Sound of Freedom

[JimmyinSD]

I rarely go to see movies in theaters,  but I heard a little about this film and decided its one that deserves the box office recognition.  If you dont know about it,   its a true story about a family stolen in child slavery and the man who made it his mission to get them back to their father.   

The back story is some higher ups in the entertainment industry didn't want this story put there,  from actors on up it was a battle to get this into theaters so if you think slavery is wrong,  if you think pedophilia is wrong,  please take a couple hours and go see this film and if you find its message valuable please pass it along.

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I guess all you lovers of slavery and pedophilia can just wait for Oppenheimer.  B)

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Something tells me dad is going to want to take the kids to this one the most...

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@purplefaithful said:
Something tells me dad is going to want to take the kids to this one the most...

I have to say the trailer for Barbie actually looked pretty good! But I will be in the IMAX watching Oppenheimer on opening night. I haven't looked forward to a movie this much in decades. 

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Mixed reviewsRolling Stone called Sound of Freedom a "QAnon-tinged thriller" - a reference to the sprawling conspiracy theory that says that Donald Trump is fighting an elite cabal of satanic paedophiles. 
That sort of biting coverage - the headline called it "a superhero movie for dads with brainworms" - was broadly reflective of reviews in left-leaning outlets, while right-wing publications took an altogether different line. 
"It's not 'paranoid' or 'QAnon adjacent' to bring much-needed attention to horrors that are all too real," wrote the conservative National Review. 
The idea that elite cabals of child sex traffickers lurk everywhere is a core QAnon idea. But the company behind the film denies it's fuelling conspiratorial thinking. 
"Anyone who has seen this movie knows it has nothing to do with conspiracy theories," said Angel Studios president Jordan Harmon. "It's about a man who did something brave."
Star calls QAnon 'a good thing'But those QAnon references are not entirely spurious. The film's star Caviezel has talked repeatedly about some of its more bizarre themes.
Caviezel attended a QAnon-themed conference in 2021 and has appeared a number of times on Steve Bannon's podcast, recently calling QAnon "a good thing". 
Using the language of the movement, he warned that "a big storm is coming" and also referred to the "mystical qualities" of adrenochrome, a chemical that QAnon fans falsely believe is being harvested from the brains of child victims. 
"On the one hand, Angel Studios is seeking to present this film as a mainstream movie, as an important story," said John Knefel, a senior writer at the left-wing media watchdog group Media Matters for America. "The other key prong of this marketing blitz is Jim Caviezel absolutely embracing QAnon messaging and theories."
"I do think that this could very well serve as a template for mainstreaming far-right ideas under the guise of an easy popcorn blockbuster," he said.
Operation Underground Railroad and Timothy Ballard have come under criticism for different issues in the past. Investigations by Vice News and others have accused the group of exaggerating their success in breaking up child sexual abuse rings. 
And the energy around conspiracy theories has the potential to distract from legitimate efforts to tackle a very real problem.
"Anti-trafficking groups have already said that QAnon hinders their efforts, and the film revolves around the baseless panic that vast trafficking rings are waiting to snatch up American kids," says Mike Rothschild, an expert on QAnon and author of The Storm is Upon Us. "Trafficking is real but films like this obscure the real issue."
"The film is marketed to Q believers in much the same way as Q works, through fear of trafficking and appeals to emotion," he says.
But Mr Ballard hit back at critics, telling Fox News that those citing conspiracy theories "make zero connection to the actual story".


From BBC 

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https://docs.house.gov/meetings/HA/HA08/20220622/114910/HHRG-117-HA08-Wstate-RothschildM-20220622.pdf

Rothschilds testimony before US House in 2022

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Thanks for posting the trailer!  According to Rotten Tomatoes, there is strong positive support from the audience reviewers (100%, more than 10k voting) and "movie experts" (72%,36 votes cast).  I generally find audience vote to be a better predictor of a movie than the experts.  I'll probably go see it soon with the Missus.

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@IDVikingfan said:
Thanks for posting the trailer!  According to Rotten Tomatoes, there is strong positive support from the audience reviewers (100%, more than 10k voting) and "movie experts" (72%,36 votes cast).  I generally find audience vote to be a better predictor of a movie than the experts.  I'll probably go see it soon with the Missus.

I am the same way,  if the "experts" hate it,  and the fans love it,  I am likely going to enjoy it.  the "experts" are likely more driven by sponsorship or other corruption to give a review one way or the other.  See the remarks above that are negative towards this movie, or at least trying to instill unfavorable bias... why would any organization or individual write anything that is negative about a story that is about ending child slavery and putting pedophiles behind bars?  at what point do you think... ENOUGH,  somebody needs to speak out against this bias towards disgusting evil people.  Even if you see some people you dont agree with for whatever reason supporting it,  what would make anybody stand up and cast shade about making these issues more known and creating more awareness for putting an end to them?  Experts say that there are up to as many as 3 times more people in slavery today,  than at anytime in the past in the world,  why would anybody try and downplay that,  especially with all the talks of retributions for past travesties,  why turn a blind eye now to those trying to create awareness... seems pretty ungenuine in principal,  even if those shining the light arent somebody we would normally align with IMO.

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@MaroonBells said:
I guess all you lovers of slavery and pedophilia can just wait for Oppenheimer.  B)

Oppenheimer should be a good story,  but 3 hours,  thats gonna be a tough sit.  Might have to wait and watch that at home.

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@JimmyinSD said:

@IDVikingfan said:
Thanks for posting the trailer!  According to Rotten Tomatoes, there is strong positive support from the audience reviewers (100%, more than 10k voting) and "movie experts" (72%,36 votes cast).  I generally find audience vote to be a better predictor of a movie than the experts.  I'll probably go see it soon with the Missus.

I am the same way,  if the "experts" hate it,  and the fans love it,  I am likely going to enjoy it.  the "experts" are likely more driven by sponsorship or other corruption to give a review one way or the other.  See the remarks above that are negative towards this movie, or at least trying to instill unfavorable bias... why would any organization or individual write anything that is negative about a story that is about ending child slavery and putting pedophiles behind bars?  at what point do you think... ENOUGH,  somebody needs to speak out against this bias towards disgusting evil people.  Even if you see some people you dont agree with for whatever reason supporting it,  what would make anybody stand up and cast shade about making these issues more known and creating more awareness for putting an end to them?  Experts say that there are up to as many as 3 times more people in slavery today,  than at anytime in the past in the world,  why would anybody try and downplay that,  especially with all the talks of retributions for past travesties,  why turn a blind eye now to those trying to create awareness... seems pretty ungenuine in principal,  even if those shining the light arent somebody we would normally align with IMO.

So many of the "experts" reviews are politically motivated.Look at The Terminal List. 95 percent audience score. Their top reviewers score is 26 percent. When it first came out, most of the professional reviewers dubbed it as American Military propaganda. It is most definitely not that. Makes ya wonder if some of the reviewers had even watched the series. The treatment of children is becoming more and more a right versus left issue. As for Sound of Freedom, I haven't seen it yet, so I cant speak to what is in the movie besides what I have read from the people that have gone. Going by how it has been attacked and condemned, it seems like it struck a nerve. But again, I am basing this off articles and word of mouth.