Medved on O'Reilly tonight to debate Million Dollar Baby

[Zechariah11]

Keep waiting. Maybe he'll get back to you and you two can share your love of Nirvana.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "You're right...child molestation is everywhere...on TV, in the paper...and the media is making sure to hype it to sell advertising time.
That's why I don't enjoy paying to see movies which are based on the same theme. Very "yucky".


But that's the power of Mystic River. By letting the audience get to know the adult victim of such a horrible childhood trauma, and showing the audience the ways in which that boyhood sexual abuse have permanantly scarred him into his adult life, Mystic River serves as a slap-in-the-face reminder of the need to fight the crime in real life.

[LauraleeBraswell]

HA !

Look at his profile he's for "women's rights"-

I HATE and I mean absolutely HATE when men say they're for Women's rights AKA abortion. Like I'm supposed to be grateful and admiring.

[LauraleeBraswell]

SHUT UP, I hate you but I loved Mystic River.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "Do you think someone who smokes Marijuana should get the SAME penalty as a crack dealer."


Apples and oranges. You are giving me the choice between a marijuana USER and a crack DEALER, and I will always hold the user to a lower legal standard than the dealer because the user has harmed only themselves with their addictions.

I support the use of rehabilitation clinics and halfway houses to aid those who have allowed a drug addiction to pull them into it's horrible spell-- NOT prisons.

[jennyjenny]

I didn't read any of the information you posted here before I decided to see this movie. If you really believed all the advertising you saw about movies, they are all No. #1. Best this...best that. Long ago I learned that was a bunch of B.S. That's not how I select a movie to see. It is mostly from what my friends and family that have seen a movie might say. They are mostly conservative and all are christians. All of them said it was a good movie. Every single one. That doesn't come easy with this group.

It's clear to me that you are the one pushing an agenda here, and I don't even know if you've seen the movie. Tell me again, why should I be swayed by you? Is it because you read an advertisment and then Michael Medved or Rush?

Having said that, I did read your post and I have to say I pretty much agree with the advertisement. Do you know how this movie ends? Do you know what happens to the character Clint Eastwood plays? If you do, let me know.

[rcocean]

"...because it means that you lack the mature ability to discern reality from fiction. If you cannot accept an actor in a non-political film role because of his or her personal political beliefs, you will have a severe problem trying to enjoy the best of what the cinema has to offer."

Acting depends on the ability of the audience to suspend disbelief. Many movies/TV shows are built on the premise that an actor is a "good guy" or the "hero". If we know that in real life Alec Baldwin is a left-wing jerk, or to use a hypothetical was a child molester, its difficult to put that aside and root for him.

Hollywood in the old days, knew this, that's why they guarded the image of their stars. It's also why Michel Jackson won't ever be big star again, people can't forget what they know and just enjoy the music.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "Why do you wish to argue with this guy? He is rude and insulting, not worth the time."


Okay, so I'm "rude and insulting" because I won't play along with your backwards ignorance of the American cinema. And you are allowed to be deliberately rude and insulting to Clint Eastwood because of what, exactly?

[LauraleeBraswell]

so should a a marijuana USER and a crack USER receive the same punishment?

I support.. blah blah blah blah- IT doesn't matter what you support

Same penalty or not?

[rcocean]

Gotta agree with you and Medved.

Eastwood knew if they advertised the whole truth of the movie they'd lose business - hence the deception.

Of course, I wouldn't go see the movie in any case. The plot sounds recycled and I have no desire to see women punching each other.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Is Clint Eastwood your Dad or something,

Is Clint Eastwood here, ARE YOU CLint EASTwood,

no, no, no

It's so wonderful of you to stand up for the Honor of Clint Eastwood.

[LauraleeBraswell]

ackwards ignorance of the American cinema

Why, because you sit home and watch movies all day long?

Shutup

[luckystarmom]

I have a problem with Bale. He is very nice looking these days, and I keep on remembering that he was the kid in Empire of the Son. Unfortunately, since I was an adult when I saw Empire of the Son, I don't really like thinking he is very attractive.

[rcocean]

"Okay, so I'm "rude and insulting" because I won't play along with your backwards ignorance of the American cinema. And you are allowed to be deliberately rude and insulting to Clint Eastwood because of what, exactly?"

Why can't we be rude and insulting to a millionaire actor/director? Did you invest in the movie?

[jennyjenny]

I think someone with crack should get a stronger penalty than someone with Marijuana.

Why?

[Zechariah11]

Clint EastwoodHaven't mentioned him. You're still an obnoxious kid.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "YES, but we all knew what the Passion was about"


Yes, but you only knew what the Passion was about because of the widespread popularity of the source material. The ending to the Passion was not carefully constructed by the filmmakers to be a surprise to the audience, as it was in MDB.

Nobody has the "right" to know the ending of a movie without seeing it for themselves. Hollywood doesn't owe you "spoilers" just because you might be offended by a plot developement somewhere during the course of the movie.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Your backwards ignorance Of Thee Americana cinema is appauling and abhorant, I'm 22 my name is RockAgainsttheLeft and I know everything and am Smarter than you blah blah blah

[Zechariah11]

Exactly.

[F16Fighter]

"Eye of the beholder. To you, The Passion of the Christ might be an example of a film that fills a cinematic need. To others, The Passion pushes an agenda."

"Eye of the beholder" is merely another way of saying "Truth is relative."

'The Passion of Christ' was historical; Those who regard it as "pushing an agenda" are merely projecting.

"Your personal opinion on a political matter does not make that matter 'out-of-bounds' as the subject of a film. Roger Ebert said it best when he famously claimed that a film "Is not about what it's about; it's about HOW it's about it".

Again, I suppose your mantra would be "truth is relative," therefore there is no such thing "out of bounds." Except that the ONLY things Hollywood finds "out of bounds" are virtue, honor and dignity, while fixating in the netherland of doom, degradation, and perversion.

Ebert "famously claimed" what?? Lol, the only thing "famous" about Ebert is his thumb. And belly.

"...because MDB violates your political opinions and values, you say that it violates the 'human spirit'. Ugh, remind me again why I humor your delusions of importance?"

For the same reason I humor your delusions of grandeur.