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Hatchet Job? Reagan Movie Is Run of the Mill (The Official New York Times Review!)
The New York Times ^
| November 30, 2003
| Alessandra Stanley
Posted on 11/30/2003 2:16:26 AM PST by Timesink
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Why am I not surprised by the tone or conclusions of this review?
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posted on
11/30/2003 2:16:27 AM PST
by
Timesink
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posted on
11/30/2003 2:17:36 AM PST
by
Timesink
(I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
To: Timesink
The NYT would do well to replace this "reviewer" with Jayson Blair. He's more honest.
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posted on
11/30/2003 2:25:07 AM PST
by
Bonaparte
To: Timesink
shot mostly in darkly lit interiors and small, enclosed spaces like hospital rooms, elevators and the presidential bedroom
Saving money on the sets?
Cheap is as cheap does.
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posted on
11/30/2003 2:25:53 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: Timesink
...the only Red menace is Nancy Reagan's wardrobe...Haw haw.
Hey, Ms. Dowd Lite, we've read Ann Coulter's book. We know how your paper worked 24/7 covering for Soviet spies, back then.
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posted on
11/30/2003 2:29:41 AM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
To: Timesink
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posted on
11/30/2003 3:23:13 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_(_°_¿_°_)_oooo_____)
To: Timesink
"The Reagans" is reasonably accurate, at times engrossing, at other times silly and sometimes even dull. It is not a thoughtful look at a critical moment in American history. It is a domestic drama about a loving couple beset by Hollywood agents, Republican backers, scheming advisers and, most of all, their angry, needy children. Perhaps noonan's "When Character Was King," will serve as basis for another try. Buy the book for yourself, a relative or friend -- it's worth every penny.
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posted on
11/30/2003 3:57:35 AM PST
by
dadokane
(bypass her first 20, self-indulgent pages, though.)
To: Timesink
I can see why the NYT would consider it "harmless." However, their protestations belie that position.
To: Timesink
Let the revisionism begin.
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posted on
11/30/2003 4:38:39 AM PST
by
xzins
(Proud to be Army!)
To: xzins
I haven't seen it and really don't intend to. But as I understand so far, they skip over "Mr. Gorbachov (sp) tear down this wall!"
This was RR's lifelong dream and everything he did culminated in the downfall of communism in his lifetime. They did not address it at all from what I understand, and certainly not as his life's work.
What a distortion!
DK
To: Timesink
I am canceling my HBO-Showtime service today. Both of these are turning into cultural sub-pumps of liberal sewage. No Sopranos, just allot of too cool for school programs. Six Feet Under.
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:00:15 AM PST
by
Helms
(The Di-tech Guy and E-loan Girl are to Wed in Hell)
To: Timesink
I saw an advance screening of this film. The economic boom is not touched upon at all. The state of the nation after the brutal Carter policies is not mentioned. Reagan is not given credit for any good decision he ever made. The producers credit Nancy, Mike Deaver, and others instead. Reagan is seen as a dumb, lazy, ignorant pawn of history, instead of his true role as epochal man of change. It is not anger-provoking, merely boring. I watched it with a liberal and even she said it was silly and dull, and an "obvious fiction".
Don't bother watching it. You will only be annoyed at your own waste of time.
To: Timesink
Some things never change. I am surprised the people who created this movie didn't just go over to Reagan's home and injury him physically, such as they have done emotionally with this unhappy, destructive, very inaccurate creation. It is shameful. It is not the inaccuracies that is the worst, it is the intent. Sad for the country.
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posted on
11/30/2003 10:35:17 AM PST
by
thesummerwind
(like painted skies, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
To: Timesink
Clearly, CBS thought that watering down their ludicrous movie would make it even-handed. If they really wanted an even-handed film, they should have strived to tell the truth.
To: Timesink
It hasn't been a good week for me media
GW Thanksgiving surprise to the troops and now this, LOL.
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posted on
11/30/2003 1:32:25 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(I love the smell of winning, the taste of victory, and the joy of each glorious triumph)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Bump to that. LOL.
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:01:42 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("To freedom, Alberta, horses . . . and women!")
To: Alberta's Child
LOL! Hi AC, good to see ya! How's your puter?
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:32:40 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(I love the smell of winning, the taste of victory, and the joy of each glorious triumph)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Good to see ya, Victoria! How was your Thanksgiving?
The 'puter is not quite OK, but it doesn't crash like it used to. I tried to install Windows 2000 yesterday, but I need to talk to the IT guy from work -- I think I'm doing something wrong.
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:46:49 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("To freedom, Alberta, horses . . . and women!")
To: Alberta's Child
Thanksgiving was great, thanks for asking.
Oh no, you doing something wrong? That's not possible.
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:49:37 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(I love the smell of winning, the taste of victory, and the joy of each glorious triumph)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Oh no, you doing something wrong? That's not possible. LOL!!!!
I hope nobody reads your comment -- they're going to start getting all sorts of wrong ideas about me in their heads!
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posted on
11/30/2003 7:51:09 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("To freedom, Alberta, horses . . . and women!")
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