(Updated) 'Brothers': Another Hollywood Slam on the Military?

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Due out December 4th, “Brothers” is a remake of a 2004 film called “Brodre,” which is summarized in part on IMDB with the following nugget:

Then Michael comes home with a full-blown case of post-traumatic stress disorder because of what he had to do to survive in captivity.

Leftist Hollywood loathes everything the American Military stands for: Honor, patriotism, selflessness and masculinity. Openly trashing the troops backfired decades ago, so the tactics had to change. Today, “support” for the troops is reflected in film after film after film stereotyping America’s best and brightest as victims, dupes, head cases and monsters.

Things have gotten so twisted in this area that a film like “The Hurt Locker,” where an American Colonel lets an Iraqi suspect bleeds to death — where the lead character is so mentally warped by war, so addicted to chaos, he can’t love his own son — is considered pro-military, even by some conservatives.

Sure, each individual film might be defensible in some way as “factual” or “realistic,” but you have to look at the cumulative effect of the same “factual” and “realistic” focus pumped into theatres again and again and again…

Popcorn flicks tend to be better about this than these Oscar-trolling melodramas, but when Leftist Hollywood has “a message to send,” this is the message.

UPDATE: Before I forget, let me state up front that I’m well aware this post breaks the all-important rule which states only Leftists are allowed to speculate, analyze and comment on films they haven’t seen based on trailers and the like…

There’s a whole industry of Leftist critics and film writers devoted to going on at length about their impression of upcoming films. But when someone on the right does it … well, that’s just wrong. Unless, of course, we like the movie. Then nobody ever complains, “How do you know you’ll like the movie…”

Yeah, it’s a squirrely rule, but I was aware of it beforehand and will not complain about the coming consequences.

SECOND UPDATE: The only effective part of the trailer is seeing Natalie Portman on ice skates. It’s whachoocall “bittersweet,” because it takes you back to her enchanting and memorable turn in “Beautiful Girls.” Such promise.