Friday, November 09, 2007

Unpopular War Or Blatant Anti-Americanism?

Update Friday 2:00pm: Right on cue Redford and Cruise's new Anti-US suckfest opens to rave reviews:

New York Post - "...if you want to be bored by pompous-assery, Meet the Press is free."

Boston Globe -
"Political drama feels more like a lecture."

E! Online - "
basically a dorm-room debate with a couple of action scenes"

...and lets not leave out the regular people who watched the movie. Here is a link to their D+ rating. What Average Americans Thought of LFL

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An article out today suggests that there is a correlation between the disastrous box office returns of all of the recent Anti-US, Anti-Iraq War movies and the fact that we are "fighting an unpopular war". Well, they are right about one of those things anyway, the box office returns are bad, really, really bad. Unfortunately as the MSM often does, they got everything else wrong. Let's think about the logic for a moment shall we? Their argument is that most Americans are passionately against the Iraq war and our cause in Iraq and thusly are staying away from movies about said war. Where their logic fails is in the fact that not one or few, but all of the movies in question, Rendition, In the Valley of Elah, The Kingdom, etc... are themselves anti-war. Anyone who knows anyone who is against this war knows that those who are passionate about it will jump at any chance to see it portrayed in a bad light. Now if you match that with the poor box office returns, it makes perfect sense. Those ARE the people who are going and spending money to see our country, soldiers and cause trashed over and over and they will continue to do so. The fact is that most Americans are patriotic, and they do NOT care to pay $11.50 on a Friday to see their sons and daughters and their country spat upon by pretentious, overpaid babies that have never had to fight for anything real in their lives. Yes, the movies are probably bad in the first place, but they are blatantly Anti-American in their message and content. They portray the US as an Imperialistic force for evil in the world and reasonable people just don't buy that cr*p. Maybe time and more insight will bare this sentiment out and Hollywood will wake up. But I read an article like the one listed below and and for now still have serious doubts.

From Breitbart: Hollywood Is Casualty Of War

2 comments:

AmPowerBlog said...

"Anyone who knows anyone who is against this war knows that those who are passionate about it will jump at any chance to see it portrayed in a bad light."

Good point.

Public opinion's less pessimistic on the war than at earlier times, and I'm optimistic that continued success in Iraq can bolster GOP chances next year.

That said, the overall environment is good for the Dems, whether we like it or not (and I won't be seeing any antiwar movies).

American Power

Uncle Tim said...

Unfortunately I have to agree. This election is theirs to lose I am afraid. Unless someone finds out that Hillary is like, growing a second head out of her armpit or something. that would probably only increase her victom status with the left though