Comments on: Video: Upcoming Hollywood film smears the troops and promotes desertion

By: The Two Malcontents » The Surrender Lobby’s Tet Offensive

The Two Malcontents » The Surrender Lobby’s Tet Offensive — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:17:22 +0000

[...] soldiers as bloodthirsty killers and psychopaths—every one of which flopped last year. But bloggers at Hot Air explain Hollywood also has its eyes focused on March: “Not satisfied with its string of war [...]

By: Ernest

Ernest — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:42:09 +0000

Talk about dejavu. This reminds me so much of the Viet Nam era. Right down to the two finger peace sign. Funny, I wasn’t part of it then and I’m not part of it now.

The way I figure it, a lot of those Peace-nics grew up to be college professors. God I wish the world was like they misconceive it to be so we could just love our international troubles away. You say the Iranians are building nukes…. let’s do an Iranian peace concert and buy the world a coke. Right on, man.

By: Lurking Vet

Lurking Vet — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:20:25 +0000

From my latest copy of Entertainment Weekly: "Stop-Loss Soldiers on Despite Bad Buzz: ....it's not surprising that moviegoers have been sighing, moaning, and hissing at the trailer for Stop-Loss....What is surprising: in an unusual move, the studio is embracing these jeers on the film's website....[I]f this strategy works, it could be a new model for promoting hot-potato projects. If it doesn't, it could be the shot that filnally ends Hollywood's war campaign." We can only hope.

By: F15Mech

F15Mech — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:20:47 +0000

Doh,

Like your link.

By: F15Mech

F15Mech — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:13:01 +0000

spmat on January 14, 2008 at 1:56 PM

Thank you…nothing says wanting to drive my car over 155+ while blasting that tune.

By: Jockolantern

Jockolantern — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:55:09 +0000

I didn’t have this preview at Sweeney Todd… certainly for the best. The theatre I watched Sweeney at actually showed the “Citizen Soldier” music video before the movie began. That was quite encouraging.

As for Todd, I thought the film was absolutely brilliant. I’ve not seen a better film in all of 2007 (with the exception of Ratatouille); it nailed everything that a Broadway-to-film adaptation should. Depp and Carter worked terrifically as the leads and have always had great on-screen chemistry. Rickman’s slimey, icky villain-playing self was perfect for the judge and Burton just seemed to naturally… get how to film a musical. The flow seemed right, the rhythm of the camera movements and the edits were all there. Sondheim’s music has never sounded better either in full-blown orchestral glory. I can’t wait for this to come out on DVD as it is no longer anywhere close to a theatre near me. Shame that it’s made so little at the box office; it’s a gem of a film and one of the best films to come out this new millenia.

By: funky chicken

funky chicken — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:16:20 +0000

Ryan Phillipe as a combat veteran. Holy shit, I assume it’s a Mel Brooks comedy, right?

By: TimothyJ

TimothyJ — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:48:22 +0000

When I was in serving in the Navy in Viet Nam, a lot of the guys were extended for three months to a year. They were truly ticked off about it. But there was NOBODY there who even thought of the idea of taking off. It was our Country we were defending “from Godless Communism,” and though they didn’t like it, they did it reasonably willingly. Strangely enough, as I was in the Reserves, I wasn’t extended.

By: bambam

bambam — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:04:13 +0000

I was pretty sure Ryan Phillipe’s career had already tanked….guess I was right.

By: Merovign

Merovign — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:56:41 +0000

I hereby encourage Hollywood to keep doing this kind of thing, because the sooner the major studios collapse the sooner they’ll be replaced.

Sometimes you’re afraid of replacing something because you might get something worse – in this case, I’m willing to take the chance.

As far as political censorship, I sure hope McCain doesn’t get elected. It’s hard to say how much influence Soros has had on McCain, but Soros was a big backer of McCain-(expletive deleted)-Feingold.

By: packsoldier

packsoldier — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:26:24 +0000

Sweeney Todd was sung well? You’re kidding me, right Bryan? Go rent the George Hearn/Angela Lansbury DVD. Then you’ll hear Sweeney Todd sung well. Johnny Depp (too young and too pretty) was miscast. Helena Bonham Carter was worse (ditto, and her voice is thinner than Britney’s). Alan Rickman couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket! This musical is really an opera, and operas need good singers, not David Bowie impersonators.

