Video: Hollywood salutes crazed babykilling dupes
posted at 8:48 am on February 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A perfunctory nod of appreciation at the rapists, pawns, and deserters who populate the military of Tinseltown’s dreams. Post film critic Kyle Smith says it all, or almost all: I like the fact that they brought out Hanks to do the introduction here, as he’s got what passes for military cred in the industry. Why, he saved Private Ryan, don’tcha know.
First clip is the troops, second clip is from five minutes later, in which the winner of Best Documentary — a film about American soldiers beating a man to death in Afghanistan, natch — pays his own little tribute.
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Asshat.
MarkJudge on February 25, 2008 at 8:53 AM
That does an injustice to all the asshats out there.
Corky on February 25, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Wow, Sturmtruppen passing out the Nuremberg awards. Hat’s off to Hollyweird.
Limerick on February 25, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Hypocrites. I’m sure they were talking about how those baby killing Nazis in Iraq look so normal while those brace men and women were talking.
And, Hollywood, you see what real bravery is and what real men and women look like?? Yeah. Maybe you should make a movie with Leonardo DeCaprio as Moshe Dayan. He’s schtupping an Israeli model. So Leo must know what it’s like to be a real man - get him an eyepatch!!!
mjk on February 25, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Continued-
Maybe he can borrow Tom Cruise’s once he’s done being a Nazi.
mjk on February 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM
The bald guy is just pissed thay Geogre Lucas didn’t cast him for Yoda. Joined the Dark Side, he has.
I really don’t care what Hollyweird thinks. All their movies these days are bombs. They’ll not be getting a cent from me.
BKennedy on February 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Disgusting
Baphomet on February 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Righto! I’ll be sure to rush right out and rent it ASAP!!
Along with… nobody else…
thareb on February 25, 2008 at 9:03 AM
I’m sorry, I missed the part where they condemn the terrorists for the 10,000+ terror attacks done in the name of Islam since September 11, 2001. I played both vids several times and missed that. Anyone else catch it?
scottm on February 25, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Didn’t watch the program and didn’t click the links. I am so beyond caring what the nitwits in LaLaland think. Every time I accidently come open some new ‘truth’ of theirs my blood boils once again. Best to simply ignore the entire mess that passes for the ‘Hollywood Left’. I’d much prefer to spend my time listening to what my neighbors here in rural western Tennessee have to say. They make way more sense!
dustoffmom on February 25, 2008 at 9:06 AM
BKennedy me too….I haven’t watched any of their crap for years. Why one earth would we spend my husband’s military salary to support this industry?
funky chicken on February 25, 2008 at 9:06 AM
I watched Iron Chef America on the Food Network last night instead. I’m sick of watching these overpaid out-of-touch-with-the-rest-of-civilization Hollywood yoohoos congratulate themselves and pat themselves on the backs for making dull boring box-office flops that hardly anyone saw at the theater, but that somehow got recognized as being major achievements in film making. I’m just amazed that the Academy actually had to the gall to pass Michael Moore over for an award this year.
pilamaye on February 25, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Wait, I thought they gave Oscars to child rapists. Roman Polanski is a hero, but the troops, eh, not so much.
trubble on February 25, 2008 at 9:07 AM
So the DOD allowed military personnel to introduce “documentaries” painting said DOD as evil law breakers?
Who in the hell at the Pentagon, or anywhere else didn’t see that one coming?
Hollywood played this one perfectly - getting military personnel to give credence and sanction in a way to the films disparaging the military.
catmman on February 25, 2008 at 9:08 AM
He saved those guys in Vietnam too… Wow, that’s a long military career. WWII and Vietnam.
High Desert Wanderer on February 25, 2008 at 9:10 AM
What an irritating group of faux intellectuals. Hollywood - Out.Of.Touch.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2008 at 9:11 AM
That was some golf clap they gave the troops there. Castro probably would have got a standing ovation if Moore brought him along.
Gary Sinise would have been a good choice to introduce the troops too, but I have no problem with Tom Hanks. He gets credit for helping to bring Band of Brothers to HBO.
