If you have any questions about foster care, what to expect, or how to get started, please email me at Gregowenofficial@gmail.com and I'll tell you everything I know
I was thinking about it, but your video about it scared me away. I have full custody of my children and their mother has made numerous false allegations against me. Even convinced one of my daughters to make one. Nothing has held water but if a foster kid made an allegation, I'd lose my children. I'm going to investigate the other options you mentioned here though. For sure
Person of Interest is actually a very well made show that, when it sticks to the main storyline and avoids the episodic nonsense, is very well written and crafted, especially for a network show.
Given how Cuties has been given high ratings by the same critics, I'm not surprised that they don't like Sound of Freedom. It's disheartening, but not surprising.
I refused to watch cuties to even see what the fuss was about. It’s a disgusting concept and the fact that it made it through the channels to be made and distributed is horrifying.
Got rid of my Netflix subscription. Haven't had it since. Sonic Prime and F is for family are the only shows I've ever had interest in from them, but I found ways to watch them online.
Most normal people would feel that ONE SINGLE CHILD in sex slavery is too much of an epidemic. This asshat seems to have some sort of minimum limit of abused children before he finds it unacceptable.
I was so bummed, I told a family friend I saw it, and his first thing was “oh that Jim Cavizel Q anon movie,” I almost wanted to leave right then. Instead I said “the what, no the anti sex trafficking movie”
You should've said "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were in favor of child sex trafficking..." And when they invariably said "Oh no, it's not that, I just don't think it's as prevalent as they make it out to be...", you say "How prevalent does it have to be before we start paying attention to it?"
What I feel is also important outside of the message is what this film shows. Namely it cost a little over $10 Million, basically pocket change with almost entirely unknown actors and yet It looks, Sounds and Feels like a legit movie. No CGI, No Overpaid A List Actors with a $25 Million Price tag, no Green Screen or any of that crap. And in the end it's a legit good movie that proves you don't need crazy amounts of money, stars or the like to be good. Just need a good story, good acting and a good script.
Indeed. The controversy will shroud that, I’m afraid, but it’s a good lesson for all of Hollywood. When you make a project with heart, it shines through and the audience loves it
And these movies actually make profits even though Hollywood and critics hate them. Sound of freedom has made 10 times its budget so far. Passion of the Christ made 20 times its budget (and the left hated that). Indiana Jones would have had to make $6 BILLION dollars to do that. And you could have made 20 Sound of Freedom type movies with good stories and no bullshit for the budget of Indy 5.
Wife and I watched it this weekend. It put us both in an awful mood. We didn’t even finish our date. We just rushed home to hold our three daughters. I was taken aback by the jungle bit. My wife was literally hyperventilating in parts of the movie.
I honestly thought I couldn’t be shocked by mass media’s double think anymore, but this, this absolutely floored me. The same publications that praised Netflix’s cuties as somehow “tackling real issues” think Sound of Freedom overplays the worst depravities in human existence. They’re fine with overplaying and sensationalizing climate change, military, political, social, and corporate corruption, they’re fine with sensationalizing all that, but they think that a dramatized account of fighting (censored for YT) is where we should draw the line? I don’t think my opinion could ever get any lower for these people. They don’t go around saying “Mission Impossible is a Scientology tinged conspiracy case.” No, they only choose to care about what an actor believes in when they dislike the actor. These people are monsters. As for the conspiracy theory angle, I offer my congratulations to the mass media for increasing the number of conspiracy theorists. Seriously, if I was a conspiracy theorist then I’d think that this was the whole goal, increase the number of conspiracy theorists just so they have someone to tail against. But I know the truth, they’re just morally debased and stupid. Most excellent review Greg! You had all your witty humor and most excellent editing but I’ll admit I didn’t laugh very much as this pisses me off more than I can express. Thanks again
The Tom Cruise point is a great one. I didn’t see any reviews of The Flash claiming the movie was promoting drunken violence. It’s hard not to read into their motives on this one. There is a lot of news and entertainment, they could have ignored this movie or just given a boilerplate review, but they chose to go hard. It’s a very bad look
This gets long, I'm sorry. But this subject is personal, so I have a lot to say. As someone whose family has been personally harmed by this sort of crime, I really appreciate what you say here SO much. My cousin was taken from us when she was just 12 years old. That was way back in 1984. Maybe some aren't close to their cousins, but to me she was like a 2nd "mom". I was a toddler and she watched me every day. Losing her (someone who became a vital part of my everyday life) at such a vital developmental stage so suddenly deeply affected me negatively in a very real way my ENTIRE LIFE. So much so, I ended up becoming obsessed with True Crime, and majoring in Criminology. I think as a coping mechanism. I'm someone who is naturally pretty analytical. My first instinct when something is a problem, big or small, is to break it down and figure out what went wrong, what I need to do different etc, in order to avoid that happening in the future. I got almost to the point of getting my degree... But once I got to the part where I had to actually interview criminals, I cracked. After interviewing a young man in prison who had SA'd and then 💀 his toddler sister, it broke me. It was too close to home. I felt sickened in my soul just being there. But, he told me something I will NEVER forget: "I know what I did was evil. I really WANT to NEVER do it again... But if they EVER let me out, I WILL. No question. I will find another one and do it. I won't be able to help it. People like me don't get better. We should NEVER be let out. Please. Do whatever you can to make sure people like me go away FOREVER." Before that day, I thought MAYBE there could be some kind of treatment. I had hope that something could be done. After that interview, I knew that was not the case. I knew these people were lost. Like serial killers. Something went permanently wrong... They were lost to evil. I've only recently become religious. I used to reject using the word "evil", because I worried perhaps it let people like that, who make bad choices, off the hook a bit. Like this evil just "happens to them", and if they just get right with Jesus or whatever, it'll all be ok. Seeing what I have seen happen in mainstream society over the past 40 years, and ESPECIALLY the past 5 or so... I feel like the world is stranger than we can know. I now am of the opinion that true Evil does exist. Is it literal demons, or are "demonic forces" just a poetic way of describing scientifically sound natural, psychological and sociological issues? I'm not sure it really matters. The function seems to be the same. Anyway, in some ways, I'm glad I decided to become a stay at home mom instead of finishing that path. Though, I do sometimes wish I had the guts and willpower to have stuck with it. Which is why I deeply appreciate anyone who works to save kids like this. This crime was a problem way before 1984, it was a problem when my cousin was taken, and has only gotten worse. I won't go into super detail on her case, because anytime I do, youtube starts censoring literally every comment I make for weeks. But basically, Bad guy neighbor took kids, over and over, to "make home movies" to sell. He did that to her. She tried to get away. He stopped her. Permanently. Blamed it on one of the other kids he had taken that was living with him. Well, it worked: The boy went away to juvie (kids weren't charged as adults back then, in CA). Why did it go down this way? Cop on the case seemed to imply honour family that big wigs shut the case down, despite there being evidence this guy was officially a sicko hurting kids. It just became a case were a "troubled boy" hurt a little girl to just "see what it was like". Even though the boy said otherwise. Even though there was evidence otherwise. The DA simply WOULD NOT CHARGE this man. He got away with it. This was in The Valley (Los Angeles suburb, about 20 mins from Hollywood. It basically is Hollywood), btw. And this man used "Hollywood Connections" to get access to kids. But I'm sure that's "just a coincidence". Again, this was all the way back in 84. It never stopped being a problem. The fact people like this brainless Rolling Stone hack will downplay it like it's just some conspiracy (and recent at that!) is SO disgusting to me, on such a personal level, it literally hurts my soul. I have a hard time expressing just how ENRAGED it makes me. So I really appreciate what you say here. THANK YOU. (And bless you if you managed to read this entirely WAY too long, rambly mess 😂)
I understand your concern about the use of the word "evil." Regardless of their circumstances or context, people who make evil choices still chose those evil choices. They are still morally and legally culpable. God's forgiveness thru Jesus doesn't remove consequences. If God didn't believe in consequences, Jesus never would have had to die. Jesus' humanity and sacrificial death were direct consequences of mankind's sin. Jesus took the consequences of man's sin---a severed relationship from God and death---so that man does not have to. However, the sins of unbelievers and folk who have become Christians still have an impact on their lives. All of mankind is evil, utterly hopeless in his wretched debauchery. God compares our "righteous acts" to a woman's filthy menstrual rags. The only way a person can be free of his sin, his innate evil, is to agree with God that he is evil, that the only way for him to have a good relationship with God is to accept Jesus' sacrifice for his sins. God raised Jesus from the dead, showing his satisfaction with Jesus' sacrifice and promising new, eternal life to all who would believe in him. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Many of Jesus' followers throughout history have died terrible deaths, lived difficult lives, because of mankind's hatred for God. Nor does God take away all consequences when he forgives a person. He simply no longer holds that person's sin against him---e.g., one might personally forgive someone who stole something from him but still desire that he face due legal process; that he pay for his crimes. Nonetheless, it often seems as tho wickedness goes unpunished, as tho the wicked even prosper. But, "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good," and: 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord." Yes, demons are actual spiritual beings given wholly over to evil and wickedness without hope of redemption such as God offers mankind. The demons, too, God shall punish in his own good time. Edit: Also, thank you for your comment. I cannot imagine the toll that took on you. I will pray for you you I remember you.
When Ballard was on Timcast earlier this month, he spoke about the final bit of the movie (the jungle bit). They have absolutely used that tactic in freeing these kids, several times in fact. Enough times, he said, that they won't actually be using it anymore going forward (people were concerned that it would impact actual doctors getting into these places).
At first I thought this was your best video yet because of your based rant... then I heard you describe how to actually make a difference and this became one of the best videos on RUclips. You get all the respect for actually fostering and adopting like you encourage others to do, and your call to quit watching porn was spot on. I salute you sir!
Thank you so much! I know it’s just RUclips videos, but if we can move beyond talking about how the world could be better and start working towards it, the change would be shocking.
I personally might go and watch sound of freedom now. I actually work with kids. I work in a country club that supports actual kids with real families, and I would honestly feel horrible if anything happened to them in the sense that they were taken from their families and sold into slavery against their will. However there’s one bit in particular in this video that REALLY struck a chord with me. That ending bit about porn consumption. I used to be a porn addict myself. I would watch porn all the time and would often waste several hours of my day watching it. That ending bit spoke to me because I can’t proudly say I work with kids if I watch the very things that perpetuate that kind of culture in the world. So glad I’ve been replacing porn with anime instead. Thank you so much for opening my eyes Greg!
Thank you so much for working with kids. People don’t realize how much they need more than material things. Kids need to feel loved and worthy of love. The porn thing is so pervasive and I fought it for over a decade myself. The hours a day thing got me, I did the same thing. It’s tough to get past and I’m proud of both of us
Greg, my man! Your talk about the porn industry is really insightful, you literally spoke out my mind. I swear you deserve so many more views... Ugh, I guess the algorithm with keep being the algorithm. I'm sure that if you keep posting with this pace you're going to get there at one point (you probably already know that though). One small piece of advise: Consider making more videos about video games if you wanna diversify the content, maybe that's gonna help boost your popularity. I already heard you like some video games with cinematic stories like God of War and the such. I'd love to hear you talk more about video games, I'm sure it's gonna attract more people to your content. Anyway, I'm looking forward to your next upload, best of luck!
I think you are absolutely right. I’ve tried to sprinkle in some book and game content, and it’s not doing well right now but I agree it will diversify the channel and that can only be a good thing. Currently working on videos about the Lies of P demo and the Sea of Stars demo. Sadly, I can’t review new games yet because I don’t have the time to play, script, film, and edit before 100 other reviews are already a week old
@@gregowen2022 True, true! I think video game commentaries and reviews might also require you to put include some gameplay in the video as well, which certainly takes additional time to capture and edit, especially if you make it match the current subject you are talking about.
Most people that write these kind of articles know their audience will never watch the movie, and will parrot whatever the author puts out, no matter how inaccurate.
That kind of applies to everything they write. They just expect the reader to consume and assimilate the authors opinion as their own. My wife is always asking me about things that her friends get all up in arms about and it takes me about 5 minutes or less usually to find out the actual facts to disprove whatever headline people got in a snit about. For example, she sent me this link asking if it was true that Gov Abbott of Texas had banned water breaks for people that work outside (this was early July when we’re at 189 degrees in the shade). Because that’s what the news headline said. Little bit of digging and the bill actually was to streamline regulation at the state level so it wasn’t a hodgepodge of regulations between counties and cities. But it had the effect of removing two water break work regulations in two cities in Texas (Houston and Austin). Dallas, San Antonio and the other 95% of the state didn’t have this regulation. Plus the state was currently working to put in place a statewide mandatory water break regulation for hot working conditions. But the media hates any effective conservative governor so you get a news story about Gov Abbott wanting all the construction workers to die of heatstroke because he’s a big meanie butt.
Worst part is even for news sources I trust for the most part, I get the wrong idea because I don’t do my own research. The Barbie movie was one I truly rethought how media effects my though process. I listened to Ben Shapiro review it and though, “Oh this movie is woke and I want nothing to do with it” Then I saw Ben and Brett cooper “debate” on it. After that I realized I relayed too much on the opinion of others. I since have fixed it for the most part and unfortunate stopped listening to Ben Shapiro.
Ha, right, conspiracy theories used to at least sound insane. Maybe it’s just me that’s changed, but now when I see a headline about a “crazy” conspiracy, my first thought is usually, “well, I wouldn’t be surprised if that turned out to be true”
@@gregowen2022well when you get called a “conspiracy theorist” and racist for believing the lab leak theory and then you find out that the scientists that wrote the “Proximal Origins” paper, the basis for censoring any talk of lab leak, didn’t even believe what they wrote (and neither did Fauci), you start to not believe anything any authority tells you. Which is an extremely dangerous situation for our Republic to be in.
To the point they started twisting the word "theory" They try to play it off as saying That it's only a theory, means that it doesn't exist When they know The description means that it has yet to have been proven or disproven. But you know how these conspiracy's work. The entire point is to convince people that a term doesn't mean what it means. They treat the audience as though they're stupid People like Rolling stones. That's what I love using buzzwords and such To control the language. It's no longer a theory once proven or disproven. Which is why they are trying to twist the description of the actual word. So the brain-dead individuals they're trying to preach to Will hear it's just a conspiracy theory. And in their mind they'll conclude that oh it's not real then. That's the result they want. But as this video has already proven from its thumbnail. In their attempt to gaslight the small amount of people they're still tricking. They're self snitching on themselves. But they do so under the belief that it won't matter. And eventually they'll have their asses covered. When there's small potatoes, if their manswers see that it costs more to save their asses, then it is to just toss them to the side. They will be burned. And the kicker is their fellow allies won't care. They won't care that they're higher Ups have shown how expendable they are. Instead, They'll just go with well it ain't me and move on With that part In the back of their head that yes they are expendable. When that should been painfully obvious you're working for politicians and CEO. The date sell their own mothers up the river if it shaves a year off whatever one hundred years sentence awaits them If they end up on the losing side of the political landscape. If they're willing to do that, what chance do you, a mere peon they don't much care for have!😂
I’ve been looking into what Qanon is, exactly, and it turns out my assumption was right. It’s a catch-all term for pretty much anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders
As a middle age guy with kids I'm not sure I want to see this film. You've sold me on it being a great movie but anything to do with family and loss gets me teared up. Even bloody Avatar 2 got me choked up.
So... I was actually in training, along with my wife, to become a foster parent. Near the end of the training, we heard a couple of stories about foster children (who had probably been in really bad situations that messed them up) making false reports about their foster parents, and those foster parents, in turn, losing custody of their own children to CPS. I confess that I balked. There are a lot of sacrifices I'm willing to make to help, but the welfare and safety of my own child just wasn't one of them. We ended up hosting foreign exchange students instead.
I’m a young adult and I vividly remember the behavior of some creeps around even my “safe town” when I was a child/young teen. Child predation is real and widespread.
This movie is finally getting released internationally starting August, but it will be distributed in different areas in different months from August to October, as far as I know. This style of distribution is to keep the movie in the public eye for as long as possible since the demand for it has grown the longer it performs, which is rare for movies.
I saw "Sound of Freedom" last night. "Powerful" doesn't begin to describe this movie. I haven't been moved liked this since "Schindler's List". I cried, then became filled with rage, then cried again. Everyone put in amazing performances, but the standouts are the two lead children. I hope they both have amazing careers ahead of them.
