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Hollywood Shocked as Family Films Flourish
Townhall.com ^ | July 23, 2010 | Brent Bozell

Posted on 07/23/2010 6:21:38 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
It's been no secret that good family films always make a higher profit at the Box Office than the brainless trash playing on other screens. Michael Medved once demonstrated how much more these films make, and it really does leave you scratching your head, wondering why they don't make more of them.
21 posted on 07/23/2010 6:58:49 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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And Sex and the City 2 a supposed slam dunk, the gospel according to Cosmopolitan Magazine, was a collosal flop. Maybe it’s become a caricature of the Early 2000’s, with our foray as a conuntry into unbridled hedonism and late 1960’s revival of female whoredom.


22 posted on 07/23/2010 6:59:10 AM PDT by pburgh01
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To: Neoliberalnot

That is one I do want to see. Might have to rent it soon. Big Denzel fan and an even bigger Gary Oldman fan. Oldman is easily one of the most underrated actors around.


23 posted on 07/23/2010 7:02:47 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Neoliberalnot

Book of Eli

What is this about? Why do you recommend it?

We are due for a movie. Have not seen one in the movie theater for about 3 years now, and we never rent DVDs.


24 posted on 07/23/2010 7:03:32 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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To: hoosierham
It's all well and good to "advance the art", but don't expect to become rich doing it. The real geniuses are those that can push the envelope and engage the multitudes. Anything else is just singing to the choir.
25 posted on 07/23/2010 7:06:31 AM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: pburgh01

It has made 280 million worldwide, I don’t know if colossal flop is the best way to describe it.


26 posted on 07/23/2010 7:07:31 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Kaslin
I wish Hollywood would take a look at Cmdr. Edward Ellsberg's books, especially "Under The Red Sea Sun". That books makes you proud to be an American (Oh, THAT's why no movie). No Gung Ho battlefield exploits but just a few Americans rebuilding a shattered Italian Naval Base in Massawa, Eritrea in early 1942 when everything on our side was tanking.

In one situation after another, the guy performs salvage miracles with good old American ingenuity. Jobs everyone said were impossible. All this in 120+ degree temps and 90%+ humidity.

Without giving details away, with NO help from America he (just a few):
1) restores ALL the wrecked machine shop equipment in one month back to full production;
2) raises a massive sunken dry dock that experts said would take six months and hundreds of workmen - does it in nine days;
3) gets "lazy" Eritreans to scrape and paint the bottoms of merchant ships supplying Montgomery every 1 1/2 days;
4) repairs three British light cruisers that were too long and too heavy for his one operating small drydock weeks sooner than "experts" said it could be done, after saying he couldn't do it at all.

You can get the book on eBay MUCH cheaper than the used book websites. A damned good read and, IMO, great material for a movie.

27 posted on 07/23/2010 7:09:14 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Kaslin

This is why I used to go to the movies every other week when I was a teenager. I went to the movies to be ‘entertained’. I wanted to sit down with my big bucket of popcorn and drink and spend two hours enjoying some good, simple fun. Nowadays, these ‘directors’ and ‘writers’ are trying too damn hard to make ‘thought provoking’ films. Additionally, I hate going to movies that push a political agenda and don’t even have the common courtesy to make it subtle. I’m in my 30s but I enjoy movies like Toy Story and Despicable Me because they are good fun with simple, meaningful messages.


28 posted on 07/23/2010 7:12:35 AM PDT by LoneStarGI (Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
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To: Kaslin

We don’t have any kids. My wife and I just went to see Despicable Me and loved it.

The last movie we saw at the theater was Up. The movie before that was Monsters vs Aliens.

The trend, besides these all being cartoons, is that we aren’t going to pay through the nonse to see a movie that either insults our intelligence, insults our politics, or assaults our senses with pornography or profanity. If there’s a movie that has one of those qualities, but otherwise might be worth watching, we can wait for it to come out on video or on broadcast TV or the web.

There’s little that can bring us into the theater these days short of cartoons.


