Why Is Hollywood So Against ‘Sound of Freedom?’

 

I don’t get it. Sound Of Freedom is based on a true story of heroes setting up a sting to rescue people from sexual slavery. Generally, pedophiles have to be protected in prison from bad men who can’t stand them. Isn’t there no enemy worse than people who traffic children to profit from their sexual exploitation?

They go on about Q Anon and Pizza and stuff I have not heard of that isn’t in the movie! What’s the deal?

Doth they protest too much?

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  1. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Missed this

    https://ricochet.com/1466871/leftists-dont-hate-capitalism-they-hate-you/#comment-6842239

    Doc B already on it I see.

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  2. Hugh Member
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    Hits too close to home.

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  3. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Hugh (View Comment):

    Hits too close to home.

    I guess so

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  4. Hugh Member
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    Let me clarify:

    • If Hollywood says nothing: they come across as guilty.
    • If they approve of the movie: they come across as ingenuous.

    So they pan it and call it a right wing hit-job.  Its Hollywood so nobody cares.

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  5. She Member
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    @She

    Bryan G. Stephens: [Leftists] go on about Q Anon and Pizza and stuff I have not heard of that are not in the movie!

    They are, apparently, disappointed that there’s really nothing of that sort (of the QAnon/Pizzagate variety) that’s presented in the movie for them to object to or rant about.  So they are forced to invent that the movie is a “dog whistle” to the lunatic fringe and make up idiotic phrases like “QAnon-adjacent,” and write about what’s not in the movie, to divert attention from the fact that this unabashedly Christian movie effectively draws attention to a very real problem in the world.

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  6. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    She (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens: [Leftists] go on about Q Anon and Pizza and stuff I have not heard of that are not in the movie!

    They are, apparently, disappointed that there’s really nothing of that sort (of the QAnon/Pizzagate variety) that’s presented in the movie for them to object to or rant about. So they are forced to invent that the movie is a “dog whistle” to the lunatic fringe and make up idiotic phrases like “QAnon-adjacent,” and write about what’s not in the movie, to divert attention from the fact that this unabashedly Christian movie effectively draws attention to a very real problem in the world.

    The hate Christians get shows something. 

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  7. Front Seat Cat Member
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    It is interesting that so many liberals, especially the Hollywood elite do not come out and take a vocal stand on this horrible issue. That also includes all these big mouthed feminists and every other “progressive” who shouts the latest grievance and trend that is being ignored and demands our attention now!

    Think about all those prominent people who supposedly hung out with Epstein and were his guests……..maybe same groups……

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  8. EODmom Coolidge
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    Just think pedophile and you’re got it covered. 

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  9. Columbo Inactive
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  10. Kevin Schulte Member
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    It’s my belief Washington is the pediphile capital of the western hemisphere. 
    Epstein and others service our elite. Epstein has been dispatched . However don’t be fooled that there is not several others like him that fill that space  . 

    That elite includes many in Hollywood . That’s why they hate this film  .

    Evil hates the light  .  Their contempt damns them in my eyes  

     

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  11. Kevin Schulte Member
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    Also , three biggest reasons for our elites to be ok with open boarders. Cheap labor , deluted American self sufficient population (easily manipulated) and sex trafficking. 

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  12. Mad Gerald Coolidge
    Mad Gerald
    @Jose

    Wait for it…

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  13. OccupantCDN Coolidge
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    Bryan G. Stephens: Doth they protest too much?

    Yes, they remained silent and turned a blind eye to Harvey Weinstein for decades, and even in his own mind, he’d normalized his own behaviors that he didnt realize that it was his power that was keeping his activities out of the press. He thought he could retire and live out the rest of his days on beach somewhere… But the moment his victims realized that he couldn’t retaliate against them, they started talking.

    This is seen as a veiled attack on the activities of the Hollywood establishment, who are still happily trading sexual favors for career advancement.

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  14. Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patriot) Member
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    I think that the folks in Hollywood have a good point.  I think that they understand something that most of us do not.

