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okay , nothing againest her or anything, But the hole thing seems Stupid, I'm not saying that i liked her being kidnapped, But i think it was stupid for them to make a movie out of it, I mean, Loads of kids have been stolen or worse, None got a movie, Like i said i am not dissing on anyone, I'm just confused, my friend said it was a scam for them to get Famous, I'm not really sure. But whatever!

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I think it is true that lots of children get kidnapped, go missing etc and movies aren't made about all of them. What I found remarkable about this story is that Elizabeth Smart was not murdered but evetually found safe and well, I don't think that usually happens.

No, I mentioned the bisque!

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her kidnapping was also famous because of the circumstances surrounding her kidnapper

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The made-for-television movie was created because its plotline sounded like something a writer would concoct: a pretty, angelic-like teenager from a religious and affluent family, is kidnapped by a fanatically religious, stark-raving mad lunatic and his equally insane wife for nine months, only to be reunited with her loving family thanks to the help of caring citizens, allowing her kidnappers to stand trial.

I have a feeling if Elizabeth was an unattractive troubled teen, from a poor family, and kidnapped by some pervert to be used as a sex slave, nobody would have considered making her ordeal into a movie, except for maybe Lifetime television.

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The kidnappers got a sexual verdict, it was just consored down for the American viewers. besides, I would describe this fanatic as somewhat a perverted.

I hated the film, it tried to suggest some problems; She have been brainwashed, she took a long time telling the policeofficer who she was. But the film never carries out. I was left with an anticlimatic feeling.

Also, where is elizabeth's sense of logic? I can hear the people looking for me, crying; they probably can't hear me.
"I have followers around your house!" -BUT you have no means of communication, and during several months you haven't seen any of them, so logically he does not.
I give it 3/10, for being stupid. True that some of the actors where better than this, but in all, the plot lacked. Perhaps this is excactly what happened in real life, but it doesn't work on film.

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Brian David Mitchell would leave for hours and come back, almost everyday. So where's the logic? She probably thought he was talking with them. This poor girl was raped multiple times a day, and you want to say she had no logic? This is a movie, its not the true account of what actually happened. It has some truth, but not all. So next time you want to call her stupid, (don't say you didn't cuz you did, someone w/o logic, is stupid) why don't you think about everything she's done for you? You may someday have a child who goes missing, or gets raped. She helped to make laws and pass bills that give sexual criminals a harder punishment. She got President Bush to sign the Amber Alert. And what have you done to thank her?

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i Agree. I live In Salt Lake City and I think that it's so stupid. They made SUCH a big deal about it. I mean they spent like Four hours just to say she was found. It's dumb. They even gave her a party cuz she was found. She goes to my school. They didn't give any other kids a big party when they were found.

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did any of them go missing for 9 months or a few days whislt they were pissed at there parents?
to be true though what kind of a woman is elizabeth before she went missing because soneone like her wouldn't have lasted 9 seconds
Thunderbirds Aren't Slow

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What I think is funny is she was a couple blocks from her house and she was supposedly left alone. No offense but I thinkl a 15 year old should be able to escape some of hippies!!

"Your opinion is wrong unless its mine"

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They said if she escaped, they would kill her family moron.

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http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=elizabeth_smart


"Kid vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwa-ha-ha'ed at us."

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Yeah She was a pretty retarded bitch. If I were her I would have thought of many ways to get out there were so many chances. I bet she payed off her 'kidnappers' or asked them to kidnap her so that she could get more attention then when she felt that she had hit her peak cut the deal and made off with a TV movie. End of story.

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Actually, she was brain washed.

They make movies about people like her and Jon Benet and everything...Its just to show what happened, I guess. They really didn't go into detail on what exactly happened to her, but being kidnapped and missing for nine months and turn up with all limbs and everything...Kinda amazing.

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The reason they made such a big deal about it is because her family has money. If it was a child from a poor family that got kidnapped, nobody would have cared, especially the news/media.

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i totally agree photoman: this whole thing was such a big deal only because her family was rich. lots of kids go missing but no one really cares, which in my opinion is really sad

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If you find it dumb that a movie is made about someone who has been lost and was safely returned home, then it is clear that you've never known anyone who's been missing. I'll agree that movies are not made about every case. But she's certainly not the first missing person to have a movie made about her. While it may be before your time, back in the early 80s, there was a TV movie called "I Know My First Name Is Steven." 20 years later, that movie still sticks with me in my mind. That was a true story about a little boy who was abducted and lived with his kidnapper for like 8 years or something before he found his way home.

I'll admit I didn't see this movie about Elizabeth Smart. Honestly, I didn't know it WAS made into a movie. But what I remember of her story from the news was that Elizabeth Smart had the courage to escape her kidnapper before it was too late.

