Actor Compares Pro-Navy SEAL Movie 'Act of Valor' to Hitler Propaganda Film

February 27th, 2012 5:53 PM

Star of TV’s Parenthood, Dax Shepard, compared the pro-U.S. military film that stars actual Navy SEALs, Act of Valor to Adolf Hitler's Triumph of the Will. On his Twitter feed the one time Ashton Kutcher prank boy from Punk'd wrote: "Saw 'Triumph of the Will' tonight, oh wait, I mean 'Act of Valor' great action." Apparently the reaction to Shepard's obnoxious tweet, comparing this week's #1 movie starring active duty Navy Seals to a Nazi propaganda movie was immediate, as he attempted to walk back his comments.

Shepard lamely claimed he was: "not comparing our military to nazis. Pointing out the exceedingly high level of propaganda in both."

The following is a screen grab of the relevant portion of Shepard's Twitter timeline from February 27, 2012: