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Halevi
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Topic: Planet of the Arabs Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 15:38 |
Originally posted by Illuminati
the same kinds of movies are made about Americans in Muslim countries.
I don't see how anyone can really complain about Hollywood. I laugh
everytime Muslims whine about Hollywood. Such hypocrites. America makes
movies, and Muslims have their "Death to America" marches. No one has
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True, except that Americans live in a democratic society with a
supposedly 'modern' education system. In theory, this could give them a
bit of perspective. Usually, however, it doesnt. You're right. (BTW we
can all still complain about it... we western Jews included!)
Originally posted by Illuminati
And, i laugh everytime someone claims hollywood
is ran by the Jews. The ignorance of that kind of statement is amazing.
The last big Jew movie to come out of Hollywood was "Munich" and it was
made by a Jew. It was condemned by Israel as being too anti-Jewish, but
yet people still claim hollywood is very pro-Jewish. If
that were true then why was the biggest criticizm of "Munich" by
Hollywood, that it was too pro-Israeli????
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First of all, i would agree that Hollywood isn't "controlled" by jews
in the conspirational sense. Too many egos for there to be any sort of
conspiracy... its a ridiculous and immature idea.
That being said, it is simply fact that there are a disproportionate
number of Jews in the North American entertainment industry (relative
to their proportion of the total population) ... we just have a
cultural penchant for the entertainment business, much like greeks seem
to have a cultural penchant for the restaurant business...
Finally, just because you are Jewish, doenst mean you are die-hard
Likudnik pro-Israel, nor does it mean you hate Arabs or Muslims. I
offer myself as an example to anyone who claims otherwise.
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Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 15:47 |
Originally posted by Fizzil
Hey where you from Halevi? I'm just curious so don't take it in the wrong direction |
I'm from Canada.
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Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 17:52 |
That 'movie was a series of clips taken from various Hollywood movies. That one part where it is dark and those two kids are hiding "watch out, there are Arabs out there" was from the film Exodus.
However, there was 1 very good clip. The part on the airplane where the girl says "you shouldnt affiliate your selves with a group that murdered 6 million Jews." referring to the Palestinian terrorists aligning them selves with neo Nazi groups which was extremely prevalent in the 60s and 70s.
And Hollywood is controlled by Homosexuals, how else do you explain a movie like Brokeack mountain gaining such notoriety when so many other films grossed more money?
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Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 17:54 |
Good movie. Much fairer represenation of Arabs than the usual mindless mainstream. |
But is it the movie with the scene in wuestion, with the Americans shooting from the rooftop into the crowd?
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Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 18:02 |
Originally posted by Cywr
Good movie. Much fairer represenation of Arabs than the usual mindless mainstream. |
But is it the movie with the scene in wuestion, with the Americans shooting from the rooftop into the crowd?
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No, that's Rules of Engagement, with Samuel L. Jackson. It was so-so.
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Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 18:13 |
Originally posted by Halevi
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Funny. I admit that there are a lot of us in hollywood, its true. As i
dislike hollywood in general, i find that a bit embarassing. We also
win a lot of nobel prizes, though, and have produced a lot of pretty
bright academics. There are pros and cons to being a successful minority (ask the Chinese in southeast Asia).
However, i gotta tell you, the average non-Jewish American (or Canadian
for that matter) is no keener on Arabs than the average Jew.
At least we Jews have some greater understanding of your culture and
beliefs (sadly, largely do to exposure via the conflict in
Israel/Palestine) ...
Most Americans think you guys are crazy people who all live in tents,
and still cut each others heads off with swords... they have very
little understanding of your religion or culture .... (as opposed to
Israeli jews for instance, at least half of whom were born in Muslim
countries, or are descended from Jews that were).
BTW, i just finished watching season 4 of the American series '24'.
Sometimes i can put aside stupid plots and stereotypes for
entertainment's sake.
This time, though, i just couldnt take it.
First of all, the 'terrorists' were supposedly Turkish this time. The
head-honcho, though, was called 'Habib Marwan'. Nice Turkish name, eh ?
; )
One 'Turkish' terrorist family was played by a Hispanic and two
Persians. Their names were inconsistently Turkish and Persian ('Navi'
... [is this even Turkish?], 'Dina' and 'Behrooz')... they spoke
English amongst themselves, sometimes with a Persian accent (especially
Shohreh Aghdaashloo, the Persian who played the 'Turkish' terrorist-Mom)
At one point, a clueless white American computer programmer stumbles on 'computer
code' written in a foreign language that "looks like turkish or arabic
or something."
The idiot producers of 24 assumed Turkish is written in Arabic script, and didnt even bother to check.
