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teejay69

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It is a different perspective on the impact of war - hate crimes - the Holocaust - especially through the eyes of children. Not another "typical" genre movie (i.e. Vietnam, Western, Jaws like Horror Flick).

The beauty of movies is that people can create truly memorable stories which have a purpose. Original stories like Slumdog Millionaire are great too. It is not the typical Hollywood blockbuster/teenage/SAW Horror/romantic comedy/CGI action movie. Nor is it a major drama with Oscar nominees.

Anyway - every now and then - it is nice to view something that is not another remake or a sequel or worse yet - more (un)-reality TV shows.
 
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It had its moments, but the gaps in credibility ruined it.
The thick English accents were disconcerting, too.
 
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planetman said:
For those that don't know it , and if you think about it , and do some research homework then , it is pretty obvious that the Jews control Hollywood.
all the big studios , iatse , actra, and especially distribution has huge control by the jews. this is not meant to be rascist but just a fact of life. I know many and have worked with many of them and all are great people. however , when Hollywood has been good to them , then they are all expected and encouraged and required to , do a CAUSE movie. It is a well known fact in the BIZ.
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Good lord, Hollywood was initially created by Jewish immigrants, doesn't mean it is that way now. Goldwyn & Mayer (MGM), among othersc, came to a place more receptive weatherwise for filming. Since they couldn't do pro-Jewish movies at any time (Jews were restricted just as much as any other non-white group of people) you would often see black-themed movies made to express the experience of all discriminated groups. Some of the most memorable movies of the past were made because of the Jewish film studio owners.
 
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planetman said:
okay , i'll go see it.
and i cry easy , :)
:rolleyes:
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Just take it as it is, a fictional movie that was touching, but sad (Don't want to say why).

It focused around two children, a Jewish one and a German one and their relationship DESPITE the war. The characters all had English accents (WHY do they do that for every movie in which they substitute the characters real languages into English? They can't speak English with a GERMAN accent???) which does take away from any kind of realism, and despite the set being a concentration camp, there is really no other political message than the innocence of children.
 
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planetman said:
I have not seen it because it sounds like ANOTHER one of those Jewish cause movies.
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Yep -- he did say that.

It does say that he is from planet earth, but I'm not sure....


By the way, it is not a Hollywood movie, (although I'm sure it was distributed by one of the usual suspects).
 
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I REALLY wish subtitled films would have more space in there local markets. Hearing the actual dialect adds so much to the theme of the production. Pan's Labrynth, Amelie... excellent films! It seems like this movie (haven't seen it yet) would've benefitted from two german speaking children (chances are, it was a german jew behind the fence) and subtitles.

This forced conversion into english to appease the few people that can't follow a scene and a string of text at the same time... infuriating.

Actually, now that I think about it, wouldn't it be a more pointed film if they had filmed it in german, assuming a german jew? After all, no matter what the nazi party labelled people as, they always thought of themselves as Germans first...and whatever else second.

Making it english does a disservice, I think.
 
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planetman said:
I have not seen it because it sounds like ANOTHER one of those Jewish cause movies.
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Um, yeah.

Joseph Goebbels called.

He wants his schtick back.

:rolleyes:
 
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comment was perhaps insensitive (ok, was hugely insensitive and callow :D) I don't sense too much antisemitism here.

I think that one can legitimately wonder about yet another Holocaust movie when there are so many other similarly (I wrote equally, but that somehow didn't sound quite right) horrific mass murders. Let me walk you through them...

Armeninan Genocide - about 1 million to 1.5 million
The Great Leap Forward - 10 million
Stalins Purges - millions
Ukrainian Famine - 10 million
Khmer Rouge - 2 million (approximately 1/3 of the country's population)
Idi Amin - 300,000
Saddam Hussein - ~ 400,000
And on and on and on.

However, the only movies Hollywood produces are Holocaust films ( More than 10 million murdered, 6 million of them Jews equal to about 95% of Europe's Jewish population) with a few exceptions (Hotel Rwanda and the Killing Fields, let me know if I'm missing any).

Oh yeah and I forgot Rwanda at about 800,000 - 1,000,000.

There are not nearly as many films released about any other genocide of which I'm aware. The reason for that? It may have something to do with the number of influential Jews in Hollywood. It may have to do with the story having a strong resonance in the West.

I don't think it's antisemitic simply to raise the point, however rudely (this is PERB after all you motherfuckers :D)

So, I'm just saying...

Planetman's still an asshole though... ;)
 
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planetman said:
not sure what your problem is with my statement?
if you know anything about anything about hollywood , you would know this is a fact. Seems everytime the word jew is mentioned on here you jump to attention, and then start making troll comments.
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Dude.

I am the biggest critic of Israel out there.

Your statement was offensive.

Period.
 
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wet_suit_one said:
I think that one can legitimately wonder about yet another Holocaust movie when there are so many other similarly horrific mass murders.

Armeninan Genocide - about 1 million to 1.5 million
The Great Leap Forward - 10 million
Stalins Purges - millions
Ukrainian Famine - 10 million
Khmer Rouge - 2 million (approximately 1/3 of the country's population)
Idi Amin - 300,000
Saddam Hussein - ~ 400,000
And on and on and on.
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Forty-one posts since 2004... and one of them attempts to downplay the Holocaust... (and no, I'm not Jewish).

What sets the Holocaust apart from other genocides (among other things) is the fact that it was an opportunisitc, highly-organized and systematic attempt to exterminate European Jewry, predicated on a weak scientific and ideological foundation.

In contrast, many of the genocides since (i.e. Rwanda, Cambodia, Mid-East) are largely the products of de-colonization and long-standing religious/ethnic conflict. The Chinese and Russian famines were not 'mass murders' as you term them, but ill-advised attempts at modernization.

You are right about one thing - the Holocaust has had the strongest resonance in the West, but that is likely because of the conditions it occured under and was allowed to continue. Moreover, none of the other genocides have left behind the same visual or historical record as that of the Holocaust. 20 to 30 million people died under Mao, but Communist suppression kept the West largely ignorant of it; consequently it hasn't had the same impact on Western awareness. Don't forget that reports of the Holocaust - while it was happening - were viewed as a hoax until mass evidence was actually discovered.
 
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planetman said:
I have not seen it because it sounds like ANOTHER one of those Jewish cause movies.
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Your comment appears to be racist in nature. You're suggesting with the words JEWISH CAUSE that this film is essentially propoganda meant to further some sort of agenda, and your negativity is further insinuating something more covert or unappealing .

Please tell me otherwise. Or if you're in agreeement, what would that Jewish cause be ?
 
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