Leftie Liberal Movie Lions For Lambs Is Trashed - By the Village Voice
Ya know, a left wing anti war movie has to truly suck if the Village Voice, that most left of all the left publications doesn’t like it. Not only do they not like it, here is what they have to say about it after a lengthy column leading up to this remark:
What can I tell you? The movie is awful…
Yeesh. To be fair it goes on to say that there’s something sentimentally charming about Redford’s “lack of cynicism” etc., and blah blah blah. But the bottom line is what I said in the opening…it sucks.
Hollywood just isn’t getting it. Just because they all get together and whine at their exclusive cocktail parties about Bush and Iraq and about this and that, doesn’t mean that the rest on America - those of us who live outside of the Hollywood bubble - feel the same way. Every single one of the Hollywood anti -war films about Iraq has been a dismal flop. And they still don’t get it.
Tell you what, Hollywood…..try making a movie about the heroism of our soldiers and Marines, about their guts and honor, about their courage and determination in fighting a vicious, brutal enemy and I will guarantee you’ll pack the house. I know you don’t really feel that way toward our troops but fake it - that’s what you’re good at.
Personally, I’m happy that your flagrant anti-Americanism is biting you right where it hurts the most - in your bank accounts.
Two salutes to Weasel Zippers for this one.
