“Reduced to its essence, it’s the story of a white, Christian man who places his life in mortal jeopardy to save little brown babies.” This account finally got me off the dime and I booked a ticker for Thursday night. From CC Rider at theburningplatform.com:
I’m not big on movies. Seventeen years ago on a date night with my wife, we went to our local theater to see what I was told was a funny movie entitled Borat. A half-hour into it I began to smell a rat. It was more ridiculous than hilarious. Then came a scene where the Borat character goes into a gun store and asks the owner what would be a good gun to use for killing Jews. This was his idea of humor. Instead of grabbing this fool by his wooly noggin and tossing him back into the street, they started having a conversation on the subject. That was enough for me. I stormed out. This was just another Hollywood shit-head denigrating white men (except Jews, of course.) I made a vow to never again put one cent down on a movie I didn’t know to be honest and honorable.
In my old age, I’ve come to detest violence of any sort. That includes sports I use to love like football and boxing. No more. If there is a car accident I speed past it without a glance. If someone is bleeding I’m the last guy you would want on the scene. It’s especially painful seeing children hurt. Since the birth of my first grandchild 4 years ago and again becoming sensitized to how precious and vulnerable they are has deepened my anguish.
