The Brave One

[RPCVYemen]

All I saw was a woman who refused to be a victim anymore.

You saw the same movie I did.

Mike

 

[ronwill]

Won't see it. Jodie Foster is one of those hypocritical stars that will make "gun" movies for profit and then make a public announcement against carrying.

 

[halfacop]

Won't see it. Jodie Foster is one of those hypocritical stars that will make "gun" movies for profit and then make a public announcement against carrying.

I believe she didn't make the movie in support of everyone having a CPL!

It was her way of using here talent to make a statement, a pro gun control statement , her statement, this statement...............

“I don’t really believe that a human being who feels [things] should have the option at their fingertips.”

That is my point in this thread - as far as I am concerned, it turned out doing a bang up job of showing exactly why everyone SHOULD be allowed to have a CPL. Everytime she caps some dirtbag in the movie, your sitting there rooting her on and nodding your head in agreement.

 

[ronwill]

I

believe she didn't make the movie in support of everyone having a CPL!

It was her way of using here talent to make a statement, a pro gun control statement , her statement, this statement...............

“I don’t really believe that a human being who feels [things] should have the option at their fingertips.”

That is my point in this thread - as far as I am concerned, it turned out doing a bang up job of showing exactly why everyone SHOULD be allowed to have a CPL. Everytime she caps some dirtbag in the movie, your sitting there rooting her on and nodding your head in agreement.

I don't believe she was making the movie to make a statement either way, her response during an interview didn't lend evidence to that. Those of you who don't select movies based on stars beliefs, that's your privilege. Mine is not to watch movies made by hypocritical stars who don't mind making money in movies that go against their beliefs. By the way, I don't watch Jane Fonda movies either.

 

[-terry]

Most actors make movies to make money. Period. That's why you see them in some awful clinkers on occasion. When asked, they say, "for the money."

 

[Cannonball888]

Maybe Jodie Foster should do



Taxi Driver II

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

Is this movie worth buying?

Is it fast paced with action?

I don't like movies where all of the action is the last 15 minutes. Or movies where there's a little action here or there, but mostly boring.


I am not looking for any views about anti-gun or pro-gun.

 

[ScottD]

I just watched it on DVD last night. Man, is Jodie getting old or what? She also should just come out of the closet since she plays for the other team. As for her pistol, it is definitively a Kahr K9. They guy who sold it to her in the alley directly said so. As for the scene with the hooker in the back seat of the car, the part of the slide stop pin that protrudes through the right side of the frame did indeed look weird. Looked like it was hammered flat or something compared to my Kahrs.

On another note, Jodie isn't really known for doing nude scenes so I wonder if those were stunt boobs.

 

[apocryph]

Is this movie worth buying?

Is it fast paced with action?

I don't like movies where all of the action is the last 15 minutes. Or movies where there's a little action here or there, but mostly boring.


I am not looking for any views about anti-gun or pro-gun.

I haven't paid for a movie in..well..a long time, but even if I did buy movie DVDs I don't think this one has much re-watch value.

Say that you will about this movie, but "fast paced" it's not. There are some scenes of action, but it's no action movie.

I watched it reluctantly, expecting a preechy gun-hating screed. When it ended my roomate and I looked at each other and said "***? If that was an anti-gun screed, it's the least effective anti-gun screen in recent memory".

Parsing political messages out of mass-market movies is generally a pointless activity, and there's no doubt most/all of those involved in the production of this movie are anti-gun, but when Foster's character tried and failed to obtain a gun legally I felt the same "now you understand" satisfaction as when gun haters find they need a gun and can't get one due to their own rules.

 

[strangelittleman]

Hmmm.......Yeah just the thought of Jodie Foster trying to step into a Charles Bronson type role is as laughable as, well, Charles Bronson trying to play "Nell".

 

[ronwill]

Hmm, people will watch a movie made by a hypocrit and boycott a business for posting a "no guns" sign. Sorry, I would rather buy a needed item from a store that is posted. At least they're being honest.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I watched it over the weekend. It was worth the 3 bucks to rent it.

I won't be adding it to my collection, as I don't think it was worth the 20 bucks to own it.

 

[Ricebrnr]

My wife want to see the movie, but hates movies when animals or children are hurt or killed. Can anyone confirm if any animals or children are harmed in the movie?

Thanks much!

 

[easyg]

I thought it was a good movie.
Not great, but better than average.

