Its not impressing everyone though, and that includes both seth rogen and michael moore, who got on twitter and decided to rip clint eastwoods pic to shreds. Michael moore decided to give away his latest film slacker uprising for free, but only to people in the us and canada. Opinionated documentary filmmaker michael moore is backpedaling a tad following comments he made regarding clint eastwoods american sniper over the weekend. Michael moore responds to haters after american sniper uproar heres the truth they cant or wont report. The left wing filmmaker michael moore has denied criticising controversial clint eastwood blockbuster american sniper, following a tweet in which he labelled snipers cowards and said his uncle. Filmmaker michael moore, an expert courter of controversy, has been pilloried over the past few days by some on the right, including the likes of sarah palin. Being an antiamerican liberal pos, human beanbag chair michael moore felt the need to show his contempt by saying snipers are cowards. Michael moore said this about american sniper, chris kyle. Michael moore explains snipers are cowards tweet cnn. Michael moore pours gas on his american sniper firestorm. Michael moore clarifies sniper tweets, seth rogen chimes. Michael moore is wrong about american sniper posted on friday, january 23, 2015 by cnn in opinion as americans, we are fortunate to have the right to speak our minds. American sniper proved to be hugely popular this weekend, but michael moore does not appear to be among the movies fans.
Seth rogen, michael moore ignite sniper debate usa today. On the same day the clint eastwooddirected american sniper set a record for the largest january opening of all time, documentary. Senate armed services committee chairman john mccain tells cnbc he thinks filmmaker michael moore s statements about the movie american sniper were idioti. You are not insulting me as i am not a rumsfeld fan boy. Moore won the 2002 academy award for best documentary feature for bowling for columbine, which examined the causes of the columbine high school massacre of april 20, 1999, and the. John mccain blasts michael moore over american sniper. Mooregood afternoon there sweetheart, i hope this finds you alive and well.
Michael moore slams clint eastwood for these new american. Michael moore american sniper tweet responses all the memes were posted by us veterans special thanks to jon for reading the warning label check out his podc. Michael moore clarifies sniper tweets, seth rogen chimes in on american sniper. Hear why zo is so upset about michael moores recent comments about american sniper and the u.
I was merely stating a fact that michael moore was shaking hands with a dictator, something that i or most on here wouldnt do. Reuterslucas jackson michael moore on eastwood threat, sniper. Im the one who has supported these troops much more than the. Clint eastwoods american sniper is continuing to make waves across hollywood. More veterans, celebrities react to michael moores sniper. Marine corps sniper says michael moore, the liberal documentary filmmaker who called americantrained snipers cowards, has unjustly insulted young american soldiers who selflessly put their lives on the line. Please dont drag me into your diarrhea of the keyboard sessions. Despite its box office success and multiple oscar nominations, not everyone is a fan of american sniper documentary director michael moore shared his. The film is based on the book of the same name by navy seal chris kyle, the most lethal sniper in. In a tweet today, fahrenheit 911 and former ampas governor. Moores post came shortly after a spat with eastwood over the latters recordbreaking war film american sniper. Michael francis moore born april 23, 1954 is an american documentary filmmaker, actor, and author. Michael moore caused a stir on sunday when he tweeted his negative opinion of snipers, seemingly in response to the release of american sniper in a facebook post later that day, the director, 60.
Michael moore responds to haters after american sniper. Michael moore took what seems like another shot at the iraq war film american sniper on twitter sunday, and explained his position on the film and the war in an extended facebook post. American sniper is a biographical war drama film based on the memoir of chris kyle, american sniper. Moore tweeted sunday that his uncle was killed by a sniper. Michael moore angered fans of clint eastwoods american sniper starring bradley cooper, as well as veterans and conservatives. American sniper may have been a broken boxoffice records over the weekend, but there is one man who is not impressed with the new film on. More veterans, celebrities react to michael moores sniper comments. American sniper will amaze you in every possible way. Snipers, american sniper ripped by michael moore, seth. American documentary maker michael moore has tweeted that snipers are cowards and that his uncle had been killed by one in the second world. I fail to see what one thing has to do with another. Michael moore fires another subtle shot at american sniper. Moore sent out the messages the day after american sniper hit theaters.
Filmmaker michael moore took to twitter to bash snipers as cowards that will shoot you in the back on the weekend premier of the american sniper, a movie already critically acclaimed and receiver of multiple academy award nominations. Snipers are cowards says michael moore as american sniper breaks us box office records the oscarnominated film, which has taken over. Green beret sniper, bryan sikes, hilariously slams cupcake michael moore for calling american sniper, chris kyle, a coward. Shortly after his snipers arent heroes tweet netted criticism, filmmaker michael moore said that sentiment came from his war veteran father.
From the actors performance which is absolutely brilliant to the sound editing, this movie enjoyed the success in detail. The shocking reason michael moore hates american snipers. Michael moore has taken to twitter to share his thoughts on snipers the fahrenheit. The left wing filmmaker michael moore has denied criticising controversial clint eastwood blockbuster american sniper, following a tweet. American sniper broke boxoffice records for january, and has become a lightning rod for those who want to refight political, cultural and military wars the numbers for american sniper are. The statement by the largely irrelevant moore ignited a firestorm of controversy, after he posted this tweet in reference to the box office hit that is american sniper. I didnt mention the film my dad always said, snipers are cowards. American sniper prompts michael moore to label all. And invaders r worse, michael moore tweeted on january 18. More celebrities and veterans are joining the debate over american sniper the new oscar. Michael moore said snipers arent heroes so american.
Michael moore tweeted about his dislike of snipers after american snipers huge box office success and now is receiving some backlash for what he. Actor kevin costner had some advice for michael moore after he controversially called snipers cowards following the release of the hit film american sniper during an appearance on laura ingrahams show, costner was asked if hed seen the film and what his opinion was on the recent comments made by moore. Chris kyle has entered the pantheon of american warriors along with alvin c york and audie murphy giving a new generation of young boys a warriorhero to look up to, to emulate, he writes. Michael moore american sniper tweet responses youtube. Michael moore and seth rogen caused twitterusers to freak the hell out over their lessthanpositive american sniper comments. Hear why zo is so upset about michael moore s recent comments about american sniper and the u. Michael moore fires back at american sniper accusations. Thats whats now happening with american sniper, the silver screens treatment of the life of the late chris kyle, a former us navy seal and sniper who was the deadliest shot in. He is best known for his work on globalization and capitalism. The great american sniper debate continues filmmaker michael moore is firing back at haters who jumped on him for remarks he made about american sniper. However, since he chose to use bittorrent, and open trackers such as. As the movie american sniper broke box office records this weekend, ultraliberal movie maker michael moore called the real life navy seal who the movie is about a coward.
Calls bradley coopers performance one of the best of the year update. Snipers are cowards says michael moore as american. You can thank our men and women of the armed forces for that, by the way, and that also includes us cowardly snipers. American sniper is a mess of a film in a new facebook post tonight, moore confirms eastwoods ill shoot you threat, calls. Filmmaker michael moore calls snipers cowards, receives. Filmmaker michael moore created a lot of buzz over the weekend with these two tweets. Kevin costner responds to michael moores american sniper.
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