Followup: due to a last minute issue I was unable to see the movie. Sorry I could not provide a review. I'll do so when I see the released version.

Good expose, very informative. My son, thank God, learned a bit about our land that he's been too stubborn to believe coming from me.

The audience applauded twice - once at the movies end and again AFTER the hard rock revision of the Star Spangled banner. My wife suffered information overload (her words not mine).

My family no longer thinks I'm crazy or overzealous.

I saw _America_ this afternoon in Austin, Texas, at the AMC-14; no ASIII trailer. The audience of about 30-35 was mostly older. They applauded at the end, and many stood for the credits, I assumed because the "Star Spangled Banner" played.

D'Souza sets up five straw man arguments: America was stolen from the natives; built with the stolen labor of slaves; that capitalism is unfair; that America enriches itself through imperialism; that the American dream is a sham. While acknowledging the injustice of slavery, D'Souza points to the Civil War that ended it; and to the reconciliation between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. He claimed that America was first in abolishing slavery, though, of course that is not true: both England and France were ahead of the USA.

He continued to deliver the historical record _not_ presented by anti-American historian Howard Zinn, such as the story of Madame C. J. Walker, the first woman to earn millionaire status by her own efforts, an African-American entrepreneur.

After that and other narratives, D"Souza says that many of these are old complaints, independently voiced, and, again, not entirely without basis. However, the modern attack on America is a co-ordinated, purposeful destruction launched by Saul Alinsky (acolyte or disciple of Frank Nitti, interestingly enough) who directly influenced an array of Chicago leftists, including Hillary Rodham before she married Bill Clinton. Rodham actually broke with Alinsky, denying the value in community organizing, and believing instead that change must come from the top down. And of course, President Obama has more than a few moments telling us that we can keep our doctors and that we all will have health insurance.

The full presentation of all the arguments would take you two hours to read. D'Souza has them in a book, antecedent to the movie. It was denied a place on the NY Times best seller list despite its sales tallies: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014...

As for whether or not the movie offers an action plan, I believe that its purpose is to galvanize the right. After seeing this film, conservatives and libertarians across the spectrum should become more vocal - even more - in defending and advancing the values that made and make America exceptional.

Souza will be going to prison for campaign finance fraud. His leaving his wife for a younger hanger-on female appears on the surface to be despicable.

I'm taking my family to see this movie late today. Critical reviews hate it - its probably great.

My wife and I enjoyed the movie thoroughly. She didn't know about Alinsky. D'Souza considers many of the left's criticisms of this country, lets them speak their points, and then proceeds to dismantle them one by one.

I didn't see a Who Is John Galt? trailer at the Carmike Theatre in Melbourne/Viera, FL, but I did leave a few Post-It Notes behind. It was very disappointing to see just how few people were there, but granted it was only 10:30 AM when we went to see it on 7/4.

Will do.

I hear ya. But movies are not books. If you get a chance, stop by and say hey to my daughter, Kira. She works for teh movie and will be there helping out.

AS movies. I hardly recognize the philosophical content so much has been stripped from the first two. I'm hoping that AS3 is an improvement, although I am in the camp of those who that think only a multipart miniseries can properly capture the scope of the book.

No watch baseball, baseball, baseball.

Saw on $5 Tuesdays. Liked 2016 more. I don't recall 2016 having so much Christian and Military Adventurism Is Good themes. Only 5 in audience at 7 pm.

Indiana, are you referring to Atlas movies or D 'Souza's movies?

Would that be the AMC Rockaway 16? https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatr...

Will do with the caveat that this is not the finished product. Actually, I'm intrigued about whether the finished product is better than the prerelease version.

Rockaway NJ

Hint? Hint? ;-)

please post your thoughts on the ASIII movie! I cannot wait!

I'm skeptical. This movie series has focused on politics and is almost denuded of the backing philosophy. I'll wait to see if my skepticism is justified or not.

I'm going to see it next week at Freedomfest here in Las Vegas along with a pre-release of AS3. The solution is to give up altruism. I don't expect him to accept that and I'm going to look for any package-deals in the d'Sousa's movie. Given his background I expect to find one or two.