Last Ounce of Courage - The Cinema Snob 

Some people are like " remember when Brad reviewed exploitation movies instead of spending 30 minutes to preach his political views?" Clearly you don't remember that Brad has been reviewing these kinds of movies for YEARS. The Pagan Invasion, Rock: Its Your Decision, Bibleman, the list goes on. This isn't some new thing, it's just another kind of exploitation film.

"why can't people just let me shove my personal beliefs down their throats?" - This movie

When I was a kid, anytime I heard someone say "Happy Holidays", I assumed it was just a collective term for both Christmas and New Year's.

"You shouldn't get offended so easily," says the people who freak out about an imaginary war on their beloved holiday.

So I've seen people whining about the Cinema Snob being some liberal talk show. Honestly, I just want him shitstomping more people who are doing Christianity no favors.

The fact that they show the son die in the video for this propaganda piece is tasteless and offensive to actual soldiers who died in war.

"They're replacing it with winter break." It was called winter break when I was a kid twenty years ago. This is not a new development.

Love how he says "I'm just one grandpa" as though he's not, y'know, THE MAYOR

Funny this movie uses the Pilgrims as part of its "argument," when not only did the Pilgrims NOT celebrate Christmas, THEY CONSIDERED THE HOLIDAY IMMORAL.

The great James Rolfe said it best: "Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, happy everyone; just Happy Holidays. And if you have a problem with Happy Holidays, then Happy Shut the Fuck Up."

"400 years ago our forefathers left the religious oppression of another land to build this one." No, they left countries that kept telling them "You folks are a little extreme for our tastes. Stop burning people as witches just because they looked at you funny." to build a country where they could keep right on doing that.

Fun fact, one time I stayed in Dubai over Christmas, that's a majority muslim city where it is arguable that Christians are in the minority and do face a certain amount of marginalisation (I never experienced it or saw it, but I'm told it does happen). Guess what happened over Christmas in practically every store and public space? On nearly every tv and radio channel? All over the apartments where I stayed? Round the clock Christmas celebrations, advertising, decorations etc. Granted it wasn't as overblown as how Christmas is celebrated in the west, but even in an area where by rights nobody should give a shit about Christmas and by pureflix logic they should have genuine opposition to Christmas being celebrated, even there Christmas commercialism was everywhere and there was zero public opposition to it being there. People of all faiths joined in the celebrations because Christmas is a global tradition and an excuse to get together and have fun and buy stuff for eachother, just like everywhere else in the world. I think about that a lot whenever I see rants about "the war on Christmas".

The same people that insist that there's a "War On Christmas" are the same assholes that tried to replace Halloween with "Harvest Festivals" back in the 90's.

"People don't celebrate Christmas anymo..." Suddenly, a RU-vid Ad specifically promoting Christmas interrupts him.

you know shit's serious when Brad has to go outside *twice*.

Geez, if they thought they were being persecuted for "celebrating Christmas", how are they going to take it when someone presses charges over them showing footage of a man dying in a public school auditorium full of children and their parents?

There needs to be an extra scene at the end of all the Jews going "So does this mean we can put up a giant menorah at city hall?" and him going "Pfffft, no."

"400 years ago, our forefathers left the religious oppression of another land to build this one..." Yes, they left oppression........from other Christians and they didn't get along either when they came here.

Law says: "Schools cannot make students pray (because that would be a breach of the 1st amendment.)" What American conservative Christians hear: "Students are forbidden from praying within the school's premises, even at recess." Law says: "Schools cannot force students to read the Bible (because that would be a breach of the 1st amendment)." What American conservative Christians hear: "Students are forbidden from bringing Bibles to school." Perhaps American conservative Christians would benefit from some reading comprehension courses.

"I wanted the world to stop and understand the pain I was in." That basically sums up Bob's whole character. His whining about the "War on Christmas" and his turning the school play into military propaganda are both the end result of that one line. He's like a whiny five-year old who cries "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" when his parents look away from him for a split second.

