A newly formed Film Institute for Conservatives!

http://www.afrfilmfestival.com ^

[patriotmovies]

The American Renaissance Film Institute

http://www.afrfilmfestival.com

[L.N. Smithee]

High Noon

**BUZZ!** Sorry, that's not correct.

High Noon was inspired by the House Un-American Activities Commission's targeting of some Hollywood screenwriters being targeted as Commie symps.

John Wayne reportedly hated the picture, incensed by the final scene in which Gary Cooper grinds his badge into the dust with his boot.

[Treasa]

Some good news...

[L.N. Smithee]

Chocolat

Pourquoi??

[Our man in washington]

Oh, well. I just thought Cooper's devotion to duty epitomized conservative values. Guess I learned something new here.

Scratch that one. Well, there's always last year's "A Walk to Remember" which is not a great movie. But it's good, and very conservative.

[L.N. Smithee]

Oh, well. I just thought Cooper's devotion to duty epitomized conservative values. Guess I learned something new here.

I didn't say High Noon wasn't a great movie. It just wasn't created from a conservative point-of-view.

Heck, one of my fave movies is Star Wars, and while the Buddhist overtones are irritating at times, I don't let them get in the way of my enjoyment.

For some other movies, there are no overtones -- just a rubber mallet pounding the biases of the filmmaker into your face. I just caught half of Tim Robbins' Bob Roberts yesterday on Bravo (The Gay Network) and was amazed at how insulting the whole thing was to the viewer's intelligence.

[Paulie]

Excellent!

[Doctor Stochastic]

I suppose that a single-mother being hassled by the government for trying to run a small business would qualify. Perhaps conservatives do identify with the government nowdays.

[Mike the lurker]

Sorry to take so long to get back to you, my keyboard decided to quit on me yesterday :(

About films based on the classics, I think it really does depend on the directors take on the material. In 1944, Olivier (sp?) did Henry the Fifth as a Patriotic call to arms, like Alexander Nevski and in 1989 Branneugh (sp?) did it as almost an anti war film , like Paths of Glory.

[Mike the lurker]

Sorry to take so long to get back to you, my keyboard decided to quit on me yesterday :( I'm spamming this to everyone that responded to me.

Haven't seen chocolat. The sugarland express, to me is a story of fighting an unresponding & unjust beauracacy.It is conseravative in that it shows that to take a stand and fight the power you have to be prepared to pay a price.

If you are by yourself, you're an Outlaw, if you have an army fighting the power with you, as in the Patriot, you're a Rebel.

[Mike the lurker]

Sorry to take so long to get back to you, my keyboard decided to quit on me yesterday :( I'm spamming this to everyone that responded to me.

Gattaca like Logans Run, and Soylent Green says to me, Guard your Liberties otherwise you'll wind up being in the eyes of the State not a Human Being, but an encumberance, to be a third class citizen or worse.

[Mike the lurker]

Sorry to take so long to get back to you, my keyboard decided to quit on me yesterday :( I'm spamming this to everyone that responded to me.

Cheaper by the Dozen, ( Read the books also :) ) to me has the message of a strong ( & in this case a Large) family , gives you the anchor in life that makes a comfort zone needed to let you be creative & inventive juices flow.

The Gilbreaths(sp?), for those who may not know, had 12 Kids & ran the 1st Husband & wife team of Industrial effiency experts in the early parts of the 20th.

[sonserae]

Looks like your keyboard came back to you like a vengeance. You posted the same thing 4 times.

[Mike the lurker]

As I indicated, I was spamming it to the folks that responded to me.

I don't post much, & didn't expect the response.

However, I will just say to everyone else I haven't got back to, the apology inckudes you also :)

[LibertarianInExile]

I don't think they ever actually call them Republicans and Democrats in the movie. I realize they're not subtle about the Senator being pro-military, but aren't you reading into the movie, too, to say that all Republicans were and are pro-military in the way that Senator was, therefore he must be a Republican?

[nickcarraway]

Do you have any proof to suggest the Earl of Oxford, or anyone else besides th man who claimed to have written those plays, wrote them? (Shakspere/Shakespeare/Shagsper)

How is it a conservative value to believe that only a special elite class can contribute to society?

Isn't merit, and the idea of that one can use hard work and one's mind to advance oneself a conservative idea? Id you study his biography, you will see that Shakespeare was very determined to work himself up to the ``middle class'' of his day.

I am sure it would appeal to Hillary Clinton and her ilk that only the elite, like Edward de Vere, can be trusted with important thoughts.

[teeman8r]

my idea for a conservative movie is to portray michael moore's acceptance speech at the oscars, as if he lived in every other country....

(iran) "the ayatollah is a ficticious(BANG! thud)

(north korea) "president il-joung kim is a ficticious(BANG! thud)

(china) premier (BANG! thud)

(new jersey) "bruce springsteen is a ficticious boss(BANG! thud) hey vinny, we got no parking lot big enough to hide this lard a$$... jmt, teeman

[jla]

Some good news...

Yes, and the first Ronnie for Best Picture should be given retroactively to Clint Eastwood for

[LibertarianInExile]

I think I have problems in the choice of Chocolat and Forrest Gump in that both have scenes nominally endorsing premarital sex, to which I think most conservatives would object. Chocolat is also fairly blunt in its anti-church and pro-hedonist viewpoint, which most conservatives would probably take issue with.

I liked both, however.

On a different note, how about some more lighthearted fare? Both those were kinda serious. We should also try to delineate what exactly makes a movie conservative. And I'm judging these movies NOT on the content of their actors or directors, but on the movie's overriding theme as well as a lack of significantly objectionable actions or behavior on the part of its characters that is unnecessary to the story. My dad's favorite line upon leaving the theater when I was a kid:

"That would have been a great movie if it hadn't had so much (blank)."

I nominate The Princess Bride and The Sandlot.

And there's a movie out right now called 'Together,'
a Chinese film about a father who wants his son, a violin-playing prodigy, to have the best instructor and goes through a lot to get a good one for his son (GREAT movie).

Additionally, I'd vote for High Noon, despite its detractors, because I think it's a great film and it really has no negative message that isn't read into it. And I'd second the nomination of 'The Quiet Man,' which I think is probably John Wayne's best movie.

Thank goodness no one forgot Red Dawn. I want that movie on DVD. Just like I'd like to get the miniseries 'Amerika' on DVD, even though the loathsome, ridiculously miscast Kris Kristofferson stars.

For a fairly offbeat pick, how about 'About a Boy?' It's a weird movie, but it certainly presents a picture of the troubles of single parenting in a way that shows that the parents and kids aren't evil, but aren't in the ideal situation, either. And it shows that hedonism isn't always a good thing.

[LibertarianInExile]

You don't see conservatives approving flicks with main characters that are hookers every day...that's one objection I foresee for Unforgiven.

Assuming that vein of objection (significant sexual content) is dismissed, I'd also nominate Dangerous Liasons and Mystery, Alaska.

[LibertarianInExile]

In that line, Enemy of the State was the most conservative movie I've seen in recent years.