Elizabeth Smart's story was what helped me keep hope when someone that I knew went missing. It is a terrifying situation that no one should ever be put in. But each day that passed, I told myself that there are the few lucky ones who escape. Sadly, my friend never had a chance to escape. Her murderers did their worst, and left us with next to nothing of her physical being. It is heartbreaking what some people are capable of. We have our memories of her, and that's something no one can take from us. We can tell the story of the tragedy and the wonderful soul we've lost, and hope that in sharing these stories, one more person might think twice about their own safety. That the sense of "something like this would never happen to me or anyone I know" gets a little reality check, and you begin to realize that it's possible...that anything is possible. We've learned not only to heighten our senses, but also about what really is important in life. That life is a gift, which can be taken all too quickly.

So you are entitled to your opinion, of course. But think for just a second about how you would feel if someone you loved were suddenly missing. Because it is NEVER expected, and it is NOT easy to deal with. And if you were faced with the reality that you may never see that person again, you would put so much more into the story of Elizabeth Smart and the story of that little boy named Steven, who were lucky enough to see their families and friends again. And whose families and friends were lucky enough to see them again...alive.

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"I'll admit I didn't see this movie about Elizabeth Smart. Honestly, I didn't know it WAS made into a movie. But what I remember of her story from the news was that Elizabeth Smart had the courage to escape her kidnapper before it was too late."

No offense, but you have your facts wrong on that. Elizabeth Smart didn't garner up the courage to escape, she selectively chose to stay with her captors. It wasn't until she was discovered walking down State Street in Sandy, Utah by Rudy and Nancy Montoya that she was finally "freed." She had many opportunities to escape herself, but she chose not to. Maybe she came down with the Stockholm Syndrome, I don't know. One thing that strikes me as suspicious however is that she never publicly thanked all the people that put in countless hours into aiding her search efforts.

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Well, regardless, my point is still the same. She survived. Meaning there is hope that the missing could still return home safely. When someone you love is missing, you'll need that hope.

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She was brainwashed and just a tad stupid.

Babydoll:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbn7xS9ZDOA

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Just a tad I think you ment a ton she could have dropped clues to people in public easy but she went along with it for her precious fame!

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Do you realize that you are completely illiterate? Lol.

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"To me, Elizabeth seems like an extremely smart person"

Wrong on that one.

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Do you know her personally? Can you give proof that she is smart? Yeah, I thought not.

I think the fact that she was kidnapped by a couple of old retards wielding nothing more than knives and that she couldn't even "escape" despite the fact that she was only minutes away from home speaks for itself. And if you wanna say that she couldn't escape because she was brainwashed, well guess what, if someone can brainwash you, then you aren't smart.

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That whole brainwash angle that she tried to shove down our throats is a load of B.S. in the first place. Her captors constantly had her out in public. Just look at the day she was finally discovered. She was walking down State Street in a highly populated section of Utah. She could have easily ran away from the kidnappers and once she got far enough away, waved down a police officer (and trust me, there are plenty of cops on State Street in Sandy, especially considering they were close to a mall) or even a civillian.

Then once she's informed the cops that her kidnappers "will kill her family if she attempts to escape", the local law enforcement would set up security at her home. If she was smart, then that scenario would have crossed her mind at least once in the 9 months that she was gone, therefore, she is not smart and she lied when she said she was brainwashed.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=elizabeth_smart

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Too bad I already established a good argument when I indicated that she could have ran away when she was out in public and found a police officer and notified them that her captors said they would kill her family if she ran away. Trust me, I live in Utah, there are police officers everywhere in highly populated areas, such as the areas where she was being kept.

Unless you yourself live in Utah and can see the facts for yourself on a day to day basis, you really have no idea what you are talking about. I challenge you go down to State Street in Sandy where she was found. You can't go five minutes without seeing a police officer drive by in either direction, mainly because there is a police station within ten miles north of where she was found. Let's not forget that there is also a high school not too far from where she was found, and high schools in Utah always have at least one police officer stationed at the school at all times, so in the unlikely event there were no police officers near, a call would have been made to Jordan High School requesting the assistance of the school's police officer. Not to mention she was found very close to Southtowne Mall where a lot of civillians tend to be, as well as security guards employed by the mall. There is also a company across the street from the mall that tends to bring in a lot of people, maybe you've heard of it, Wal-Mart.

Perhaps if I was kidnapped and kept locked up in a room and somebody told me they would kill my family if I tried to escape, I would understand, but when she is clearly out in public all the time with several chances to escape everyday, her brainwashing story has no validity to it. Especially considering her kidnappers are middle aged and out of shape. She was 14-15 years old at the time. You mean to tell me that a teenager can't outrun 2 old troglodytes?

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Wow, Ed and Lois Smart writing a book to capitalize on their duaghter's tragedy. With integrity like that, everything they wrote in it must be true, right? Especially considering that they went through the experience with her. Oh wait a minute, no they didn't.

