few spoiled libs still alive after enduring a day of SEAL-dom might actually develop some respect for the military...
the spoiled libs would still
Submitted by MarylandPrisoner on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 1:40pm.
the spoiled libs would still be worthless oxygen thieves lacking respect for anything that preserves their way of life...
Way to Support the Troops, there Lefties!
Submitted by Order270 on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:15pm.
They drive a car with a yellow ribbon bumper sticker to trash a movie about military heroes. And the real irony is they would be the first ones shot by a new regime.
Have you ever noticed.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:18pm.
the volume of their squeals is in direct proportion to their discomfort?
How I love that sound! :-)
Now for a moment imagine that
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:24pm.
Now for a moment imagine that this was the same movie but the Seals were all homosexuals and had a big orgy at the end. The lefty media WOULD LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF IT. LITERALLY.
God Bless the Navy SEALS
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 12:48pm.
Because not only does the movie once again illustrate what great American heroes these guys are, but what absolute weaselly scumbag cowards liberals are.
Saw the movie yesterday. A
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 1:04pm.
Saw the movie yesterday. A very good movie, yes the acting by the Navy SEALS will not win any Academy Awards but who cares?
A good, solid action movie that made me grateful that these guys are on OUR side. :-)
Did you folks know that the scene with the "hot" extract was live fire? Real bullets, little or no blanks. Friggin AWESOME!!!!
You are joking about the live
Submitted by ninerdog on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 1:12pm.
You are joking about the live fire...... I know these guys are good but if that was real holy %^$#!!!! I got to have me one of them boats!!!! I don't think they are for sale however. Minnie guns and all the 50 cals and the 40 mil's and the holy crap it was real..... Your joking...
No joke ninerdog. Live
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 1:54pm.
No joke ninerdog. Live Fire.
http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2012/01/28/act-of-valor-live-fire-behin...
A movie...
Submitted by MarylandPrisoner on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 1:37pm.
...that anger the left... leaves the elite Hollywood types looking down their noses... not up to their standards of entertainment... sounds like a WINNER to me!
Seriously...they have the nerve to
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 1:59pm.
criticize their acting skills??? Have any of them SEEN Tom Cruise try and act???
You know when that midget Cruise is mad at a character in his movies, 'cuz he lowers his head and looks out from beneath his eyebrows at them...that's his best "acting" moment.
Honestly, the action stars of today are just a bunch of skinny kids. Compare them to John Wayne, Fess Parker, Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Robert Mitchum, etc., etc.
Christian Bale??? He's got a pre-pubescent speech impediment and he's 140 lbs, soaking wet!!
John,
Submitted by texasborngranny on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 3:09pm.
thank you for expressing my sentiments, and much better than I could do.
Act of Valor
Submitted by Nick Shaw on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 3:14pm.
The people that wrote these reviews, they are the dweebs hunched over their laptops at Starbucks, right?
You know, the ones criticizing the men that made free wi-fi and taking up space in an establishment for hours thinking that buying one coffee gives them the right to do so, possible?
Yeah, castrati. (Thanks for that, HelenS!)
They sicken me.
This column seems a little
Submitted by balboa on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 3:37pm.
This column seems a little late to the party. We just had this same discussion.
Should be noted that Act of Valor's stay atop the charts didn't last long, as that commie pinko Lorax bumped it from the top spot.
Nice one, Bal.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:14am.
But, it was atop the charts, when the folks that you admire said it couldn't possibly get there. I know that had to twist your panties.
Uh, no. But I'd do wonder why
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 10:34am.
Uh, no. But I'd do wonder why it wasn't able to stay atop the box office longer.
Very Unusual
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:38pm.
It's very unusual for a movie to remain at the top spot for more then a week, unless it's a big budget blockbuster movie.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
But isn't this the kind of
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 2:26pm.
But isn't this the kind of movie that conservatives have been clamoring for? That they say people want to see as opposed to "the usual liberal junk" that conservatives decry?
Probably
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 3:35pm.
Probably, balboa. Can't say for sure because I haven't seen it. That's probably why it did so well. Now what's your point?
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
The point is that
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 3:51pm.
The point is that conservatives might be wrong when they say the secret to "Hollyweird" success is easy: make a conservative movie.
