Dear Hollywood,
Washington D.C. called and they want their politics back.
Sincerely,
The Rest of America!
I can’t stand movies full of someones political views, be it republican, democratic, or fascist. It’s amazing really, for as much TV as I watch I never seem to know what movie I am seeing. I usually have no clue what it’s going to be about and then I get really upset when I get anal raped for a movie ticket only so someone can tell me how much they hate George Bush. What? I paid 10 bucks so you could tell me that? This is what blogs are for, so exercise your right to vote and if you lose, be an adult and suck it up. I just want to be entertained for 2 hours!
My husband actually tried to argue our friend Thomas and myself (2 against 1 there pal) that the movie, “Children of Men”, was NOT full of political slants. It had 2 or 3 separate scenes where Anti-Bush propaganda was taped to the walls. We’re talking about a movie that takes place in 2027 and there was Anti-Bush news clippings taped to the wall as if he would still be president in 20 years. The bulk of the movie was so blatantly left-sided and somehow Aaron missed this.
I actually might have enjoyed, “An Inconvenient Truth”, a little more if not for the Al Gore flashbacks to losing the race to the White House. Oh Al, no one cares, plant a tree and dry it up. Hasn’t it been almost 8 years? Hasn’t another democrat already lost again? Sorry, I’ll stop being a hypocrit and be a little less right-sided. I wish Al would follow my lead and turn some lights off in his mansion.
I fully expect fictional movies like, “Farenheit 911″, to be full of political slants. It’s like “reality television”. Edited for my pleasure! I want everyone to stop trying so hard for an Oscar and just amuse me. That’s what you’re for Hollywood, amusement. I don’t want to watch “Lord of War” to be educated on gun control, I JUST WANT TO WATCH A MOVIE!
You are right: http://www.thedailybackground.com/2006/12/31/exclusive-political-references-in-new-film-children-of-men-examined-illustrated
Tons’o'political references in “Children of Men”. However, if you want to be entertained, then let yourself be entertained. I was able to completely ignore all of the political references because I went into the movie only expecting a couple of hours of entertainment – and that’s what I got.
In fact, I was so oblivious to the political references that my wife had to point them out to me afterwards. My point: don’t take people’s opinions too seriously, otherwise you will only end up angsty and un-entertainable like my wife!
Chalky Roolz!