Sean Penn's 'Green Card' Comment May Have Ruined The Entire Oscars

[Political Junky]

Oopsie, another darling of the liberal left lets out his true inner being. Latinos are nothing more then people the left has to take care of, of course for their vote that is. Sad the liberal mindset.

As he prepared to announce Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" as the film of the year, Penn made a reference to the Mexican director's immigration status.

“Who gave this son of a ***** his green card?" Penn said right before announcing the winner.

Sean Penn s Green Card Comment May Have Ruined The Entire Oscars

You realize he was making a joke, right?

No, I don't think he knows that.

 

[sealybobo]

Oopsie, another darling of the liberal left lets out his true inner being. Latinos are nothing more then people the left has to take care of, of course for their vote that is. Sad the liberal mindset.

As he prepared to announce Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" as the film of the year, Penn made a reference to the Mexican director's immigration status.

“Who gave this son of a ***** his green card?" Penn said right before announcing the winner.

Sean Penn s Green Card Comment May Have Ruined The Entire Oscars

Don't you rightys agree? The mexican who won the award said we are an immigrants nation. I disagree. Just because we were founded by immigrants doesn't mean we have to keep letting more in. At some point we may want to say enough.

Australia was founded by prisoners. That doesnt mean they want more prisoners coming still.

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

Oopsie, another darling of the liberal left lets out his true inner being. Latinos are nothing more then people the left has to take care of, of course for their vote that is. Sad the liberal mindset.

As he prepared to announce Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" as the film of the year, Penn made a reference to the Mexican director's immigration status.

“Who gave this son of a ***** his green card?" Penn said right before announcing the winner.

Sean Penn s Green Card Comment May Have Ruined The Entire Oscars

What killed the Oscars was giving American Sniper a token reward while giving all the best rewards to Leftists films. I stopped believing them as any authority on what movies were the best after they ignored Passion of the Christ even thought it was a blockbuster hit that broke records. They aren't objective, they are Leftists.

Sorry, but that movie didn't deserve any Oscars. It was terrible, no matter how many people saw it. Popularity does not make a movie good.

Hmmmm...

You sound like a left wing elitist college professor who thinks most everyone lacks taste to know what a good movie is, that the third rate "art" movies nobody watches are the ones only sophisticated and liberal (of course) minds can appreciate.

Well here's another rating system that gets Hollywood's attention more that yours....how much money it makes. You see, the fairest arbiter of the quality of a movie is how many people want to see it. This system isn't subject to your snotty aristocracy, you stuck up Leftist friends deciding what a good movie is and giving awards to the most Leftist films regardless of whether people went to see it or not.

Passion of the Christ is a great film by the only standard that matters.

By that logic, you force yourself to admit that because Kanye West sells a lot of music his music is good. Or any of that techno-crap. Or trashy romance novels. Or that Barack Obama is a good president.

Sorry, popularity does not equal good. It just means something has the broadest appeal or a large niche demographic.

P.S. I don't typically like artsy movies. Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite film makers and movie stars regardless of his politics.

The Passion wasn't as you described. It's a very well crafted cinematic masterpiece. Not your kind of movie? Fine. But it wasn't terrible by any measure.

 

[sealybobo]

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Had a rightwinger said that, his career would have been destroyed by the next morning.

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So true, the media is not that much in an uproar about this and Penn will make another high budget flick whenever he wants. But say Jon Voight (a known RW actor) made this light-hearted joke about his friend (Penn and the director are known to be friends), then the media would be all over this story for weeks. Voight would be ruined!

Because we know Penn's a good guy.

 

[hjmick]

People need to lighten the **** up...

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

People need to lighten the **** up...

No kidding. We get offended WAY too easy these days.

 

[HUGGY]

I like his brothers single hit song...

 

[Coloradomtnman]

Oopsie, another darling of the liberal left lets out his true inner being. Latinos are nothing more then people the left has to take care of, of course for their vote that is. Sad the liberal mindset.

As he prepared to announce Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" as the film of the year, Penn made a reference to the Mexican director's immigration status.

“Who gave this son of a ***** his green card?" Penn said right before announcing the winner.

Sean Penn s Green Card Comment May Have Ruined The Entire Oscars

What killed the Oscars was giving American Sniper a token reward while giving all the best rewards to Leftists films. I stopped believing them as any authority on what movies were the best after they ignored Passion of the Christ even thought it was a blockbuster hit that broke records. They aren't objective, they are Leftists.

Sorry, but that movie didn't deserve any Oscars. It was terrible, no matter how many people saw it. Popularity does not make a movie good.