Honestly, I kinda liked the beginning of this movie. Having a father have a moral dilemma about losing his son and having his faith challenged would be a really good idea for a movie. He could eventually come to terms and accept his son's passing in a faith-based way, and it could be a really solid spiritual/moral message. Sadly, we got this.

I am completely offended that this movie ruined a perfectly good Winter Space Odyssey play.

The puritans weren't even escaping persecution; England was becoming /less/ discriminatory re: religion. Thus began the proud American tradition of thinking you're oppressed when you can't dominate everything.

Christmas doesn't even have to be a religious thing. People celebrate it in Japan and they have an incredibly low percentage of Christians. They do a lot of the same stuff, just without the religious parts. A ton of people that aren't Christian celebrate Christmas for numerous reasons. A Christmas space odyssey sounds kinda awesome. Or they could just do something like The Gift of the Magi or A Christmas Carol or even just make a new story?

Remember last year when people were getting up in arms because Starbucks coffee cups were plane red and didn't say "Merry Christmas"? Considering that the owner of Starbucks is Jewish, what if this year the cups all said "Happy Hanukkah on them. Could you imagine everyone's reactions? "WHAT IS THIS SHIT?! THIS COMPLETELY DISREGARDS THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY OTHER FAITH. WHY DOES YOUR HOLIDAY GET TO BE THE DEFINITIVE- Ohhh now I get the happy holidays thing."

Man, this has to be the biggest "war on the straw" movie I have ever encountered. Also , did schoolchildren just saw a soldier getting blown off?

Nobody celebrating Christmas? Then explain the THOUSANDS of cartoons, movies, specials, sales, greeting cards, photo filters, and businesses dedicated to Christmas?

2:28 Look at this proud patriot, riding with the flag of the country he loves while breaking its motorcycle helmet laws.

This movie should be called "Last Ounce of Decency".

Brad, I absolutely love you reviewing these Christian movies, but I have no idea how you power yourself through these. I can barely get through these truncated versions in your reviews.

"I'm just one kid," said the one kid. "I'm just one grandpa," said the TOWN MAYOR.

Brad deserves so many more subscribers. 'Merry Christmas, take care of each other and yourselves, and don't be a fucking idiot.' Now I want THAT on a Christmas sweater.

I really don't understand the 'War on Christmas' people. How can they sit on there soap-box, receive millions of dollars of funding from somewhere, and unironically say that their religion is being persecuted in a nation with 70%+ people who identify with that religion?

I've always been confused about there being a war on Christmas when Christmas has absorbed Thanksgiving and is eyeing up Halloween next?

They want to put the "Christ" in "Christmas", yet their kids evidently have virtually little knowledge of the Bible. I think that says far more than the filmmakers had intended. And they had to take a cross down from a mission church? Reminds me of a Christian movie I happened upon once where a church had to take down a nativity scene because of those pesky secularists. A _fucking church_. Do they sincerely think that's a thing? Do they really not understand how state-church separation actually works?

Holy shit. That explosion scene just took the movie from the regular tasteless pandering I'd expect from this kind of film to some whole new dimension of tasteless lunacy. I mean seriously, were the writers thinking something like: "We really want to emphasize the weight of Bob's son's heartfelt message with the fact that he never came home. The audience is probably too stupid to make that connection though." "Well then, how about have Bob somberly tell the audience that it was the last message his son recorded before he died?" "Nah. Too subtle. Hey! I've got an idea. How about we show the soldiers' sudden, horrifically violent deaths on camera as they get blown up by a fucking mortar." "Um... is this still taking place at the end of a school nativity play?" "Yes." "And... you don't see anything wrong with this? Like traumatizing an entire auditorium of families who were only there to see a school play? And making Bob look like an unhinged lunatic for showcasing his own son's violent death to the entire audience?" "Nah man, it's to like, emphasize the realness. We can tell the audiance American soldiers die for our freedom, but they won't get it unless we literally show them dying." "What does this have to do with Christmas again?" "It's, you know... they're sacrificing themselves... like what Jesus did." "And the actual audience watching the movie, you don't think they'll be shocked and appalled by this grotesque, tasteless addition to the film? That they'll find it offensively crass and exploitative, especially if they actually had family members in the military who died in combat?" "Hmm.... nah."

