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In response to "I can maybe see the budget argument, but honestly, there's nothing to the politics that particularly "edgy". " by Name Withheld By Request

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)

Posted by David (aka David) Jul 5 '10, 09:47

Come on.

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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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