Comments on: Bill O’Reilly calls The Bourne Ultimatum a ‘Slick Anti-USA Propaganda Film’

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[...] friends at /Film have dug up a review of The Bourne Ultimatum, as written by Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly [...]

By: nope

nope — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:31:12 +0000

F*ck Matt Damon.

By: Rodney A. Hoiseth

Rodney A. Hoiseth — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:53:16 +0000

Rodney A. Hoiseth Says:
â€œ’â€¦ itâ€™s not like you canâ€™t tell where the article ends and comments beginâ€¦.’

“Thatâ€™s truer: The article starts out â€œI love to hate Bill Oâ€™Reillyâ€¦.â€ and the comments, for the most part, continue that theme.”

Oops. Poor editing plus typo. Should have said:
“I beg to differ: The article starts out â€œI love to hate Bill Oâ€™Reillyâ€¦.â€ and the comments, for the most part, continue that theme.”

By: Rodney A. Hoiseth

Rodney A. Hoiseth — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:49:36 +0000

Uh Dur Says:
“… itâ€™s not like you canâ€™t tell where the article ends and comments begin….”

That’s truer: The article starts out “I love to hate Bill Oâ€™Reilly….” and the comments, for the most part, continue that theme.

The comments on the film itself are remarkable for their paucity.

By: Rodney A. Hoiseth

Rodney A. Hoiseth — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:36:39 +0000

Uh Dur Says:
“Seinfeld, thatâ€™s pretty idiotic. Just read the article and donâ€™t read the comments. How hard is that?”

If you read the article, how easy is it to ignore O’Reilly? The article certainly has little to nothing about the worth or non-worth of the film.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:36:09 +0000

I didn’t say I was commenting you, but I wasn’t bashing you either. And agreeing with Bill O’Reilly is not what makes me a patriotic American. No, in fact there’s quite a few instances when I disagree with him. What makes me a patriotic American is that I don’t like to see people bashing our country for no particular reason. And critics do love that stuff, thank you Jungle Jim. And after seeing the movie, (which I did yesterday finally) I can see where he would’ve gotten it, so no, there was nothing outrageous about what he said, even though I don’t really agree with him. In this case, no, I don’t really agree with him, but that’s the thing about opinoins. You don’t have to agree with them, but you don’t have to be uncivil about it to have a discussion.

By: bluesen

bluesen — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:15:02 +0000

Oreily is the only unpatriotic person in this issue. He cant stand anyone with a different opinion than his. America is about tolerence. He belong in Hitlers Germany.

By: David Markland

David Markland — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:12:41 +0000

“So what exactly is so ridiculous about what Bill Oâ€™Reilly said?”

He said the movie was “anti-USA propaganda”. I’m also opposed to waterboarding and a most of the issues the Bourne Ultimatum brings up, but that doesn’t make me have anti-American sentiments… not by any measure.

By: Richard Waher

Richard Waher — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:23:17 +0000

Ok, so, Bill O’Reilly points out that the two main actors, Matt Damon (works for MoveOn.org) and Julia Stiles (missed a MoveOn meeting because she was seriously afraid O’Reilly would shoot her if she attended), are far left types. Bill mentions that Matt Damon thinks waterboarding is eroding American values, and oh, look, there’s a waterboarding scene in the film. The horror! He also refers to a Times London article where Paul Greengrass SPECIFICALLY STATES he’s exploiting the unease people feel about their government for the purposes of this movie. I read the article for myself–Bill didn’t make it up.

So what exactly is so ridiculous about what Bill O’Reilly said? The answer, of course, is that there ISN’T anything ridiculous about it–what he said was true. And THAT is the real reason you don’t like the article, Mr. Sciretta.

By: Jungle Jim

Jungle Jim — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:16:13 +0000

O’Reilly didn’t say violent car chase movies never made lots of money at the box office. He said *critics* would never like such a movie unless it bashed the USA.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:16:36 +0000

Nicole, you’re like a seven-year old. Supporting O’Reilly is not synonymous with being patriotic; in fact, many people feel that disagreeing with O’Reilly on many issues — pro-life, the Patriot Act, etc. — as patriotic, as a defense of what Americanism is.

And my point was that you called some of us “pathetic” for slamming O’Reilly’s opinions, whilst, after called a hypocrite, you decide that you will outright slam ours, yet again.

Last I checked, ‘pathetic’ isn’t in the phonebook under ‘compliments’.

By: m

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:23:20 +0000

I agree. Bill’s fantasizes about being America’s “culture warrior”, when, in reality, he’s just an American idiot: http://badbilloreilly.blogspot.com/.

The film made it very clear that the enemy was NOT the CIA but those in it that don’t hold the American values of transparent government and equal protection under the law. It was very patriotic.

By: evan

evan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:10:44 +0000

Are you guys kidding? The movie was being kind to our government. Bush and his cronies are much worse. I don’t even think we can imagine what they’ve really been up to these past few years - or as I like to call them “Neo-Dark Ages”.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:58:23 +0000

I’m not even freakin’ bashing you, but if I really want me to, maybe I will. I was just saying that you have your opinions, he has his, back off. I don’t know if it is really anti american as he says since i have not seen the movie yet, but the fact that you guys are getting so riled up about it is weird. If he’s against movies that make our country look bad, how is he the bad guy? Excuse me for being a patriotic American.

By: Chas.D

Chas.D — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:16:51 +0000

O’ Reilly may be a pompous jerk, but there is some limited truth in his rant. As pure entertainment fare, I was discouraged that the enemy in the film is basically the CIA. I am cynical enough about the US government and I don’t need to see my country depicted as paranoid. I much rather watch an uplifting, patriotic tale where Jason Bourne kicks foreign tail and waves the American Flag.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:34:03 +0000

It’s a work of fiction, but not a work of fantasy. If you read anything at all about the history of the CIA, you’ll quickly find out what I’m talking about. People like O’Reilly think the ends justify the means, everyone’s our enemy and that it’s unpatriotic to air dirty laundry. They would have much preferred that Abu Gharib would not have been revealed. They’re the kind of people who are willing to destroy democracy and liberty to save their definition of “freedom” that roughly equates to economic prosperity for the richest 10% of Americans.

We need at least one or two more Bourne movies. The books have already been written. Matt Damon would be a fool to turn down another chance to have a #1 movie at the box office.

By: JACK NEUMAN

JACK NEUMAN — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:33:51 +0000

Matt Damon makes the Borne movie.That is why movie is a success.Borne flicks are much like the James Bond movies.
O’Riley is looking for an agenda to capture listeners.
Borne books were written long before 9/11.
Get a life! Borne movies are for entertainment.
Jack

By: Uh Dur

Uh Dur — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:50:00 +0000

Who’s bashing? Why pathetic? Because we disagree? Because we have our own opinions? Grow up Nicole.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:26:51 +0000

You bashed mine, Nicole. What’s the issue? Hypocrite.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:17:35 +0000

It is so sad that none of you can find anything better to do than sit around and bash Bill all day for having his own opinoins when you yourselves feel it’s okay for you to express your’s freely. Pathetic. Maybe some of his comments were pretty extreme, but so are your’s, so just back off!