Posted on 07/15/2006 7:26:24 AM PDT by StACase
Many believe political correctness is good. It keeps us in line. It reminds us that almost all segments of society should be treated with dignity and respect. A joke at the expense of someone’s gender, race or ethnic background has no place in movies today.
Of course, there are those who disagree, who believe political correctness is wrong, who feel that it only creates resentment toward the offended parties. A PC world is a world of oppression, they say, where freedom of speech is allowed in theory, but not in practice.
Personally, I’m not sure how I feel. Ideally, I’d like to straddle the line between both so as not to offend anyone.
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Red Dawn is a pretty interesting movie -- not great like Ben-Hur, but interesting.
Next your going to tell me that "The Lost Boys" featured an unrealistically high prevalence of photophobic anemia. Zheeeeesh.
Let me guess: you were older than 16 when that movie came out?
You owe the oracle the Centcom access codes, a nice game of chess, and a date with Allie Sheedy.
Surprised no one's mentioned "The Incredibles", which has some smart satirical bits about the socialist and the lawsuit-happy mindset. "True Lies" had the bad guys being Arab terrorists and the good guys a super secret ultra-legal anti-terrorist force run by Charlton Heston of all people. Then there was the inferior and grossly sloppy "Executive Decision", also about an Arab terrorist trying to bring down a plane in D.C. Not a good movie, but would never be made in today's Hollywood climate. "Signs" by Shyamalan, starring Gibson, affirms the value of faith and the presence of a designer and Creator (albeit Shyamalan is a Hindu), and the film ends w/ the lapsed preacher returning to the pulpit.
Others that may be included are "The Killing Fields" and "The Dancer Upstairs". The Killing Fields starts off a bit whiny, w/ the accidental bombing of a Cambodian village by a US airplane (suggesting that the Khmer Rouge's subsequent actions are in response to U.S. "aggression"), but by the end, we see the end extent of Marxist ideology, in the gulags where children are raised not only w/o parents but raised w/ an instilled hatred of the institution of parentage. The Dancer Upstairs (directed by Randian influenced John Malkovich) portrays (gasp!) hard line Marxists as terrorists. Something mainstream Hollywood would NEVER do.
And of course, recently there was United 93 and the Andy Garcia movie "Lost City" about the evils of Castro and Che (two movies I've yet to see)...
Ping me when you do.
Bah..Only funny movies.
"Well America, there you have it, Frankenstein has just been attacked by the French Air Force and he's whipped their derrieres!"
"To Live and Die in L.A" is an excellent non-stop action movie, having an excellent pacing and being a politically incorrect police story. All the characters are amoral, dirty and sordid, and it is impossible to feel sympathy for any of them.
I agree. Great movie.
Slapshot is the funniest movie of all time. Liberal Paul Newman must look back now and cringe at some of his lines. And his wardrobe!
Great movie about a man who lets his pride in his work overcome clear thought. In the end he gets a lot of people killed that did not need to die.
Barbershop.
If I have to explain then you didn't see it.
The End of the Spear.
Blows up the Noble Savage myth and shows how Christian values are the saving of a tribe.
Tears of the Sun.
American solders as contemporary heros? Who would have thunk it?
The Patriot
As for "Lost Boys" ...darn it I know I went to see it.... its just lost on me at the moment
Here are a few politically incorrect films that would be on my list:
The Incredibles -- It's probably the most politically incorrect film I've ever seen. The recurring them was, "If everybody's special, it's just another way of saying no one is." It was a scathing indictment of the non-competitive, no-winners, everybody passes attitude of post-modernists.
Dirty Harry -- Although it became a movie series, all the following shows were either apologies for the first one (Magnum Force) or mindless action sequences. The original Dirty Harry was about a cop trying to track down a killer, who was opposed by a liberal mayor and DA that were more interested in accommodating evil than protecting citizens.
The Passion of the Christ -- No explanation needed.
Death Wish -- Death Wish was almost a spin off of Dirty Harry. Government incapable of protecting citizens, so a citizen starts taking out bad guys. The government, of course, becomes more concerned with stopping the guy who's killing the bad guys than protecting citizens.
The movies on the original list are not, for the most part, politically incorrect, any more than Bill Maher's television show was politically incorrect. Maher's show was probably one of the most politically correct shows ever on television, because it put forth the premise that all viewpoints were of equal value. It's part of an attempt to co-opt the term to mean simply something that is gross or offends a few people. The original meaning of politically incorrect was that it was a statement of belief that was suppressed by the powers that be (usually on college campuses) because they objected to the thought process. The statements were seldom obscene or racist. They simply challenged post-modernist thinking.
Two more.
High Noon
Shows how pacifists get people killed. Just a show of force at the train station would have been enough to end it but the concept to "United we stand" is apparently over this bunche's head. High Plains Drifter also falls into this category but is not so well done.
Shane
No greater love has any man then he lay down his life for his friends. The exact opposite of High Noon and High Plains Drifter. Neither Shane or Joe is the type to sing Koom-by-ya.
Another movie that's hilarious.
You misspelled "intense"
Furthermore, you may want to look up the definition of "infamous" because I don't think that word means what you think it means.
It was second only to the scene between Christian Slater and Gary Oldman (Clarence vs. Drexl) when he went to gather Alabama's personal items.
And of course the scene with Gandolfini(Virgil) and Arquette (Alabama) is also priceless.
A film/play I have thought is Olleanna - where a feminazi bitch fabricates allegations against a college professor.
It exposes liberalism for what it is!
Furthermore, you may want to look up the definition of "infamous" because I don't think that word means what you think it means.
I know precisely what the word means. I'm not sure if you're trying to make some clever reference in these comments or if you're simply a jackass.
Yeah, Ransom is a good film - of course Gibson is a conservative.
Secondly, if you knew the definition of "infamous" and still maintain it's the correct usage, then people should assume you're not very bright.
And yes, it was a reference to The Princess Bride....because your opinion of the meaning of infamous is INCONCEIVEABLE. ;^)
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