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George Clooney Saves Puppies From Nazis
Washington Post ^ | 2/7/14 | By Philip Kennicott

Posted on 02/07/2014 9:39:35 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

If you care about art, you are obliged to loathe the film “The Monuments Men,” a star-studded history drama that purports to tell the story of American efforts to rescue and repatriate art stolen by the Nazis in World War II. The film doesn’t lapse occasionally into cliché, it is grounded in cliché, woven of cliché and consists of nothing but cliché. Director, producer and screenplay co-author George Clooney may believe he is serving art, but “Monuments Men” serves only cliché, and cliché is the enemy of art.

“Monuments Men” is so bad I will save you the trouble and expense of seeing it with the following summary. To make the film a bit more coherent, I’ve substituted the word “puppies” for art.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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Clooney is a self-important liberal. I will avoid this film like the plague.

If even the liberal Washington Post says it is bad, then you KNOW it must be a stinker.

1 posted on 02/07/2014 9:39:36 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Cloony, Murray, Damon...

Liberal F.A.G. personified....


2 posted on 02/07/2014 9:52:38 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s a movie. It is not a documentary. It is not a newsreel. It is pretend.

Treat it as such.

The “message” is whether or not it’s entertaining. No more, no less.


3 posted on 02/07/2014 9:53:25 AM PST by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Here’s a guy who says that an overbearing score wrecked it for him:

“... the apparent solution was to slap on a musical score that tells the viewer exactly how to feel at every possible moment. If you’ve ever doubted how thoroughly a poor score can wreck an otherwise perfectly acceptable motion picture, get thee to Monuments Men.”

http://flavorwire.com/437299/how-monuments-men-went-horribly-wrong/


4 posted on 02/07/2014 9:54:08 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Too bad, I generally see WW II films. Of course, that opens me up to stinkers like "The Thin Red Line" (if only I'd checked FR before wasting admission on THAT bomb!).

I missed "Red Tails". Figured out from the promos that it was going to stink, but FR reviews pushed me over the line.

Will miss Monuments Men, too. If it has Clooney AND Matt Damon, I'm frankly surprised that they didn't rewrite the script so the Russkies were the good guys, and Americans lost the war.

5 posted on 02/07/2014 9:55:28 AM PST by wbill
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To: SoFloFreeper

This is one movie that you can tell is horrible just by looking at the commercial. Hollywood has squeezed every single plotline it can out of the Nazis as villians and now we get this mind-numbingly stupid tripe.


6 posted on 02/07/2014 9:56:24 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SoFloFreeper

All movies out of Hollywood is garbage. I wrote a good inspiring WW2 script and had 1 producer read it and he said it was to expensive to make. Yet they spend millions on CGI crap all the time.. Hollywood is crap..


7 posted on 02/07/2014 9:56:57 AM PST by crazydad (Obamamohamed is a traitor)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I must say that is the best (only) article I’ve read from the WaPo!


8 posted on 02/07/2014 9:57:24 AM PST by gr8eman (Neptune, Titan, stars don't frighten!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Pansies in Hollywood, like Clooney and all the others of his gentle ilk, have a fetishistic love of prancing about in military gear they never had the nerve to wear in real life.


9 posted on 02/07/2014 9:59:48 AM PST by DPMD
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To: wbill

I did theater with a guy who was in 1 film: The Big Red One. He even had a decent part.


10 posted on 02/07/2014 10:00:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The author says Hitler loved art (puppies) but that was true for Old Masters; he had no use for modern art. I haven’t seen the movie so I can ‘t comment on the rest of Philip Kennicott’s review except to say is basic premise is flawed.

BTW, I clicked the link to ‘email the writer’ so I could mention that, but the email bounced.


11 posted on 02/07/2014 10:07:07 AM PST by Lisbon1940
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Pinging you to another amusing (and surprising, really) pan


12 posted on 02/07/2014 10:14:26 AM PST by jocon307
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To: SoFloFreeper

OK! I’m going against the tide here. I’ve been planning for weeks to see this movie tonight on my wedding anniversary. I’ve read the WHOLE WP article and I just see a snide criticism of the movie. I’ve seen the trailers on TV and in the theatre for weeks, and it looks like a pretty good film to me. I hope all of you are wrong and that we enjoy the film. I’ll let you know.


13 posted on 02/07/2014 10:17:23 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: jocon307

Just replied to it. I hope the WP is wrong because I’m been looking forward to this film for weeks and will see it tonight.


14 posted on 02/07/2014 10:18:30 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Kennicott is opposed to cliche. I suppose that is valid for high art but this is mass entertainment.


15 posted on 02/07/2014 10:20:13 AM PST by Lisbon1940
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To: SoFloFreeper
If you care about art, you are obliged to loathe the film “The Monuments Men,” a star-studded history drama that purports to tell the story of American efforts to rescue and repatriate art stolen by the Nazis in World War II. The film doesn’t lapse occasionally into cliché, it is grounded in cliché, woven of cliché and consists of nothing but cliché. Director, producer and screenplay co-author George Clooney may believe he is serving art, but “Monuments Men” serves only cliché, and cliché is the enemy of art.

It's also the enemy of good writing. I refused to read any further this insult to my intelligence.

16 posted on 02/07/2014 10:23:21 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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And of course: America über alles! Which is the only message one can take from a ridiculous scene near the end of the film when the Monuments Men apparently take time away from saving puppies to hang an American flag above a salt mine, just to poke a stick in the eye of those notorious puppy wranglers, the Russians. Norman Rockwell wouldn’t touch this slop.

Don't be too sure that you will dislike it for the same reason this little darling got his panties in a wad.

I might see it at the second run or on DVD or maybe just wait until it pops up on the TV in a few but I think I will see it. If only for that one part.

17 posted on 02/07/2014 10:27:36 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Lisbon1940

I can’t remember who it was that said, “more bowls of salted peanuts are sold then caviar,” but he was on to something.


18 posted on 02/07/2014 10:29:06 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Clooney uses this story to assert his own ideology, a farrago of Hollywood banalities that align remarkably well with standard-issue beliefs about capitalism, freedom and America. Struggle and you will succeed; everyone can rise above their demons; teamwork will lead to success; faith in yourself is the key to everything.

It apparently bothers the writer that the Clooney's movie it too pro-America.

And not enough pro-Russia.

I wasn't planning to see it. But maybe I will now.

19 posted on 02/07/2014 10:31:58 AM PST by marron
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To: SoFloFreeper

I can’t tell you how pissed I was when I heard they were going to make a movie based on the book (Yaaay! Great book!) only to then discover who they were casting for it.

Unbelievable. Talk about screwing up a wet dream.


20 posted on 02/07/2014 10:33:23 AM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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