    Drama is art.  Art portrays a vision of the world.  It reinforces what we are supposed to believe to be good, and what we are supposed to believe to be evil.

    I suspect that the folks in Hollywood know this very well, and know what they are doing when they create plots.  Just to give a couple of examples:

    • The horrible musical Grease.  Oh, the music is catchy, but what is the overall theme?  Bad boy, good girl, fall in love.  They almost get it right, as Danny makes something of himself and actually earns a letterman’s sweater.  He explicitly says that he does this because he has to be worthy of Sandy.  But what does Sandy do?  She turns into a slut.
    • The dreadful Marvel movie Eternals.  At least, it was dreadful as far as I watched it.  As I recall the only “family” presented — you know, dad-mom-children — wasn’t actually a family.  It was a couple of homosexual men with a kid.

    The Woke and the Left want to present immorality, dysfunction, and perversion as normal.  They understand that this is the message that they put forward in the media — movies, television, advertisements, the Sodom & Gomorrah parades, Drag Queen Story Hour.

    This new movie presents the opposite message.  There are evil sexual predators and perverts, and they even prey on children.  The good guy wants to help them.  (Spoiler alert.)  Reading a quick plot summary, it appears that the bad guys are a Marxist revolutionary group in Colombia.

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  15. Mad Gerald Coolidge
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    @Jose

    Via The Bongino Report:

    EXC: DOJ Removed ‘International Sex Trafficking Of Minors’ From Areas Of Concern.

    The Department of Justice erased content from its webpage on child sex trafficking that highlighted the plight of “international sex trafficking of minors” in late May.

    The stunning revision comes amidst scrutiny of President Joe Biden’s continued incitement of mass migration via America’s porous southern border – a prime avenue for child sex trafficking – and also coincides with the recent release of the film “The Sound of Freedom.”

    The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) webpage chronicling what constitutes child sex trafficking and how the department is combatting it underwent severe revisions on May 12th, 2023, including the erasure of the three sections: “International Sex Trafficking of Minors”; “Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors,” and “Child Victims of Prostitution.”

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  16. Richard Easton Coolidge
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    https://babylonbee.com/news/hollywood-confused-by-new-movie-that-depicts-child-sex-trafficking-as-bad

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  17. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Mad Gerald (View Comment):

    Via The Bongino Report:

    EXC: DOJ Removed ‘International Sex Trafficking Of Minors’ From Areas Of Concern.

    The Department of Justice erased content from its webpage on child sex trafficking that highlighted the plight of “international sex trafficking of minors” in late May.

    The stunning revision comes amidst scrutiny of President Joe Biden’s continued incitement of mass migration via America’s porous southern border – a prime avenue for child sex trafficking – and also coincides with the recent release of the film “The Sound of Freedom.”

    The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) webpage chronicling what constitutes child sex trafficking and how the department is combatting it underwent severe revisions on May 12th, 2023, including the erasure of the three sections: “International Sex Trafficking of Minors”; “Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors,” and “Child Victims of Prostitution.”

    One wonders who Hunter has had in his bed. 

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  18. 9thDistrictNeighbor Member
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):
    One wonders who Hunter has had in his bed. 

    I believe there are pictures on that laptop, but its probably just disinformation. 

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  19. Joker Member
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    @Joker

    Yeah, just regular film critics implying that pedophilia involving lots of poor brown kids is ok with them. Good people, in their circles I guess.

    The same people advocating for safe spaces for young adults who might hear to troubling speech are just fine with children being forcibly subjected to unspeakable rape and assault. The same people who would call Child Protective Services at the sight of a child being spanked in public see normal people as conspiracy types for opposing the awful physical coercion it takes to make those children compliant.

    These people should be ashamed to show their faces in public. How have these critics not been fired? They make the Dylan Mulvaney episode look like Sesame Street. 