And do I have to spoon-feed this conclusion to you? Elizabeth had many opportunities to escape AND alert the authorities that her captors would harm her family if she tried to escape. She's a teenager being held by two inept and out-of-shape nutcases. It wouldn't be very hard to outrun them. As such, there would be no risk to her family at all if she were to escape when she was in highly populated areas such as State Street, because she would be able to find help in no time. She may have been in the woods for a lengthy duration of her abduction, but there is also video evidence of her hanging out at parties and drum circles (which occur in public parks by the way). What it all boils down to is that Elizabeth Smart simply didn't want to escape. Which is kind of obvious considering that when she was rescued, she wasn't being cooperative with the police officers at first. It took a long time for her to acknowledge to them that she is Elizabeth Smart. No rational person would hinder the investigation out of fear for their family's safety when the suspects are in police custody.

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Have you ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome? And as far as Emmanuel saying he would harm her family if she tried to escape, that is complete heresay anyway.

I may be a jerk but at least I'm not some retarded 14 year old who was stupid enough to get kidnapped from her very own house, and then waste tax payers time and money in search efforts and then not even thank them for it all because she was too inept to escape from a couple of lab monkeys.

Oh and I just read a lot of reviews on the so-called "true-story of it all" "Bringing Elizabeth Home." All the reviews say that the book is propagandistic and more about Ed and Lois Smart than anything else. Not surprising since her parents are media whores anyway.

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You might want to take a look in the mirror, because you yourself seem to be one that thinks she knows everything and sits in front of the computer all day. You say I don't have a life because I'm making posts on the computer? Well last time I checked, you're responding to every post I make, so what does that say about you?

And of course my opinion matters to me more than others. Those reviews I read only reinforced what I already knew about Elizabeth's greedy parents and their pretentious book. And don't you find it ironic that you're judging me for listening to other people's opinions when you endorse and believe every word in their book, you know, seeing as how their book is full of their own opinions in the first place.

As for me calling Brian David Mitchell "Emmanuel," Ed Smart himself has referred to him as Emmanuel, so I guess by your retarded logic, Ed Smart supports him too, huh?

Here's some advice, next time you respond to me, you might want to read what you are submitting just to make sure there are no contradicitons contained within that make you look like a real dumbass.

Congratulations moron.

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The only reason you ever come on this site is to see what I said? Maybe you should get a boyfriend. It must be pretty sad for you to know that the only thing concerning a guy you have going on in your life is me. Maybe if you didn't have so much sand up your cooch, you wouldn't have to log on to the internet and read messages on a board for a movie website as some means of faux-sexual gratification.

It doesn't matter what name you call Brian David Mitchell. If he has an alias deemed official by the police department, referring to him as so is appropriate. I guess if I referred to Mark Felt as "Deep Throat," then it means I support him too right? Or if I refer to Orenthal James Simpson as O.J., then it must mean I support him murdering his wife right? Or if I refer to Marshall Mathers as Eminem, that must mean I support what he says in his lyrics right?

And another thing: I never said that the Smart's book has no facts in it. I said it was full (as in an abundance) of their opinions, opinions that you blindly believe like a lamb to the slaughter. The book has no cred anyway, seeing as how the whole reason they wrote it was so that they could make money off of their daughter's kidnapping. If they care so much about bringing home a kidnapped child, why don't you see them out in the world trying to bring other missing children home? I would probably ask Ed Smart himself, but he'd probably be too busy inking a deal on a way to make more money off of his daughter's kidnapping. Some dad. You say I create my opinions out of thin air? Look at you, your opinions are what the Smarts want you to believe.

And one last thing, if you're gonna call me an idiot, you might first want to learn a thing or two about proper spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure, because it really means nothing when you say it.

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Um, I live in Utah too, and I heard that the reason Elizabeth Smart didn't try to escape is because her captors told her her family was dead. They kept her away from what was going on on the news and stuff. She didn't know what was going on. She had no reason to escape, her family was dead to her.

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Well considering that Elizabeth acknowledged in an interview with Nancy Grace that she knew people were looking for her, I'm sure she had a reason to escape, and I'm pretty sure she knew her family wasn't dead.

Think about it, she was kidnapped and search efforts were immediately put into motion to find her (again, which she acknowledged being privy to), which means her family was in direct contact with the police after her kidnapping to provide information about her. With her being kidnapped, the Smart family would have extra protection from the police at all times to ensure their own safety, and if Elizabeth was intelligent, she would have realized this.

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Well IMO it's pretty hard to be logic when you are kidnapped by phsyco's threatening you.
And everyone, I think we should just ignore photonmonkey who is obviously a very bored, pathetic dimwit.

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elizabeth was scare while she was kidnapped and she didn't know if she be alive or dead during her captive.

But now is the end of days and Iam the reaper Alessa silent hill
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I sure hope that some of you get kidnapped one day for 9 months by a religious freak. I hope it gets put on television so that I can judge your emotions. I'm gonna tell you that you don't look sad enough, or frightened enough. I'm going to tell you that you were stupid for not calling for help, despite the fact that you were an afraid, and brainwashed young girl.

By the way, the reason Elizabeth Smart's story has become so famous is because of how she was kidnapped and how big of a deal the news and her family made it. She was taken from her own home in the middle of the night. Her sister witnessed it. She was held not even far from where she lived.
And she wasn't kidnapped for the intent of murdering her. He wanted her to join them-- to be his wife and live his life.

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