Disney sat on this movie for years, but if they'd released it, Rolling Stone would have had the opposite spin. Instead, they've freaked out that Angel Studios and people associated with the right (by their definitions) are connected to the film, so here comes the slander, despite it largely being a production of HIspanic/Latino film makers.
@@yurikendal4868 "@yurikendal4868 ‧ 35 subscribers ‧ 603 videos" - wtf? How is it possible to have 603 videos but just 35 subscribers? 😒Yuri, my friend, you may want to consider a different hobby.
This is why I love this channel so much. Greg doesn’t just talk about the movie and peoples reactions like most review channels, there is a call to action here and it’s so amazing.
In a sea of content creation that goes hard just for the sake of going hard for clicks, it's nice to see someone who reserves it for those cases that actually demand it. Great video, Greg.
If nothing else I'm going to go see this because it is a good guy risking his life to protect those in need from iredeemably bad guys. Hollywood never makes these kinds of movies anymore so I'm gonna go see it when they do!
It really is a solid movie. There are valid critiques, sure, but so far as it’s possible to look at this objectively, it hits the mark for good entertainment
@@gregowen2022 if I have any hesitation in seeing this it's only because I'm worried that it'll be too heavy for me. I don't know if I have the stomach to watch a story about child sex trafficking, even if the bad guys do get theirs in the end.
Yeah, they exposed one of those "journs" defending sexual activities for kids, so you can understand why they are literally fighting for their lives against a film.
@@gregowen2022 You're very welcome, I hope you don't get hate mail. This film is so polarizing that it is difficult to find a balanced review so I appreciated it!
Thank you so much for calling out these idiots who are downplaying the real trauma and assault of children because "Lol, it makes our political opponents look bad!" I fucking hate tribalism so much!
Great recap of the movie and the emotions that one can leave the theater carrying with them. After my wife and parents left the movie, we were all silent and somber. Thank you for your message about foster parenting and being involved with children who are at risk. Two of my 5 kids are adopted and one is from the foster system. There are so many children who don't feel loved by those who are in closest proximity to them.
It really was heavy and stuck with us for a while. That’s so amazing that you are working with kids. So many people think adoption and fostering is about providing materially for children, but the real key is making them feel loved and wanted and making sure they know they are worthy of that love. It’s a big deal, thank you.
Similarly, I don’t think we’ll ever get a movie about the Kafala system in Arab countries. It’ll either get killed mid-production because of Gulf State money or released and slammed by critics that’d rather support slavery than be called racist.
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4:15 "Lush preludes" sounds like a description someone would use to describe something that doesn't disgust them. Interesting choice of words in this context....
It's so weird that well-stablished media conglomerates tried that hard to avoid promoting a film about child-trafficking. It's almost as if they have something to do with it.
The idea that we are "awash with p*rn" sounds crazy until you learn about the Lizzo scandal. These seem unrelated until you read the court documents where the dancers claim she made them attend a sex show to watch some nasty stuff. I don't know if she wanted to do that just for fun or if she wanted the dancers to take inspiration from the 'performances.' It does explain how raunchy music videos are becoming. I still can't watch Sam Smith's music video with the watersports scene. 🤢
Operation Underground Railroad is the name of the organization that Tim Ballard works for. I thought it was kind of weird you didn't mention that during "how you can help" section. Great video !
6:16 to 6:24 - In their defense, I don't think they were making stuff up. I think they were just that irrational. I know from experience that people can, through sheer power of irrationality, selectively remember things and effectively hallucinate what didn't happen.
Haha, right? We left the theater and my wife was life, well the kids are never going outside unsupervised again, even if I can see them through the window
I’d like for that cat to tell me to my face that child trafficking isn’t a big problem. Or tell the hundreds of kids I’ve helped treat for such in rural ohio, the same thing.
The guy who wrote that Rolling Stone article reportedly had some very.. disturbing.. comments regarding kids on social media in the past. Unsurprisingly.
I have been looking into it and it reads like a conspiracy, ironically. The Q could be anywhere, anyone! It’s so silly, obviously now I have to make a video
I saw the movie in theaters. Thankfully the one I went to didn't try and funny business, so I saw the whole thing. The movie is certainly powerful and some scenes are pretty haunting, in particular one with a Shipping Container when you think about the context and the little details inside it.
The shipping container and the fat guy and the jungle guy were subtly terrifying. The fat guy chose Miguel so he could leverage his sister. The jungle guy is actually tender when moving the girl from one bed to the other and telling her “I would never hurt you” as he’s undoing his belt. It was sinister and makes my skin crawl.
@@gregowen2022 What made the container chilling was you first see the kids witht a bunch of crates of stuff, which you assume is just cargo or something cause it's a shipping container. Then you see later on most of the crates are open revealing empty bottles of water and such and realize that was food and water to keep those kids alive, meaning they were likely stuck in that container for weeks, and realized they had to ration that stuff lest they starve or die of dehydration. Horrible scenario even for adults, much less little kids.
Cuties was okay for the MSM, but Sound of Freedom is not. There was a similar double standard for Passion of the Christ regarding violence. MSM said Passion was just way too graphic---nevermind the torture-corn movies like Saw that Hollywood pumps out on a regular basis.
I also really liked the cinematography. Struck me as much higher quality than I expected. Maybe the good lighting is why that goofball thought it was "lush".
@@gregowen2022 For me, it was things like framing, movement, and especially lighting - using techniques like backlighting, the halo effect, and so forth - to create much, much more interesting visual images than I expect from these kinds of movies.
I think the Jungle operation was inspired by another operation Tim Ballard did once where his team posed as doctors/medics. But I think they just took that general concept and made it a solo extraction mission to up the suspense. I think the problem was that the actual Island Hotel operation went off without a hitch once it was all coordinated. They also added the moment of the fat guy trying to take one of the kids off for a quick little rape in the middle of the operation to add more suspense. When in the real event, the kids were taken to a safe place completely separate from the traffickers.
I just don’t think you need suspense at all with this subject matter. Just seeing kids in danger has me worked up so them getting saved is already a payoff from the setup of their danger just existing. I wish they would have saved the sister on the island and wrapped right there. Great spot to end
@@gregowen2022the problem is, IRL they didn’t find the sister then. I heard Ballard speak in 2018 and they were still looking for her at the time. I’m not sure whether they actually have found her yet, or needed the movie to end on a high note.
wow Greg, this is a fantastic review of film and and fantastic call to serve. I can't thank you enough. I'm truly grateful for you, your work, and your overall call for each of us to help our fellow humans. best regards!
Thanks for this, so well said, again can't say thanks enough for the common sense you are speaking, when I heard the political controversy over this movie I had a real hard time and felt so disillusioned and flabbergasted it's nice to not feel like the only person left who can feel righteous moral anger over something so odious and evil that it should be the easiest baseline for people from every walk of life to agree upon and to work together to end.
Right? I could see if the movie was implying that a certain group is responsible for trafficking children, but it just said child trafficking bad, which seems like an easy thing to agree with. What’s funny is that they could have also ignored it, there are plenty of things to talk about, but they had to go into attack mode. It’s weird.
I enjoyed the last third of the movie. Although it was clear that that was the part where they decide to embelish and create some hyperbolic dramatic effect. I mean The film is allowed to do so. It is BASED on a true story, not a shot for shot documentary.. And if you are going to inform us, might as well entertain us. The jungle bit was edge of my seat gripping...And gave the audience that deserved catarsis at the end with the rescue and the return of the little girl to her home.
I enjoyed it, but I think it added unnecessary length. I would have liked to have seen the girl rescued on the island, it felt like a solid wrap up point. The issue now, in hindsight, is that people want to attack the movie and they can now claim the whole thing is exaggerated when just that last bit is embellished.
I love your channel. I would suspect that you have no interest or desire to dive into a culture war. But posting a video like this is certainly bold and a sure measure of courage. Thank you.
It’s getting released in September over here in the UK. Can’t wait to see it. That Rolling Stone interview was absolutely disgusting. The fact it even got the ok just shows how out of touch some of these entertainment media outlets actually are
When you say that about him not scowling or screaming it made me think of one of the RUclipsrs that says, in Hollywood, yelling is their sign of good acting.