BohicaTwentyTwo on February 25, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Tom didn’t seem too thrilled himself.
amkun on February 25, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Hollywood is tanking and everyone knows it. With each passing year they become increasingly less relevant. People are tired of the rampant immorality, blantant syupidity, and sanctimonious preaching that come from Hollywood and they are voting with their wallets.
Hollyweird will always have rich producers trying to pawn of their propaganda, but no one is buying.
BKennedy on February 25, 2008 at 9:17 AM
“Hollywood is like a box of nuts. They look good, but all wind up to be crap”
Hening on February 25, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Oh, the hell with this crappy film! I’m waiting to see the video of the upcoming Dubs/Maj. Dennis reunion.
Blake on February 25, 2008 at 9:19 AM
I also missed the part where the Oscar winner mentioned the sawing off of heads by those poor prisoners who had undies placed on their heads. I’m sure the undies on head was as traumatic as having the head sawed off while your hands are tied behind you. He doesn’t have a clue of who is on the dark side. The poor reprobate probably has a picture of Sadaam over his desk in Hollywood. When he wakes up in hell he will see who’s who. Pathetic loser.
wepeople on February 25, 2008 at 9:19 AM
I turned the TV off while when this came on. I just could not, could not stand it. Yech.
reine.de.tout on February 25, 2008 at 9:20 AM
First clip: pandering
Second clip: how they truly feel.
Step off Hollywood. You’ve not been great since John Wayne passed.
srhoades on February 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Yeah, they dragged out my second-favorite Bosom Buddy to do those PSAs for the WW2 Memorial as well, which I thought was pretty sad. “I’m not a vet, but I played one in a movie…” Tom Hanks is your go-to guy for vaguely sincere military tributes.
His Gump co-star Gary Sinese I would have believed.
saint kansas on February 25, 2008 at 9:23 AM
It’s fun now and then to be reminded of how incredibly unimportant these preening dolts are. (God knows I wasn’t watching the insufferable show.) Ahhhh…. thanks.
Sugar Land on February 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM
In addition to the documentary announced after the troops were on being an anti-war film, the actual documentary the troops announced went to a film about a lesbian policewoman fighting for pension benefits for her life partner. Since the lefties are always complaining about the don’t ask, don’t tell policy, I’m sure they thought this was a really clever stunt. I thought it was pathetic and disgusting.
CP on February 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM
Spirit, nah, the hollyweirdoes aren’t intellectuals of any stripe. I’ll present a more annoying group, and they definitely qualify as faux intellectuals.
Gosh I’d love to have an audio recording of that last panel discussion.
funky chicken on February 25, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Is there any doubt why they greenlighted Valkyre, despite the horrible casting. Don’t expect Hollywood to give any respect to any soldiers until one of them tries to put a bomb under Bush’s desk.
BohicaTwentyTwo on February 25, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Nah….Hollywood knows a real military hero when it sees one. Who can ever forget the courage of Mr Demi Moore trying to save Kevin Costner.
Limerick on February 25, 2008 at 9:26 AM
I am waiting for the day when BO starts rambling about CEO’s being overpaid and someone asks him what he thinks of stars in Hollywood getting 20M to make one flick. Will he cap thier earnings too, so we can cap the cost of going to the movies?
swami on February 25, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Catmman nails it. We know exactly what to expect from that crowd; they’re scum. Why was the military involved? If still active, I would have refused any order to assist the enemy in it’s propaganda.
tomk59 on February 25, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Great minds think alike. I live-blogged the same thing and made the same point:
This isn’t the first, nor will it be the last hypocrisy in Hollywood or even the Oscars.
Debbie Schlussel on February 25, 2008 at 9:31 AM
The silence which greets Hanks’s announcement is deafening.
Jaibones on February 25, 2008 at 9:33 AM
trubble on February 25, 2008 at 9:07 AM
As always with the left, anything goes as long as you’re on our side. For example, I caught a documentary on TV last night that pretty much laid out how many laws the FBI broke in order to crush the KKK. Funny how the left didn’t say anything about that, but let GW Bush tap a terrorist’s phone and all of the sudden we’re living in Nazi Germany.
