Cinematic Excrement: Episode 108 - Last Ounce of Courage

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  • @fredjones2170
    @fredjones21705 жыл бұрын

    Got to love how evangelicals fetishize the military, but then they go and blatantly disrespect fallen servicemen and women by reducing them to props for their talking points.

  • @theangryholmesian4556

    @theangryholmesian4556

    4 жыл бұрын

    Evangelicals love the military then vote for Republicans who throw out LGBT service members, cut funding for programs that help veterans, call homeless veterans struggling with PTSD and addiction "bums" or throw them into prison for using medicinal marijuana and then yell at liberals for not supporting unjust wars. USA! USA!

  • @fredjones2170

    @fredjones2170

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@theangryholmesian4556 You pretty much hit the nail on the head there.

  • @ChurlzVA

    @ChurlzVA

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theangryholmesian4556 Evangelicals are the biggest hypocrites outside of our politicians

  • @chileno189

    @chileno189

    3 жыл бұрын

    And of course when Commander Bone Spurs openly insults veterans, the evangelical "patriots" deny it and make excuses for him like always

  • @frankfacts6207

    @frankfacts6207

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fallen American soldiers disrespected other nations and paid the price

  • @bigbearkat2010
    @bigbearkat20105 жыл бұрын

    I do love that the movie is one of those "people need to stop getting so easily offended" movies during what's basically an hour and a half irony free diatribe about the evils of saying "Happy Holidays"

  • @deathknight75

    @deathknight75

    5 жыл бұрын

    The "people need to stop getting so easily offended" people do tend to be the type to unironically get upset by other people saying "Happy holidays".

  • @nicksoapdish157

    @nicksoapdish157

    5 жыл бұрын

    deathknight75 Pretty much

  • @johnjamele

    @johnjamele

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nobody is so easily triggered as a middle-aged white man.

  • @smittysmeee

    @smittysmeee

    4 жыл бұрын

    The English term "holiday" literally means "holy days," coined in the 1500s in regard to (hold on to your ever offendable hats!) CHRISTIANITY. *gasp* Yep, that's right. "Happy holidays" is every bit as Christian as "Merry Christmas." Nothing but uneducated, petty freaks on both sides of this meaningless debate. What a shock. www.etymonline.com/word/holiday

  • @robotrix

    @robotrix

    2 жыл бұрын

    Snowflakes gotta snowflake.

  • @AmishParadise27
    @AmishParadise275 жыл бұрын

    I myself am a Christian and I am sick to death of all these bad Christian films and would very much love for someone to make a good one.

  • @gracekim25

    @gracekim25

    5 жыл бұрын

    AmishParadise27 (AKA: Tyler) I’m not sure if there’s any good ones that aren’t animated😅

  • @xanadustudios2586

    @xanadustudios2586

    5 жыл бұрын

    This and other crappy movies make Christians look worse than they are

  • @hypno-scream5652

    @hypno-scream5652

    5 жыл бұрын

    AmishParadise27 (AKA: Tyler) How about Prince of Egypt?

  • @xanadustudios2586

    @xanadustudios2586

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hypno-scream5652 No Christians in that one, the movie is just based on a book from a Christian writing.

  • @hypno-scream5652

    @hypno-scream5652

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@xanadustudios2586 It's a bible movie, and it's perfect for Christians. Of course, there's also the legend that is Veggie Tales.

  • @bryanstrickner8809
    @bryanstrickner88095 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to thank you for pointing out the blatant use of a soldier's death as a plot point. The men and women who gave "last measure of devotion " would be turning in their graves, if they knew that their sacrifice was used as a miserable ploy for sympathy. I'm truly sickened by this. As a person whose job it was to return the fallen to their family; and for their use in this travesty, I'm appalled. I should have waited till tomorrow, instead of watching on Christmas day. Oh well...merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. -MSgt USAF (ret).

  • @meghanphillips3495

    @meghanphillips3495

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service, sir.

  • @psycher7

    @psycher7

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, sir. Besides those entrusted to your care, I cannot imagine a more difficult service.

  • @bryanstrickner8809

    @bryanstrickner8809

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mateuszpawowski8139 it is Christmas and in the spirit of the day I'll not succumb to my anger at your disdainful comment

  • @mateuszpawowski8139

    @mateuszpawowski8139

    5 жыл бұрын

    You're right, sorry, I deleted the comment. I didn't intend to offend anybody.

  • @metademetra

    @metademetra

    5 жыл бұрын

    Quite frankly I don't even think people that go "Won't someone PLEASE think of the veterans" actually care about veterans. If they did, there wouldn't be so many of them without homes.

  • @bobbybr38k3r8
    @bobbybr38k3r84 жыл бұрын

    12:59 That was really a convincing story. I actually almost believed it.

  • @LuckyPunkProd
    @LuckyPunkProd5 жыл бұрын

    There was also an illegal advertising campaign for this movie that took place. The campaign involved making robocalls disguised as surveys to promote the film. Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, took part in it by voicing the recorded message. As a result, the advertising company and this film's production company was sued for this stunt for violating telemarketing laws. They eventually lost the suit and had to pay around $32 million to every person who recieved their robocall. I'm guessing the money that was left unclaimed went to charity, but don't quote me on it. Point being, they were made an example of, and rightfully so. So yeah, you can add "illegal and deceiving advertising" to the list of scumminess this movie managed to pull off. Merry Christmas, Sean!