     

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  20. GlennAmurgis Coolidge
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    the people who gave Roman Polasnki a standing ovation are against a man who rescues children. What a shock

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  21. Charlotte Member
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    Are there links to the commentary you’re referring to? As far as I can see in this thread and in Dr. B’s, everyone is talking about this phenomenon as if it’s just a known thing. What exactly has been said and by whom?

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  22. Manny Coolidge
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    I saw the movie Friday.  I wanted to write a review for Ricochet.  I just haven’t had the time.  It’s brilliant.  Highly recommend it.  Human trafficking is a scourge across the planet but gets so much of its money from the US.  It really is the enslavement of the weakest and most vulnerable.  Hopefully I’ll get some time tonight to write a proper review.  

    Does it surprise me that the left attacked the film?  No, because the left will support any form of sexual perversity, even pedophilia.  

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  23. Manny Coolidge
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    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    It is interesting that so many liberals, especially the Hollywood elite do not come out and take a vocal stand on this horrible issue. That also includes all these big mouthed feminists and every other “progressive” who shouts the latest grievance and trend that is being ignored and demands our attention now!

    Think about all those prominent people who supposedly hung out with Epstein and were his guests……..maybe same groups……

    They never take a stand on any restriction to any form of sexuality.  They may not advocate (publicly) child sex but they are certainly not standing up against it.  I have come to the conclusion that any sexual perversity is ok with the left.

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  24. Gary McVey Contributor
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    “Hollywood hates this movie”? The one that Hollywood paid to produce? The one that either Fox or Disney could have made disappear at the snap of their fingers, but instead sold back to its producer? (That’s called ‘doing the guy a favor’. Try to find out just how often that happens in Hollywood.) The same movie that got a glowing review in cynical Variety?  Yeah, the same one that theater owners rushed to book and are selling popcorn at. 

    So for once, the movies are doing exactly what conservatives want them to do. The reaction on this thread? Act more pissed off than ever. No, why pocket the win? Why point out that Hollywood could make money at this and change the culture? It’s so much more righteous to complain that they aren’t doing this graciously enough. 

    Yeah, the reviews send people to the theater, but they say mean things about Qanon! Mean things! Awww! Does anyone feel sorry for Qanon? I don’t. If I were recommending an Oliver Stone documentary to my friends, I’d also say, “I know, I know, it’s Oliver Stone…but this time, he’s right, and you should take a look”. That’s what liberals are saying to their own friends about “The Sound of Freedom”. It’s called “winning the argument”. 

    Take the win. 

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  25. She Member
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    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    Yeah, the reviews send people to the theater, but they say mean things about Qanon! Mean things! Awww! Does anyone feel sorry for Qanon? I don’t. If I were recommending an Oliver Stone documentary to my friends, I’d also say, “I know, I know, it’s Oliver Stone…but this time, he’s right, and you should take a look”. That’s what liberals are saying to their own friends about “The Sound of Freedom”. It’s called “winning the argument”.

    Take the win.

    I hope you’re right.  I’m a great believer in taking the win, no matter the sometimes problematic details.  I’ll take it.

    Still, I don’t see a whole lot of reviewers saying, (to paraphrase) “I know, I know, it’s Jim Caviezel…but this time he’s right and you should take a look.”

    What I see them saying is: “Regardless, (or irregardless at the case may be) whether child trafficking is a concerning issue [Hello?], and whether or not this movie might be making a valid point, this is Jim Freaking Caviezel, so QAnon, Pizzagate! and the entire movie must be hair-on-fire nuts!”

    I only wish the libs were saying “Take a look, because he might be right this time.”  But I’m not seeing it.

    I can’t help thinking that the movie is prevailing due to those (like me) who generally ignore what the critics say, or who (like me) elevate a movie’s possible value in distinct and negative relation to what those of the glitterati have to say about it.

    It’s a complicated issue, and I’m not sure.  But that is how I see it.

    PS: Just to be clear, I don’t give a hoot if they say mean things about QAnon, and I certainly don’t feel sorry for them either. 

    PPS: Just FTR, I have seen the movie.