Amazing video Greg and thanks, I have been appreciating your perspecitve for some time now. My wife and I are planning to go see the movie, it's not out yet here in Australia. I'm so glad it is going well despite the negative press. Most of all I appreciated your genuine integrity in this video- calling out truth where it is needed. Keep up the great work with this content!
Saw it last night with my wife and son. All I can say is, wow! Not sure what, but I feel like I need to do something. It’s a real hero film. So, why does it make some people hate it instead of hating human trafficking? I can only guess. It is not a good look, though.
I think it is funny they just gave an Oscar for the movie Spotlight just a few years ago about priest abuse and exposing it and I do not remember one critic or person saying that it overdramatizes child abuse, that most abuse victims are from family and not priests, that most priest do not abuse anyone and are great people, or any one of the dozen weird complaints they have about Sound of Freedom. And it was not a documentary either but based on real events, like Sound of Freedom. It was all, "if ONE child suffered from a priest we need to hold them accountable and this movie exposed the corruption!" But a conservative studio releases a movie about child trafficking and the same people all shout, "of this is all conspiracy nonsense! Most kids are not taken from streets, this did not happen exactly the way it did in real life! Grumble Grumble". It is pure 100% partisan sour grapes.
It’s absolutely wild how much they are angry. It would have been easier to just ignore it, but they had to attack it and they don’t seem to realize how that looks worse
I did not see Sound of Freedom for the reasons you mentioned. You're really helping to push me towards foster care -- I thought I found your channel on accudent.
one of us.... one of usss.... Haha, I do hope I can be of help, it's something I'm very passionate about, and I'm so glad to hear you are leaning towards it. If you have specific questions, you can email me, it's in the channel bio
Thank you for bringing up the bit about the last act. I really don't understand why it was done that way. Ending it, even if that means he doesn't find her, would have been the gut punch ending it should have been. All that being said, everything else up to that point is near perfect film making. I'd put it around an 8/10, largely because of the last act. Jim Cavezil and Bill Camp, the guy in Columbia, were fantastic. And as good as Jim was, I think Camp was even better (probably because his character has a little more layering to it).
I agree. It felt like that Chris Prat movie, Tomorrow War or something. You thought the movie ended on a good note and then suddenly there’s another mini story tacked on the end.
@@gregowen2022 I agree with you, because I thought the same thing with other areas of my life and the community that I live in....I find something in myself or my community that needs to be worked on, and it gets talked about for a few weeks, but then nothing after that. I think it's time to make a change to that.
Of note, the Rolling Stones writer that pissed you off so much also wrote a rave review of Cuties. Not hard to figure out why he hates this movie, and it's not just because conservatives like it.
I saw it. It was heartbreaking. I had only one potential complaint, and I'll try to explain it in as spoiler free of a way as possible. There's a character who helps Ballard but only after a lot of persuasion. If that character existed in real life and wasn't made up for the movie, and if that character's hesitancy to help Ballard was only added in for dramatic tension, then I would downgrade this movie from a 10 to a 9.5 because that would mean a person who didn't desrve it was made to look somewhat cowardly. Like I said though, that's only a potential complaint. It all hinges on whether the character is a real person and whether thay behaved that way in real life.
100% agree about smaller government. The CRT people and oyhers on that side of the spectrum keep drinking to koolaid year over year not realizing that a lot of the mess in the last decade and of course past decades is because of the government
@@gregowen2022 remember though, all of this is in service of one goal: amassing power. Dividing up people based on race increases your power. Government being the solution to their problems increases your power. Government being their source of sustenance increases your power. They don’t care about solving problems, because that reduces their power. So they merely speak loudly about the problem, ask you for more power, and then rinse and repeat.
@@gregowen2022 Indeed. Like, obviously Sound Of Freedom is not above critique simply because it has a good message, and obviously not EVERYONE who doesn't like the movie is a pedophile, but if you're this vocally outraged at a film that says child sex trafficking is bad...that's kinda sus.
I've been aware of O.U.R. for a few years now and knew all about Tim Ballard and I have been doing everything I can, which isn't much to be honest, to help stop human trafficking.
If you have any questions about foster care, what to expect, or how to get started, please email me at Gregowenofficial@gmail.com and I'll tell you everything I know
I was thinking about it, but your video about it scared me away. I have full custody of my children and their mother has made numerous false allegations against me. Even convinced one of my daughters to make one. Nothing has held water but if a foster kid made an allegation, I'd lose my children. I'm going to investigate the other options you mentioned here though. For sure
Person of Interest is actually a very well made show that, when it sticks to the main storyline and avoids the episodic nonsense, is very well written and crafted, especially for a network show.
Caviezel absolutely carries the show, too.
I was abandoned as a child and spent a year being cared for by foster parents before eventually being adopted... kudos to you for that
Movir was made beforw Qanon was a slightly bigger thing
Given how Cuties has been given high ratings by the same critics, I'm not surprised that they don't like Sound of Freedom. It's disheartening, but not surprising.
I refused to watch cuties to even see what the fuss was about. It’s a disgusting concept and the fact that it made it through the channels to be made and distributed is horrifying.
Got rid of my Netflix subscription. Haven't had it since. Sonic Prime and F is for family are the only shows I've ever had interest in from them, but I found ways to watch them online.
@@gregowen2022 Same.
@@gregowen2022ditto
I believe the best Rick quote applies to this movie.
"Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what makes you cheer"
Miles: "Grossly exaggerated the child-sexploitation epidemic"
Everyone else: "So there is a child-slavery epidemic to exaggerate?"
Most normal people would feel that ONE SINGLE CHILD in sex slavery is too much of an epidemic. This asshat seems to have some sort of minimum limit of abused children before he finds it unacceptable.
They express with their words their own evils .
Exactly. These articles are funny because they actually promote the movie half the time while trying really hard not to...
Wish there was more than one like button for this vid, Greg.
Hey, you watched, liked, and commented! It's the trifecta and I do appreciate it
I got you friend. I'd like it too. But someone else will come along.
I thought the same before I read your comment lol
@@gregowen2022everyone promoting splicing razor blades in children's brains for GPS, better fear God.
I was so bummed, I told a family friend I saw it, and his first thing was “oh that Jim Cavizel Q anon movie,” I almost wanted to leave right then. Instead I said “the what, no the anti sex trafficking movie”
Ugh, just proof that these headlines work
You should ask them where they heard that from or do they even know what q anon means 🤔?
@@gregowen2022 Which is exactly the reason that you were RIGHT to call that critic an evil POS.
You should've said "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were in favor of child sex trafficking..."
And when they invariably said "Oh no, it's not that, I just don't think it's as prevalent as they make it out to be...", you say "How prevalent does it have to be before we start paying attention to it?"
It wasn't though
What I feel is also important outside of the message is what this film shows. Namely it cost a little over $10 Million, basically pocket change with almost entirely unknown actors and yet It looks, Sounds and Feels like a legit movie. No CGI, No Overpaid A List Actors with a $25 Million Price tag, no Green Screen or any of that crap.
And in the end it's a legit good movie that proves you don't need crazy amounts of money, stars or the like to be good. Just need a good story, good acting and a good script.
Indeed. The controversy will shroud that, I’m afraid, but it’s a good lesson for all of Hollywood. When you make a project with heart, it shines through and the audience loves it
I have suspected for a long time now that movies are just money laundering enterprises for woke causes.
And these movies actually make profits even though Hollywood and critics hate them. Sound of freedom has made 10 times its budget so far. Passion of the Christ made 20 times its budget (and the left hated that). Indiana Jones would have had to make $6 BILLION dollars to do that. And you could have made 20 Sound of Freedom type movies with good stories and no bullshit for the budget of Indy 5.
@@franciscodanconia4324 Indy 5 couldn't even pull in $500 Million.
All those gender, race obsessed stooges are finally reaping what they sowed.
Wife and I watched it this weekend. It put us both in an awful mood. We didn’t even finish our date. We just rushed home to hold our three daughters. I was taken aback by the jungle bit. My wife was literally hyperventilating in parts of the movie.
Cut my date short as well. It’s one of the heavier movies I’ve seen for sure
That's a very effective movie, then. Always take the opportunity to hug your littles.
Always liked this channel but today My respect and love for this channel just increased three-fold.
Thank you so much!
Same.
@@gregowen2022 3:43 I love how you ranted on that "critic", and called him an evil POS.
I NEVER comment on RUclips videos but I need to second this right here. Well done Greg!
