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Act of Valor

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:27 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
Torture, drugs, smuggling, cartels, jihadis, suicide bombers, guns, lots of sniper kills, submarines, mini-subs, high-altitude jumps, speed boats, door-to-door search, chaotic shoot-outs, and calm, cool, humble courage. Plus no trashing of USA and even interrogations are polite.

A poem runs through the film that I looked up afterward, from Tecumseh:

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion;
respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,
even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools
and robs the spirit of its vision.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled
with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep
and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:17 pm
by The Crawdaddy
So, ya liked it I guess?

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:49 am
by Turdacious
I don't know if any of you know, but we have an actual movie star in our midst. He was in the greatest movie ever made-- Rambo II.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:00 am
by baffled
Are there any tits? Is it a Pro Israel propaganda piece? I didn't read your whole review.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:56 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
I did like it. Plot and acting are thin, but they're like duct tape holding together lots of cool action scenes.

No nudity. Fully clothed military wives, women soldiers (communications), and a woman doctor.

Israel not mentioned, but any movie that accurately depicts the threats in the world is a pro-Israel piece.

One of the villains is a Russian Jew who works with jihadis, which will lead many of my tribesmen to conclude that the movie is not good for the Jewish people. Unfortuantely, though, given the substantial presence of Russian Jews in Russian organized crime, the plot choice is credible.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:33 pm
by Fat Cat
Yeah, Russian Jews are known crooks.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:03 pm
by tough old man
but any movie that accurately depicts the threats in the world is a pro-Israel piece.
WTF? Really?

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:52 pm
by Fat Cat
I think by that "logic" Triumph of the Will is a pro-Israel piece. Interesting possibility.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:50 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
Fat Cat wrote:Yeah, Russian Jews are known crooks.
Yes, this is the leap of logic (from one person to indicting all the Jews) that my tribesmen fear when they say that a movie or news even is not good for the Jews. Incidentally, with Purim coming up, this is the leap of logic and persuasion Haman made in persuading Ahashverosh to authorize slaughtering all the Jews.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:52 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
tough old man wrote:
but any movie that accurately depicts the threats in the world is a pro-Israel piece.
WTF? Really?
Yes, really.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:07 pm
by tough old man
I am facepalming for the Jews.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:03 am
by Fat Cat
Hebrew Hammer wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:Yeah, Russian Jews are known crooks.
Yes, this is the leap of logic (from one person to indicting all the Jews) that my tribesmen fear when they say that a movie or news even is not good for the Jews. Incidentally, with Purim coming up, this is the leap of logic and persuasion Haman made in persuading Ahashverosh to authorize slaughtering all the Jews.
The Persians are an ancient and wise people. Forward thinking, you might say.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:53 am
by Beer Jew
Persians today are perhaps the most backwards people alive. They're almost more inbred than the texans.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:31 pm
by The Nightman
Beer Jew wrote:Persians today are perhaps the most backwards people alive. They're almost more inbred than the texans.
Fuck You. Oh wait, I'm not a "real" Texan.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:41 pm
by Hebrew Hammer
Fat Cat wrote:
Hebrew Hammer wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:Yeah, Russian Jews are known crooks.
Yes, this is the leap of logic (from one person to indicting all the Jews) that my tribesmen fear when they say that a movie or news even is not good for the Jews. Incidentally, with Purim coming up, this is the leap of logic and persuasion Haman made in persuading Ahashverosh to authorize slaughtering all the Jews.
The Persians are an ancient and wise people. Forward thinking, you might say.
Yes they were. Odd how Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Israel to build the Second Temple, while Ahmanidejad and Khameini deny that the Jews have any historic ties to the land.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:36 pm
by TerryB
damn that sandwich looks good

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:32 pm
by Fat Cat
Hebrew Hammer wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:
Hebrew Hammer wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:Yeah, Russian Jews are known crooks.
Yes, this is the leap of logic (from one person to indicting all the Jews) that my tribesmen fear when they say that a movie or news even is not good for the Jews. Incidentally, with Purim coming up, this is the leap of logic and persuasion Haman made in persuading Ahashverosh to authorize slaughtering all the Jews.
The Persians are an ancient and wise people. Forward thinking, you might say.
Yes they were. Odd how Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Israel to build the Second Temple, while Ahmanidejad and Khameini deny that the Jews have any historic ties to the land.
That would be odd if it was true, but of course like everything out of your mouth, it's not. Nobody says that Jews don't have a historic claim to the Levant, but they're not the only ones and their claim does not supersede others. My Christian ancestors ran the Holy Land for quite some time; perhaps we should invade and run off all the Jews and Muslims and create a new crusader kingdom?

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:00 am
by The Venerable Bogatir X
Turdacious wrote:I don't know if any of you know, but we have an actual movie star in our midst. He was in the greatest movie ever made-- Rambo II.
Correction: it was the epic film "Rambo III."

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:14 am
by baffled
Fat Cat wrote:
Hebrew Hammer wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:
Hebrew Hammer wrote:
Fat Cat wrote:Yeah, Russian Jews are known crooks.
Yes, this is the leap of logic (from one person to indicting all the Jews) that my tribesmen fear when they say that a movie or news even is not good for the Jews. Incidentally, with Purim coming up, this is the leap of logic and persuasion Haman made in persuading Ahashverosh to authorize slaughtering all the Jews.
The Persians are an ancient and wise people. Forward thinking, you might say.
Yes they were. Odd how Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Israel to build the Second Temple, while Ahmanidejad and Khameini deny that the Jews have any historic ties to the land.
My Christian ancestors ran the Holy Land for quite some time; perhaps we should invade and run off all the Jews and Muslims and create a new crusader kingdom?
Yes.

On a side note, this thread went in a good direction.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:42 pm
by Turdacious
High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:
Turdacious wrote:I don't know if any of you know, but we have an actual movie star in our midst. He was in the greatest movie ever made-- Rambo II.
Correction: it was the epic film "Rambo III."
That's right. You were one of the pirates that helped Rambo get the prisoners out of the POW camp right?

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:47 pm
by The Venerable Bogatir X
Turdacious wrote:
High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:
Turdacious wrote:I don't know if any of you know, but we have an actual movie star in our midst. He was in the greatest movie ever made-- Rambo II.
Correction: it was the epic film "Rambo III."
That's right. You were one of the pirates that helped Rambo get the prisoners out of the POW camp right?
You're mixing-up all of my cinema greatness.

Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:52 pm
by Turdacious
High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:
Turdacious wrote:
High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:
Turdacious wrote:I don't know if any of you know, but we have an actual movie star in our midst. He was in the greatest movie ever made-- Rambo II.
Correction: it was the epic film "Rambo III."
That's right. You were one of the pirates that helped Rambo get the prisoners out of the POW camp right?
You're mixing-up all of my cinema greatness.
I must be confused. Which one of these guys are you again?

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Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:07 am
by Holland Oates
LOL

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Re: Act of Valor

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:17 am
by The Venerable Bogatir X
You are both terrible and awful people. :axe: :axe: :axe: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :partyman: :partyman: :partyman: :partyman: :partyman: