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Total number of comments: 3 (since 2013-11-28 16:56:04)

Deb

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  • Romney Poses, as Militants Burn Benghazi Consulate, killing Ambassador, 3 staffers, & Demonstrate in Cairo, over Islamophobic Film
    • Deb 09/12/2012 at 8:46 pm

      I'm not a specialist in the Middle East, but I am a profession filmmaker with two decades experience working in Hollywood.

      Here's my gut reaction to watching the entirety of "The Mohammad Movie" so-called trailer on You Tube... This ridiculously amateur exercise in basement-filmmaking feels like those dreadful end-days flicks the Rapture Christians are so fond of making.

      I do not believe that this really is "only the trailer" for a $5 million dollar movie. If anyone had actually shot a single scene of anything resembling a real movie, the outdoor scenes in this so-called trailer would not be almost entirely shot against a blue screen (or green screen). People create more realistic footage making video holiday cards on iMovie.

      The emphasis (within the dreadfully amateur video) on persecution of Christians supports the theory that this film was made by fanatical end-days Christians attempting to incite war in the Middle East. If we allow ourselves to be so manipulated, we really would be imbeciles (sambacile).

      Romney-in-Chief would likely give them their wish. Let us all pray fervently that adults continue to be in charge, and Obama is re-elected.

    • Deb 09/12/2012 at 7:18 pm

      If managing an event held in Utah is "international experience" then so is driving a tour bus in Los Angeles or New York, if your clients are from outside the country.

      Mitt has proven once again that he is not fit for the job. And since he shows every sign of following every foreign policy idea of the Bush Administration, you can be SURE that he will bow to Muslim Saudis.

    • Deb 09/12/2012 at 4:44 pm with 8 replies

      In case no one else has pointed this out yet... The Embassy's condemnation of the film was issued BEFORE the mob violence.

      And if you take the 15 minutes needed to watch the film on You Tube, you will know why. "The Mohammed Movie" would pass for very badly made amateur farce in any other universe, and it would be impossible to believe anyone had made it with the intention that it would be taken seriously, except unfortunately we know that America has plenty of religious fanatics, just like Libya and Egypt do.

      Our religious fanatics burn Korans and make really bad You Tube videos like The Mohammed Movie (when they are not shooting up Sikh temples). As far as I am concerned, the blood of the 4 US citizens killed in Libya is on "Christian" "filmmaker" Sam Bacile's hands.

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