I honestly thought I couldn’t be shocked by mass media’s double think anymore, but this, this absolutely floored me. The same publications that praised Netflix’s cuties as somehow “tackling real issues” think Sound of Freedom overplays the worst depravities in human existence. They’re fine with overplaying and sensationalizing climate change, military, political, social, and corporate corruption, they’re fine with sensationalizing all that, but they think that a dramatized account of fighting (censored for YT) is where we should draw the line?
I don’t think my opinion could ever get any lower for these people. They don’t go around saying “Mission Impossible is a Scientology tinged conspiracy case.” No, they only choose to care about what an actor believes in when they dislike the actor. These people are monsters.
As for the conspiracy theory angle, I offer my congratulations to the mass media for increasing the number of conspiracy theorists. Seriously, if I was a conspiracy theorist then I’d think that this was the whole goal, increase the number of conspiracy theorists just so they have someone to tail against. But I know the truth, they’re just morally debased and stupid.
Most excellent review Greg! You had all your witty humor and most excellent editing but I’ll admit I didn’t laugh very much as this pisses me off more than I can express. Thanks again
The Tom Cruise point is a great one. I didn’t see any reviews of The Flash claiming the movie was promoting drunken violence.
It’s hard not to read into their motives on this one. There is a lot of news and entertainment, they could have ignored this movie or just given a boilerplate review, but they chose to go hard. It’s a very bad look
You’re jokes and cut away are always on point.
“Gentle Parenting the government”……. Gold Star
That one had me chuckling to myself, I knew it had to go in
Honestly! As soon as I heard that statement my respect for this channel increased tremendously.
This gets long, I'm sorry. But this subject is personal, so I have a lot to say.
As someone whose family has been personally harmed by this sort of crime, I really appreciate what you say here SO much.
My cousin was taken from us when she was just 12 years old. That was way back in 1984. Maybe some aren't close to their cousins, but to me she was like a 2nd "mom". I was a toddler and she watched me every day. Losing her (someone who became a vital part of my everyday life) at such a vital developmental stage so suddenly deeply affected me negatively in a very real way my ENTIRE LIFE.
So much so, I ended up becoming obsessed with True Crime, and majoring in Criminology. I think as a coping mechanism. I'm someone who is naturally pretty analytical. My first instinct when something is a problem, big or small, is to break it down and figure out what went wrong, what I need to do different etc, in order to avoid that happening in the future.
I got almost to the point of getting my degree...
But once I got to the part where I had to actually interview criminals, I cracked.
After interviewing a young man in prison who had SA'd and then 💀 his toddler sister, it broke me. It was too close to home. I felt sickened in my soul just being there.
But, he told me something I will NEVER forget:
"I know what I did was evil. I really WANT to NEVER do it again... But if they EVER let me out, I WILL. No question. I will find another one and do it. I won't be able to help it. People like me don't get better. We should NEVER be let out. Please. Do whatever you can to make sure people like me go away FOREVER."
Before that day, I thought MAYBE there could be some kind of treatment. I had hope that something could be done.
After that interview, I knew that was not the case. I knew these people were lost. Like serial killers. Something went permanently wrong... They were lost to evil.
I've only recently become religious. I used to reject using the word "evil", because I worried perhaps it let people like that, who make bad choices, off the hook a bit. Like this evil just "happens to them", and if they just get right with Jesus or whatever, it'll all be ok.
Seeing what I have seen happen in mainstream society over the past 40 years, and ESPECIALLY the past 5 or so... I feel like the world is stranger than we can know. I now am of the opinion that true Evil does exist. Is it literal demons, or are "demonic forces" just a poetic way of describing scientifically sound natural, psychological and sociological issues? I'm not sure it really matters. The function seems to be the same.
Anyway, in some ways, I'm glad I decided to become a stay at home mom instead of finishing that path. Though, I do sometimes wish I had the guts and willpower to have stuck with it. Which is why I deeply appreciate anyone who works to save kids like this.
This crime was a problem way before 1984, it was a problem when my cousin was taken, and has only gotten worse.
I won't go into super detail on her case, because anytime I do, youtube starts censoring literally every comment I make for weeks. But basically, Bad guy neighbor took kids, over and over, to "make home movies" to sell. He did that to her. She tried to get away. He stopped her. Permanently. Blamed it on one of the other kids he had taken that was living with him.
Well, it worked: The boy went away to juvie (kids weren't charged as adults back then, in CA).
Why did it go down this way? Cop on the case seemed to imply honour family that big wigs shut the case down, despite there being evidence this guy was officially a sicko hurting kids. It just became a case were a "troubled boy" hurt a little girl to just "see what it was like". Even though the boy said otherwise. Even though there was evidence otherwise. The DA simply WOULD NOT CHARGE this man. He got away with it.
This was in The Valley (Los Angeles suburb, about 20 mins from Hollywood. It basically is Hollywood), btw. And this man used "Hollywood Connections" to get access to kids. But I'm sure that's "just a coincidence".
Again, this was all the way back in 84. It never stopped being a problem.
The fact people like this brainless Rolling Stone hack will downplay it like it's just some conspiracy (and recent at that!) is SO disgusting to me, on such a personal level, it literally hurts my soul. I have a hard time expressing just how ENRAGED it makes me. So I really appreciate what you say here. THANK YOU. (And bless you if you managed to read this entirely WAY too long, rambly mess 😂)
I understand your concern about the use of the word "evil." Regardless of their circumstances or context, people who make evil choices still chose those evil choices. They are still morally and legally culpable. God's forgiveness thru Jesus doesn't remove consequences. If God didn't believe in consequences, Jesus never would have had to die. Jesus' humanity and sacrificial death were direct consequences of mankind's sin. Jesus took the consequences of man's sin---a severed relationship from God and death---so that man does not have to. However, the sins of unbelievers and folk who have become Christians still have an impact on their lives. All of mankind is evil, utterly hopeless in his wretched debauchery. God compares our "righteous acts" to a woman's filthy menstrual rags. The only way a person can be free of his sin, his innate evil, is to agree with God that he is evil, that the only way for him to have a good relationship with God is to accept Jesus' sacrifice for his sins. God raised Jesus from the dead, showing his satisfaction with Jesus' sacrifice and promising new, eternal life to all who would believe in him. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
Many of Jesus' followers throughout history have died terrible deaths, lived difficult lives, because of mankind's hatred for God. Nor does God take away all consequences when he forgives a person. He simply no longer holds that person's sin against him---e.g., one might personally forgive someone who stole something from him but still desire that he face due legal process; that he pay for his crimes.
Nonetheless, it often seems as tho wickedness goes unpunished, as tho the wicked even prosper. But, "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good," and: 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord."
Yes, demons are actual spiritual beings given wholly over to evil and wickedness without hope of redemption such as God offers mankind. The demons, too, God shall punish in his own good time.
Edit: Also, thank you for your comment. I cannot imagine the toll that took on you. I will pray for you you I remember you.
When Ballard was on Timcast earlier this month, he spoke about the final bit of the movie (the jungle bit). They have absolutely used that tactic in freeing these kids, several times in fact. Enough times, he said, that they won't actually be using it anymore going forward (people were concerned that it would impact actual doctors getting into these places).
It’s also how the US found bin Laden and is a favorite tactic of the CIA.
At first I thought this was your best video yet because of your based rant... then I heard you describe how to actually make a difference and this became one of the best videos on RUclips. You get all the respect for actually fostering and adopting like you encourage others to do, and your call to quit watching porn was spot on. I salute you sir!
Thank you so much! I know it’s just RUclips videos, but if we can move beyond talking about how the world could be better and start working towards it, the change would be shocking.
Excellent review. My wife went to the USA recently for the first time in 6 years. She said it had declined in so many ways. But at least we have Greg!
Where are you living? I don't have the foreign perspective, but it certainly seems more angry here lately
@@gregowen2022 UAE. A country that will go into decline once they finish building it.
I personally might go and watch sound of freedom now. I actually work with kids. I work in a country club that supports actual kids with real families, and I would honestly feel horrible if anything happened to them in the sense that they were taken from their families and sold into slavery against their will. However there’s one bit in particular in this video that REALLY struck a chord with me. That ending bit about porn consumption.