Hmmmm...

You sound like a left wing elitist college professor who thinks most everyone lacks taste to know what a good movie is, that the third rate "art" movies nobody watches are the ones only sophisticated and liberal (of course) minds can appreciate.

Well here's another rating system that gets Hollywood's attention more that yours....how much money it makes. You see, the fairest arbiter of the quality of a movie is how many people want to see it. This system isn't subject to your snotty aristocracy, you stuck up Leftist friends deciding what a good movie is and giving awards to the most Leftist films regardless of whether people went to see it or not.

Passion of the Christ is a great film by the only standard that matters.

By that logic, you force yourself to admit that because Kanye West sells a lot of music his music is good. Or any of that techno-crap. Or trashy romance novels. Or that Barack Obama is a good president.

Sorry, popularity does not equal good. It just means something has the broadest appeal or a large niche demographic.

P.S. I don't typically like artsy movies. Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite film makers and movie stars regardless of his politics.

The Passion wasn't as you described. It's a very well crafted cinematic masterpiece. Not your kind of movie? Fine. But it wasn't terrible by any measure.

It was two hours of watching a man (who you supposedly love) being subjeced to imprisonment, graphic torture, being whipped through the streets, and then being executed via crucifixion and also a lot of blood and gore. Yeah, a cinematic masterpiece alright...for sadists.

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

What killed the Oscars was giving American Sniper a token reward while giving all the best rewards to Leftists films. I stopped believing them as any authority on what movies were the best after they ignored Passion of the Christ even thought it was a blockbuster hit that broke records. They aren't objective, they are Leftists.

Sorry, but that movie didn't deserve any Oscars. It was terrible, no matter how many people saw it. Popularity does not make a movie good.

Hmmmm...

You sound like a left wing elitist college professor who thinks most everyone lacks taste to know what a good movie is, that the third rate "art" movies nobody watches are the ones only sophisticated and liberal (of course) minds can appreciate.

Well here's another rating system that gets Hollywood's attention more that yours....how much money it makes. You see, the fairest arbiter of the quality of a movie is how many people want to see it. This system isn't subject to your snotty aristocracy, you stuck up Leftist friends deciding what a good movie is and giving awards to the most Leftist films regardless of whether people went to see it or not.

Passion of the Christ is a great film by the only standard that matters.

By that logic, you force yourself to admit that because Kanye West sells a lot of music his music is good. Or any of that techno-crap. Or trashy romance novels. Or that Barack Obama is a good president.

Sorry, popularity does not equal good. It just means something has the broadest appeal or a large niche demographic.

P.S. I don't typically like artsy movies. Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite film makers and movie stars regardless of his politics.

The Passion wasn't as you described. It's a very well crafted cinematic masterpiece. Not your kind of movie? Fine. But it wasn't terrible by any measure.

It was two hours of watching a man (who you supposedly love) being subjeced to imprisonment, graphic torture, being whipped through the streets, and then being executed via crucifixion and also a lot of blood and gore. Yeah, a cinematic masterpiece alright...for sadists.

You've never heard of Stations of the Cross? Christians have never turned away from the passion and suffering of Christ. We meditate on it. Perhaps your ignorance of Christian piety hindered you from understanding the film.

 

[Coloradomtnman]

Sorry, but that movie didn't deserve any Oscars. It was terrible, no matter how many people saw it. Popularity does not make a movie good.

Hmmmm...

You sound like a left wing elitist college professor who thinks most everyone lacks taste to know what a good movie is, that the third rate "art" movies nobody watches are the ones only sophisticated and liberal (of course) minds can appreciate.

Well here's another rating system that gets Hollywood's attention more that yours....how much money it makes. You see, the fairest arbiter of the quality of a movie is how many people want to see it. This system isn't subject to your snotty aristocracy, you stuck up Leftist friends deciding what a good movie is and giving awards to the most Leftist films regardless of whether people went to see it or not.

Passion of the Christ is a great film by the only standard that matters.

By that logic, you force yourself to admit that because Kanye West sells a lot of music his music is good. Or any of that techno-crap. Or trashy romance novels. Or that Barack Obama is a good president.

Sorry, popularity does not equal good. It just means something has the broadest appeal or a large niche demographic.

P.S. I don't typically like artsy movies. Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite film makers and movie stars regardless of his politics.

The Passion wasn't as you described. It's a very well crafted cinematic masterpiece. Not your kind of movie? Fine. But it wasn't terrible by any measure.

