I wasn't expecting movie reviews (though I had suggested it before). And I would have been pleasantly surprised to see TFP dropped two, except this time your attempt dropped like a dud because I'm sorely, sorely disappointed to see you review two mainstream blockbusters while avoiding the elephant in the room, "Sound of Freedom". I havan…
I wasn't expecting movie reviews (though I had suggested it before). And I would have been pleasantly surprised to see TFP dropped two, except this time your attempt dropped like a dud because I'm sorely, sorely disappointed to see you review two mainstream blockbusters while avoiding the elephant in the room, "Sound of Freedom". I havant't seen it yet (nor the other two either) and would've LOVE an unbiased take of a review, plus an investigation whether the allegation the high box office report is faked. I also would love a deep dive into the alienation of Hollywood against conservatives who make up half the country, i'm not even conservative myself but am getting less and less enthused about media entertainment and the arts now. It's like they actively don't want audience and patrons like me and I keep finding myself asking why do I even pay or show up? They hate me.
Go see Sound of Freedom. It’s a great movie, a great story. I saw it twice because I was visiting family out of state, and then my family at home wanted to see it too. I enjoyed it more the second time I saw it. I don’t know why this film is being labeled a ‘Christian thriller’ or is being made political. It’s about a world-wide, human issue. There are only two general references to God in the film. I would not consider this film to be a faith-based film. There is no gratuitous child SA, or even scenes of that either. Only enough to provide context and conceptual understanding.
I too am sorely disappointed to see you avoid the elephant in the room, Sound of Freedom. The mainstream media's response to the film (absurd QAnon accusations) is extremely telling , as is the silence of many famous people who normally speak out when there are movie reveals about social injustice.
IKR. I thought Sound of Freedom and the phenomenon of people bucking Hollywood would be exactly the kind of thing TFP would pick up. IDK what's going on.
100% We saw Sound of Freedom, last night, in a packed theater. Children being subjected to such depravity and the anguish heaved upon their families is heartbreaking. We must do more to protect our children from the real monsters that walk this earth. Hollywood is paving the way to their own demise and I'm not sad to see it go.
Mark Wahlberg moved to Utah and said he wants to try setting up an alternative Hollywood there. Not sure how far he'll pursue this but I hope he succeeds. Joe Rogan also opened up a new comedy club in Texas where comedians can finally do real comedy again without having to be terror from the Woke brown shirts.
Hollywood is dead. The strike will kill production for a long period of time and most audiences have already tuned out. I recommend seeing Sound of Freedom and paid it forward - the studio creatively allows people to buy tickets for strangers: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-watch-the-sound-of-freedom
Thanks for the reminder of the "pay it forward". I had forgotten about that, and now I suspect the liberal media's allegation that the box office reports are fake is actually a spin when in fact it is church organizations doing the pay it forward thing. Of course you just KNOW that if the liberal side does anything pay it forward, there'd be tons of fawning and self-congratulating of what "Good People"(TM) they are.
Thank you for that post. I saw the Sound of Freedom last night. It is a story of incredible bravery, compassion and sacrifice. But also of evil and depravity on a scale that is unimaginable. All I could think for the rest of the night was about the millions of children who are not rescued but live their lives in torture and degradation. And of the fiends who walk among us. America's shame is not the slavery that we ended a century and a half ago but the sex slavery we won't confront today.
Bruce, thanks for the review. Now I'm definitely going to go see it.
Also, another movie on the same topic that was very well done was The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz. It came out in 2010 and it (and the topic) doesn't get the attention it deserves because liberals have decided talking about child porn and sex trafficking is now a Q-anon conspiracy, and sex work must be normalized and legalized because "Sex Work Is Work". Here's the IMBD link and the movie is on Amazon Prime. It's harrowing. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896872/
Thanks Cat. While the Left tries its best to minimize this evil, the truth is that the United States remains the largest producer and consumer of child abuse content in the world. Data from Operation RoundUp — the only source of data known to the U.S. Department of Justice about the volume of child pornography traded over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks — indicates that there were 9.8 million unique IP addresses engaging in P2P file sharing of child pornography domestically, while there were 11.8 million unique IP addresses engaging in P2P file sharing of child pornography internationally. This means that the United States accounts for nearly 50% of all IP addresses engaging in P2P file sharing of child pornography images.
