There's an ugly rumor that the vast majority of film critics are liberals. Naah, it's no rumor.
It was tough finding a film review of An American Carol that praised it. No wonder many people in "flyover country", you know, the OTHER 50 per cent of the the country, don't go to to many movies these days. Why bother. Well, I hope that people of any political stripe will see this film. I enjoyed it (and for the record am conservative on many issues and liberal/moderate on others). Rumor also has it that the Democratic party used to have a conservative wing, but I guess they were banished...
I thought it was laugh out loud hilarious! And a good positive message, too!
As you could tell from the ads, Kevin Farley plays a Michael Moore-like director, Michael Malone. He is recruited by some terrorists to make a training film. He is haunted by ghosts such as JFK, Gen. Patton (Kelsey Grammer), the Angel of Death (Trace Adkins), and George Washington (Jon Voight). Washington shows him the church he used to pray at when New York City was the nation's capitol. Across the street...Ground Zero.
JFK shows him how we should "pay any price, bear any burden" for freedom. Patton shows him war is sometimes necessary--if we hadn't fought the Civil War, we might still have slavery!
The film shows us "the Real America" and the price we have to pay for freedom. There are tons of sight gags and physical humor (think Three Stooges, or the "Airplane" films director David Zucker gave us). The film spoofs A Christmas Carol and shows the folly of Malone trying to ban July 4th. Can he learn the error of his ways?
A film for people who realize that there are other viewpoints. By the way, I thought the Malone character was actually sympathetic. A good guy who just needs a little American history lesson.
I loved “An American Carol.” Unfortunately, if you are clueless about American politics, as most living in this country are, you won’t “GET IT.”
My SOP for years has been to read the reviews. If the talking heads don’t like a movies, it is probably OK.
It works for me.
Well, I’m as conservative as anyone on this web site, and I thought the movie completely missed the mark. I was hoping for a well made movie with a decent delivery of a Pro-America story line that would at least give pause to liberals. But the movie was so poorly delivered, it was like a freshman doing something for his theater class in college. There were some people laughing and I did to in places, but it just wasn’t an effective delivery of the message.
It was terrible, a real embarrassment.
Frank Ochieng asked “Still, what’s the motivation behind cooking Moore’s goose just because he merely questions the political establishment and holds the contemptible authorities accountable for the average Joe? Is the real inside joke stemming from the fact that Moore dares to challenge the status quo and expose the hypocrisy at hand?”
Does Frank realise Michael Moore owned stock in Haliburton (while claiming he owned no stock) and completes his post production work in Canada to avoid using expensive union labor?
So much for holding authorities accountable for the average Joe and exposing hypocrisy.
CGTGOC Review:
I LOVED IT! Unlike most Hollywood comedies (eg: Meet the Parents, Vacation, RV ect...) you didn’t leave this movie thinking: “this could have been funnier”.
No laughs were left on the table, no gags left undone.
The only thing is you leave thinking there is hope for Michael Moore, which of course there isn’t.