Posted on 10/04/2008 5:27:06 AM PDT by DollyCali
Edited on 10/04/2008 5:56:18 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The conservative stars are in it & as I was on the way to the movie I heard an interview by Kelsey Grammer by Michael Medved. The obvious question from Michael
As will the despicable Sean Penn’s pro-homo movie, except in W. Hollyweird and SF.
I saw the movie in Grand Rapids, Michigan...8 PM on a Friday Night and the theater was pretty empty (maybe 50 people in a theater for 300). There were good parts (Cubans trying to flee to get in Michael Malone’s boat as he leaves the “Island Paradise”)...and not so good parts (kids swearing - but it’s PG-13, so don’t bring the little kids), but I laughed a lot. With three leftist movies coming out, we need to pump up this movie to our friends, co-workers, fellow conservatives. It has a great cast (Kevin Sorbo and Paris Hilton are in it...and Camille Grammar (Mrs. Kelsey) gets her ass in gear (if you’ve seen the movie you know that that comment means) at the end of the flick.
I disagree, I thought the movie was great political satire!
Yeah, when they were naming off directors, I didn’t get it at first, but by the time they finished with the list I had got the joke!
I think its purpose is to help launch a right-of-center counter culture. I have been hearing Andrew Brightbart (a Hollywood insider and former liberal), who is a regular guest and guest-host on Rusty Humphrey’s show at times voice an advocacy for this.
American Carol was a mixed bag, but mostly great satire. Not for young kids, definately. Didn’t have a big crowd when the wife and I went this afternoon, maybe 20 folks, but none of the other movies had big crowds either.
Question: How many times is Michael slapped on his face?
We can have humor and be funny on the screen. Moore is a propagandist......big difference.
ah, we can start our list of trivia questions and this is first..
NOT sure..
are you still in Europe? Is it showing there?
No—I’m back home but my body is on Italian time.
got an email from neighbor.. showing a knock out gorgeous TV talk show host in Italy (very provocatively dressed) and compared to American with comment..where did we go wrong. Will send to you via email. you may have seen her on TV there.
Saw it yesterday here in my small (22,000 population) Texas town 56 miles south of Dallas. Our cinema is a small fourplex with about 250 seats per auditorium. There were 27 people including me at the 1:25 showing I attended. The price of admission here is $2.25 before 6PM, so the cut for the producers was minuscule for this showing.
It even fleetingly passed my mind to drive up to Dallas and pay full price in order to put my mouth where my money is to show my support for a film finally espousing Conservative Views. However, those same Conservative Views looked upon the $20-$25 of gas needed to make a 112-plus mile round trip to Big D and back as a silly waste of money that would not add anything to the total box office of An American Carol.
Now, on to the film and be warned there is a “Spoiler Alert” within as there are a few in the following.
Of the actors, several stood out. Let me touch on just a few. Kevin Farley nailed his Michael Malone/Moore role, but the character's coming around in the ending didn't ring true to me as I suspect the real Mike Moore would never, ever attempt in any way to stop any terrorist bombing of Americans in real life.
PS Kevin, don't waste time expecting "SNL" to call.
Kelsey Grammer’s Georgie Patton was both campy and close to home to anyone who has a more than passing knowledge of the real George S. Patton verses the bastardized Hollywood left version that never really existed. Grammer's effort is well done, but I fear it will not be viewed as such for I feel Kelsey's 20 years as Dr. Frasier Crane will forever haunt him in any role as much as his Patton character haunts his nemesis in this flick. If I could somehow make a Zucker type campy film, it would be a takeoff on the Hope-Crosby Road Pictures with Kelsey playing Bob Hope, but that is for another day when I win a 300 million lottery to produce that sucker.
Of course, Zucker regular Leslie Nielsen (Gadzooks, is this guy older that Barry Sullivan? Sorry, very, very old school 1960ish inside Hollywood joke!) was his usual crazy, funny, zany self.
