The Brave One

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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.
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I saw it as quite the opposite. After seeing her interview on the Daily Show when the movie first released and hearing all the anti-gun blabber pouring out of her mount I realized what the true message of this movie was meant to be. Like the movie Shoot em Up it disguised a very anti-gun message if you read between the lines.

The fact is even though some people may have been cheering for her every time she killed a bad guy there were just as many anti's shacking their heads in disgust that she resorted to violence as an option. The fact is vigilante movies don't represent the essence of what it means to carry a gun for protection. I didn't think this movie was quite as bad as other vigilante movies of the past, at least the tried a little to justify her actions to a degree. Still I didn't get the impression at all that the underlying message of the movie was that people should start carrying guns.
 
IMO its not about the overall statement the movie makes. its about the emotional effect of the scene where jodie the lez and the lost iraqi get attacked in the park. that scene forcefully reminds people of the dangers that exist out there. it was during that scene that my g/f turned and said "makes u want to have a gun. makes u want to have a closet full of guns"' while at the same moment i was thinking "this is why i have a gun". im sure that most people who see this movie have a similar reaction to that scene, and that is what sticks with u when the movie is over. because, truth be told, the rest of the movie is very forgettable regardless of the intended messege
 
I rented it a few weeks after it came out for rental use. A brand new movie for one overnight rental = 99 cents. An older movie = 99cents for 1 week. I would not buy it but I don't buy movies anyway.

The German Shepherd dog was not well trained by them... tunnel scene. I think that they LET their dog OFF the leash or did it get loose from the leash/collar? I can't remember now how the dog got AWAY from them. I think that they let it OFF the leash and that was REALLY STUPID along with some other things in that movie.

I think that she did not want to be a victim in that movie but in some ways... I could see other POINTS that made it seem 'anti gun'.

I guessed the ending of it and I was correct in my guess. I will not disclose it here.

I think that the original Bronson movie made some good points... the VERY first one - Death Wish. His wife gets killed and his daughter never recovers from the attack.

I think that the movie shows where she does NOT want to be a victim anymore but it shows some other points that could make it anti gun to some people.

I am a former German Shepherd, GS mix and mutt dog lady/owner. My dogs were my family - I never had children so my dogs were my KIDS. My late husband's and my KIDS! If they did let their dog loose in that area... I think that they were bad dog owners because something could have happened to that GS PUPPY! It did too! They should have exercised personal responsibility in puppies and in dogs! Too bad that they could not exercise it in GUN ownership according to the NYC 'laws' from the gitgo! Self defense issues for them in that movie! Plus in REAL life for NYC and in other anti gun = anti self defense towns/states for ordinary people... it made some points.

Catherine
 
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yeah, cuz jodie was lookin kinda dykie in the movie and her b/f is the iraqi guy from the show lost
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Ah, I see... I couldn't quite figure out what kind of movie plot would feature those two characters.

here ya cheap bastards
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Handy.
 
jodie the lez and the lost iraqi

it does have a kinda surreal superhero ring to it...

but yeah, almost everyone ive talked to who has seen this movie has commented on how lezzie jodie foster looked. and her and the guy from lost, or terrance howard for that matter, make a very odd and unlikely couple
 
FWIW seeing this movie is one of a number of things that convinced me to buy a gun.

I also thought it was a pretty good movie. I rented it as a non-gun-owner and then a month or two later I was a gun owner. What it did is clearly illustrate how vulnerable you are without a gun, and how much less vulnerable you are with one, even if you are a certified bleeding-heart left-wing talk show host.
 
lookin kinda dykie
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Soooo.......What are you trying to say? What if someone WANTS to look "dykie"? Souldn't they be allowed to? Or maybe you believe that "lookin kinda dykie" is not acceptable? Maybe everyone should look just like you? Huh?

I think HogManMagnum "looking kinda missed the title of this forum"

IT IS CALLED THE HIGHROAD. I'm sure there are senior members here (maybe some Pink Pistols folks) "lookin kinda dykie" who don't care what other fellow gun owner's appearances may be. Evidently HMM is not one of them.
 
Whatever her intent, Foster did us a great favor. She showed a good guy win. The message I got from this flick was that bad guys will be bad and good guys should be able to fight back. Heck, even the cop in the film has this attitude.
This is most definitely a progun flick. It will reach millions. Her anti-gun statements won't.
I talked to the anti's at work who'd seen the film and they said they thought it was very pro. None of them could tell me Foster's actual stance on gun control.
 
Superlite27, im not trying to offend anyone here. i was simply noting what myself and quite a few others that watched this film noticed- that jodie foster, an actress who is not known to be in (or out) of the closet was looking very dykie in this film. i dont know why or how this happened and i dont care either way. its just that i (and apparently many others) were caught off guard by it.

if u were bothered by my mentioning it then i apologize for having eyes. but her hair, wardrobe and posture/body language in this movie were not the most feminine and i wasnt aware that we werent supposed to comment when we notice these kinds of things.
 
i've got the dvd sitting about a foot away. decent, but your money is better spent on ammo. if you really want to see it, borrow it from a friend. or wait for it to hit hbo. if you collect "gun movies", wait for it to hit the 5.00 bin at wally world.
 
one thing I liked about this movie was that it is smart, and much more honest in terms of human emotion than something like "Death Wish", or the utterly stupid contemporary "Death Sentence". like someone else said in this thread, when you see that scene where they get attacked in the tunnel, even the most anti-gun zealot is going to have this nagging feeling that if the innocents were armed, they'd be much more likely to survive. Then you see the main character go through that same transformation, not all at once or in a quick shot of revenge, but more as a realization of their own vulnerability and that of their fellow man. Once she gets a gun, suddenly she is no longer a victim, and she is intolerant of seeing others victimized. That's a pretty strong message. Not necessarily pro-gun, but definitely pro-self-defense.
 
How many here have seen Shooter? How many have gritched at Wahlberg's anti-gun stance in real life?
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Saw it. Bought the DVD. I like movies but rarely the actors' politics. Occasionally I'll be pleasantly surprised, but remember, it's just a huge paycheck to them.
 
Foster buying gun

The most insulting part of the movie was the segment where she bought the pistol- or tried to in a shop full of unfriendly clerks and then was targeted by a guy who had an illegal gun to sell. Very imaginary and unreal. In real life that guy would have the the police at best and ripping her off at worst.

If a cute, but ignorant woman comes in to buy a pistol I doubt she is going to get the disrespectful brush off that she got from the clerks. At worst they are going to think SHE is the ATF out for a sting.
 
i have blockbuster online and added it to my list while it was still in theaters. It happened to be delivered to my home right after engaging in a recent discussion with my wife over my choice to attain a CCW permit and buy a CCW weapon.

She watched this movie with me, and the situations pretty much demonstrated the lack of control we have against multiple bad guys or an armed bad guy when placed in a bad bad situation.

The store encounter in particular resonated with my wife, because it was a situation that unfolded in a split second, and there was no flight option.

I think she now has a visual image to put with the expression, "its better to have one and not need it, than to need one and not have it."

I wouldnt write off this movie simply because of Jodie Fosters stance on guns. I think this movie will make many people think twice about not only the handgun as a life saver, but also about situational awareness, and how quickly things can get out of control, despite our situational awareness.
 
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