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  26. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Charlotte (View Comment):

    Are there links to the commentary you’re referring to? As far as I can see in this thread and in Dr. B’s, everyone is talking about this phenomenon as if it’s just a known thing. What exactly has been said and by whom?

     

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  27. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    “Hollywood hates this movie”? The one that Hollywood paid to produce? The one that either Fox or Disney could have made disappear at the snap of their fingers, but instead sold back to its producer? (That’s called ‘doing the guy a favor’. Try to find out just how often that happens in Hollywood.) The same movie that got a glowing review in cynical Variety? Yeah, the same one that theater owners rushed to book and are selling popcorn at.

    So for once, the movies are doing exactly what conservatives want them to do. The reaction on this thread? Act more pissed off than ever. No, why pocket the win? Why point out that Hollywood could make money at this and change the culture? It’s so much more righteous to complain that they aren’t doing this graciously enough.

    Yeah, the reviews send people to the theater, but they say mean things about Qanon! Mean things! Awww! Does anyone feel sorry for Qanon? I don’t. If I were recommending an Oliver Stone documentary to my friends, I’d also say, “I know, I know, it’s Oliver Stone…but this time, he’s right, and you should take a look”. That’s what liberals are saying to their own friends about “The Sound of Freedom”. It’s called “winning the argument”.

    Take the win.

    You and I have very different understanding of reality it seems.

    There is no doubt in my mind that they thought It would do this well that Disney wouldn’t have kept it buried.

    I don’t understand why you want to imply I’m upset that they said nasty things about qanon.

    It’s strange you tell me to take the win Well saying something like that.

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  28. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    She (View Comment):
    PS: Just to be clear, I don’t give a hoot if they say mean things about QAnon, and I certainly don’t feel sorry for them either. 

    Well said.

     

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  29. Manny Coolidge
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    Gary McVey (View Comment):

    “Hollywood hates this movie”? The one that Hollywood paid to produce? The one that either Fox or Disney could have made disappear at the snap of their fingers, but instead sold back to its producer? (That’s called ‘doing the guy a favor’. Try to find out just how often that happens in Hollywood.) The same movie that got a glowing review in cynical Variety? Yeah, the same one that theater owners rushed to book and are selling popcorn at.

    So for once, the movies are doing exactly what conservatives want them to do. The reaction on this thread? Act more pissed off than ever. No, why pocket the win? Why point out that Hollywood could make money at this and change the culture? It’s so much more righteous to complain that they aren’t doing this graciously enough.

    Yeah, the reviews send people to the theater, but they say mean things about Qanon! Mean things! Awww! Does anyone feel sorry for Qanon? I don’t. If I were recommending an Oliver Stone documentary to my friends, I’d also say, “I know, I know, it’s Oliver Stone…but this time, he’s right, and you should take a look”. That’s what liberals are saying to their own friends about “The Sound of Freedom”. It’s called “winning the argument”.

    Take the win.

    Disney originally owned the movie.  It was actually ready to come out five years ago, 2018.  They squashed it I guess because it no longer met their current values.  After five years it was picked up by Angel Studios which is a movie company of religious films.  That’s the only reason it’s even out today.

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  30. Joker Member
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    @Joker

    There were some pretty awful reviews that aimed at audiences that liked it. It’s intended for Qanon junkies and not for public consumption. So don’t see the movie and don’t give too much thought to trafficking. If you’re cool and woke, this is not the kind of message you should be thinking about. There’s even a mention of Trump in one of the reviews.

    So, yes they are allowed to criticize the actor and the audiences, free country. Is throwing shade on the expected audience a normal part of a movie review?  

    Here are a couple of links. Can’t find the fine Joy Reid take with her guest.

    https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/07/07/the-guardian-upset-that-sound-of-freedom-is-doing-well-at-the-box-office-really-n563046

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sound-of-freedom-is-a-box-office-hit-whose-star-embraces-qanon/ar-AA1dzG1Z

    https://jezebel.com/sound-of-freedom-review-1850596160

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