Posted on 10/05/2008 6:08:07 PM PDT by andrew roman
I watched it this evening. 7pm show here in my little town in Missouri. They had it in the largest of the rooms in this cinema, but the turn-out was terrible...there were only 6 people in this 250 seat auditorium.
It was corny humor, as expected, but I enjoyed it. And the message was excellent.
It kind of reminded me of ‘Team America’.
So the weekend receipts don’t include Sunday?
I’ve got you beat..I live in HOLLYWOOD, CA and there’s only one theater within a 30 minute drive. How’s that for conspiracy?
Weekend receipts include Friday, Saturday and estimates of Sunday. It’s the standard method used for all movies when calculating weekend totals.
Andrew Roman
Brooklyn, NY
I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would go see it again if my family is interested. I loved the digs against the terrorists, especially the training video.
One of the earliest bits in the film, terrorists in Afghanistan using up the last of their suicide bombers in botched attack was so funny, it competed with some of the best bits from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” for laugh-out-loud absurdity.
One of my favorite lines:
“Ahmed! What are YOU doing in line performing this infidel ‘voting’ act???”
“Well, I really AM interested in seeing Proposition 12 passed: Marriage should be between a man AND a woman!”
What was said didn’t make it funny. HOW it was said was what made it so funny.
It’s very hard to compete with a Chihuahua. No contest.
Hopefully, next weekend it will do better.
10 miles?!? Not easy?!? I would have to drive almost three hours to see it, I live in a rural area. Consider yourself lucky you can go without having to leave at 10 am and get home after dark....(smile).
We can never complain about Hollywood not making conservative movies ever again. If we refuse to support them they are not going to make them. Disappointing!
Conservatives don’t have BUS loads of RENT A MOB to fill the theaters, like the Left fills their “Protests”
Excuse me but that is exactly what we did for the Passion.
RE: “I live near Stamford CT and the nearest theater that is playing An American Carol is at least 10 miles away. They are not making it easy for us to see it!”
In the San Fernando Valley just north of L.A., the only theaters running An American Carol are those far from my neighborhood, too.
I will go over to Burbank; they claim to be playing it there. I’ll drive over there later this week!!
We spent yesterday afternoon strolling around yard sales in Lake Park with my parents.
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That is generally not possible where I live. Most yard sales start no later than seven AM and are closed by ten at the latest.
Saw it this weekend and I must say I was a little disappointed.
The ones this Saturday ran until about 2:00 p.m. Sale practices are extremely variable. In Tulsa, sales would start Friday afternoon and be open all weekend. Depends how badly you want to sell your gunk, I suppose.
I saw it yesterday. the audience, parents and kids alike, laughed pretty hard through the whole thing, and there were a few truly touching moments in it, mostly involving the noble German Shepherd Dog. It’s not exactly up there with Casablanca or Citizen Kane, but there are much worse ways to spend 95 minutes.
Thanks! Something to remember when it’s out on DVD, then.
Not so good. Maher’s film was only playing in half as many theaters.
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