I don't boycott non-political movies because of the personal politics of their stars (recent example: the utterly brilliant Mystic River was my fave film of '03, and it starred the talented yet somewhat psychotic Sean Penn and Tim Robbins). Fine if you want to, but that's just not me. I've come to terms with the fact that 95% of all professional participants in the arts lean left (but WHY???), and it doesn't usually bother me.
I just love the cinema far too much to give them up, and have since I was a 10-year old kid dreaming of kissing Julia Roberts and kicking ass like not-yet Governor Schwarzenegger, and winning the Oscar like Tom Hanks and Robert DeNiro. I watch maybe two a month in the theater and rent all the time. Now, this doesn't mean that I won't go out of my way to slip a few more bucks to a film/musician, etc. if I find out that they're a Republican like me (Bruce, Mel), or an upright patriotic Democrat like James Woods.
On the matter of this movie, however, I think I will pass because...
1.) The trailer was cliche and uninteresting, unlike the spot for Gere's excellent musical Chicago.
2.) The age gap between the actors looks outright silly. Woody Allen silly (and I even love some of his films, but come on, he should realize that he ain't a spring chicken anymore).
3.) I'm just not much of a J-Lo fan, either as an actress or a "singer" (she does have a hell of a butt on her).
I'll see Team America: World Police instead. I'm laughing right now thinking about the trailer, i.e. "They're turning West on Bakalakadaka street".
People in the art lean left because:
A)The craft -- whether it be writing, acting, painting, dance etc -- doesn't allow much time for political thought, reading etc.
B)By tradition, personal inclination and necessity artists are typically outsiders.
C)The lifestyle, whether a struggling "artist" or a $20 million a picture movie star has little resemblance to typical American lifestyle. For instance, at any given time 99.5% of all actors are unemployed.
D)Many artists just want to shake things up a bit.