Comments on: Media Battle, 30 seconds of good – 2 hours of bad

By: Comments Post | Machiavelli Owns A Machine Gun Now

Comments Post | Machiavelli Owns A Machine Gun Now — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:42 +0000

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By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:24:03 +0000

I’ll have to disagree here. Often with “historical movies” the facts are twisted to provide better entertainment. Even while watching “Saving Private Ryan”, a movie I actually enjoy, I get a bet annoyed. I keep thinking to myself “Now I’m learning history… now I’m being entertained… now I’m learning history again.” I try not to take much fact from any movie, but it can be hard when they contain actual letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
The worst movies, however, are the ones aimed at teens. The 1984 move “Red Dawn” is one of them. It is about a group of teenagers (the “Wolverines”) who organize guerrilla attacks after a Russian occupation of America. Its like a “Take Your Kids to War Day.” A lot of these movies actually glorify war.
Take the 9-11 movies. Particularly “United 93″, “The Twin Towers”, and “World Trade Center”. I feel that they serve the purpose of reminding people about the events of that day. This probably does more to help military recruitment than anything. They glorify military service. There are some anti-war movies, and there are some “support the troops” movies. I don’t think either of these ideologies have a monopoly on Hollywood films.

By: Pierce Wancour

Pierce Wancour — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:53:55 +0000

I definetely agree with the idea that the Iraq war and 9/11 movies came too soon, the pain of the events of september 11th are still way too near for anyone to put it onto the big screen. Also, I don’t think they should be making movies on Iraq when many people in the media, political and military positions are saying that we are far from an end to Iraq, so why are we making movies about them already. Everyone knows that the Government of the US has protocols to not release some key information about certain situations until much later after the fact, when they become declassified. So, I’m sayin how can we make movies on something when we don’t even know the entire story of what’s going on? I think I have discovered why, and the reason is money, I think some people in the movie business are thinking they can make good money by releasing a movie on 9/11 because most people will feel ethically drawn to watching it because of the very personal connection that many have to those actually involved in these events. But I still think that it is simply too near to be reflecting on these events, especially when they haven’t even been resolved yet.

By: zod1703

zod1703 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:48:54 +0000

I agree 100% with what you are saying the media has a way of showing how the military is screwing these guys over when part of the truth is it US as Americans that are doing the screwing, by not given the war the same type of support that the military received in WWII and as recent as the Gulf War. Instead we have let the media split us much like it did during Vietnam so those we did sever now must serve longer. The other night I was at a Support the Troops and Win the War rally both speakers said they know how the war has dived America and this sadden them, because as a soldier all they want to do is WIN and have the opportunity to do so. So I guess if we want our men and women home sooner maybe we need to push them toward victory not away from the recruitment centers

By: alpersa

alpersa — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:39:44 +0000

With the recent war in the Middle East the amount of war film has dramatically increased however, the number of individuals signing up for the military has decreased does this have anything to do with the vivid images represented in these movies? The first major motion picture depicting war was “Saving Private Ryan” I know of several veterans that had a difficult time watching this movie because the reality and graphics in the movie. Personally after an individual were to watch this movie I would not understand why they would want to sign up for the military. This is why the army, navy, coast guard, and the marines have to create advertisements that show only the positive effects of war because these motion pictures are doing a great job of showing the negatives affects.