Chriss Anglin’s JFK was a home run hitting it out of the park with his showing “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty” quote was a pledge of American values completely outside the realm of today's anti-American Democrat Party.
Even though I am not a Bill O’Reilly fan at all, he was excellent playing a non-bloviating self and Vicki Browne's Rosie O'Connell was dead on in harpooning the real whalelike Rosie O'D!
Fred Travalena was unrecognizable as Jimmy Carter but then again, Jihadmmy himself is mostly unrecognizable as an American President in his nowadays love of anything unAmerican.
I have to add Gail O’Grady as a guilty pleasure as one of God's greatest creations I ever laid eyes upon even in her uglied up, dressed down part as one of the Michael Moore character's liberal cohorts.
I agree, Lil, as you said, “The problem was that there was too much crammed into one movie.” However, what was there was very well done in my opinion.
The humor was very much in the Airplane/Naked Gun Zucker style and so very much hit the nail right on the head in targeting the Loony Liberal Left. I found myself not alone in laughing out loud many, many times as our merry band of 27 sounded at time several score loud.
Yet in all this zany madcap fun, there was a few moments that bought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eyes.
One was at the ending when a visualization of American fighting men from past wars was shown.
There was much said about David Morse playing George Washington in the HBO miniseries “John Adams” earlier this year. I watched it on DVD and had to agree Morse's acting was excellent in showing the stern, stoic Washington as history records.
Yet Jon Voight’s portrayal of George Washington absolutely floored me. In a sea of outragious comedy, seeing Voight in character was a stunning moment. The stark dignity and overwhelming humanity of the first view of this character was heart stopping. In the very brief scene his speaking of the dust within the chapel being the remains of the victims of 9/11 brought a chill to my spine and tears to my eyes.
Anyone who could watch this and not be similarly moved must be either a typical Obama Loving Liberal Democrat or Jihad Terrorist but it is so hard to tell the two apart.
But then again, isn't that the real message this film brings out?
And I could not agree more!
Thank you for that informed review Bender2. I gotta see this one.
Wow, Bender ~ killer review!!
My wife will go and see it, I don’t do too well in theatres, even with two digital hearing aids, I miss some dialog, especially when music is booming in the background.
I watch the DVD’s with earphones on and it’s super. The DVD will be out in January, also on Blue Ray, which I’ll be getting. ;)
Thanks for posting this!!
Can I pass your review on?
Molon Labe!!
The Whorelando (Orlando) Sentinel has a snarky review also. Ignore them!
Just got back from seeing it. Very funny and worth going to the theater. Hope it has a long run and we are happy to support it. There were some really good laughs. Right from the get go - hey Mohammed and they all stand up, then they try last names hey hussein and they all stand up. Hilarious!
Jon Voight’s scene was fantastic. This wasn’t just a funny movie it does try to tach liberals something - if they go to see it. The ACLU scenes were priceless. I could not remember the yahoo link for the free download on the Kid Rock National Guard song. If someone remembers it could they post it here please?? I went to yahoo and looked around but could not find anything.
It's not the Coen brothers, but it's so bad it's good, if that makes any sense. Laughed out loud a few times and clapped and cheered at the end. It's a film only a conservative could love.
We had to find a theater too. It wasn't showing at the theaters close to us.
The attendance was light, but it was the only movie missing from the Marquee. The crowd was older and interesting enough more black couples than usual.
I loved it and I'm not a fan of the Naked Gun Series or Airplane. This one kept me laughing. It is irreverent and if you are easily offended, it may not be your cup of tea. There were places were it was a little preachy. I thought the Madison Square Garden scene when it panned to the audience was a great touch. I'll let you see it rather than describe it.
I think when the word gets around about this movie, it may develop a college following. It is campy and fun.
Interesting about the black couples. Maybe word has gotten out that there is a scene that shows the South how it would be if we hadn’t won (or fought) the Civil War.
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