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Monday, April 07, 2008

A Suggestion For Hollywood

Courtesy of IMAO:

I saw an ad for the DVD release of the anti-Iraq screed Lions for Lambs. While the ads for the theatrical release made it pretty clear it was a pedantic talkee film, the ad for the DVD played it up like its an action movie about heroic troops under fire because I guess they thought that might trick some people into watching it.

Here’s an idea for Hollywood: Why don’t you actually make a movie about heroic troops in Iraq and then you won’t have to trick people into seeing your crappy films.

That’d probably make too much sense.

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That’d probably make too much sense.

Might also make some money.  US gross revenue is reported to be less than half the film’s $35 million production budget.


“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Bat One on April 7, 2008 at 08:22 am

There’s a great article on this point at City-Journal.com:

Movie artists—like all artists except the most original—are the products of the atmosphere of fashionable opinion that surrounds and sustains them. They may play at being heroes who speak truth to power, but the real powers in their lives are the elites who feed them praise, awards, and jobs.


“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

Hairy Polemic on April 7, 2008 at 08:31 am

A good movie would be the deuce-four’s victory, or any other by MichaelYon.


Communism is evil

Chief RZ on April 7, 2008 at 08:42 am

Don’t hold your breath Rob, you’ll only turn blue.

Hollywood doesn’t know the meaning of patriot.


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Old Tigers are more dangerous when they believe this could be their last hunt.

From , “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Old tigers, sensing the end,
they’re at their most fierce. 
And they go down fighting.

Gene on April 7, 2008 at 09:14 am

WOW.  I saw the commercial for the movie yesterday and wondered what movie they thought was coming out on DVD.  The trailer was no where near the real movie.

John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston are sorely missed.


atease

atease on April 7, 2008 at 04:01 pm
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