"...The Martians In Our Movie Represent American Military Forces." (New Flick Anti-America PsyOps!)

GOP Vixen ^ | 6/24/2005 | Bridget Johnson

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[jayef]

I hope this one dies an ignomineous death. If the story about one reviewer being able to see this movie is an indication, Spielberg might have a real turkey on his hands here.

[retrokitten]

There was a preview for War of the Worlds before Cindarella Man.

In one part Tom Cruise grabs his teenage sons arm and says, "I know you feel like you have to fight, but you don't!" while the kid yells something like, "I have to do something!"

That coupled with things like this made me decide to wait for the cable release to see this one.

[mbraynard]

Two factors - the Tom Cruise / Scientology factor and the Batman factor - are going to sink this turkey. Think Godzilla.

[Right_at_RiceU]

If its a good movie, its a good movie. But people in Hollywood are just a bunch of idiotic hippylibs.

[mnehring]

These movies (Sith, War of the Worlds, etc) are just Rorschach tests for those who are hyper obsessed with politics.. They will see what they want in the movie..

This reminds me of the movie Harvey. If you start to see 6 foot tall rabbits everywhere, maybe you should ask why you are seeing things, not see the rabbit as some sort of sign..


What do you see?
1. A Fluffy Bunny
2. Spilled Ink
3. It's All Bush's Fault

[Alexander Rubin]

I see a flying winged cyclops chicken demon.

Must....seek.....professional...help

;)

[Dubyous]

Not...one...DIME.

[Darkwolf377]

probably had something to with Sith losing pace to hit the $400 million mark, after those films were discovered to be loaded with lame partisan (poorly written) attacks?

Lame stretch. Sith is making more than the last Star Wars and will end up being the #2 moneymaker in the series. Its falloff after the first week was because it made so much damned money in the opening week it could only go south. And I wish MY income were "losing pace" the way this one has.

WOTW is from Spielberg, so it should be no surprise to anyone it has a liberal point of view. So what? This boycotting due to political beliefs of people in a non-political context is silly. I want to see a movie, doesn't mean it's going to make me ever vote Democrat again. If you don't want to watch the products of liberals, throw out your TV and DVD player.

[Dubyous]

You said it. Just because Anakin Skywalker says "You are either with me...or you're my enemy." who says that's supposed to have some real world analog we should all be familiar with? Some people look too deeply.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Of course, when the writer of said flick actually states, boldly, that the Martians in our movie represent American military forces invading the Iraqis"... you've then inarguably shot allllllllll the way past "Rorschach test" territory, and straightaway into the dreadlands of Naked, Self-Confessed Political Propaganda... :)

[mnehring]

Almost every leader at one time or another has said this.. it is a common literary phrase from the ancient Greek plays to Shakespeare, to modern cinema- long before President Bush.

[mnehring]

I have a problem with the fact that 'according to a reader at....'...

Remember a lot on the left said that they heard Spielberg said that Sith was about Bush.. which he never did (and completely denies..)

[Leatherneck_MT]

I guess I'm a sucker.. Tom Cruise or not, I've been a WOTW fan since I heard the original broadcast by Orson Wells. I still have a copy of it.

I'll go sit in the theater and watch it and then form my own opinion as to whether it was a boondoggle or not. :)

[UseYourHead]

Movies by liberals provide excellent incite into their faulty thinking. They think they are exposing conservatives faults in their films, they just don't realise they are exposing their own faults. The problem is that the way they see things and interpret them is so backwards that conservatives don't see it the way they do.

Case in point with Cruise telling the son he doesn't have to fight. It should go without saying, conservatives always teach that fighting is a possible first response but let's make sure its what we need to do first. If facts reveal that a fight is necessary, do it right, get it done. The liberals may think they have exposed conservatives as fight first, think later because of the scene in the movie - conservatives see a father asking a son to think first, get a better weapon and then kick b*tt.

Who cares what some liberal claims it means, that is his opinion and doesn't necessarily even portray that thought.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

... and it's always possible you may well have something there, of course. (Seriously; no sarcasm whatsoever.)

Givrn, however, that Spielberg was the "point man" for John and TerAYza Kerry's Hollywood fundraising efforts; and given his current bitterness over the results of the 2004 elections... I think I'm going to wait for the early reports from my fellow FReepers on this one, nonetheless.

Heck... it's not as if I wouldn't just go back and see Batman Begins a second time, anyway... :)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Oops! Make that:

"Heck... it's not as if I wouldn't just AS SOON go back and see Batman Begins a second time, anyway... :)"

[travlnmn41]

Movie attendance is at its lowest in almost 20 years. Here's more reason to find something else to do on Friday or Saturday night.

[RabidBartender]

Mr. "Chill Wind" Robbins is in this movie as well. No Tim Robbins movies for me, ever again.