  • @cadethumann8605

    @cadethumann8605

    5 жыл бұрын

    Boy oh boy, I can imagine just how much money the filmmakers lost (I'm pretty sure they didn't make back their budget. If that was bad enough, having to pay debt for illegal marketing must have made things worse).

  • @davidozab2753
    @davidozab27535 жыл бұрын

    I've figured it out! This movie takes place in a parallel universe where the son died in The 1998 War On Christmas, a worldwide conflict in which the US, Santa, and Baby Jesus fought the ACLU, Radical Islam, the gays, and Communist Canada.

  • @anikmonette2140

    @anikmonette2140

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm Canadian I'm always baffled to hear that Canada is a Communist country. Of course there is a communist party but it is not well liked, and I even saw a guy rip a communist tract once in front of me because these people are annoying as hell with them! 😝

  • @darksideofthemoon488

    @darksideofthemoon488

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh, you forgot the Wiccans and the Satanists. They were the ones who wanted to take away our guns and replace them with abortions and transgender friendly public bathrooms.

  • @anikmonette2140

    @anikmonette2140

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@darksideofthemoon488 I don't really care about guns but darn, I'm so sick of the same gun regulation debate that I now I kinda want the US to secede and take each other out! Yup, that would solve the problem...

  • @darksideofthemoon488

    @darksideofthemoon488

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@anikmonette2140 it's just a joke. I was just throwing random talking points.

  • @anikmonette2140

    @anikmonette2140

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@darksideofthemoon488 Yeah, I figured, but sometimes it's really hard to tell... 😝

  • @ToonLogicStudios
    @ToonLogicStudios5 жыл бұрын

    -“You betrayed the law!” -“Laawwwwww.”

  • @akildukes7499

    @akildukes7499

    5 жыл бұрын

    I NEVER BROKE THE LAW! I AM THE LAW!

  • @akildukes7499

    @akildukes7499

    5 жыл бұрын

    And it's on right now...

  • @pchelamaja88
    @pchelamaja885 жыл бұрын

    I live in UAE and even here you can see Christmas decorations...

  • @yourteamsucks2136

    @yourteamsucks2136

    5 жыл бұрын

    I live in China and they play Christmas music and decorate for it too. Hell, some places NEVER take them down, even if it's July! I'm Jewish and they are shocked I don't celebrate Christmas.

  • @deandupont5503

    @deandupont5503

    2 жыл бұрын

    The idea of Xmas being a "Christian" holiday is dead as disco. We just wanna eat cookies and give each other prezzies.

  • @maryvampiregirl666

    @maryvampiregirl666

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deandupont5503 you eat cookies on christmas? we eat turkey and cake xDD

  • @mnirwin5112
    @mnirwin51123 жыл бұрын

    6:15 Actually, Christmas cards saying "Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings" go waaaay back to at least the 1960s. It's only recently that some dingdongs are seeing this as a persecution-of-Christianity issue.

  • @geckovonparsley8200

    @geckovonparsley8200

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I think Season's Greetings goes back to the 1920s, even.

  • @jonathankent1517
    @jonathankent15175 жыл бұрын

    Glorified propaganda movies like this piss me off more than _The Christmas Tree_ ever could.

  • @PhoenixRising87

    @PhoenixRising87

    5 жыл бұрын

    At least The Christmas Tree is amusing, and while not good by any means, harmless...

  • @chrismorris6865

    @chrismorris6865

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's what makes War on Christmas movies the worst kind of Christmas movie. Sure, there are plenty of soulless, cookie cutter holiday schlock films out there, but most are relatively harmless. These faith based films like Last Ounce of Courage, Saving Christmas, Christmas with a Captial C and others spread a harmful victim mentality.

  • @Malkmusianful

    @Malkmusianful

    4 жыл бұрын

    "You always win when you're good." (shows snuff footage at a pageant)

  • @thomasoates3003

    @thomasoates3003

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least The Christmas Tree actually tried...

  • @DrZuluGaming

    @DrZuluGaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least, The Christmas Tree was funny in its incompetence. This one is infuriating.

  • @vegeta002
    @vegeta0024 жыл бұрын

    "God's watching over me", through the scope of a Sniper Rifle.

  • @masonallen3961
    @masonallen39615 жыл бұрын

    11:28 to 13:02 You successfully trolled me, Sean. I was looking up Johnsonville, Arizona to check this story. Good job.

  • @Kruhn

    @Kruhn

    5 жыл бұрын

    You! You! That was the best troll ever, Sean! I was about to gulp and try confirming your story, when you said you made that anecdote out of full cloth.

  • @nathaniellevesque2782

    @nathaniellevesque2782

    5 жыл бұрын

    I dont know why, but when he said the attorney's name was James Franklin Esquire was when I thought the story was a little fishy

  • @captaindreadeye6264

    @captaindreadeye6264

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Sean acted that story pretty convincingly. Kudos!

  • @caliph95

    @caliph95

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought that story sounded too much like Christmas with a capital C Now I know why lol

  • @lukuanhsien

    @lukuanhsien

    5 жыл бұрын

    got me too, lol

  • @TheGuardingDark_
    @TheGuardingDark_5 жыл бұрын

    A new Cinematic Excrement episode? Merry Christmas to me!

  • @mateuszpawowski8139

    @mateuszpawowski8139

    5 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of us.

