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Posted: 9/16/2005 4:24:24 PM EDT
I've been looking closely at this new movie Lord of War because frankly it looks wicked sick, but I see a problem I'll pose the question: what will this movie do for us gun owners? If you're not familiar with the movie read this it is basically about a gun smuggler. If this movie portrays guns as "evil" we may start to see the idea of gun control get more popular. We may see another dopey 60min special on how me need more gun control in America or Opera will have Mothers of shooting victims on her show....it could get messy. Maybe I'm wrong what do you think?
-- Dan J Watch the trailers at yahoo  |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 4:26:15 PM EDT
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Didn't you hear? The director is very anti-gun ans this movie is propoganda to make guns and gun owners look very bad.
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Posted: 9/16/2005 4:32:16 PM EDT
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That's what I've heard too. A rather anti-gun movie. But it's chock full of gun porn. 
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:05:34 PM EDT
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My friend INGVAR said it was a good movie and he is Liberal sensitive(liberal stuff INFURIATES him) and it didnt bother him. He said it was one of the BEST movies he has seen
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:17:05 PM EDT
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It does slant towards being anti-gun, but, to me, it seems that it was more about the arms dealer (Cage) being able to disconnect himself from the resulting horrors of his job, i.e. genocide in 3rd world countries. At least Cage's character does have a chance to rebut the anti's mantras. The director seems to put this in more to try and show the 'idiocy' of the pro gun movement. Essentially the director blames guns for evil and not the despot dictators and Cage rebuts this. Anyway, it's pretty good, I recommend it |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:18:24 PM EDT
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the movie is about an international arms dealer selling ak's and tanks to shit hole 3rd world countries. there's probably anti-american and anti gun culture references in the film but overall the reviews i've read are about the international arms scene not 2a or rkba. i think it's a comedy as well...
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:23:20 PM EDT
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Did you see the gold plated MP5?
That's all I have to say about that. |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:27:26 PM EDT
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This movie will make as much impact on the US firearms scene as a fart in a whirlwind.
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:28:56 PM EDT
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Bad
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:29:46 PM EDT
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It's called Lord Of War, for starters.
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:34:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2005 5:38:11 PM EDT
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It was an AK. I saw it today, matinee. It shows Cage as a gun smuggler who does coke and fucks AIDS-infected prostitues in Africa and then come homes to his wife and child and lies about it all. The point of the movie is that guns are bad, because see what it did to Cage and see how many innocents were killed by the African warlords. I still liked the movie. |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:26:10 PM EDT
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This has been posted before:
www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/344866p-294412c.html An excerpt: "The Wild West mentality is still strong in America," Niccol says, "especially if you go to a place like Texas, where it's alive and well, or maybe unwell: 'No one's taking away our guns.' In New Zealand, no one has a handgun, and they aren't saying, 'Gee, I wish I had one.'I hope the United States takes note that the murder rate is lower where gun availability is lower. It seems obvious to me." |
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:40:19 PM EDT
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Oooohh, New Zealand...
Wonder how many country's statistics he went through before he got to that one? Just saying that there's other countries you'd look at before N.Z... no offense to any Kiwis here. 
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Posted: 9/16/2005 6:59:17 PM EDT
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It's defineatly a bad thing for gun owners. People are generally very stupid and get their information from movies and tv.
People who watch this will probably get the impression that because the existance of illegal gun availablity is real, then that is the reason there is violence and war. Without ever considering talking to real people or investigating any of the new ideas this movie puts into their heads, they will accept it as fact. |
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