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I agree with you - to a point. I mean, I think they have the right to say whatever they want. And what they think has no concern for me, except for one thing. I know that money I put in their pocket may get contributed to groups like ANSWER or moveon.org. Plus as they get more popular, they use their fame as a platform.

So I usually don't go see a movie with real leftist types all over it, unless it has some redeeming value.

And I frankly admit certain artists are so obnoxiously leftist I don't WANT to see anytning they are in. For instance, I don't care if Barbra Streisand were to star in the best film ever made, I wouldn't put one cent in her pocket. Just looking at her sends creepy feelings up and down my spine, like claws on a blackboard.

There are some in Hollywood so repugnant that yes, their presence alone would keep me away from the film. Streisand is one (then again, the kind of movie she'd be in probably isn't the kind I'd want to see anyways).

But no one in the LOTR trilogy fits anywhere near that description.

In fact, with a few exceptions, I don't recall having ever seen any other films with those actors in them. The exceptions being:

Sean Astin: Saw him last in "The Goonies" and "Encino Man".

John Rhys-Davies: Saw him in the Indiana Jones (I and III) films, and in "The Great White Hype". Don't recall offhand, but there may have been another...

Christopher Lee: "1941", and any number of horror films.

Liv Tyler: Have seen (and will see) her in anything.

All the other actors I have never seen on the screen before.

And you know, even if they do turn around and put the $10 I gave them every time I went to see the movies to ANSWER or the DNC or some other rabble of Reds, so what? I give way more than that in time and money to Republican candidates and conservative causes dear to me that it all balances out quite well.

I agree with you - to a point. I mean, I think they have the right to say whatever they want. And what they think has no concern for me, except for one thing. I know that money I put in their pocket may get contributed to groups like ANSWER or moveon.org. Plus as they get more popular, they use their fame as a platform.

I take issue with these folks using their publicity and celebrity status to somehow add credence to an issue when it is clear they can't even recite the Preamble, let alone know what they hell we entered WWII for.

If you have an opinion, fine. But for God's sake, put some intelligence and thought behind it. Viggo relies solely on some pseudo-intellectual upper west side crap that only those of his same ilk even remotely believe. At least Brad Pitt had the balls to say (when asked about the war in Iraq), 'who the hell cares what I think. I'm an actor.' He went on to say no matter what your issues are, you should support the President and the country in a time of war. It's nice to know my plans for Brad *could* include a minute or two of politics, but the other 13 minutes... ;)