Posted on 11/02/2007 9:27:27 AM PDT by Ron in Acreage
Yep. Saw the ads for this and I knew where it was going. Ditto “Rendition” and “Valley of Elau” (sp). On the other hand, “The Kingdom,” which is pretty pro-American and definitely exciting, has done very well. Hmmmmm. ‘spose I should get a Hollywood exec’s salary for figuring that out?
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That prompted one investor to ask rhetorically, "Are all the movies that bad, or is MGM just not distributing them well?"
I can answer that one, All the movies are steaming piles of excrement, and there's no effective way to market that s#!t
I thought Three Kings was pretty good. The main premise, that we incited them to revolt and then didn't help them do it, was actually true. The best we did was airlift some of them out of there before Saddam could kill them. It showed everyday Iraqis in a true light, that they just wanted to live their lives, and it showed the brutality Saddam's people were capable of (remember the torture scene and summarily executing rebels). It also showed the stupid political environment we were under, as when the commander held up the refugees at the border. Remember, we were technically just there to free Kuwait, and weren't allowed to do all the good we wanted to.
To each his own.
I wasn't sure if this was supposed to be a comedic scene or some kind of weird Kafka parallel universe, but it's no wonder the movie is bombing if its creators are so detached from reality that they think the media is biased in favor of a war fought by George Bush.
Gary
I remember the scene in Three Kings when Clooney holds up the “orders from President Bush”, and I sighed. I was depressed that Clinton was the current president and I was wistful for when we had a “real” president.
http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2007-10-31&p=.htm
Well the good side, if I may be allowed to use the term - for movies showing our troops as nutters, idiots, wild animals, etc, etc — is that the muzzie nut jobs might actually believe the crap they see in the movies.
Then, in real life, when they come up against our well trained and professional military - they’ll find out what happens when Hell comes to breakfast.....
If ‘Redacted’ comes to town here, I’ll be the bald guy out front with the picket sign...
that would make a good tag...
I’ve never understood why Hollywood would rather fabricate trash than draw on history for its ideas. Mark Twain said that the difference between history and fiction is that fiction has to be plausible. Knowing something is real, for me at least, increases its entertainment value tenfold. At least classical fiction, like Hemingway and Faulkner, had messages that relate to real life. I’ve never been able to comprehend the object lessons of movies like ‘Saw’ or ‘Hostel’.
“but it’s no wonder the movie is bombing”
No. This is the most talked about movie this year. Cruise and Close are being discussed as Academy Award nominees. The ad on TV says so.
Is that the photo of the Wellstone Memorial?
Be careful.
Their ideology can even overcome their egos; I have noticed increasingly a trend to not credit traitors in the movies, or mention them in the advertising.
Maybe we need a "Truth in Labeling" law for movies?
My friend Bill saw an advance screening of this tripe and he and several other people found themselves laughing out loud at some of the “serious” and preachy parts, they were so ridiculous. He was angrily confronted by a loony left audience member afterwards who called him a “fascist” and “supporting a Bush dictatorship”. My friend told him he laughed because it was such godawful filmmaking. It is quite clear this film will not resonate with anyone aside from the KosNazis.
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