  • @munromister777
    @munromister7775 жыл бұрын

    It really annoys me that whenever a lot of people are painting the picture of our nation's founding, they jump right to the Pilgrims to say that we were founded on religious freedom and escaping from persecutions. Plymouth and the Pilgrims weren't the first successful English colony. Jamestown was, and they were not about religion in the slightest. Jamestown is only important these days to talk about Pocahontas, and it's really sad.

  • @999apeman

    @999apeman

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not if you're in Virginia (but yes, for the purposes of how the rest of the nation "reads history")

  • @1r0zz

    @1r0zz

    5 жыл бұрын

    What's funny is that America had it's fair share of puritanism and religious persecutions...freedom?

  • @andrewollmann304

    @andrewollmann304

    5 жыл бұрын

    1r0zz Actually, the Puritans escaped to America because England had become too tolerant, particularly of the Anabaptists.

  • @1r0zz

    @1r0zz

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewollmann304 Yeah, but weren't the puritans also persecuted? I am not great at early American history, as it's not much explained in my country...

  • @andrewollmann304

    @andrewollmann304

    5 жыл бұрын

    1r0zz If they were persecuted, it was for being too fundamentalist. The Puritans of America were Calvinists to the extreme. They believed that if you didn’t work, you could be easily swayed to evil. Blasphemy and adultery were punishable crimes, as was working on the Sabbath. www.bostontourguide.org/myth-puritans-believed-in-religious-freedom/ This can explain it better than I can. For further reference, also look up the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards.

  • @jtib5968
    @jtib59685 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Christian myself but I hate this shameless conflating of Christianity with American patriotism. Patriotism, though certainly not a bad thing, is not a Christian virtue. So concluding a nativity play with the Stars and Stripes while praising fallen soldiers makes as much sense as going to cooking class where the end focuses on the impact of climate change. It's just so non sequitur.

  • @daelen.cclark

    @daelen.cclark

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing how this flick is terrible on every front.

  • @thedarkerknight2188

    @thedarkerknight2188

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you like god or america better?

  • @jtib5968

    @jtib5968

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thedarkerknight2188 America is a nation of Earth. She has risen, and like all nations, she will fall. I set my mind to higher things than her.

  • @iamnottheguy8914
    @iamnottheguy89145 жыл бұрын

    I actually thought your atheist story was real, yes I am an idiot.

  • @meghanphillips3495

    @meghanphillips3495

    5 жыл бұрын

    He really sold it. I thought it was real too

  • @SuperSwordman1

    @SuperSwordman1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ he should totally make a movie

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    SuperSwordman1 Yes, for sure!

  • @hernehaugen6878

    @hernehaugen6878

    2 жыл бұрын

    To be fair it was actually pretty believable if people in Arizona are anything like people in Arkansas.

  • @kyuven
    @kyuven5 жыл бұрын

    Just wanna point out that some town mayors CAN be fired. Sometimes it's not an elected position, but a hired position by the city council. It's usually because they want someone competent, but also want the ability to axe them at a moment's notice without a recall election. For small towns it's also because there's a very real possibility that there's no one that's Mayor Material in the town.

  • @professor_lembach
    @professor_lembach5 жыл бұрын

    So why were the schoolkids forced to put on a Scientology play again??

  • @LaineMann

    @LaineMann

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@BaranoffIsaac And Scientology is the devil's taint.

  • @POLE7645

    @POLE7645

    5 жыл бұрын

    That was a Raelian play. That's not a joke. It's a real thing.

  • @LaineMann

    @LaineMann

    5 жыл бұрын

    A WHAT?

  • @llewelynshingler2173

    @llewelynshingler2173

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LaineMann Raeliens are followers of Charles Rael, a man who met aliens who told him that God wasn't real and humans should worship aliens. Why he trusted the aliens, I don't know.

  • @LaineMann

    @LaineMann

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@llewelynshingler2173 So he's a moron. Good to know.

  • @joemomma3648
    @joemomma36485 жыл бұрын

    Oooh, Smeghead is heading down the Pure Flix rabbit hole. Careful man, it nearly broke Brad 'Cinema Snob' Jones on several occasions and that man sat through 4 ET pornos.

  • @akildukes7499

    @akildukes7499

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maaaaaaan.....there were 4 ET pornos? Where have i been?

  • @das81

    @das81

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't insult Sean...

  • @POLE7645

    @POLE7645

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't let Sean get close to "Fun in Balloon Land".

  • @MinscFromBaldursGate92

    @MinscFromBaldursGate92

    5 жыл бұрын

    4 ET pornos!? There is no god.

  • @POLE7645

    @POLE7645

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MinscFromBaldursGate92 4 ET pornos, 2 sasquash pornos, the Violent Shit movies, Bat-Pussy, Hardgore, Suckula, Miss Velma's Incredible Christmas Week, the list goes one. And yes. Every single one of them are real.

  • @danielvandersall6756
    @danielvandersall6756 Жыл бұрын

    "Love your neighbor as yourself." Nope, doesn't ring a bell with these people. Basically, their motto is "Love your neighbor if they are EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU IN EVERY WAY. OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG. WRONG WRONG WRONG.

  • @daelen.cclark

    @daelen.cclark

    11 ай бұрын

    “Love your neighbouring clones.”

  • @saberlordoboeshoes8603
    @saberlordoboeshoes86035 жыл бұрын

    As a Christian, these movies can burn in hell

  • @TheHeroOfTomorrow
    @TheHeroOfTomorrow5 жыл бұрын

    1:54 You mean they didn’t lack COURAGE? I’ll see myself out.