 

[Phydeaux642]

Here's what I want from Hollywood: Entertain me, then shut up. With that said, I will probably rent the movie with not one thought regarding Ms. Foster's political/social views as I have a mind of my own and can make my own decisions on a wide variety of subjects all on my own. No, really, I can. I don't need Hollywood to help me with any decisions. After all, I do wear 'Big Boy' pants now.

________________

"Phydeaux, bad dog....no biscuit!"

 

[Keegan]

Ricebrnr,

I don't believe there is any kid/pet violence in the movie. There is a dog that is mistreated by gangbangers, but I don't recall it being harmed in any way.

 

[Keegan]

multiple post explosion

 

[Keegan]

whoops!

 

[rc135]

Spoiler Alert

HERE BE SPOILERS
Yes, an animal is hurt/killed, altho no kids are.

 

[george_co]

**possible spoiler alert**

Well my wife rented it for this coming weekend, so I took it down to my TV in the downstairs last night. Started watching, got bored, starting cleaning out my gun bags.

Here is what I got out of the movie.

The system is broken!
Even good cops can't help you, you are on your own.
Cops see so much bad **it everyday, they are immune from your pain and therefore don't care.
If you are lucky enough to find a cop who decides you are a friend, and these really are scumbags, he will let you shoot them, and then shoot him so he has an alibi.
And, if you are woman in a big city, you damn well better have a gun and be willing to use it, unless you want to be raped, beaten or killed.
Big strong boyfriends are useless as they will just be beaten and killed with a pipe.

Now, I just wonder what lessons my wife will learn from this?

If it really was an anti-gun they hide the message very well. Your mileage may vary.

George

 

[cobrian45]

Jodie Foster, bleh

Did someone say Tom Selleck? I'll watch any of his stuff. My wife says I have a man-crush on him. I think she's right.

 

[VforVendetta]

The Brave one

I liked the movie a lot . It won't be movie of the year but it's very good.
Very good pro-gun flick. If that movie doesn't make one pro-gun I don't
know what will.

 

[HogManMagnum]

the movie is worth watching but not worth buying. 2 many plot holes, 2 many coincidences. jodie foster looks like a boy, stance, body language and that haircut. when did clarice become a lesbian? it is a kahr k9, the guy that sells it to her says so and is also mentioned on the kahr website. if she had walked into that gun store 5 minutes later there would have been no movie. this movie is a pro-gun movie because it will make most people want to buy a gun after jodie and her b/f are attacked. i watched it with my g/f and during the attack scene she turned to me and said "this really makes me want to get a gun. it makes me wish i had a closet full of guns." yes it does hunny

i dont give a rats colon what jodie foster personally believes. my only problem is with the ignorant masses, i.e. the viewing public, that give weight to what these 'famus' people believe. they are regular people just like us but because the act for a living all of a sudden their opinion is important? give me a break! the only bad thing is that because they do make millions of dollars a year they are able to contribute more money to the anti-gun causes they any of us working joes can contribute to the NRA. but going as far as not watching movies or shows based soley on the actors views, you must realize that the directors, producers, writers, and the big wigs at the studio of any movie or tv show could be major anti-gun supporters, so how could anybody base their boycott soley on the one person whos face is on the poster for a project involving dozens if not hundreds of people? let her be a hipocrit by making money off guns and gun violence then walking off the set and saying guns are bad.

 

[Blakenzy]

NYC is a crappy place to be a "citizen". The cops won't protect you, but they will go out of their way to make sure you are not protecting yourself.

I've seen the movie and it's a totally pro-gun movie if you ask me. A strong story as to why newyorkers NEED CCWs. The thing that I didn't like about the movie is that she never trained with it, she just bought it, got a few words from the dealer on how to use it, and went on to quickly have a 100% hit ratio in deadly encounters. Her anger must have fueled supernatural ability in her.

If Jodie Foster's intent was to show why people shouldn't be allowed to own guns.... well then she is an idiot.

 

[M203Sniper]

IT'S JODIE FOSTER!!!

would you watch a movie that starred Sarah Brady?! :banghead:

Maybe I'm just too political about certain stuff but she is the WRONG person to pass money too. I have never and will never see one of her movies or have anything to do with her. Another Jane Fonda IMHO.

"She then attended Yale University at the same time as Jennifer Beals (Flashdance). Foster earned a B.A. in literature and graduated magna cum laude in 1985. She was scheduled to graduate in 1984 but the shooting of then-President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr., in which Hinckley's fascination with Foster created unwanted adverse publicity for her, caused her to take a year-long leave of absence from Yale. She was informed of the shooting by fellow classmate, Bernard Gilmore."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Foster