I used to be a porn addict myself. I would watch porn all the time and would often waste several hours of my day watching it. That ending bit spoke to me because I can’t proudly say I work with kids if I watch the very things that perpetuate that kind of culture in the world. So glad I’ve been replacing porn with anime instead. Thank you so much for opening my eyes Greg!
Thank you so much for working with kids. People don’t realize how much they need more than material things. Kids need to feel loved and worthy of love.
The porn thing is so pervasive and I fought it for over a decade myself. The hours a day thing got me, I did the same thing. It’s tough to get past and I’m proud of both of us
Your passion earns you one new subscriber today sir. Honest, funny, and smart.
I really appreciate it, I’m glad you’re here!
Greg, my man! Your talk about the porn industry is really insightful, you literally spoke out my mind. I swear you deserve so many more views... Ugh, I guess the algorithm with keep being the algorithm. I'm sure that if you keep posting with this pace you're going to get there at one point (you probably already know that though). One small piece of advise: Consider making more videos about video games if you wanna diversify the content, maybe that's gonna help boost your popularity. I already heard you like some video games with cinematic stories like God of War and the such. I'd love to hear you talk more about video games, I'm sure it's gonna attract more people to your content. Anyway, I'm looking forward to your next upload, best of luck!
I think you are absolutely right. I’ve tried to sprinkle in some book and game content, and it’s not doing well right now but I agree it will diversify the channel and that can only be a good thing. Currently working on videos about the Lies of P demo and the Sea of Stars demo. Sadly, I can’t review new games yet because I don’t have the time to play, script, film, and edit before 100 other reviews are already a week old
@@gregowen2022 True, true! I think video game commentaries and reviews might also require you to put include some gameplay in the video as well, which certainly takes additional time to capture and edit, especially if you make it match the current subject you are talking about.
Me to the critics: “if you have a problem with saving children…idk how to tell you this but you are a BAD person.”
Most people that write these kind of articles know their audience will never watch the movie, and will parrot whatever the author puts out, no matter how inaccurate.
That kind of applies to everything they write. They just expect the reader to consume and assimilate the authors opinion as their own. My wife is always asking me about things that her friends get all up in arms about and it takes me about 5 minutes or less usually to find out the actual facts to disprove whatever headline people got in a snit about. For example, she sent me this link asking if it was true that Gov Abbott of Texas had banned water breaks for people that work outside (this was early July when we’re at 189 degrees in the shade). Because that’s what the news headline said. Little bit of digging and the bill actually was to streamline regulation at the state level so it wasn’t a hodgepodge of regulations between counties and cities. But it had the effect of removing two water break work regulations in two cities in Texas (Houston and Austin). Dallas, San Antonio and the other 95% of the state didn’t have this regulation. Plus the state was currently working to put in place a statewide mandatory water break regulation for hot working conditions.
But the media hates any effective conservative governor so you get a news story about Gov Abbott wanting all the construction workers to die of heatstroke because he’s a big meanie butt.
Worst part is even for news sources I trust for the most part, I get the wrong idea because I don’t do my own research.
The Barbie movie was one I truly rethought how media effects my though process.
I listened to Ben Shapiro review it and though,
“Oh this movie is woke and I want nothing to do with it”
Then I saw Ben and Brett cooper “debate” on it. After that I realized I relayed too much on the opinion of others. I since have fixed it for the most part and unfortunate stopped listening to Ben Shapiro.
Public opinion on conspiracy theories has changed dramatically in recent years. "Conspiracy theory" now means "spoiler alert" to most of us. 🤔
20 years ago it translated to "the moon landing was fake" or "9/11 was an inside job." Now it's "lab leak theory" and "Epstein's private island."
Ha, right, conspiracy theories used to at least sound insane. Maybe it’s just me that’s changed, but now when I see a headline about a “crazy” conspiracy, my first thought is usually, “well, I wouldn’t be surprised if that turned out to be true”
@@gregowen2022 Same here. I think the scales have tipped now though. People have caught on.
@@gregowen2022well when you get called a “conspiracy theorist” and racist for believing the lab leak theory and then you find out that the scientists that wrote the “Proximal Origins” paper, the basis for censoring any talk of lab leak, didn’t even believe what they wrote (and neither did Fauci), you start to not believe anything any authority tells you.
Which is an extremely dangerous situation for our Republic to be in.
To the point they started twisting the word "theory"
They try to play it off as saying That it's only a theory, means that it doesn't exist When they know The description means that it has yet to have been proven or disproven. But you know how these conspiracy's work. The entire point is to convince people that a term doesn't mean what it means. They treat the audience as though they're stupid People like Rolling stones. That's what I love using buzzwords and such To control the language. It's no longer a theory once proven or disproven. Which is why they are trying to twist the description of the actual word. So the brain-dead individuals they're trying to preach to Will hear it's just a conspiracy theory. And in their mind they'll conclude that oh it's not real then. That's the result they want. But as this video has already proven from its thumbnail. In their attempt to gaslight the small amount of people they're still tricking. They're self snitching on themselves. But they do so under the belief that it won't matter. And eventually they'll have their asses covered. When there's small potatoes, if their manswers see that it costs more to save their asses, then it is to just toss them to the side. They will be burned. And the kicker is their fellow allies won't care. They won't care that they're higher Ups have shown how expendable they are. Instead, They'll just go with well it ain't me and move on With that part In the back of their head that yes they are expendable. When that should been painfully obvious you're working for politicians and CEO. The date sell their own mothers up the river if it shaves a year off whatever one hundred years sentence awaits them If they end up on the losing side of the political landscape. If they're willing to do that, what chance do you, a mere peon they don't much care for have!😂
The QAnon think is extra interesting because the film was completely finished and sitting on a shelf before QAnon was even a thing…
I’ve been looking into what Qanon is, exactly, and it turns out my assumption was right. It’s a catch-all term for pretty much anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders
Bruh. This is my FAVORITE video of yours. The points you made and the passion you delivered it... spectacular.
Thank you very much!
As a middle age guy with kids I'm not sure I want to see this film. You've sold me on it being a great movie but anything to do with family and loss gets me teared up. Even bloody Avatar 2 got me choked up.
So... I was actually in training, along with my wife, to become a foster parent. Near the end of the training, we heard a couple of stories about foster children (who had probably been in really bad situations that messed them up) making false reports about their foster parents, and those foster parents, in turn, losing custody of their own children to CPS. I confess that I balked. There are a lot of sacrifices I'm willing to make to help, but the welfare and safety of my own child just wasn't one of them. We ended up hosting foreign exchange students instead.
I completely understand, and I’m glad you found a way to still reach kids and teach your own kids in the process!
There is no way he did the gentle parent part in one take that had me cracking up
I knew that one had to go in because I was laughing while writing it
I think he actually did but you can see him blinking away the laughs😂
I’m a young adult and I vividly remember the behavior of some creeps around even my “safe town” when I was a child/young teen. Child predation is real and widespread.
This movie is finally getting released internationally starting August, but it will be distributed in different areas in different months from August to October, as far as I know. This style of distribution is to keep the movie in the public eye for as long as possible since the demand for it has grown the longer it performs, which is rare for movies.
It deserves the attention and hopefully it spurs people to action
I saw "Sound of Freedom" last night. "Powerful" doesn't begin to describe this movie. I haven't been moved liked this since "Schindler's List". I cried, then became filled with rage, then cried again. Everyone put in amazing performances, but the standouts are the two lead children. I hope they both have amazing careers ahead of them.
Disney sat on this movie for years, but if they'd released it, Rolling Stone would have had the opposite spin. Instead, they've freaked out that Angel Studios and people associated with the right (by their definitions) are connected to the film, so here comes the slander, despite it largely being a production of HIspanic/Latino film makers.
A movie made by criminals inspired you. Gross
I reject your as hypocritical
@@yurikendal4868 "@yurikendal4868 ‧ 35 subscribers ‧ 603 videos" - wtf? How is it possible to have 603 videos but just 35 subscribers? 😒Yuri, my friend, you may want to consider a different hobby.
This is why I love this channel so much. Greg doesn’t just talk about the movie and peoples reactions like most review channels, there is a call to action here and it’s so amazing.
Thank you so much!
In a sea of content creation that goes hard just for the sake of going hard for clicks, it's nice to see someone who reserves it for those cases that actually demand it. Great video, Greg.