  • @KidSnivy69

    @KidSnivy69

    5 жыл бұрын

    Less painful than this whole movie

  • @DanielleSouthcott
    @DanielleSouthcott5 жыл бұрын

    Okay. I live in the UK now, but I was born and brought up in Southern Appalachia. Where you literally couldn't throw a rock without hitting some Christian-themed establishment or piece of media. Watching things unfold from 4,000+ miles away, not much has changed, except the depth of their delusion that it's open season on Christians, just because some of us don't want to play their reindeer games. So they make this mirror of secular entertainment media where they can bitch and moan about their plight, using the same tactics they use to oppress others, because that's pretty much all they know. And my new countrymen wonder why I'm so happy to be out of the States. Bless their hearts.

  • @caileanthomson1286

    @caileanthomson1286

    5 жыл бұрын

    You considered setting up a YT channel? I'd love to hear your views on this world. Merry Christmas to you and your husband, BTW.

  • @daelen.cclark

    @daelen.cclark

    Жыл бұрын

    This helps me better understand the insanity these beliefs (or any religious or cultish beliefs) can go if taken to insane extremes. Thank you.

  • @finnkedinn
    @finnkedinn5 жыл бұрын

    That Johnsonville trolling was brilliant! I think you should invest on screenwriting. Who knows: "From the same guys who brought you Found Footage Movies, comes... A Found Lawsuit Movie!"

  • @Erin-ce5gs
    @Erin-ce5gs5 жыл бұрын

    Here's something I don't really understand: Objectively, these Christian movies usually range from mediocre to outright terrible (production values aren't good, the acting's horrible, etc.) Yet, often, these films still are fiercely defended by Christians, who say things like "Oh, the critics must hate God, that's why they gave it a bad review!" instead of actually acknowledging the film has flaws. Why do people defend these horrible films so much, if they're objectively bad? I don't get it.

  • @catfoy8888

    @catfoy8888

    5 жыл бұрын

    To be fair we do have prince of Egypt

  • @NeoEvincar

    @NeoEvincar

    5 жыл бұрын

    *cough Ghostbusters *cough cough

  • @dDbalL-to7rt

    @dDbalL-to7rt

    5 жыл бұрын

    People still defend The Last Jedi too, so who can say???

  • @thecinematicmind

    @thecinematicmind

    5 жыл бұрын

    Erin Leu One reason. Biased.

  • @tristanhartup4936

    @tristanhartup4936

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dDbalL-to7rt I still like that movie

  • @erinlefevers7302
    @erinlefevers73022 жыл бұрын

    "At the young age of 20 he's already married any she's pregnant" So a typical military marriage 😅

  • @MrMillionDub
    @MrMillionDub5 жыл бұрын

    Okay, for real, you and Brad Jones have to arrange a meeting of some sort so the two of you can talk about movies.

  • @toyland_f

    @toyland_f

    5 жыл бұрын

    C Dub Don't associate Sean with that liar and coward.

  • @gracekim25

    @gracekim25

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toyland_f yeah…..that’ll never happen

  • @loneronin6813
    @loneronin68135 жыл бұрын

    I honestly found the Johnsonville story far more believable than anything this film came up with. I know nothing about Arizona as I live in Virginia, and I don't know anything about fire hazards either I guess :P At least the Johnsonville story, though impromptu, didn't so unrealistically portray Christianity and Christmas as taboo. I'm not really a religious person, but the thing about these kind of films that act like Christianity is in jeopardy in America confound me. Moreover, I also take great umbridge with the exploitation of veterans and their sacrifices to push a false narrative of any kind. Lastly, you did a great job on this review, as you have done with all of your other work on your channel. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and I wish you the best. I look forward to your future work ^_^

  • @capmar-vell92returns20
    @capmar-vell92returns205 жыл бұрын

    Bob: "Can you hear the voices of our dead soldiers?" "We died for oil! ! Bush is a douchebag! Go to Iraq they said. It will be fun they said"

  • @grapeshot

    @grapeshot

    5 жыл бұрын

    You are so right I served in the Gulf War and basically what we did was guard some rich man's oilfield.

  • @elijahanderson3288
    @elijahanderson32885 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Smeghead, You have made my Christmas happier than you realize! Keep tearing Hollywood a new one with your videos. Elijah Anderson

  • @ianbrennan9635
    @ianbrennan96355 жыл бұрын

    Before this, I thought "The Christmas Tree" was the worst Christmas special/film ever made. Turns out I was wrong. Happy Holidays!

  • @LaineMann

    @LaineMann

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is. But this is close second

  • @juhaniaho6698

    @juhaniaho6698

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mrs Hopewell over Last Ounce of Courage any day, every day.

  • @srbarkerchan

    @srbarkerchan

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least The Christmas Tree is so bad it's good. This movie is just plain bad.

  • @CyberkillGames
    @CyberkillGames5 жыл бұрын

    Me: Oh, a new Cinematic Excrement episode, what's he reviewing this time. *see's title card* Me: Oh no.....

  • @ursaminor9780

    @ursaminor9780

    5 жыл бұрын

    CyberkillGames My reaction exactly.

  • @AmishParadise27
    @AmishParadise275 жыл бұрын

    When Sean said "retelling the birth of Jesus as a Science Fiction story", I actually verbally said, "I'm sorry, what?"

