Oil crisis film ("Oil Storm"),takes market fears into US living rooms

(Reuters) ^ | June 4th, 2005 | Deepa Babington

[M. Espinola]

"Levy is well aware that the movie could be criticized for fanning fears of a doomsday scenario, similar to last year's Hollywood COMEDY blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow".."

I saw "The Day After Tomorrow" in a theater and thought the special effects especially showing different parts of Manhattan were very well done. This 'Oil Storm' was more like 'Oil Sludge'.

Oil Sludge

[groanup]

They mentioned the Strategic Petroleum Reserve once, and said the gov't would release 1mm barrels a day for three months. They never mentioned it again. Never mind that the release would be 30 mil barrels out of 700 mil. Sheesh!

[Jack Deth]

The Director, James Erskine and Writer, Caroline Levy both work for the BBC. With very little of significant importance to their resumes at IMDb.

Here's the first review of the film. Which I cut and pasted.

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Half Way through watching and TOTALLY DISGUSTED!, 5 June 2005

Author: Token_B_Girl from United States


I didn't even want to watch this movie because I knew it was liberalism, environmentalists and Hollywood at it again. But I figured, and with some coaxing by my husband, I'd watch it. I can't believe how little faith in this country the writers of this movie have. We went through 4 major hurricanes in a 6 week period during 2004 and did anything happen to our oil supply????? I can't believe I am even going to finish watching this movie - it's total crap and another campaign to tear down our country and the President.

This movie ignored so many truths about the world economy, there are too many to list. All one needs is a good econ course, taught by an unbiased professor, and they would know how ridiculous this movie is.

Just to let you know that we're not alone.

Jack.

[M. Espinola]

"The whole film was blatant leftist propaganda. It seems that FX is Murdoch's leftist network."

It looks like old Ruppert is not in the least bit concerned about raking in the dough from any & all political spectrum's.

[M. Espinola]

You are right on the movie mentioning the Strategic Petroleum Reserve once.

What else was on tonight that we missed? :)

[M. Espinola]

Thank you for posting the following: "The Director, James Erskine and Writer, Caroline Levy both work for the BBC. With very little of significant importance to their resumes at IMDb."

Today's BBC is not the BBC of years ago. On the radio BBC they even cut out the old traditional introductory BBC royal sounding music.

"This movie ignored so many truths about the world economy, there are too many to list. All one needs is a good econ course, taught by an unbiased professor, and they would know how ridiculous this movie is."

Excellent valid points.

[M. Espinola]

"The liberal living down the street will find his cars gas tank siphoned dry by morning with a Bush/Cheney 2004 sticker on the bumper. :P"

Many of the dinky 'cars' liberals drive should be reclassified as being closer to the Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Corgi & the Majorette product lines, thus the amount of gas might not be worth siphoning unless they have just topped off the tank :)

[M. Espinola]

It will be interesting what you are able to find out from others living in the immediate area over the next few days.

I was really expecting something far different & better then what we had to schlep through, thanks to Fox-FX :)

[jamaly]

This movie was boring and mostly a propaganda tool of the left. I never heard them mention gas rationing or supplying gas to critical workers like farmers, food distribution workers, etc. Also, at one point they said this had only affected 13% of the oil supply. It would take alot more than that to cause this level of disruption. Same old same old, the liberal fools never get anything right.

[chuckwalla]

DRILL ANWAR NOW.
Why wait another day.
Plus the scenario in the movie that the oil refinery is SA gets hit with an RPG is while being "secured" by 5000 troops is ludicrous. The first thing they would do is extend a perimeter far enough to prevent anyone getting that close.
Too many other doom and gloom scenarios that would happen only if nothing was done.
I don't believe we would be so inactive under such a tremendous crisis.
There is no way the CG owuld let two tankers in such a dangerous situation in the Houston channel.
The tankers from the Russians would probably have been under Navy escort to prevent any terrorist attempt and not let the Chinses "outbid" after we signed a contract. They would never have left port without a contract.
Sorry, this movie is a cartoon.
Modern day chicken little story.
A lefty scare tactic to get us all on bicycles.
Nice try loony left.
What a waste of money.

[chuckwalla]

And don't mention that Hollywood types love their big cars.
Lot's of hummers around Hollywood. And Cadillacs and Lincolns and Excursions, etc.

[TexasCajun]

I check out the movie a few times last night and each time I checked in I saw another liberal talking point being spewed.

* No Eco-friendly Alternative Fuel

* Crisis Good For Environment

* US Imperialism Protects It's Oil Interest Overseas

[rock58seg]

You're right. Special effects great. Plot and dialogue sucked, big time. Hence, a comedy, of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes proportions.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Spiderman was on TBS, and will be showing Tuesday and Wendesday : )

[M. Espinola]

"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"

I saw one of those at the supermarket :)

[M. Espinola]

"Spiderman was on TBS, and will be showing Tuesday and Wednesday : )"

100% better than that oil slop :)

[kms61]

Bumping this thread because there were so many scoffers then. I wonder if they're scoffing now.

[atlanta67]

""The movie depicts panic spreading across oil markets, sending oil prices above $150 a barrel, while cars across the United States line up outside gas stations,""

high prices dont equate long lines....at $150 per barrle there wouldnt be gas lines...gas lines result when the price is set BELOW market price

[M. Espinola]

This thread is on the old side and that movie, was an elongated soap opera & rather boring.

"high prices dont equate long lines....at $150 per barrle there wouldnt be gas lines...gas lines result when the price is set BELOW market price"

As I recall waiting in a gas line was triggered by a 'shortage of supply and record high prices.

[Semper Paratus]

I'll watch this when Hollywood makes the movie:

"As we Slept", a fictional account of what would have happened in the US if we reacted to 9-11 as Clinton did to the previous al-Queda attackd.