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2007-11-13 Home Front: Culture Wars

Hix Nix Peacenik Pix: Movies That No One Wants To See

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Posted by Mike 2007-11-13 08:20|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 But reading these comments, the flyover people, whether foreign or domestic, seem so much more intelligent than the Hollywood wags quoted in the article, it borders on the pathetic. . . .

Well, considering the average liberal Hollyweird wag has about as much sense and intelligence as a common garbage rat...

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-13 09:43|| 2007-11-13 09:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Transformers didn't have a downer on the military and didn't do too badly either.

Perhaps there's some coincidence?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2007-11-13 10:22|| 2007-11-13 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 They want us to pay money so they can preach to us that we stink. (At least religious services offer the prospect of an eternity in heaven). As consummate liars, they definitely believe in the conman's maxim that there's a sucker born every minute. Except most Americans aren't suckers.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-11-13 11:24|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-11-13 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 And "300" did pretty well, too. Coincidince?
My own take on "critically acclaimed" anti-war movies tanking like the RMS Titanic, here.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-11-13 11:38|| www.celiahayes.com]">[www.celiahayes.com] 2007-11-13 11:38|| Front Page Top

#5 You talkin' to me?

Posted by Common Garbage Rat 2007-11-13 18:32|| 2007-11-13 18:32|| Front Page Top

#6 The one thing reviewers haven't really touched is that the Tom Cruise criticized what was supposed to be the "good war" - the campaign in Afghanistan. Anyone who's stupid enough to fund a movie criticizing the Afghan campaign and expect a positive financial return needs shouldn't really be in the investment business.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-11-13 18:32|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-11-13 18:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Just clicked on the ad in the sidebar. Thanks, LFL!

Posted by Seafarious 2007-11-13 18:51|| 2007-11-13 18:51|| Front Page Top

#8 The killer irony of this is that somebody, anybody, could probably produce a movie right now for less than $1M, with no name actors, heck, use real vets as actors, shoot the movie in Texas, and clear $150M or more.

Show the Americans as being the good guys, and show al-Qaeda as being the vicious, evil bastards that they are.

Can you imagine a scene of the soldiers or Marines trying to rescue the survivors among burnt and mangled bodies of children at some Iraqi elementary school where they had been blown up? You could have half the audience bawling their eyes out.

Sure it would be a rah-rah movie, but it would sell like The Passion of the Christ.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-13 21:01|| 2007-11-13 21:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Part of it is the INTERNET [read - YOUTUBE, IPODS, etal], other part is mainstream Amer knows the US is in a WAR FOR SURVIVAL/EXISTENCE. They don't want to hear "Amer is NOT at War ergo must tolerate new 9-11 attacks and depend on third-parties for our security"; NOR the opposite "Amer is AT WAR ergo MUST BE THE ONLY ONE TO CONCEDE = MAKE PEACE WHILE BAD GUYS DON'T HAVE TO - you know, FAIRNESS, VICTORY, etc.".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-13 22:51|| 2007-11-13 22:51|| Front Page Top

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