Posted on 10/29/2007 7:42:09 AM PDT by IrishMike
Reese Witherspoon can't be pleased with the performance of her new movie "Rendition." It is a colossal bomb and will disappear as quickly as one of the movie's characters, courtesy of the evil CIA, of course.
Once again, Hollywood is on a "let's make America look bad" binge. This is directly caused by loathing for the Bush administration, which the entertainment left sees as a combination of the Third Reich and Emperor Nero. Thus, a series of earnest "America is a human-rights violator" films are coming to a theater near you, and the odds are you will ignore them. Good.
The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford, has directed a movie called "Lions for Lambs," of which Variety opines: "Back-bendingly liberal but also deeply patriotic."
Well, that doesn't sound so bad, but then Redford goes to Rome and says this about the USA: "We have lost lives, we've lost sacred freedoms, we've lost financial stability."
Really, Bob? You seem mighty rich to me, and I believe you can make movies that say anything you want them to say. So what's this loss of "sacred freedoms" deal?
While researching this column, I came across a letter written by Samuel Goldwyn in 1961. Goldwyn was a major movie mogul responsible for hundreds of classic films. In this letter Goldwyn tells producer Jerry Wald: "Today we are at a crucial period in history. Even if the cold war never develops into a hot one, our country still has its hands full all over the world. The pictures we send abroad have an effect in every corner of the globe.
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There was a time when Hollywood would wait until the war was over before they slammed America.
hollyweird will keep hell full for decades.
LLS
There was also a time when Hollywood was pro America during war.
The emergence of the Liberal has had a negative effect on the Nation.
That was a long time ago, never to be seen again. God help us all.
Ping.
Note to Bob Redord: When you have to get little Tommy Cruise to play the EVIL Republican you know you have a flop on your hands.
I suppose Robert Redford also goes to his neighbors’ houses and trash-talks his own family. What a shameless, disloyal, self-promoting, self-righteous POS.
Passion of the Christ vs Lions for Lambs
It just seems like the extreme leftwing movies rarely make a lot of money. But the bigwigs keep making more of them. Meanwhile, the Values movies tend to rake in big bucks. but the bigwigs seem disinclined to make too many of them.
Most businesses are driven by profit. But I maintain that the Entertainment business and the News business are driven by other considerations.
Oh yeah..and Merryl Creep...peeee youuuuuu!!!
That was because Hitler invaded their beloved Soviet Union, and that's when the Commies in Hollywood became "pro-American" during WWII.
Hollywood does indeed spew out a lot of treasonous crap, but from what I can tell, it’s no worse nor as destructive as what gets taught to kids in the indoctrination pens we call public schools these days.
Three strikes, YER OUT!!!
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Hollyweird, class rooms at all levels and grades, the main streams ... cesspools of liberal debauchery.
Its telling Redford makes these comments overseas, where in another time they wouldn’t have been made know to the average American movie goer.
The fact is Redford is both a coward, and a rank hypocrite.
Good news here is?
The Frankenstein monsters are pissing away their money *&* in giant amounts at a crack, which is of course good for the economy getting that dough back in circulation.
Soon we'll all be hearing another tale of woe from Hollyweird's imps.
One fine day, one by one they'll wakeup.
...& learn they're broke. ;^)
Piss off liberal Hollywood, and go see “Bella” this week instead. Bella is a pro-life movie that won an award at the Toronto Film Festival.
That was because Hitler invaded their beloved Soviet Union, and that’s when the Commies in Hollywood became “pro-American” during WWII. ............... Who doesn’t remember those great block buster movies like “Mission to Moscow and North Star”. What we need are some more John Ford movies. Hollyweird supports our troops by making them look like the villians. You know had things been different and Gore was President, this would have been a real patriotic war. BTW, I’m waiting for Hollyweird’s “Spring time for the Mullahs in Iran”
LLS
Forced to pick, they’d probably prefer Nero to President Bush. After all, Nero out Christians to death.
That should have read: Nero put Christians to death.