Kafir on February 25, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Hmm…the Oscars were on last night? Oh, I must have missed it, I was to busy watching The Searchers.
badpenguin on February 25, 2008 at 9:40 AM
To Hanks credit he was a key producer of the series “Band of Brothers” which is arguably the best miniseries of WW2 from the point of view of the GI in the field. He’s also done a lot for disabled vets from a variety of conflicts from vietnam through today’s conflicts. I’m a veteran (USAF, 8 years, Viper driver) and have no beef with Mr Hanks as he does seem to be supportive.
I never bothered to watch the second clip or the movie in question.
Faith1 on February 25, 2008 at 9:42 AM
This tells me that Hollywood recognizes that they have a image problem. This was not aimed at us blog readers, more at the MSM watching hordes that know Hollywood is anti-troop anti-America. This changes little.
Theworldisnotenough on February 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Anyone know what the ratings were for this nauseating, self-congratulatory farce? I am hoping that more people feel like me on this and just can’t stomach the biased, politicized swill.
Rod on February 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Maaybe in the future the military will think twice before getting pimped out by Oscar.
snaggletoothie on February 25, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Barf.
Thank God for all of those brave “Intellectuals” who rushed into the collapsing Twin Towers to rescue whomever they could.
And I’ll never forget the time my wife went into shock. The Intellectuals raced her to the local university in their Prius and read Foucault to her until her condition stabilized.
saint kansas on February 25, 2008 at 9:46 AM
I would think that after being presented the award by brave people from Multi-National Corps - Iraq (notice they are from different services…and at Camp Victory), a unit my brother is currently with, they would have the respect to just say, “THANKS.” And leave it at that.
Assclown. If he said those exact words in front of those soldiers, he’d get a good whuppin’.
otcconan on February 25, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Can’t really expect much more from a bunch of high school dropouts.
jukin on February 25, 2008 at 9:52 AM
I dropped out of HS and its funny it has not changed my opinion of our men and women in the military.
EnochCain on February 25, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Best Stewart joke of the evening:
“The only place Hollywood is not doing well is Iraq War movies. But we will stay there a hundred years if that’s what it takes. We can’t let the audience win!!!”
If he only knew how true that was…
Spike72AFA on February 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM
So scrotum scalp thinks what we have allegedly or sparingly done constitutes calling us the dark side? Why doesn’t he go to the Netherlands and ask Theo Van Gogh about freedom of speech in film making? Oh, that’s right, he can’t because Van Gogh is DEAD! Killed by the very evil the “dark side” is fighting against.
This guy should have won the “Crystal Navel Award” for having his head so far up his arse he needs a crystal navel to see where he’s going.
Brass Pair on February 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Pseudointellectual? Or just standard FOB (friend of Barak) and member of the university set?
Check out the department calendar:
MARCH 2007
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Black Studies Speaker Series for Spring 2007
Co-sponsored with Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy (IRRPP)
“Race, Class and the Politics of Wal-Mart in Chicago”
Dorian Warren, Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Venue: Humanities Institute, Stevenson Hall, Lower Level
Time : 12:00 - 1:00 PM
APRIL 2007
Wednesday,April 18th, 2007
Black Studies Speaker Series
“New Racisms, New Prejudices”
Tyrone Forman, Associate Professor of African American Studies and the Institute for Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago
Venue: University Hall Room 1250
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Black and Latino Dialogue and Forum
MAY 2007
Date : TBA
Faculty Workshop:The Dilemma Of Blackness: Challenges And Continuities Of The 21st Century.
Organizers: Michelle Boyd, Tyrone Forman, and Amanda Lewis, African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
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June 20 - 24 , 2007
“Marxist Literacy Groups Annual Institute of Culture and Society (MLG-ICS)
For more information contact Nicholas Brown at cola@uic.edu.
Venue: University of Illinois at Chicago
funky chicken on February 25, 2008 at 10:12 AM
I wonder if this overrated director planned on doing a documentary about the Taliban or Saddam? Na, their atrocities don’t qualify for Hollywood elites.
Richard Romano on February 25, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Many other voices has said the same thing: Hollywood celebrates the dark, the bad, the evil in the world.
Would “The Music Man” or “Oklahoma” garner Oscars if made in 2008?
Years ago, movies such as “King of Kings”, “The Robe”,”The 10 Commandments” were made by Hollywood. In our time we get “The Passion of The Christ” which makes torture-porn out of the Gospel story. If Mel Gibson had left out the torture elements, simply re-made “King of Kings”…no Oscars, no billion dollars gross, no love from Hollywood.
I missed the first 5 hours of the broadcast last night, turned it on in time to see Michael Moore’s fiasco “Sicko”
lose the best documentary, shut it off.
Doug on February 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM
It was interesting that many of the awards went to European actors.
Since the academy is made up of mostly Americans, it would appear that they don’t think much of the quality of American actors today. I must agree.
I, myself, have always liked English actors for their ‘nuanced’ style of acting.
Two of the of the best were Ingrid Bergman and Laurence Olivier.
pocomoco on February 25, 2008 at 10:33 AM
What the hell was the purpose of having on those soldiers if you are just going to honor a film that paints those very same soldiers as monsters? Hollywood can go to hell. That includes you too, Tom Hanks. You should know better than that.
SoulGlo on February 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM
And he also became an active supporter of the movement to get a World War II memorial constructed in Washington DC similar to the Vietnam memorial. Credit where credit is due.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2008 at 10:43 AM
I saw this live and was disgusted but not surprised. These movies don’t win money, so Hollywood will give them awards.
Esthier on February 25, 2008 at 11:03 AM
The funny part was seeing the nominees’ nervous laughter as their betters in Iraq read their names. “But, but, those soldiers are neo-con evil warmongerers… are we supposed to applaud or boo? Could someone call my agent? I’m confused!”
Exurban Jon on February 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Wish you had posted the John Wayne/Dean Martin clip instead, was much more what I like then these “asshats” are today. Though I did like the troop presentation clip.
I don’t watch the Oscars or any awards shows, never liked them as they were always too “self righteous” to me and most of the movies/actors I liked were either never nominated or won. Its all about the flavor of the month and for the past few decades its been far too flavored with too much socialized left leaning cow dung that no matter how bad the movie/documentary is it will still win over anything that is remotely true about real life and good…
TFM
ThinkingForMyself on February 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Did not bother watching the oscar garbage - far better to watch hockey and a good game of super 14 rugby with my daughter than to even think about the leftist fools in hollywood.
Colonel_prop on February 25, 2008 at 11:11 AM
FTFY
Mallard T. Drake on February 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM
I thought Hanks had to hold himself back from an anti-Bush rant, but at least he was civil. The placement of the troops right before the category that paints them all as devils was horrible! And gives the brass a good excuse to turn them down if they ask again next year. With “friends” like these, who needs enemies?
And Stewart’s jokes about Iraq were tasteless. Would he do jokes about the ovens during WWII? Asshats, all of them.
PattyJ on February 25, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Just as an aside, I did not see anyone on the red carpet as lovely as our Michelle.
whyme on February 25, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Yeah, right. If these people really believe this crap they spout, why the hell don’t they move to another country and for God’s sake stop using this evil capitalist country to stop making their millions of dollars. We don’t need or want them here.
4shoes on February 25, 2008 at 12:08 PM
I bet baldie felt like a real tool after that intro.
RobCon on February 25, 2008 at 12:30 PM
I can’t believe Bobby lost! And having ‘Mr. Crusher’ as a judge was pretty funny. He was a pretty decent judge too. Better than the woman who kept treating every dish like it was a novel, full of symbolism and whatnot.