I’ve been trying to pull back on the language, but sometimes a simple gosh darn it won’t do, haha
If nothing else I'm going to go see this because it is a good guy risking his life to protect those in need from iredeemably bad guys. Hollywood never makes these kinds of movies anymore so I'm gonna go see it when they do!
It really is a solid movie. There are valid critiques, sure, but so far as it’s possible to look at this objectively, it hits the mark for good entertainment
@@gregowen2022 if I have any hesitation in seeing this it's only because I'm worried that it'll be too heavy for me. I don't know if I have the stomach to watch a story about child sex trafficking, even if the bad guys do get theirs in the end.
Yeah, they exposed one of those "journs" defending sexual activities for kids, so you can understand why they are literally fighting for their lives against a film.
I think I heard something about the guy who “exposed” pizzagate was recently arrested for possession of pictures and video. It’s disgusting
Wow you roasted the film makers and its critics, no one can call you biased. Nice review and analysis of the issues!
Thank you so much!
@@gregowen2022 You're very welcome, I hope you don't get hate mail. This film is so polarizing that it is difficult to find a balanced review so I appreciated it!
Thank you so much for calling out these idiots who are downplaying the real trauma and assault of children because "Lol, it makes our political opponents look bad!" I fucking hate tribalism so much!
Great recap of the movie and the emotions that one can leave the theater carrying with them. After my wife and parents left the movie, we were all silent and somber.
Thank you for your message about foster parenting and being involved with children who are at risk. Two of my 5 kids are adopted and one is from the foster system. There are so many children who don't feel loved by those who are in closest proximity to them.
It really was heavy and stuck with us for a while.
That’s so amazing that you are working with kids. So many people think adoption and fostering is about providing materially for children, but the real key is making them feel loved and wanted and making sure they know they are worthy of that love. It’s a big deal, thank you.
Similarly, I don’t think we’ll ever get a movie about the Kafala system in Arab countries. It’ll either get killed mid-production because of Gulf State money or released and slammed by critics that’d rather support slavery than be called racist.
Love this. Thanks for calling out the garbage reviews and raising awareness on this topic. You rock man. Love your passion.
I appreciate it, thank you!
THIS IS THE FASTEST IVE EVER HIT THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON IN MY LIFE YOUR BASED OPINION ON THIS MOVIE AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT WILL GUARANTEE I NOW WATCH ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS
Greg I only found you a week ago and I love everything you do. This video right here has made you my favorite RUclipsr without exaggeration.
I’m so glad you are liking everything! I appreciate the kind words
4:15 "Lush preludes" sounds like a description someone would use to describe something that doesn't disgust them. Interesting choice of words in this context....
It's so weird that well-stablished media conglomerates tried that hard to avoid promoting a film about child-trafficking. It's almost as if they have something to do with it.
The idea that we are "awash with p*rn" sounds crazy until you learn about the Lizzo scandal. These seem unrelated until you read the court documents where the dancers claim she made them attend a sex show to watch some nasty stuff. I don't know if she wanted to do that just for fun or if she wanted the dancers to take inspiration from the 'performances.' It does explain how raunchy music videos are becoming. I still can't watch Sam Smith's music video with the watersports scene. 🤢
Need more reviews like this!
Thank you so much!
Thanks, Greg. Humanity is what we have in common, and should be where we start in seeking solutions, no matter the problem.
Operation Underground Railroad is the name of the organization that Tim Ballard works for. I thought it was kind of weird you didn't mention that during "how you can help" section. Great video !
I do think it’s good to give money to the organizations if you can’t help, but I also want more people to know they can personally do something
Dude, I love you before but I love you really much now.. thank you for calling that guy f****** moron.
I couldn’t help it. Once I got to talking about it, I was furious. That guy is unhinged it’s gross
I agree, Brother, we need you to keep up the great work
6:16 to 6:24 - In their defense, I don't think they were making stuff up. I think they were just that irrational. I know from experience that people can, through sheer power of irrationality, selectively remember things and effectively hallucinate what didn't happen.
Damn bro you went off😂well said! This movie definitely made me more protective around my niece and nephew.
Haha, right? We left the theater and my wife was life, well the kids are never going outside unsupervised again, even if I can see them through the window
I’d like for that cat to tell me to my face that child trafficking isn’t a big problem. Or tell the hundreds of kids I’ve helped treat for such in rural ohio, the same thing.
The guy who wrote that Rolling Stone article reportedly had some very.. disturbing.. comments regarding kids on social media in the past. Unsurprisingly.
child predators are willing to defend themselves just like how the nazis defended themselves on both fronts.
I haven’t looked into it, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see him arrested for possession after reading this
I remember the first time I heard about QAnon, it seemed so stupid that i completely ignored it. Best decision of my life.
I have been looking into it and it reads like a conspiracy, ironically. The Q could be anywhere, anyone! It’s so silly, obviously now I have to make a video
@@gregowen2022 plus, it started on 4chan, a website where literally nobody is who they say they are.
Appreciate the passion in this video. Keep fighting the good fight!
Saw the movie last week with my Mom, man it is so good everyone (of appropriate age) should see this movie.
Agreed. My kids asked about renting it later. Not a chance
I saw the movie in theaters. Thankfully the one I went to didn't try and funny business, so I saw the whole thing. The movie is certainly powerful and some scenes are pretty haunting, in particular one with a Shipping Container when you think about the context and the little details inside it.
The shipping container and the fat guy and the jungle guy were subtly terrifying. The fat guy chose Miguel so he could leverage his sister. The jungle guy is actually tender when moving the girl from one bed to the other and telling her “I would never hurt you” as he’s undoing his belt. It was sinister and makes my skin crawl.
@@gregowen2022 What made the container chilling was you first see the kids witht a bunch of crates of stuff, which you assume is just cargo or something cause it's a shipping container. Then you see later on most of the crates are open revealing empty bottles of water and such and realize that was food and water to keep those kids alive, meaning they were likely stuck in that container for weeks, and realized they had to ration that stuff lest they starve or die of dehydration.
Horrible scenario even for adults, much less little kids.
This video was so good, I've watched it for a third time. Great job Greg. Your blend of fact and humor is marvelous. Thank you!
I really appreciate that, thank you!
Damn Greg, you are built for this. I love your take here and using profanity for impact and emphasis rather than just becuase you can. Well done sir!
A while ago I tried to back away from it on camera, but this got me worked up
Greg you are killing it bro just put this channel with notifications on
Cuties was okay for the MSM, but Sound of Freedom is not. There was a similar double standard for Passion of the Christ regarding violence. MSM said Passion was just way too graphic---nevermind the torture-corn movies like Saw that Hollywood pumps out on a regular basis.
MSM has only one standard; a double standard.
This might be my favorite video you have done. Excellent work.
I appreciate that very much!
I also really liked the cinematography. Struck me as much higher quality than I expected. Maybe the good lighting is why that goofball thought it was "lush".
Right? Like I said, I can’t pinpoint what it was that I liked, but it looked good.
@@gregowen2022 For me, it was things like framing, movement, and especially lighting - using techniques like backlighting, the halo effect, and so forth - to create much, much more interesting visual images than I expect from these kinds of movies.
I think the Jungle operation was inspired by another operation Tim Ballard did once where his team posed as doctors/medics.
But I think they just took that general concept and made it a solo extraction mission to up the suspense.
I think the problem was that the actual Island Hotel operation went off without a hitch once it was all coordinated. They also added the moment of the fat guy trying to take one of the kids off for a quick little rape in the middle of the operation to add more suspense. When in the real event, the kids were taken to a safe place completely separate from the traffickers.
I just don’t think you need suspense at all with this subject matter. Just seeing kids in danger has me worked up so them getting saved is already a payoff from the setup of their danger just existing. I wish they would have saved the sister on the island and wrapped right there. Great spot to end
@@gregowen2022the problem is, IRL they didn’t find the sister then. I heard Ballard speak in 2018 and they were still looking for her at the time. I’m not sure whether they actually have found her yet, or needed the movie to end on a high note.
wow Greg, this is a fantastic review of film and and fantastic call to serve. I can't thank you enough. I'm truly grateful for you, your work, and your overall call for each of us to help our fellow humans. best regards!
I appreciate it, thank you!