29 posted on 07/23/2010 7:13:40 AM PDT by chrisser (Starve the Monkeys!)
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To: Neoliberalnot

A few on my “My God that was good” list of fairly recent movies

The Blind Side

Sophie Scholl-the final days

http://sophieschollmovie.com/

Defiance

http://www.defiancemovie.com/

Downfall

El Camino

Miracle at St. Anna

Letters from Iwo Jima

And with a 8-year old son to entertain, there are still good family movies being made that I enjoy very much. Not enough of them though.


30 posted on 07/23/2010 7:15:29 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: chrisser
We were pleasantly surprised by The Princess and the Frog. Not only did my 8 year old love it, but so did the wife and I.

I wasn't exited by it when I first saw the trailer, thinking they were rewriting a politically correct version of the original story. But not the case. Beautiful art, enjoyable music, and a nice moral story. I gave it 5 stars on Netflix.

31 posted on 07/23/2010 7:21:14 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Kaslin

My wife took my son to see “Despicable Me”, which was the first time that she’s gone to the movies, I think, since “The Simpsons”, which was also a family outing. The rest of Hollywood’s output, she waits for the DVD from the library, if at all.


32 posted on 07/23/2010 7:24:10 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (There is neither honesty, manhood nor good fellowship in thee.)
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To: Kaslin

We typically only see a few movies a year, probably about 3 in the summertime.

The wife and I are going to see Inception this weekend. I typically like Chris Nolan’s stuff (Batman Begins, Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight).

I missed Robin Hood, which I wanted to see. The A-Team was great. The kids went with their grandparents and saw Toy Story 3.

I was curious about Dispicable. If it turns out to be appropriate for a 5-year-old, I may let my daughter watch it when it hits DVD.

SnakeDoc


33 posted on 07/23/2010 7:33:44 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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To: Bigg Red

I haven’t seen The Book of Eli ... but it is on my list to see when I find it for less than $10 on DVD. My understanding is that it is a post-apocalyptic movie where Denzel Washington defends (with extreme prejudice) one of the last existing copies of the Bible.

SnakeDoc


34 posted on 07/23/2010 7:36:11 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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To: Kaslin
"We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only obligation." -- Michael Eisner, CEO, Disney, 2000

And THAT, my friends, is the way it should be. Funny isn't it? When they really concentrate on maximizing profits, they seem highly capable of eliminating swearing, sodomy, sex and gore....and we get films like Star Wars, Jaws, Lord of the Rings, Passion of the Christ and Indiana Jones. So what's so wrong with that I wonder?

35 posted on 07/23/2010 7:37:20 AM PDT by CanaGuy (Go Harper!)
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To: Neoliberalnot

thank you for your movie suggestions

we just cannot watch most movies unless recommended, and even then I review on IMDb.


36 posted on 07/23/2010 7:56:32 AM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: Kaslin

it’s a long, hard road, akin to the life of the entrepreneur. But some conservative youngsters need to consider entering the animation/film/high tech entertainment field. The potential rewards are obviously great. But the quality has to be there, like Toy Story 3 and Shrek.

Plenty of sub-contracting work in that field, also. I guess young people need not think they have to start a new Dreamworks. But there is good work out there to be had, for those with talent, drive, ambition and...yes...the right values!!


37 posted on 07/23/2010 7:57:46 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Kaslin

Hollywood hates families and what they stand for. Period.


38 posted on 07/23/2010 8:00:54 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: Neoliberalnot
You should go see Grown Ups....It is phenomenal. It is funny and the cast is brilliant!!!! Worth ever dime paid.
39 posted on 07/23/2010 8:05:55 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Brokeback and Passion were so long ago I don’t know why either is talked about. I believe that conservatives are the ones that pushed Brokeback into the mainstream due to our constant discussion of it. Had we ignored it, the movie would have disappeared very quickly. Both movies have not been made again and probably won’t for a long time. I saw Passion and thought it was ok...I thought 10 commandments was better.


40 posted on 07/23/2010 8:08:48 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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