Moreover, although the exact number of children being trafficked is difficult to identify due to the illicit nature of this activity, it is estimated that there are 100,000 to 300,000 children at risk of commercial sexual exploitation in the United States and one million children exploited by the global commercial sex trade each year.
The vile Democrats belittle the idea of child trafficking by saying anybody appalled by this disgusting, horrible practice is a QAnon nut and the Republicans ignore it. To me both actions are criminal. But then again congress is full of unindicted criminals.
Our corrupt congress needs to get off their miserable asses and pass brutal, harsh laws against human trafficking not just child trafficking. We need to fund an independent agency that vigorously pursues and arrests the vicious swine and gives minimum sentences of life in solitary confinement with no parole in a harsh supermax prison.
“When a human being is set upon by a robber, ravisher, murderer, or tyrant of any kind, it is the duty of the bystanders to go to his or her rescue, by force, if need be.
“In general, nothing will excuse men in the non-performance of this duty, except the pressure of higher duties, (if such there be,) inability to afford relief, or too great danger to themselves or others.
“This duty being naturally inherent in human relations and necessities, governments and laws are of no authority in opposition to it. If they interpose themselves, they must be trampled under foot without ceremony, as we would trample under foot laws that should forbid us to rescue men from wild beasts, or from burning buildings.
”On this principle, it is the duty of the non-slaveholders of this country, in their private capacity as individuals—without asking the permission, or waiting the movements, of the government—to go to the rescue of the Slaves from the hands of their oppressors.”
—Lysander Spooner, “A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery”, 1858
I wasn't expecting movie reviews (though I had suggested it before). And I would have been pleasantly surprised to see TFP dropped two, except this time your attempt dropped like a dud because I'm sorely, sorely disappointed to see you review two mainstream blockbusters while avoiding the elephant in the room, "Sound of Freedom". I havant't seen it yet (nor the other two either) and would've LOVE an unbiased take of a review, plus an investigation whether the allegation the high box office report is faked. I also would love a deep dive into the alienation of Hollywood against conservatives who make up half the country, i'm not even conservative myself but am getting less and less enthused about media entertainment and the arts now. It's like they actively don't want audience and patrons like me and I keep finding myself asking why do I even pay or show up? They hate me.
So @Bari, what gives?
Go see Sound of Freedom. It’s a great movie, a great story. I saw it twice because I was visiting family out of state, and then my family at home wanted to see it too. I enjoyed it more the second time I saw it. I don’t know why this film is being labeled a ‘Christian thriller’ or is being made political. It’s about a world-wide, human issue. There are only two general references to God in the film. I would not consider this film to be a faith-based film. There is no gratuitous child SA, or even scenes of that either. Only enough to provide context and conceptual understanding.
I too am sorely disappointed to see you avoid the elephant in the room, Sound of Freedom. The mainstream media's response to the film (absurd QAnon accusations) is extremely telling , as is the silence of many famous people who normally speak out when there are movie reveals about social injustice.
IKR. I thought Sound of Freedom and the phenomenon of people bucking Hollywood would be exactly the kind of thing TFP would pick up. IDK what's going on.
Yes, agreed! And there has been plenty of time now since the movie was first released for TFP to report on this story.
100% We saw Sound of Freedom, last night, in a packed theater. Children being subjected to such depravity and the anguish heaved upon their families is heartbreaking. We must do more to protect our children from the real monsters that walk this earth. Hollywood is paving the way to their own demise and I'm not sad to see it go.