There is a mall just a couple minutes away from where I live. In that mall, at the very center, is a gigantic fucking Christmas tree that threatens to break through the roof. It is covered in enormous ornaments the size of basketballs and bows that were taken straight off the head of Minnie Mouse. In front of this tree is a red velvet armchair where Santa sits so kids can take pictures with him. In my city's downtown area, outside the courthouse, you will still find the ten commandments standing tall and proud on two large stone tablets outside the front door. Every single radio station is overrun by Christmas carols to the point that I never want to hear the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause" again. Sears has been a forest of Christmas trees since the middle of October. Fred Meyers is a mess of red and green. The Hallmark Channel and Lifetime are both pumping out new Christmas romances like there's no tomorrow, and plays their old ones on repeat twenty four hours a day and seven days a week. The food network has no less than three shows dedicated to the season, and while they may say Holiday, it's about as Christmassy as you can get including direct references to the holiday by name during the actual show itself. The entire downtown area of my city is covered in Christmas lights. Superman is constantly compared to Jesus despite being the creation of two Jewish guys in the thirties. Starbucks not only changes all their cups to a red and green motif every December, but they went ahead and plastered snowmen and sleigh bells all over it again because people bitched about it loud enough. And unless you can name me one single holiday in the United States of America which is more heavily marketed, advertised, celebrated, or more shoved in your face than Christmas, THEN THERE IS NO WAR ON CHRISTMAS!

Good God, this was pissing me off and I'm just watching a riff!

"School districts across the country are taking Christmas break off the calendar and replacing it with winter break." Oh, the HORROR! They changed the name to reflect that not everyone celebrates Christmas during that period! Guess we can't celebrate our own holiday anymore... wait...

Am I the only one who laughs hysterically when the son dies in the footage they show during the play? It is just so fucking insane and over the top I can't deal.

The cutaway to what Springfield looks like right now...fucking priceless. 😂

So basically they showed the whole school a snuff film.... WHAT???

No one should ever be allowed to celebrate Christmas in a different way than me!

I'd bet that cross wasn't taken down because people got offended but because it was the tackiest church crucifix I've ever seen in my life.

i remember the Texas Israeli war of 1999....what a time to be alive

Silent Night, deadly night is more believe and sense-able than this movie.

Fun fact: I was an extra in this movie (I'm the fat kid on the left at 8:19). Yeah, I'm not exactly proud of being in it, but I guess it technically means I made a cameo in a Cinema Snob episode, so I guess that's something. On a side note, I'm a bit surprised that Brad didn't mention "Chuck Norris approved" being printed on the DVD case. I'm sure there's an easy joke in there somewhere.

Damn I think this is the first time I have ever seen Brad leave the couch to make a point.

"A sci-fi version of the Nativity" isint that the The Matrix?

It hurts to watch the clips in the review. I'm sure Brad used every last ounce of courage to get through this movie. ... liquid courage...

The video of the son being blown up took this film from ridiculous to repulsive. Brad, you're doing Glob's work. May Grod bless you. I need a drink.

I don't know, a play about aliens stalking a baby on earth and calling him their king sounds like comedy gold.

Why do they always have to look like something that would air on Lifetime/Hallmark Channel?

This was made in 2012? Looks like a late 90's early 2000's movie.

Jesus Christ, who in the hell would react with *slow clap* to a video of a bunch of people getting blown up? Let alone the whole auditorium? I'm sure there were young kids in that audience. Nobody screamed? Nobody yelled "What the fuck?!" Where was the rumble of rage and annoyance, not only that some kid hijacked a school play to make himself feel better, but that he showed a bunch of people getting killed?? What universe are all these filmmakers living in??

most of these people whining about their imagined "war on Christmas", yes, have really never learned how to count their blessings. Let's break this down. They usually have good jobs with a stable income, have nice homes in safe and well maintained neighborhoods, have disposable income for toys like motorcycles and boats, have supportive family and friend social networks, good kids who stay out of trouble (usually), etc.... but if just ONE person or fast food coffee joint wishes them "happy holidays', or sells plain red coffee cups, they lose their damn minds, and are damn near suicidal.

