TICKING TOM BOMB

N Y POST ^ | November 2, 2007 | PETER LAURIA

[Ron in Acreage]

The initial negative reception to "Lions for Lambs" - the first movie to come out under Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's resurrected United Artists label - could harm parent studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's own attempts to raise money for film productions.

[fr_freak]

I would like to see it just for my own curiosity as to how bad it trashes America...no way would I give my money to those people.

One of the many reasons that God made the internet.

[LS]

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?

[BallyBill]

I hear it got good reviews in Iran and Venezuela. Us Americans are just too stupid to recognize the sheer brilliance of Hollywood’s message. “We Suck”.

[Abathar]

Not as fun as going to a college town and sitting there surrounded by people who actually want to see it. I have more fun gaging audience response than actually watching the movie, especially at a midnight weekend movie when alcohol comes into play too.

[maine-iac7]

Anti-American propaganda

Brought to you by Uber-Scientologist Cruise

[BreitbartSentMe]

Last line of the article:

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

[antiRepublicrat]

See George ‘still in the closet’ Clooney and ‘Three Kings’.

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.

[Badeye]

To each his own.

[Turbopilot]

I saw Tom Cruise on Leno pimping this movie, and they showed a clip in which Cruise (playing an evil Republican senator) was talking to Glenn Close (playing a journalist). The senator wanted the journalist to share some of the responsibility for the war in Iraq because, as he put it, she and her journalist colleagues were cheerleading for the war and pushing in favor of the invasion before it happened.

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.

[GaryLee1990]

The only way to send a message to these left-wing films is not to go to them. That will hit them in the wallet...the next time they think about making a movie against this great land, they'll think twice.

Gary

WatchingHillary.com

[boop]

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.

[Brad from Tennessee]

“Rendition”—a negative movie about the CIA’s anti-terror program—was released Oct 19 and has grossed $12,464,211 worldwide. This film probably had a production and advertising budget of $50 million or more meaning it may not break even. By comparison, “30 Days of Night” was released Oct. 19 and has a worldwide gross of $29,659,774.

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2007-10-31&p=.htm

[ASOC]

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...

[steel_resolve]

that would make a good tag...

[UnklGene]

Leni's werk!

[Spok]

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’.

[Lee'sGhost]

“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.

[Ax]

Is that the photo of the Wellstone Memorial?

[Publius6961]

Plus I refuse to support any film, actor, producer, director who bash our country as Redford did recently while overseas. Stay away.

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?

[montag813]

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.