There's also a scene where the hero (Jack Bauer) stumbles on a 'Turkish
terrorist hideout' ... on the wall are scribbles which i imagine are
supposed to look like Arabic script. They're not. They're literally
just scribbles.
The depth of mainstream North American ignorance is astounding.
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That's nothing.In a Hollywood movie i saw,there were some terrorist,i cannot remember origin,probably from Eastern Europe who were talking in Hellenic!
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Posted: 09-Mar-2006 at 23:53 |
Originally posted by mamikon
It may be true that Holywood makes a lot of stupid films concerning russia-phobia 20 years ago, and arab-phobia however none of these films are respected and none of them is the highest budget film ever made in the US (while Valley of the Wolves is the highest budget film in Turkey, and is regarded by many as the best Turkish movie...)
I think the movie is crap...and just introduces more hatred towards Americans, just like Midnight Express introduced hatred for the Turks |
C'mon man Back to the Future was a box office hit. I liked watching that video when "Doc" and "Marty" are running away from the Libyans. Was that around the time of the flight Pan-Am disaster?
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Posted: 10-Mar-2006 at 00:09 |
How about Syriana?That was a Pro-Arab Film,starring one of Hollywood's biggest Stars,George Clooney!It even sympathizes the Middle Eastern point of view,and it was even Oscar-Worthy!I don't see the point.They're only movies.Sometimes they are political,sometimes emotional,and sometimes entertaining.You can't take that fact away.I'll be making movies for this "Hollywood" you people speak of someday,hopefully.I hope you don't critique my films the wrong way like you are now. They are artistic expression.Go ahead and wave your nationalism around,but they are films,and thats that.Its like saying Da Vinci's "Last Supper" is not an attractive piece of work just because you are not a Christian.I'm no Christian,and I think it is a beautiful work of art.Its expression!Don't take that Artistic freedom away!I'm Pro-Film!Hahaha!
Kingdom of Heaven was also an excellent film.It was almost Anti-Christian and Pro-Muslim in some respects.
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Posted: 10-Mar-2006 at 00:27 |
Originally posted by Afghanan
Originally posted by mamikon
It may be true that Holywood makes
a lot of stupid films concerning russia-phobia 20 years ago, and
arab-phobia however none of these films are respected and none of them
is the highest budget film ever made in the US (while Valley of the
Wolves is the highest budget film in Turkey, and is regarded by many as
the best Turkish movie...)
I think the movie is crap...and just
introduces more hatred towards Americans, just like Midnight Express
introduced hatred for the Turks |
C'mon man Back to the Future was a box office hit. I
liked watching that video when "Doc" and "Marty" are running away from
the Libyans. Was that around the time of the flight Pan-Am
disaster? |
the plot of Back to the Future didnt dance around how terrible the
Libyans or Arabs are...it is just one scene, many American films make
fun various stereotypes...I thought you would come up with a better
example than "back to the future"
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Posted: 12-Mar-2006 at 05:06 |
Originally posted by Vamun Tianshu
How about Syriana?That was a Pro-Arab Film,starring one of Hollywood's biggest Stars,George Clooney!It
even sympathizes the Middle Eastern point of view,and it was even
Oscar-Worthy!I don't see the point.They're only movies.Sometimes they
are political,sometimes emotional,and sometimes entertaining.You can't
take that fact away.I'll be making movies for this "Hollywood" you
people speak of someday,hopefully.I hope you don't critique my films
the wrong way like you are now. They
are artistic expression.Go ahead and wave your nationalism around,but
they are films,and thats that.Its like saying Da Vinci's "Last Supper"
is not an attractive piece of work just because you are not a
Christian.I'm no Christian,and I think it is a beautiful work of
art.Its expression!Don't take that Artistic freedom away!I'm
Pro-Film!Hahaha!
Kingdom of Heaven was also an excellent film.It was almost Anti-Christian and Pro-Muslim in some respects. |
I generally agree with you Vamun, but Kingdom of Heaven fricking SUCKED.
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Posted: 12-Mar-2006 at 09:53 |
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I generally agree with you Vamun, but Kingdom of Heaven fricking SUCKED"
Thats kind of an understatement
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Posted: 12-Mar-2006 at 19:28 |
nah, give them a break, they don't even know where Canada is for God's sake.Canada, their northern neighboors.
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Posted: 12-Mar-2006 at 19:30 |
yes they do, "American stupidity" is also a stupid stereotype
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Posted: 13-Mar-2006 at 17:11 |
Originally posted by Halevi
Originally posted by Fizzil
Hey where you from Halevi? I'm just curious so don't take it in the wrong direction
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I'm from Canada.
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Oh, i thought you were from Isreal, i had some discussions with really educated isrealis, and they seem far more pro-arab than europe and america combined
I'm exeggerating a bit i think..
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