"Not one station plays real Christmas music anymore." Dude, where I live, we have a radio station that plays Christmas music all year round. We even have stores that sell Christmas stuff 24/7. I think more people are overly hyped about Christmas than downright hating it. These movies are so cringe-worthy, it strains at my sanity and anxiety levels. Mainly because there are people who pay money to see this shit and eat up everything that is said and shown. Keep up the good work, Brad. Tear these movies a new one and show no mercy.

"This.. is Christmas.. in America."

Most of us Christians don't care when someone says "Happy Holidays" or there aren't Christmas decorations everywhere. It's honestly just the conservative ones that gripe about that. I'm a devout Christian, but I acknowledge that there are many holidays this time of year for many different faiths. It's easier to say Happy Holidays to someone because you don't know what they celebrate. Why is that such a hard concept?

this is likely what a movie version of the IHOP "red white and blue pancake" guy's life is like.

I actually remember a nearby theater not only playing this for 2 weeks, but the owner put a message about how "inspiring" it was on the theater's Facebook page. Yes, i do live in the deep South, why do you ask?

Our school plays in elementary school were written by the kids so they had plots like "santa claus is kidnapped by aliens" or "nerds hire a karate teacher to teach them martial arts and they beat up bullies" or "the principal wants to be re-elected like he's a politician and it's a weird political satire". (Or my Christmas play about two angels that come to earth and cause the apocalypse and everyone dies and talso Jesus was a vampire. It was rejected for not having enough roles for kids) Lot of them were bad , but they were at least different and kids got to try their hand at writing plays.

That rant at the end was classic.

This is what we get, when we become a culture of victims, and a culture of victims is what we get when consideration for others goes out the window. It's like we've been conditioned to believe that people don't care about us, unless we're victims.

9:09 They watch Fox News. Need I say more?

I liked him so much better when Patrick Swayze was ripping his throat out.

Bob: ✅ Christian ✅ Pharmacist ✅ Mayor ✅ Harley rider ✅ Red Blooded ‘Mercian 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ✅ Man with a three incher who is frustrated in the bedroom, has nothing better to do, and hopes this film helps him get some

3:47 "Ma'am, I'm afraid we have terrible news. Your son is gay." SNOB: Actually, he's quite dead. With that family, I'm not actually sure being dead is worse than being gay...

That movie felt like 'Last Ounce of Desperation to Play the Victim'!

Not surprising to find out that Chuck Norris praised and recommended this movie. Don't care how kick-ass he was twenty-to-thirty years ago, his approval will never be on the same level as Lloyd's! As far as where I live is concerned, I have never seen anyone get persecuted for celebrating Christmas, religious wise or just because people like the holiday season. I'm an atheist, my family doesn't adhere to any religion, and we all celebrate Christmas together. For us, its just a time to get together, have fun, watch movies, and get some free shit from each other... The points that the Snob made to put these lying, deceptive, and at times shameless filmmakers in their place was just awesome! And it was cool to see the Snob leave his review room to prove these fuckers wrong! Lastly... Is it just me, or does this movie look like it was filmed after someone rubbed cum on the camera lens? I can honestly say that the quality of Brad's first movie Freak Out (2003) looks better than this shit... Also, Fred Williamson still looks good! And does anyone else this that jailhouse Jesus looks like Willie Nelson?

6:04 Okay, timeout. I went to a Catholic university. While I was there, we had a building on campus an old church and had been renovated into classrooms. One of the first things the Catholic school did when they bought the church was take down the steeple. And they didn't do it because it offended someone; they did it because the building was NO LONGER A CHURCH.