  • @zoisite_moon2828
    @zoisite_moon28284 жыл бұрын

    So the movie was released in 2012 and Christian (the grandson) is 14 in the movie's present day... okay, do the math. Assuming the beginning flashback actually takes place in 2003 (because the Iraq War began in 2003 and ended in 2011, almost a year before this movie came out), it's then reasonable to place the movie's present day in 2017. So then... this movie is taking place five years in the future... during Trump's first full year as president. Of course, I might be reading too deeply into this, and the writers just failed at basic math... and recent American history.

  • @coolnerdlll6053
    @coolnerdlll60532 жыл бұрын

    Okay, I totally thought that Arizona story was real. Sean did a good job writing that.

  • @daelen.cclark

    @daelen.cclark

    11 ай бұрын

    I’ve got to replicate that sometime.

  • @cvcvdfetghgbbhg
    @cvcvdfetghgbbhg5 жыл бұрын

    It's probably because it's 2 AM but I FULLY bought that Johnsonville story omg 😂

  • @galeforce3192

    @galeforce3192

    5 жыл бұрын

    So did I, actually. It wasn't until he brought up that the guy was an atheist and that the nativity scene posed a minimal fire risk that I was like "hold on a minute..." XD

  • @diggerfan9319
    @diggerfan93195 жыл бұрын

    The CInema Snob reviewed this Christmas stinker. I'm pretty sure Smeghead is getting some fans from Brad Jones.

  • @bobbybr38k3r8
    @bobbybr38k3r84 жыл бұрын

    I really fell for your "war one Christmas " story lol

  • @MadameSomnambule

    @MadameSomnambule

    4 жыл бұрын

    I fell for it each time he told it. It sounds strangely plausible. Moreso than the actual movie, that's for sure.

  • @floraposteschild4184
    @floraposteschild41845 жыл бұрын

    But what about the 2011 case in Trapper Falls, Alaska, where an out of town atheist lawyer filed a legal injunction against the town nativity citing separation of church and state, and then ran for mayor? And then he began swaying business owners all over town to abandon "Merry Christmas" for "Happy Holidays." Oh wait. That's the plot of "Christmas With a Capital C". Damn.

  • @georgeray1906

    @georgeray1906

    7 ай бұрын

    Well to be fair that movie and this movie are very similar so one could be easily mistake one with the other but at least Last Ounce of Courage didn't insult the other religions compared to Christmas with a Capital C that did.

  • @rainbowstreak9615
    @rainbowstreak96155 жыл бұрын

    Boston is also a mainly blue city, and come Christmastime (usually before Thanksgiving, mind you), Faneuil Hall is all decked, giant Christmas tree and all. And I sure as hell don't see anyone complaining. That area is very popular in December.

  • @autobotstarscream765
    @autobotstarscream7654 жыл бұрын

    One way for this movie to make a lot more sense: It doesn't take place in 2012, but rather in a dystopian near future where Dr. Robotnik has launched an actual war on Christmas and begun literally outlawing Christmas piece by piece, and the Reveres are literal Freedom Fighters trying to save America and Christmas from the evil forces of a mad dictator, which means that the son probably died in the War on Terror sometime after 9/11. I say this because everything (other than the weird legal hijinks) looks normal, but Bob and his family talk like they're huddling in Knothole hiding from Christmas-hating SWATbots and Badniks waiting for Sonic to help them.

  • @irishemogirl6720
    @irishemogirl67205 жыл бұрын

    Your my favourite KZread movie reviewer Sean. Merry Christmas from Ireland! 🇮🇪🎅🤶❄️☃️🎄🎁🎀

  • @gatorshark0870
    @gatorshark08705 жыл бұрын

    Was this movie made by Fox News!? Man this movie is not just bad, it's down right disrespectful to everyone who has died in service! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

  • @dianaberlin4767
    @dianaberlin47674 жыл бұрын

    You restored my hope for America today

  • @POLE7645
    @POLE76455 жыл бұрын

    Sad thing is that Teague Marshall isn’t bad in this movie. He would be perfect as a villain. That glare in that truck scene at the end was terrifying.

  • @psycher7

    @psycher7

    5 жыл бұрын

    He was great in a recurring bit role in Babylon 5. Capable of being menacing, but ultimately a good guy.

  • @MinscFromBaldursGate92

    @MinscFromBaldursGate92

    5 жыл бұрын

    He played a narn right?

  • @psycher7

    @psycher7

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MinscFromBaldursGate92 Yup: babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Ta%27Lon

  • @ryandowney8743

    @ryandowney8743

    5 жыл бұрын

    Teague is playing a villain in this, the movie is just too stupid to realize it.

  • @autobotstarscream765

    @autobotstarscream765

    Жыл бұрын

    "Fly, my bikers, fly! We must conquer the L.A. gangs and maintain our turf!"

  • @lukehauser1182
    @lukehauser1182 Жыл бұрын

    Dude your shows are so spot-on - this channel deserves more views - maybe someday!

  • @neilprice513
    @neilprice5135 жыл бұрын

    Businesses say "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas because December has multiple religious and culturally significant celebrations in a very short time period. It's just good manners to acknowledge them all with just changing a greeting.