Whoever actually said that?
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 4:24pm.
I think you're confused, balboa. Movies with a strong political message, be it conservative or liberal, do not tend to do that well, the latest examples being Atlas Shrugged and Fair Game. You are doing what you do best, and putting up the straw man to knock down. Most conservatives say, that movies that are clean and have strong family values are the ones that do well at the box office and in the after-theater market. And the latest example of that is going to be.......ahhhh....but even you know the name of that movie.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
"Most conservatives." I think
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 5:22pm.
"Most conservatives."
I think any time there has been a liberal war movie "reviewed" on this site, everyone is very quick to point out that the movie tanks because it's not aimed at conservatives.
Nice little tap dance
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 5:59pm.
I forgot we were talking about what conservatives say about liberal movies.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
We were talking about the
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 6:18pm.
We were talking about the fact that Act of Valor lasted one week at the top of the box office and the way that appears to conflict with what people have said on this site about movies.
And that's why I rebutted that...
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 6:30pm.
.... people actually point out that good clean, family movies are successful at the box office. I'd love to see you actually point out where anyone said that Hollywood needs to make movies with conservative messages! Political message movies don't sell well. People want to be entertained.
And here we go, round and round!
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Good evening Kingfish
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 6:40pm.
Ride it long enough you may catch the brass ring.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
True, family movies do well,
Submitted by balboa on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 8:28pm.
True, family movies do well, but the studios want to make movies for adults, too.
As for conservative message movies, I'll see if I can search for past comments.
Kingfish, don't hold your
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:50am.
Kingfish, don't hold your breath waiting for this twit to come up with those comments.
Some of us are still waiting for this evidence that balboa has that will set convicted cop killers free.
saw this movie
Submitted by texusmc on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 3:48pm.
this past weekend. Yes the SEALs aren't professional actors and their delivery was a little wooden, except during the briefings, and the Senior Chief seemed he was more at home "acting" than a few of the true actors. Did like the line "would rather take a knife to a gun fight than be interrogated by the Senior Chief".
Yes live ammo was used and the ease and grace they all moved in and around truly does a credit upon them and their training. Some things you cannot fake and these gentlemen are fantastic.
The situations and plot will have you thinking more about just how bad our TSA puppet theater is.
I will definatly reccomend this movie to everyone and certanly purchase this when it comes out on DVD.
So let me get this straight on the "acting" business
Submitted by gopcongress on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 4:07pm.
Let me get this straight.
The socialist critics stay that the part of Navy Seals performing Navy Seal missions cannot be performed by Navy Seals who have actually trained and understand the concept of Navy Seal missions.
Rather, the socialist critics would rather the part of Navy Seals performing Navy Seal missions with the like of Charlie Sheen and Sean Penn in their place.
Got that.
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Applause
Submitted by Utherpend on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 4:39pm.
That was the sound that I heard when the movie ended and the list of fallen Seals went up the screen. It was the first time in a long time I had seen my local movie theater full.
The last line says it all
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 4:51pm.
"Act of Valor is on its way to succeeding with the public, where the long string of anti-war films Hollywood has produced failed." The Hollywood elite simply can't stand a pro-America, pro-military film that has the audacity to actually resonate with the unwashed masses of this country. They know what's needed and produce monumental flops regardless of the lack of realism, derogatory portrayal of our military, and blatant liberal agenda. Then they wonder why their asinine movies fail at the box office. How dare Americans respect the military war machine, especially when they don't rape innocent indiginous women, kill children, blow up entire towns, constantly and mistakenly shoot dozens of innocent villagers, and go on murderous rampages. Besides, what do Navy SEALS know about Navy SEALS? Certainly not more than Hollywood elites...
Whimper Fi!!
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 5:10pm.
...should be the temper-tantrum-battle-cry of the Left.
(Don't bother to properly parse the Latin, just enjoy the sonorous sound it offers.)
My Vietnam-era USAF-veteran everlasting respect continues for these true heroes (and their butt-kickin' name-takin' kin in other branches/units).
The "bravest" and most cutting-edge response these little Lefty whimpering fools can muster up is the devastating elementary school playground's "Oh yeah!?"
As for possessing any intellectual ammunition, these professional carpers are of small caliber and immense bore.
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...