Thanks for this, so well said, again can't say thanks enough for the common sense you are speaking, when I heard the political controversy over this movie I had a real hard time and felt so disillusioned and flabbergasted it's nice to not feel like the only person left who can feel righteous moral anger over something so odious and evil that it should be the easiest baseline for people from every walk of life to agree upon and to work together to end.
Right? I could see if the movie was implying that a certain group is responsible for trafficking children, but it just said child trafficking bad, which seems like an easy thing to agree with. What’s funny is that they could have also ignored it, there are plenty of things to talk about, but they had to go into attack mode. It’s weird.
i'm happy this movie is going international, i hope it comes to DR, great video as always Greg.
It’s great to see it doing so well that it spreads globally. It’s a global problem and I hope it spurs action
I enjoyed the last third of the movie. Although it was clear that that was the part where they decide to embelish and create some hyperbolic dramatic effect. I mean The film is allowed to do so. It is BASED on a true story, not a shot for shot documentary.. And if you are going to inform us, might as well entertain us. The jungle bit was edge of my seat gripping...And gave the audience that deserved catarsis at the end with the rescue and the return of the little girl to her home.
I enjoyed it, but I think it added unnecessary length. I would have liked to have seen the girl rescued on the island, it felt like a solid wrap up point. The issue now, in hindsight, is that people want to attack the movie and they can now claim the whole thing is exaggerated when just that last bit is embellished.
I love your channel. I would suspect that you have no interest or desire to dive into a culture war. But posting a video like this is certainly bold and a sure measure of courage. Thank you.
You should cover Apphia Noel. She's fighting to save her kids from a Hollywood trafficker right now.
Fascinating article
Now let's see what his hard drive and search history look like.
It’s getting released in September over here in the UK. Can’t wait to see it.
That Rolling Stone interview was absolutely disgusting. The fact it even got the ok just shows how out of touch some of these entertainment media outlets actually are
I’m glad it’s getting global attention. I hope you enjoy it!
I really don't want to believe it but it's feels like rich people control the culture..
Amazing movie I'm glad you went to see it.....also I may have to install chips on my kids now lol
Right? If the mark of the beast turns out to be a tracker and someone sells it as a way to keep your kiss safe, I'm in trouble
When you say that about him not scowling or screaming it made me think of one of the RUclipsrs that says, in Hollywood, yelling is their sign of good acting.
I hated this movie... made me sick to my stomach. People should see this movie.
Agreed, haha
I've only felt that way about one movie -- "Pan's Labyrinth". Beautifully shot, well-made, well-acted, and I never wanted to see it again.
Amazing video Greg and thanks, I have been appreciating your perspecitve for some time now. My wife and I are planning to go see the movie, it's not out yet here in Australia. I'm so glad it is going well despite the negative press. Most of all I appreciated your genuine integrity in this video- calling out truth where it is needed. Keep up the great work with this content!
As always Greg I really appreciate how rational you are, thank you!
Thank you for the continued support!
Saw it last night with my wife and son. All I can say is, wow! Not sure what, but I feel like I need to do something. It’s a real hero film.
So, why does it make some people hate it instead of hating human trafficking? I can only guess. It is not a good look, though.
Happy to say it's getting an Australian release this month.
I hope you really enjoy it. I’m glad to see it getting global attention
I think it is funny they just gave an Oscar for the movie Spotlight just a few years ago about priest abuse and exposing it and I do not remember one critic or person saying that it overdramatizes child abuse, that most abuse victims are from family and not priests, that most priest do not abuse anyone and are great people, or any one of the dozen weird complaints they have about Sound of Freedom. And it was not a documentary either but based on real events, like Sound of Freedom. It was all, "if ONE child suffered from a priest we need to hold them accountable and this movie exposed the corruption!"
But a conservative studio releases a movie about child trafficking and the same people all shout, "of this is all conspiracy nonsense! Most kids are not taken from streets, this did not happen exactly the way it did in real life! Grumble Grumble". It is pure 100% partisan sour grapes.
It’s absolutely wild how much they are angry. It would have been easier to just ignore it, but they had to attack it and they don’t seem to realize how that looks worse
I did not see Sound of Freedom for the reasons you mentioned. You're really helping to push me towards foster care -- I thought I found your channel on accudent.
one of us.... one of usss....
Haha, I do hope I can be of help, it's something I'm very passionate about, and I'm so glad to hear you are leaning towards it. If you have specific questions, you can email me, it's in the channel bio
Thank you for bringing up the bit about the last act. I really don't understand why it was done that way. Ending it, even if that means he doesn't find her, would have been the gut punch ending it should have been.
All that being said, everything else up to that point is near perfect film making. I'd put it around an 8/10, largely because of the last act. Jim Cavezil and Bill Camp, the guy in Columbia, were fantastic. And as good as Jim was, I think Camp was even better (probably because his character has a little more layering to it).
I agree. It felt like that Chris Prat movie, Tomorrow War or something. You thought the movie ended on a good note and then suddenly there’s another mini story tacked on the end.
Sound of Freedom is definitely a movie that sticks with you long after watching! Great review and information!!
It really does, I’m still thinking about it. I appreciate you watching!
@@gregowen2022 It's a pleasure! I really enjoy your videos! Keep 'em coming! 😃👍
Dude, *none* of these critics so opposed to this film ever watched it. They did *not* watch it.
They can’t have! Look, there’s valid criticism, but this dude had no clue what he was talking about.
Thank you for sharing some ideas at the end of your video.
I agree with you, that we should try to do more then just watching the movie.
Maybe it’s just too much time spent in office meetings, but I like a good action item after the awareness has been raised
@@gregowen2022 I agree with you, because I thought the same thing with other areas of my life and the community that I live in....I find something in myself or my community that needs to be worked on, and it gets talked about for a few weeks, but then nothing after that.
I think it's time to make a change to that.
Of note, the Rolling Stones writer that pissed you off so much also wrote a rave review of Cuties. Not hard to figure out why he hates this movie, and it's not just because conservatives like it.
Ha, not shocking in the slightest. I don’t advocate for gov overreach, but if his computer got searched, I also wouldn’t complain this one time
I saw it. It was heartbreaking. I had only one potential complaint, and I'll try to explain it in as spoiler free of a way as possible.
There's a character who helps Ballard but only after a lot of persuasion.
If that character existed in real life and wasn't made up for the movie, and if that character's hesitancy to help Ballard was only added in for dramatic tension, then I would downgrade this movie from a 10 to a 9.5 because that would mean a person who didn't desrve it was made to look somewhat cowardly. Like I said though, that's only a potential complaint. It all hinges on whether the character is a real person and whether thay behaved that way in real life.
100% agree about smaller government. The CRT people and oyhers on that side of the spectrum keep drinking to koolaid year over year not realizing that a lot of the mess in the last decade and of course past decades is because of the government
I’m so baffled that people can accurately identify bad things the government has done, call it inherently racist, and then call for more government.
@@gregowen2022 remember though, all of this is in service of one goal: amassing power. Dividing up people based on race increases your power. Government being the solution to their problems increases your power. Government being their source of sustenance increases your power.
They don’t care about solving problems, because that reduces their power. So they merely speak loudly about the problem, ask you for more power, and then rinse and repeat.
Thank you for talking about this movie!
Happy to do it, thank you for watching!
Great take. I have two adopted siblings.
Very based message, Mr. Owen. I'm very impressed on your advice on what practical things a person can do. Well said and well done.
Thank you very much! Maybe I’ve been to too many office meetings, but I like a good action item, haha
Great video. I love the hard truths.
What a fantastic essay man
Good job! Waiting for the movie to come to Brazil, don’t know if it will, unfortunately.
Wow.
Thank you, this is a great review and great call to action
I like this Greg lol keep calling it as you see it man
I'm probably not gonna see Sound Of Freedom, but my god are these haters just fucking crazy.
They are completely unhinged, right?
@@gregowen2022 Indeed. Like, obviously Sound Of Freedom is not above critique simply because it has a good message, and obviously not EVERYONE who doesn't like the movie is a pedophile, but if you're this vocally outraged at a film that says child sex trafficking is bad...that's kinda sus.
Spittin' fire beginning to end! Best SoF video I've seen thus far
Thank you so much!
man your intro summed it all up thanks see ya!
I've been aware of O.U.R. for a few years now and knew all about Tim Ballard and I have been doing everything I can, which isn't much to be honest, to help stop human trafficking.