  • @ToruKun1
    @ToruKun15 жыл бұрын

    HOLY JESUS CHRIST, the executive producers of this movie are Gen and Cindy Fukunaga, the founders of Funimation, basically the biggest anime distribution company in the U.S. 😱😱💀 Every time one of the main characters in a Christsploitation movie is named Christian I want to say "CHRISTIAN! CHRISTIAN! AT LAST, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN!!!" Christmas in the Park in San Jose makes me really nostalgic, we'd go there every year when we visited my great-grandma for the holidays.

  • @dvass7253
    @dvass72535 жыл бұрын

    5:21 - "Where the hell is this coming from?!" From the asses of the people who made this movie, Sean.

  • @TyroneBruinsmaFilms
    @TyroneBruinsmaFilms2 жыл бұрын

    I love how you made a fake story that was more plausible than the film could manage

  • @jacquesvoris456
    @jacquesvoris4564 жыл бұрын

    And my puritan ancestors outlawed Christmas, so maybe invoking the Pilgrims might not have been wise

  • @untroubledwaters2137

    @untroubledwaters2137

    2 жыл бұрын

    People tend to conveniently forget that...

  • @DrZuluGaming
    @DrZuluGaming5 жыл бұрын

    Old man yells at clouds: the movie. Or at least that's how it feels for me.

  • @b.sylphaen
    @b.sylphaen5 жыл бұрын

    *Starts the review* Did he said that it's as bad as Saving Christmas? No, it can't be... *goes to Rotten tomatoes: 0%* OH, GODS!

  • @MrChaotic4
    @MrChaotic45 жыл бұрын

    Christmas with a Capital C is worse than this because it believes Christmas should be the only holiday celebrated in December. As awful as this movie is, the characters went right out and said that they don't just want their religion to have equal rights during the holiday season, but all other religions as well.

  • @multilad816
    @multilad8165 жыл бұрын

    3:27 To be fair, it is faithful adaptation to the Old Testament God

  • @PandosyAnna
    @PandosyAnna5 жыл бұрын

    this movie is basically the opposite of Christmas with the Kranks

  • @javi691us
    @javi691us3 жыл бұрын

    man that fake story was good

  • @janeyrevanescence12
    @janeyrevanescence125 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, Smeghead, for making this review for us to watch. You know the really sad thing about this movie? People watch this and then assume that all faith based films that revolve around persecution of Christians are this terrible...when in reality there are some fantastic movies about persecution of the faithful. Case in point; the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons. Yes, the story is about St. Thomas More and his struggles to keep his Catholic principles even as England falls under the Protestant Reformation...but it's well directed, well written, well acted and actually presents cases for both sides of the conflict using compelling characters with their own unique reasons for doing so. Over 50 years later and it still holds up remarkably well whereas this will no doubt fall to the dustbin.

  • @ursaminor9780

    @ursaminor9780

    5 жыл бұрын

    janeyrevanescence12 That sounds fascinating. I'll have to look it up.

  • @psycher7

    @psycher7

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes. That is a great film. I like those well-made, sumptuous period dramas, but it also has a very compelling story so it's more than just sets and costumes.

  • @georgeray1906

    @georgeray1906

    7 ай бұрын

    Well the difference between A Man for All Seasons and shite religious films like Last Ounce of Courage is the former was able to tell a compelling story and wasn't a long boring lecture such as what Pureflix creates.

  • @NeoEvincar
    @NeoEvincar5 жыл бұрын

    15:20 This is the main important point. My mom is a Jewish, 23 years in the Navy vet. We don't give a fuck what you do with your house and/or on your holiday. As long as you aren't being violent and disrupting other people's lives, just have fun and be merry! Let other people be happy they get a day off work, or come join us for some quality Chinese food as is the tradition for us.

  • @LARKXHIN
    @LARKXHIN5 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the random bits of research that shine through in instances like 4:16

  • @TommyDeonauthsArchives
    @TommyDeonauthsArchives5 жыл бұрын

    Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house... not any semblance of reality in this movie was stirring... not even a bit.

  • @OakViewFilms
    @OakViewFilms4 жыл бұрын

    Strange fact about this film: One of the executive producers of this film is Gen Fukunaga. (You can see his name in the corner at 2:09) Who is he you might ask? The founder of Funimation, the same company responsible for dubbing the entire DRAGON BALL series in English. Yeah, two things that don't go together whatsoever - a lame "war on Christmas film", and fucking DRAGON BALL.

  • @patoren3gou653

    @patoren3gou653

    3 жыл бұрын

    Might have been a different gen fukunaga

  • @deandupont5503
    @deandupont55032 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see a Venn diagram showing the intersection of "evangelicals" and "persecution complex." I'm pretty sure it's just a full circle. (Holy Xenu I'm glad I was raised Unitarian...)

  • @tomsenior7405
    @tomsenior74055 жыл бұрын

    You have just made me believe in Christmas again. Thank you for this excellent review. Happy Crimbo everyone. You have put a massive smile on my face. In my opinion, Christmas should be held every year. That way we can spread the true meaning... Father Christmas, Presents, Family and funny reviews like this.

  • @NeoEvincar

    @NeoEvincar

    5 жыл бұрын

    Christmas every year? That would never work! The government would put a stop to it before the third year, almost certain of it.

  • @tomsenior7405

    @tomsenior7405

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@NeoEvincar I agree. It is such a shame that there is a massive conspiracy stopping everyone from having a bit of a laugh now-and-again. I blame Area 54, Loose Change and the dust you find at the bottom of Dry Roast Peanut Packets.