Your comment on the movie, as well as the reactions of most of the movie pundits, shows how low our appreciation for the human voice has sunk.

By: oakpack

oakpack — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:16:44 +0000

The Theater near my home, allows us cripples to see movies for free, which is greatly appreciated, but because of crap like this, I haven’t been there in nearly two years.
Producers, actors and writers of junk like this should be noted in history as the reason for bringing down Hollywood as we know it.

By: Debbie Schlussel

Debbie Schlussel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:34 +0000

I covered this on Friday and have additional info on it. What is also notable is that it is produced by MTV Films.

By: Theophile

Theophile — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:53:40 +0000

I saw Sweeney Todd. It was pretty good, but it was about five times bloodier than it needed to be.

You should see the Pirates films, they’re great.

I don’t think that you could pay me enough to watch Stop-Loss, though.

By: Bradky

Bradky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:52:52 +0000

If someone suffers who cares? Start making good movies and I’ll start going again. I only go and see things I really want to see now, like 300 and Transformers.

saltydogg14 on January 14, 2008 at 4:21 PM

When you pirate music and videos you hurt the people who help produce the disks, cartons, packaging, and man the warehouses to ship the product from. Just regular working class folks like you and I.
Almost like …. well….. socialism isn’t it?

By: Zorro

Zorro — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:40:34 +0000

Update: Here’s anti-war propaganda of a different variety. I suppose one of our commenters doesn’t want this talked about too.

From NYT misfires on veterans story

I've got a one-word verdict on this article and its research: bullshit.

And Brit Hume just slammed the article as well on FNC.

By: NNtrancer

NNtrancer — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:13:46 +0000

I wonder who finances these anti-military films? In any case, the producers can feel good about themselves at Hollywood parties as they lap up the adulation, and then they can watch the box office revenues come in from Europe where anti-Americanism sells.

By: Right Angles » Blog Archive » Enemy propaganda on the big screen

Right Angles » Blog Archive » Enemy propaganda on the big screen — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:44:12 +0000

[...] I swear, Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw Haw were more pro-American than Hollywood. [...]

By: kcd

kcd — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:11:18 +0000

Heard a guy on the radio one day talking about the hollywood morons and them expressing their political views. He said: “I don’t want your views, when I see you I want it to be in a good movie that entertains me for a short time. So just keep on dancing little monkey”.

Thought that was a great line!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:08:02 +0000

tickleddragon on January 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM

I’d forgotten about Dead Man. Weird, indeed, on every level. Singing to his razors about revenge as if he’s Edward Scissorhands gone insane might be weirder though.

By: ScottMcC

ScottMcC — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:50:02 +0000

Right, because ordering everyone to see a piece and just putting a crappy movie out to market are OBVIOUSLY the same thing…

And you never bought anything on the recommendation of a friend?

If you’re a teenager whose every waking hour is filled with messages marketed by movies and TV rather than “parents who just don’t understand,” then you basically are required to see Battleship Potempkin.

Teenagers don’t live in a 100% free market world. They don’t pay taxes or have to support themselves. They are very limited in their worldview and scope of acceptable choices. They are undeniably impressionable to the leftist messages of a movie that all of their friends/peers are in a sense requiring them to see.

Sure they THINK they have a real impact and they THINK they are trying to change the world…

but they aren’t. Valley and Redacted and this new piece of crap aren’t changing anyones minds…

ernesto on January 14, 2008 at 4:03 PM

Denying there is a problem doesn’t make the problem go away.

By: AdrianG

AdrianG — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:46:44 +0000

wow, that does look nuts, too, thanks!

By: tickleddragon

tickleddragon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:32:52 +0000

AdrianG on January 14, 2008 at 4:31 PM

Have you ever seen DEAD MAN? I would call that his weirdest by far.

By: tickleddragon

tickleddragon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:32:11 +0000

“I wrong note”… I meant ONE wrong note. Can’t type today.

By: AdrianG

AdrianG — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:31:36 +0000

interestingly enough, despite all his work with Burton (whom I love), Depp’s strangest movie, I think, is Arizona Dream. That movie is outright crazy, and hilariously bad.