It was two hours of watching a man (who you supposedly love) being subjeced to imprisonment, graphic torture, being whipped through the streets, and then being executed via crucifixion and also a lot of blood and gore. Yeah, a cinematic masterpiece alright...for sadists.

You've never heard of Stations of the Cross? Christians have never turned away from the passion and suffering of Christ. We meditate on it. Perhaps your ignorance of Christian piety hindered you from understanding the film.

I'm sure that not being one of the faithful contributed to my opinion on the film. But being a human being with empathy for my fellow human beings had an even greater contribution. Watching a human being suffer as depicted in the Passion of the Christ was awful.

That early the entire length of the film was spent showing just that makes me wonder about the Christian religion. It seems more like a global cult of pain and death despite it's attempts at more genial or benign outward appearances.

But many Christians thought the movie was too much or not good. I guess they aren't real Christians, though, right?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

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Had a rightwinger said that, his career would have been destroyed by the time he woke up the next morning.

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Boy howdy !

 

[LoneLaugher]

Joking with a friend. A good friend.

Nutters.....and Mac.....have such a hard time grasping the fact that intent matters. The guy had no ill intent. Therefore, he gets nobody upset.

Context. Intent. They matter.

 

[LoneLaugher]

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Had a rightwinger said that, his career would have been destroyed by the time he woke up the next morning.

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Look at all the dummies who thanked this post. What a crew!

 

[JoeB131]

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Had a rightwinger said that, his career would have been destroyed by the time he woke up the next morning.

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You're right. Because a rightwinger usually spends his days making the lives of brown people miserable. Or trying to.

Look out, the PC Police are hiding under Mac's bed again.

 

[JoeB131]

So true, the media is not that much in an uproar about this and Penn will make another high budget flick whenever he wants. But say Jon Voight (a known RW actor) made this light-hearted joke about his friend (Penn and the director are known to be friends), then the media would be all over this story for weeks. Voight would be ruined!

As opposed to what? What was the last thing Voight was in that anyone cared about?

Here's what really ruins the Oscars. Hollywood has two tracks of movies- The ones that people see that make a shitload of money and pay the bills, and pretentious art house crap that no one sees, but they all put themselves in for Oscars.

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

Hmmmm...

You sound like a left wing elitist college professor who thinks most everyone lacks taste to know what a good movie is, that the third rate "art" movies nobody watches are the ones only sophisticated and liberal (of course) minds can appreciate.

Well here's another rating system that gets Hollywood's attention more that yours....how much money it makes. You see, the fairest arbiter of the quality of a movie is how many people want to see it. This system isn't subject to your snotty aristocracy, you stuck up Leftist friends deciding what a good movie is and giving awards to the most Leftist films regardless of whether people went to see it or not.

Passion of the Christ is a great film by the only standard that matters.

By that logic, you force yourself to admit that because Kanye West sells a lot of music his music is good. Or any of that techno-crap. Or trashy romance novels. Or that Barack Obama is a good president.

Sorry, popularity does not equal good. It just means something has the broadest appeal or a large niche demographic.

P.S. I don't typically like artsy movies. Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite film makers and movie stars regardless of his politics.

The Passion wasn't as you described. It's a very well crafted cinematic masterpiece. Not your kind of movie? Fine. But it wasn't terrible by any measure.

It was two hours of watching a man (who you supposedly love) being subjeced to imprisonment, graphic torture, being whipped through the streets, and then being executed via crucifixion and also a lot of blood and gore. Yeah, a cinematic masterpiece alright...for sadists.

You've never heard of Stations of the Cross? Christians have never turned away from the passion and suffering of Christ. We meditate on it. Perhaps your ignorance of Christian piety hindered you from understanding the film.

I'm sure that not being one of the faithful contributed to my opinion on the film. But being a human being with empathy for my fellow human beings had an even greater contribution. Watching a human being suffer as depicted in the Passion of the Christ was awful.

That early the entire length of the film was spent showing just that makes me wonder about the Christian religion. It seems more like a global cult of pain and death despite it's attempts at more genial or benign outward appearances.

But many Christians thought the movie was too much or not good. I guess they aren't real Christians, though, right?

So your judgmentalism is against Christianity, then, not so much the film Passion of the Christ which is an accurate reflection of Christian piety. Christians don't believe human suffering and injustice is something to be ignored or downplayed. We believe Jesus, the Son of God, saw our desperate state and embraced us and took part in it. Your rejection of Jesus does NOT make Passion a terrible movie.

 

[bucs90]

Imagine if Clint Eastwood had made this "joke" instead of Penn? It'd have been lead story all week on MSNBC.