  • @KidSnivy69
    @KidSnivy695 жыл бұрын

    13:02 Anyone who believes there is a real war on Christmas; I have some guns I'd like to sell you for your war, they are in Puerto Rico and they are free.

  • @catfoy8888

    @catfoy8888

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is a guy called terrible writing advice though to be fair he claims it himself

  • @LaineMann

    @LaineMann

    5 жыл бұрын

    Considering the state of our country, Puerto Rico sounds nice right about now

  • @yuyaricachimuel555

    @yuyaricachimuel555

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sheridan Mann Puerto Rico has been in shit because of the US... and especially with the hurricane that struck it... and even before that

  • @alexklepp6479
    @alexklepp64795 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas, Smeghead! Your channel is awesome and you’re really funny especially your facial expressions. Thank you for a great year of Cinematic Excrement!

  • @Zombiekilleryamato
    @Zombiekilleryamato5 жыл бұрын

    The one think i like about saving Christmas is that its about being disillusioned and treating the war on Christmas as a joke

  • @shoebakka8005
    @shoebakka80055 жыл бұрын

    Happy Holidays Sean. Thank you for a review, perfect for this time of year.

  • @animeotaku307
    @animeotaku3075 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you’re wrong. There is a war on Christmas. I know because I fight in it every damn year. See, the war on Christmas is being fought because it’s encroaching on other months. It’s almost taken over November completely and now it’s getting its filthy paws on October. I don’t care much for Thanksgiving, but I’ll be damned if that holiday takes over Halloween. It’s why I say Happy Holidays. Because if I can’t celebrate my holiday without others butting in, no one can.

  • @darksideofthemoon488
    @darksideofthemoon4884 жыл бұрын

    3:46 The whole idea of this logic is not to have any logic or facts to back up the storyline. The main problem of the Evangelical Christian Industry is that they attempt to control their followers through unquestionable faith. Basically suggesting that ignorance is strength, 2 + 2 = 5, and never question the leader's research. This is one of the main reasons why people are leaving the churches, because they are tired of their intelligence being insulted and being berated like they're children.

  • @veronikamajerova4564
    @veronikamajerova45645 жыл бұрын

    I love your series, and watched every episode (some of them several times). Only one minor quip - Wenceslav wasn´t a king, he was a prince. Czechia wasn´t a kingdom at that time, just a princedom Other than that - great review, as usual.

  • @Falconer22
    @Falconer229 ай бұрын

    I am absolutely in love with this channel!

  • @roberttreacy8271
    @roberttreacy82715 жыл бұрын

    7:00-7:15 Still a better love story than...actually, no, it’s worse than Twilight.

  • @jeremyusreevu237
    @jeremyusreevu2373 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for tearing into this POS. Ever since I saw Brad review it on the Cinema Snob, I have developed an intense hatred for Last Ounce Of Courage. It may not be the worst Christian movie ever made (War Room has an awful message, To Save a Life is one of the most distasteful things I've ever seen and God's Not Dead can fricking screw itself), but it's easily the most insufferable. Bob Revere is so unlikable, and the movies constant victim complex is so irritating and punchable. It gives me immense joy to see people like you demolish it to shreds.

  • @Futame
    @Futame5 жыл бұрын

    11:34 _DAMN_ that was some god-tier r/whoosh with the Johnsonville, AZ case! Like...holy shit... I guess just because you _do_ normally do a fair amount of research for your videos, you usually do often have legit related trivia and your delivery was so on point I didn't even think twice. Which may be the best thing about this movie, actually. LOL Awesomesauce review of such a weaksauce flick! Keep up the amazing work and hope your holidays have been happy, relaxing, and fun. ♡

  • @Jezzikah287
    @Jezzikah2875 жыл бұрын

    Your Arizona story almost sounds like the premise for "Christmas with a Capital C". Almost.

  • @animeotaku307
    @animeotaku3075 жыл бұрын

    Hammer’s scary because he’s the only black guy. That’s my theory anyways.

  • @animeotaku307

    @animeotaku307

    5 жыл бұрын

    Correction: he’s the only black guy who is not in a servile role.

  • @amandagreen7597
    @amandagreen75973 жыл бұрын

    You should review the movie old fashioned. It kill the cinema snob

  • @chrismartindale7840
    @chrismartindale78405 жыл бұрын

    This is the second time I've watched this and you still got me with that fictitious story. Also, I think you are right, this movie is in an alternate universe. It's still stupid though, unless aliens have been visiting earth periodically for the last 3000 years in this reality.

  • @kai_plays_khomus
    @kai_plays_khomus3 жыл бұрын

    Actually celebrating christmas was prohibited in some states well into the 1800's - the law was established long before by puritan *christians* because christmas was considered too pagan. That's right: the only laws ever prohibiting christmas in the USA came from christians.

  • @spookyrosev6467
    @spookyrosev64675 жыл бұрын

    Oh boy you picked a good one for the Holidays/Christmas

  • @jacindaellison3363
    @jacindaellison33632 жыл бұрын

    I've seen Saving Christmas and Last Ounce of Courage this year. Yes, the latter is worse than the former.

  • @ravensangst
    @ravensangst5 жыл бұрын

    I freaking love the way he takes down crappy crappy movies

  • @jenneacoleman-cubero2365
    @jenneacoleman-cubero23655 жыл бұрын

    *Cues Temple scene from "Jesus Christ Superstar"* Jesus: My movies should be stories of mighty!! But, you have made them a den of folly!! GET OUT!! GET OUT!!

