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Exclusive: Move Review - An American Carol
Family Security Matters ^ | 10/6/08 | Pam Meister

Posted on 10/06/2008 6:53:38 AM PDT by captjanaway

"Why should I celebrate a country that's caused oppression and terror all over the world?"

These are the words of Michael Malone, the fictitious director lampooned in An American Carol, which opened up this past weekend, coming in (as of this writing) seventh overall at the box office for the weekend. With a number of big-name stars and some surprising cameo appearances, it's an enjoyable afternoon or evening out at the movies geared toward pride in country harbored by more Americans than one would think based on the usual cinematic offerings from Tinseltown.

If you've seen Airplane! and the Naked Gun series, you know what kind of film you're in for - full of the slapstick, corny jokes and foul-mouthed kids that comic film veteran director David Zucker is well-known for. And if that kind of humor isn't your cup of tea, you may want to pass this up. But bear in mind, there's a lot more to An American Carol than first meets the eye. The movie borrows heavily from the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, but brings to it not only the patriotic flavor that has largely been missing from Hollywood fare since the 1960s, but also straight talk about the dangers posed by radical Islam that many Americans either don't wish to face or believe are blown out of proportion by those trying to sound the alarm - as if 9/11 wasn't alarm enough.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: americancarol; anamericancarol; hollywood; moore; moviereview; zucker

1 posted on 10/06/2008 6:53:38 AM PDT by captjanaway
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To: captjanaway

my wife and i saw this one
we thought it was funny but could have been better.


2 posted on 10/06/2008 6:54:26 AM PDT by DM1
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To: DM1

I agree. I saw it on Saturday. Perhaps my expectations were too high.


3 posted on 10/06/2008 7:04:36 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: DM1

http://www.boxofficemojo.com

Finished 9th $3.8 million


4 posted on 10/06/2008 7:08:53 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (umm, - that decision, ummm, is above my paygrade)
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To: captjanaway
We saw it over the weekend. It was enjoyable and worth seeing. God bless David Zucker and the rest of the cast and crew for standing up for America!
5 posted on 10/06/2008 7:10:06 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: mplsconservative

“I agree. I saw it on Saturday. Perhaps my expectations were too high.”

yeah but that being said it was nice seeing our point of view on screen.


6 posted on 10/06/2008 7:22:15 AM PDT by DM1
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To: captjanaway

The film is not a classic ... and was not meant to be one. BUT if we expect Hollywood conservatives to dare produce more, then those of us who talk a good game about leftists need to put down $20 on this film as a means of showing solidarity with Zucker’s effort.


7 posted on 10/06/2008 7:38:10 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: captjanaway

Even if the film is not brilliant, it should be seen for the fact that it’s the first unabashedly pro-American movie in God-knows how long.

Plus, there are some scenes that are absolutely hilarious and many others that are quite funny. Quite a few scenes, however, are amazingly poignant and not intended to be funny. The mixture of the various types of humor with these serious scenes makes things a bit hard to mesh together, but the scenes themselves are still good usually. And Kelsey Grammer is really great as Patton.

GO SEE IT so we’ll maybe get more movies with a pro-American bent.


8 posted on 10/06/2008 8:08:09 AM PDT by According2RecentPollsAirIsGood
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Take it from someone who hates most movies (the last one I liked was the excellent but very serious "The Lives of Others," about life in totalitarian East Germany) -- American Carol is well worth the price of a ticket.

I was dragged to the theater and sat down expecting to endure yet another disappointment.

Well, was I ever surprised. This thing was hilarious - had me laughing all the way through.

There were also some very touching parts - especially the brief but wonderful scene with George Washington.

Bravo to Jon Voight, who portrayed Washington so well, I forgot he was "just" an actor.

9 posted on 10/06/2008 8:41:13 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (Obama: The Only Senator Who Voted Against Stopping Infanticide)
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To: captjanaway

bump


10 posted on 10/06/2008 8:44:05 AM PDT by VOA
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To: shhrubbery!

I thought it was decent, but that’s about it. It definitely could have been A LOT better. I’m glad I went to see it though, although I don’t see myself ever going out of my way to watch it again.

I don’t go to the movies very often either. Maybe I’m just spoiled since the last movie I went to go and see was ‘The Dark Knight’ which was incredible.


11 posted on 10/06/2008 9:10:24 AM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: captjanaway
I just saw this on Showtime, good flick!
12 posted on 12/04/2009 9:31:50 AM PST by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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