Saturday, March 3, 2012  Act Of Valor  Saw it yesterday.  I had
a reaction to this movie that I did not expect.  It was good and
all.  Most other reviewers have said all that needs to be said
about the quality of it.  Unfortunately, it didn't grab me.  I'm
not 100% certain but I think the reason why is this.  In part,
it portrayed those men as willing to give all for their country
in a very "Rah, Rah!" manor.  That in and of itself is not
really a bad thing.  This movie would have really had me back in
the '80s or even through most of the '90s.  Why?  Because back
then, the other part of what was implied by the movie was still
true, or at least more true than now.  What's that you say?  Oh,
the bit about how our Country supports us right back 100%.  But
likely the whole country never supported it's military 100%
right?  Absolutely!  But the majority did.  And it was that
majority that got the lions share of attention from the media. 
Unfortunately, that's no longer true.  I suspect in the 60's we
had a differ