  • @jackmonaghan8477
    @jackmonaghan84775 жыл бұрын

    Who wrote the script for this movie? Archie Bunker?

  • @dma69nyc
    @dma69nyc5 жыл бұрын

    Next you have to review Toys, that other xmas atrocity. Even Nostalgia Critic hasn't touch that one.

  • @patoren3gou653

    @patoren3gou653

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is that right that one where Robin Williams makes toys to attack someone

  • @SpamEggSausage

    @SpamEggSausage

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@patoren3gou653 I love Robin Williams but some of his movies were really lousy

  • @isukeinukai6941
    @isukeinukai69415 жыл бұрын

    It's sad when a Christian movie based around the Columbine shooting looks less offensive than this movie. Which it is.

  • @HeraldofMisfortune

    @HeraldofMisfortune

    5 жыл бұрын

    Such thing exist? o.O

  • @LaineMann

    @LaineMann

    5 жыл бұрын

    What film is THAT!?

  • @Organman2410

    @Organman2410

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sheridan Mann ‘I’m not ashamed.’ Cinema Snob reviewed it.

  • @isukeinukai6941

    @isukeinukai6941

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Herald of Misfortune Yes. It's called "I'm Not Ashamed" and it's technically about a student who eventually became a victim to the Columbine shooting but still cuts to a few scenes focused around the shooters themselves.

  • @metademetra

    @metademetra

    5 жыл бұрын

    All I saw was a commercial that made it seem like she was shot because she was Christian and noped the hell away. Too bad I had a hard time explaining why I had a problem with this movie to my also Christian parents. Damn my poor social skills.

  • @krisherdown
    @krisherdown Жыл бұрын

    I could see that Johnsonville story being made into a movie. Makes more sense than this movie, that's for sure.

  • @BainesMkII
    @BainesMkII Жыл бұрын

    Isn't it obvious that Christian's father died during one of the earlier battles in the War on Christmas? What, did you assume the War on Christmas in this movie was just a war of words?

  • @rodgerlang884
    @rodgerlang8843 жыл бұрын

    As a Christian, this movie is a prime example of why I can’t watch Christmas movies, they forsake story for sledgehammering a message

  • @tomhur1

    @tomhur1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same. Why is it so hard to make a good Christian movie?

  • @j.d.t.5761

    @j.d.t.5761

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd stick to The Ten Comandments, The Prince of Egypt or Passion of the Christ. I've heard those three films are fantastic.

  • @das81
    @das815 жыл бұрын

    Feliz Navidad, Loco Lindo. Saludos desde Argentina de un seguidor.

  • @DmitryKurushin
    @DmitryKurushin5 жыл бұрын

    Don't dive them ideas with that Jonsonville story! Although, I'm pretty sure that they (probably Pureflix) already made or are making seven films with this plot. Going to return to this comment when we inevitably gonna see one of them. Looking forward to you review of them though :)

  • @SpamEggSausage
    @SpamEggSausage3 жыл бұрын

    Car-ee? (Not Carrie). what the hell kind of name is that?

  • @azmodanpc
    @azmodanpc4 жыл бұрын

    the thumbs up indicator was at 999-> I did my job

  • @EHH246
    @EHH2465 жыл бұрын

    2:09 Gen Fukunaga? As in the founder of Funimation?

  • @troyschulz2318

    @troyschulz2318

    5 жыл бұрын

    Uh huh, I have no idea why.

  • @KidSnivy69

    @KidSnivy69

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fukunaga, could it be a different one?! I know anime is not the biggest money maker, but I like to think the founder of one of the US's biggest anime distributers was making enough in 2012 to not need to be a producer of a bad Christian Christmas movie!

  • @luckystriker842

    @luckystriker842

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@KidSnivy69 No, it's the same. I checked IMDb.

  • @galeforce3192

    @galeforce3192

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@KidSnivy69 I could be mistaken, but wasn't 2012 a rough year for Funimation?

  • @daltonanderson3718

    @daltonanderson3718

    5 жыл бұрын

    Isn’t his wife’s name Cindy and looked on IMDb and there are two people who appear in the movie with the same last name as him; could they be his kids?

  • @Targisvear
    @Targisvear5 жыл бұрын

    It's funny how your made up story is still more realistic and likely than any of this type of persecution films, lol.

  • @peterkrug4124
    @peterkrug41245 жыл бұрын

    The 12 worst Christmas shows ever put on film (in no particular order): 1.Last Ounce Of Courage 2.Christmas With A Capital C 3.Saving Christmas 4.The Christmas Tree 5.Surviving Christmas 6.A Christmas Story 2 7.We Wish You A Turtle Christmas 8.Rapsittie Kids: Believe In Santa 9.Star Wars Holiday Special 10.The Nutcracker 3D 11.Santa With Muscles 12.Home Alone 4: Taking Back The House

  • @coolnerdlll6053

    @coolnerdlll6053

    2 күн бұрын

    I know you said there's no order, but Nutcracker 3D should be way higher. It's better made than some of the others, but its depiction of Nazis is disgustingly insensitive.

  • @IX4W
    @IX4W5 жыл бұрын

    Happy Holiday Smeghead 🎁

  • @jerraldwest2935
    @jerraldwest29353 жыл бұрын

    The opening of this movie feels like a shelved commercial for natural lite beer.

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