The various anti-American movies (via Box Office Mojo):
Lions for Lambs n/a
Rendition $9M, unk budget
The Kingdom $46M in 2nd week, cost $70M
Stop Loss n/a
In the Valley of Elah $7M, unk budget
Redacted n/a
Grace is Gone n/a
here were a fair number of “kill the commies” movies in the ‘80s. There were also a fair number of, “The U.S. is a warmongering empire” too, though.
I wouldn't say it's a bad film, but as a western it's just average. Nothing like the top tier films of John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, or Clint Eastwood in that genre. The rest of Redford's films are mostly lame. Does he have any real screen presence or charisma, or did he have it forty years ago? I never noticed it. I didn't sit up and pay attention whenever he spoke.
What sad world does Redford live in? He must have tons of money but he is unhappy because we live in an America where there is no prosperity, where countless millions wail and starve, where gestapos come in the night and throw dissenters into concentration camps, etc etc. They really seem to think that is the way things are. Makes me wonder when the morons say “we’ve lost our credibility in the world” if it isn’t because of this fictional America they talk about. It certainly isn’t because of Bush.
Both were done over 30 years ago.
Yeah, I forgot about those two, which shows how often I think of Robert Redford. LOL! I’ll admit those two are pretty good films.
I guess 60 minutes will be doing a fluff piece on Redford before long.
Only a liberal rag like Variety could call “Lions For Lambs”, “Back-bendingly liberal but also deeply patriotic.” In the trailer (the advertisement) Redfords character says, ‘It isn’t the ones that attacked us that are the problem! We are!’ That pretty much says it all. Besides anyone who sees Redford in anything knows what the point of view will be.
I always liked “The Sting” much better than “Butch Cassidy.” And as a “chick” I thought Redford, when young, was great looking... however he’s aged quite badly which is just fine with me.
There were NEVER enough “kill the commies” movies...
There was a moment at the end when it sunk into somewhat of a weak message, but overall it was very anti-terror.
BLIND MORONS!
“The 60’s generation has always hated America ....”
The 60’s ruined America. It is so hard to believe that the “greatest generation” spawned the biggest bunch of pinko, wussies this side of hell.
“There was also a time when Hollywood was pro America during war.”
The book “Hollywood Party” is fascinating.
“And as a “chick” I thought Redford, when young, was great looking.”
As a guy, I’d like to ask: would he have been good looking without makeup covering his acne scars?
Yes, I’m serial. Unquiring minds want to no.
“Mission to Moscow and North Star”.
Seen them both on TV. Definite pro Commie propaganda in the extreme.
Another would be Days of Glory (1944) with Gregory Peck.
So let me guess, Tom Cruise plays a republican senator that is cheating on his born again christian wife with a man he met at a rest-stop.
Liberal shows how much a lie the war is and everyone realizes that if we send more Peace Corp volunteers out into the world, everyone will love us...THE END.
Got forced by the masses to see this tripe this weekend, and the only things it DIDN'T do was:
1) Refer to the torturing location as Abu-Graib, and
2) Play the "Darth Vader Theme" whenever Meryl Stink entered the room.
Other than that, the movie was so left of center even the DBM reviewers noticed it. And there were more goofs, flubs and continuity holes than an Ed Wood film. Poorly written, poorly directed, poorly acted, a mega-bomb.
Redford was good in “The Natural.” And he was pretty good in “The Clearing,” also. More recent vintage...
Oh, you read the script, huh?
America has not been ruined. It has been damaged, but it can recover - and will, if each of us does our part, every day!
Have we won the war on poverty yet?
How about the war on drugs?
War on illiteracy?
At what point do you think we can declare victory in the War on Terror?
That wasnt my point at all.
So, you're saying that you didn't like any of these movies: The Hot Rock, The Candidate, Jerimiah Johnson, The Sting, The Great Waldo Pepper, Three Days of the Condor, A Bridge Too Far, The Electric Horseman or The Natural?
My point is that politicians play pretty fast and loose with the term 'war'.
So, at what point in any of these 'wars' are we allowed to let loose with some criticism of the ways in which these 'wars' are being waged?
And Hollywood wonders why people don’t go to the movies any more.
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