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In response to "Green Zone: A (brave film), Percy Jackson: B, Tron: C+ (has not held up well), Knight & Day: A. The Crazies: A-." by David

Not to pick a fight, but I've seen it too and wonder...What do you think makes Green Zone brave?

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jul 5 '10, 09:40

I figure it kinda just fits in with the currently-accepted narative of the first few days of the war.

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It's a slap in the face to any number of important people and a movie few Americans want to see due to what it embodies. - David Jul 5, 09:42 20
- spoils - Roger More Jul 5, 09:46 6
  - Spoilers - David Jul 5, 09:48 3
    - spoilers - Roger More Jul 5, 09:54 2
      - Spoils - David Jul 5, 10:00 1
        
        spoils - Roger More Jul 5, 10:04
  - spoils - Beryllium Jul 5, 09:46 1
    - spoils - Beryllium Jul 5, 09:47
- I can maybe see the budget argument, but honestly, there's nothing to the politics that particularly "edgy". - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 09:45 12
  - You know what movie goers love? "You were wrong and you were lied to by the people you voted for. Pay me $10 and I'll show you how." (nm) - David Jul 5, 09:47 11
    - You don't think a lot of Americans want to see a movie that basically re-enforces their belief that they were right about Iraq all along? - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 09:51 10
      - No and the box office performance for a de facto Bourne film backs me up on this. - David Jul 5, 09:55 6
        
        What was the final BO for it? I don't recall. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 10:02 5
        
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        It made $35 million domestic, which is barely half of what the last Bourne film opened to doing. - David Jul 5, 10:05 2
        
        One last note before the roll...I always felt that trying to compare them to the Bourne's was ridiculous. Had he been named Bourne, it would have... - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 10:13 1
        
        *tips cap* - David Jul 5, 10:19
        
        $35m -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 10:05
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        Yeah, I guess I can't really argue that, though this was far more sold on the action than politics, whereas the others were the opposite. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 09:56 1
        
        I think David's point is not that it's controversial, but it's on a topic that many, if not most, people would rather forget ever happened. -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 09:59
Spending $100 million on an Iraq film is pretty brave -- nm - Roger More Jul 5, 09:40

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Not to pick a fight, but I've seen it too and wonder...What do you think makes Green Zone brave?

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