Mark Wahlberg moved to Utah and said he wants to try setting up an alternative Hollywood there. Not sure how far he'll pursue this but I hope he succeeds. Joe Rogan also opened up a new comedy club in Texas where comedians can finally do real comedy again without having to be terror from the Woke brown shirts.
OX, And The Daily Wire setting up a movie studio in Nashville. Bring it!!
Hollywood is dead. The strike will kill production for a long period of time and most audiences have already tuned out. I recommend seeing Sound of Freedom and paid it forward - the studio creatively allows people to buy tickets for strangers: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-watch-the-sound-of-freedom
Thanks for the reminder of the "pay it forward". I had forgotten about that, and now I suspect the liberal media's allegation that the box office reports are fake is actually a spin when in fact it is church organizations doing the pay it forward thing. Of course you just KNOW that if the liberal side does anything pay it forward, there'd be tons of fawning and self-congratulating of what "Good People"(TM) they are.
Thank you for that post. I saw the Sound of Freedom last night. It is a story of incredible bravery, compassion and sacrifice. But also of evil and depravity on a scale that is unimaginable. All I could think for the rest of the night was about the millions of children who are not rescued but live their lives in torture and degradation. And of the fiends who walk among us. America's shame is not the slavery that we ended a century and a half ago but the sex slavery we won't confront today.
Bruce, thanks for the review. Now I'm definitely going to go see it.
Also, another movie on the same topic that was very well done was The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz. It came out in 2010 and it (and the topic) doesn't get the attention it deserves because liberals have decided talking about child porn and sex trafficking is now a Q-anon conspiracy, and sex work must be normalized and legalized because "Sex Work Is Work". Here's the IMBD link and the movie is on Amazon Prime. It's harrowing. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896872/
Thanks for that recommendation.
Great post!
Thanks Cat. While the Left tries its best to minimize this evil, the truth is that the United States remains the largest producer and consumer of child abuse content in the world. Data from Operation RoundUp — the only source of data known to the U.S. Department of Justice about the volume of child pornography traded over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks — indicates that there were 9.8 million unique IP addresses engaging in P2P file sharing of child pornography domestically, while there were 11.8 million unique IP addresses engaging in P2P file sharing of child pornography internationally. This means that the United States accounts for nearly 50% of all IP addresses engaging in P2P file sharing of child pornography images.
Moreover, although the exact number of children being trafficked is difficult to identify due to the illicit nature of this activity, it is estimated that there are 100,000 to 300,000 children at risk of commercial sexual exploitation in the United States and one million children exploited by the global commercial sex trade each year.
The vile Democrats belittle the idea of child trafficking by saying anybody appalled by this disgusting, horrible practice is a QAnon nut and the Republicans ignore it. To me both actions are criminal. But then again congress is full of unindicted criminals.
Our corrupt congress needs to get off their miserable asses and pass brutal, harsh laws against human trafficking not just child trafficking. We need to fund an independent agency that vigorously pursues and arrests the vicious swine and gives minimum sentences of life in solitary confinement with no parole in a harsh supermax prison.
Why wait for Congress?
“When a human being is set upon by a robber, ravisher, murderer, or tyrant of any kind, it is the duty of the bystanders to go to his or her rescue, by force, if need be.
“In general, nothing will excuse men in the non-performance of this duty, except the pressure of higher duties, (if such there be,) inability to afford relief, or too great danger to themselves or others.
“This duty being naturally inherent in human relations and necessities, governments and laws are of no authority in opposition to it. If they interpose themselves, they must be trampled under foot without ceremony, as we would trample under foot laws that should forbid us to rescue men from wild beasts, or from burning buildings.
”On this principle, it is the duty of the non-slaveholders of this country, in their private capacity as individuals—without asking the permission, or waiting the movements, of the government—to go to the rescue of the Slaves from the hands of their oppressors.”
—Lysander Spooner, “A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery”, 1858
Oh, does it show, I'm fired up about this?
Justifiably so.