I have a bunch of personal problems with this movie and literally all other Christian movies. My dad is a pastor and I literally grew up with all these movies. I actually bought it all until I was about 10. Then slowly I just started giving up over and over. What was worse is my dad was friends with literally all the hellfighters so I had to act like I liked this movie. For the sake of my dad's job, I had to pretend to like this movie. And my parents don't understand why I absolutely hate going to church now. A) most the people there are petty, rude, and take advantage of you. ESPECIALLY if your dad is a pastor B) everything is run by fear. Everything. I'm still Christian but I refuse to believe in fear tactics. I refuse to believe that today's church where people are so full of hate and closed-mindedness is what was wanted from the original christians. Tl:dr when I'd first seen this movie I'd hoped I'd never had to see it again. Glad someone else hates it too. It's part of the reason I dislike the church.

Damn, this was a fantastic Snob episode! One of his best I feel.

If they really wanted to make a 'saving-Christmas' movie, they should have had them saving Christmas from commercialism. Did they ever even talk about what Christmas is supposed to be about?

Snobs sarcasms are always on point tho. Dude really was trying to become Ray Liotta in that moment.

“I’m just one kid.” “Well I’m just one grandpa.” I watch this video every year for Christmas and this part still has me in tears every time

Wait..they stick the potentially gay drama teacher in the closet...that is one heck of a metaphor.

Brad looks kinda of like Walter White in the yellow pajama thing.

As an American-Israeli, I can tell you that 1999 was no joke, damn it.

Such a classic line, horrible line. "I'm just one kid..." "I'm just one grandpa...."

I'm pretty sure the first pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution were for the separation of church and state for that very reason.

So the director of this school play might not be able to do anything for being locked up in a closet. But the crew can, the stage manager who has more control over everything can, the audience can walk out because they were promised an awesome space opera (this happened at my old high school where a musical was so bad, people walked out despite the stage being full of kids), the audience can SUE for seeing a clip of a man being blown up because holy shit why would that be shown at a school play, and the director can press charges after he's let out. And yet people lost their shit over what happened in Hamilton?

I was keeping an open mind that this wasn't a by-the-numbers extreme right-wing love-affair, but making the only principle Black character the villain? Mmmwah! GENIUS!

How long have these people not noticed that baby jesus isn't the only thing celebrated at christmas? -family bonding -presents -changing of the season -helping people -feasting -that warm fuzzy feeling that makes doug walker turn into a singing, dancing maniac It's like suddenly the wheels started turning in their heads and they realised christmas can be a lovely time with or without religion. Oh the horror..?

Nativity Snuff films? Now that's something you don't see everyday. :)

Hey Brad are you going to review Ameriggedon? It got 5 stars from Alex Jones!!

I wish the mysterious stranger turned out to be Odin as grimnir

'not everyone takes a break on Christmas!' omg! respect! I've been watching you for a couple years and you've grown on me 10fold. I'm a server and tbh holidays are always the busy time of year! and restaurants don't close... maybe on Christmas. but I have worked Christmas at Starbucks more than once. lolz

WOW.....the Villains are the NAACP and the Black guy in the movie.....WOW. LOVE any movie that has White old guys explaining being persecuted to black people and other minorities...... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW....

"You're just pissed because other people wanna celebrate stuff too." Brad, please make holiday sweaters with this printed on the front.

Literally watch this video this time of year every year now. It's tradition!

I heard the alternate title was "White Privilege: The Movie"

Science Fiction is a great description of this, it's right out of that Chick tract where Christianity is banned in the future. I'm expecting somebody to be tortured with microchips.

"I want to watch a play about alien, but instead I watched a snuff film." Now, we need a David Cronenburg remake of this movie.

If were going to celebrate a famous Italian why not Leonardo Da Vinci; he's a famous artist, inventor and best of all was not imprisoned for his heinous crimes against the Natives of Hispaniola by the Queen of Spain.

"None of these channels play Christmas music anymore." Then explain why radio stations nowadays start playing Christmas music in mid November and stop in mid January. If anything, they play it too much.

A grouchy Snob is the best kind of Snob.

People need to remember their Shakespeare: "A rose by any other name...."

To me, one of the most head-scratching lines is when he says he doesn’t remember anyone telling him freedom had to be fought for and defended. Like wha... you’re a VETERAN. You are literally one of the people who FOUGHT FOR AND DEFENDED FREEDOM.

Best moment of the review... "I think something is missing around your sabotage..." "Guns!"