[goldstategop]

Its that time of year again. In a month, Hollyweird will showcase liberal ideology in its Oscar-nominated movies. The more outre, the better. And once again the message from our cultural elites on their celebration of death and sexual perversion is - screw you Flyover Country folks and your narrow, bigoted Jesus freak values. We are after all the arbiters of American art and its embodiment is negativity, nihilism, revisionism and a view of life from the bottom of a cesspool. Just the way the Left Coast wants Americans to see life and their country.

Denny Crane: "There are two places of truth. First God and then Fox News."

[mwyounce]

It will be interesting to see what kind of tribute they do to Ronald Reagan at the Oscars....

[Darkwolf377]

"“The Passion” (winner of the People’s Choice Awards)"

As was Fahrenehit 9/11, so that doesn't prove all that much.

I think we need to create a more conservative Hollywood. Maybe based in Texas.

[John Lenin]

Liberalism =Mental Illness

[jazzlite]

"With honorable exceptions, Oscar rewards negativity, nihilism, revisionism and a view of life from the bottom of a cesspool."

I agree. As I read through this article, I thought, "These people are the greatest examples of why Christ died on the cross." Feel sorry for them for everything they do and everything they stand for will come to mourning in the end. "He was wounded for our transgressions and bled for our iniquities..By His stripes we are healed." He also would say, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." On the other hand, Satan is "alive and well" on Planet Earth but Satan is a liar in that deception is his greatest tool. He makes certain things look very appealing and underneath is eternal destruction..Hollywood's art of glamorizing the most vile acts committed by humans (abortion, euthanasia and sexual perversions) is reaching for the summit in those areas, perhaps in preparation for the end of time. I do think our culture is coming down to a final battle between good and evil. In the meantime, I just hope that the producers who make movies such as Spiderman and The Passion will continue to do so. They also have their impact and for people like us, they are the only choice of movies to see. It is obvious that the low income movies being touted by the Oscars are being pushed for reasons other than success at the box office.

[Fenris6]

Spiderman 2, the summer blockbuster ($373.5 million) that praised virtue, also got three minor nominations.

Are you kidding me? I was a huge fan of the first one, but Spiderman 2 sucked raw eggs. We rented it, and after several painful looks at each other, my wife and I decided to give up and MST3K the movie (mock for comedy value, because thats all the value left). And it got 3 noms? LOL. What a farce.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

What interests me most is how much leeway will be allowed for mindless, limo-lib, self-indulgent, leftist rants at this year's ceremonies. Two years before that was a meeting of the Supreme Soviet as enacted by emotionally labile 6 year olds. Last year's awards were suddenly and strangely low key, as if the word had gone out that a sea change was on the way (which it was) and that political rantings would result in the balance of your career doing infomercials in Bulgaria. It will be interesting to see what's on this year's platter.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Mamzelle]

I did enjoy Spidey II immensely. It was the best "superhero" movie to date--

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

The important thing to notice about this article is that it doesn't seem the author has even bothered to see the movies he's criticizing in the first place. It seems like he's a.) commenting on a movie orc three that he hasn't seen for himself yet and b.) failing to deal with or acknowledge the technical and artistic achievements of the movies at hand (or the possiblity that they might be considered good movies to people on both sides of the aisle) because he doesn't agree with their perceived political views.

Million Dollar Baby (for one) is a very good film which leaps beyond the limits of the traditional cliched sports movie to deal with complex subject manner in a thoughtful, believable, and very moving way. I wouldn't have nominated it for Best Picture, but Clint Eastwood, Hillary Swank and Morgan Freeman (who is perhaps Hollywood's finest living actor) give excellent, restrained performances clearly deserving of Oscar nominations.

I haven't seen Vera Drake or Kinsey yet, so I really can't tell you what I think of them. I'm not rushing out to see them myself (though Kinsey is on my list of future DVD rentals), but I don't think their Oscar nominations can be denounced as pure partisan politics on Hollywood's behalf without a discussion of the perceived artistic qualities and critical reception of all three films.

[Drew68]

He succumbs. They bond. She develops as a fighter, until an accident in the ring leaves her paralyzed. Without the roar of the crowd, Maggie feels she has nothing to live for. She longs for the cold embrace of the grave, and Frankie obliges.

A spoiler alert would have been nice.