BadgerHawk on February 25, 2008 at 12:33 PM
This is sickening! I am now officially ashamed to be an American! I must have a carbon monoxide leak because I actually watched a few minutes of the Oscars and happened to catch Tom Hanks as he introduced our TROOPS, on a live feed from Baghdad, and NO ONE (except one guy) clapped! Appalling! These are the same troops that protect their freedom to make their sick perverted “artistic” films! The films about the gay struggle, the African struggle, the American healthcare struggle, the struggle of the man who wants to sleep with his neighbor’s dog but instead sleeps with neighbor’s little son because he had a partial sex change go wrong and his Mom was mean to him as kid and his bus driver called him “silly”, and the struggle of Islam and every other whacked out religion that wants to kill us and they don’t have the courtesy to at least applaud them? Just a courtesy clap? Or do they despise America that bad? Funny thing also was that directly after that, they had “Best Documentary” and we had 3 films about what terrorists the United States is and 1 about how crappy our healthcare system is and 1 about these Ugandan kids that had HOPE (very timely). Guess which one won? One of the anti-American, America is the REAL terrorists pieces of crap. I am TIRED of it! If these elites don’t like America, than get the HELL OUT! They have the money to go anywhere in the world they want. Why is it that they choose to put their head down in these United States as they go to sleep at night? GET THE HELL OUT! I will NEVER watch another piece of garbage that comes out of that town. These are all hippies in their final stages of life giving all they’ve got left to destroy and complain about the country that lets them stand out the street and act like an idiot freely. Try screening some of these tolerant, diversity themed artistic films in, oh, let’s just say Tehran? All involved would be beheaded before the sun rose the next day. In fact, we should all pull our resources, start the Tehran Film Festival, send all of Hollywood over and we’ll see what the “critics” think! Hollywood is a city of False Idols!
Nils2en on February 25, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Asshats and intellectuals are indignant.
Entelechy on February 25, 2008 at 1:06 PM
What a joke. I wih that Army Staff Sergeant would have pointed out that almost all of the movies we watch over there are bootlegs (perfectly legal in their economy) so Hollywood doesn’t get a dime. That’s a point of pride for me.
Someone make a movie about Iraqi schoolchildren who get blown to pieces for accepting candy from American troops. Show some balls and make the Fallujah movie (killed by a petition against it and a threat against Harrison Ford’s career if he dared to play General Mattis.)
Pat Dollard and Michael Yon should be getting the awards and the accolades.
joewm315 on February 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Some intellectual consistency would be appreciated.
Stone Island on February 25, 2008 at 1:23 PM
The Motion Picture Academy of Asshats and Self Absorbed intellectuals
Kini on February 25, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Does this crud surprise or shock ANYONE? Hollyweird has been in one long socialist circle jerk for at least 35 years, so at least you can give the consistency….I haven’t watched the awards for at least that long or more. And they don’t really care that no one is buying their brand of crazy, as long as they get their message out. I just saw letters from Iwo Jima, and boy I sure felt like an idiot… here I thought the japanese were hell bent on victory, taking no prisoners, and performing the worst kind of war time atrocities…. but then I find out their all just regular joes! I guess they should change the “rape” of Nanking to the “heavy petting” of Nanking…. Thanks Hollyweird for setting me straight!
jojostan on February 25, 2008 at 1:44 PM
I can’t bring myself to watch, my bucket is full already…
Handiwipe mouthpieces and treasonous morons don’t deserve my time.
Christine on February 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM
I did too dude! didn’t you just love the Rathbun brothers beating Bobby Flay in the Elk Challenge?!
jimbo2008 on February 25, 2008 at 2:18 PM
This is good news.
Rod on February 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I’m giving thanks to my archaic, patriarchal, racist Christian war god as we speak. Thanks for posting this, it brightened my day.
joewm315 on February 25, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Those hollyweird people piss me off! They would be screaming for help from our military if a radical group invaded Hollyweird!
kcd on February 25, 2008 at 2:34 PM
I
wouldn’tdidn’t watch either. I had to….umh…umh… get a colon cleansing! Yeah, that’s it!kcd on February 25, 2008 at 2:39 PM
This was just adding injury to the insult.
They are despicable - the America haters.
Flag Gazer on February 25, 2008 at 2:45 PM
The ratings for this piece of crap was about as good as it was for “Redacted”… About as low as when only the rich had television sets. Which are about the only type who have the time and stomach to watch this garbage. I used to love watching. Now, I’d opt for waterboarding first.
Sultry Beauty on February 25, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Was I the only one who noticed that Hanks clapped after Alex Gibney’s speech?
The Ugly American on February 25, 2008 at 4:52 PM
It’s a tiny, tiny man. He got picked on as a child and now is getting them back by picking on the brave men and women in the military. That’s my theory.
malan89 on February 25, 2008 at 6:19 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever been happier that my satellite system doesn’t carry ABC. Sure, I gotta watch Lost on the computer, but that’s a small price to pay to not have to watch the Oscars!
mjtyson on February 25, 2008 at 6:33 PM