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In response to "Not to pick a fight, but I've seen it too and wonder...What do you think makes Green Zone brave?" by Name Withheld By Request

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.

Posted by David (aka David) Jul 5 '10, 09:42

I know Greengrass was owed a favor, but giving that topicality a huge budget production is ballsy bordering on reckless.

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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

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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.

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