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2007-11-26 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-11-26 11:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 An amazingly low box office.

Some high school football teams get 3000 for a Friday night game.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-11-26 13:17|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-11-26 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The conclusion is obvious, at least to Hollywood: the American people don't like war movies. So Hollywood will just stop making them.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-11-26 13:23|| 2007-11-26 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, I think the conclusion is that the American people don't like anti-American, anti-military war movies. It's not that we have suddenly lost our taste for blood and violence on the big screen. We're just sick and tired of people like De Palma throwing our military under the bus to make a cheap political point.

If they make a good and sincere film that reflects the real conditions on the ground in Iraq and the incredible achievments our military has made over there, while not ignoring the obvious mishaps and atrocities made along the way, I bet you people would go see it.

Posted by eltoroverde 2007-11-26 13:50|| 2007-11-26 13:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Americans are tired of being preached too and tired of having the US always be the bad guy somehow. Make more movies like 300 and you will make money.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-26 14:55|| 2007-11-26 14:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Unfortunately, the fat lady ain't sung yet because international box will find a larger audience... or so Mark "No Longer Dancin' with the Stars" hopes.

Posted by Capsu78 2007-11-26 15:00|| 2007-11-26 15:00|| Front Page Top

#6 James Carville was heard to comment over the weekend that the USA economy is in the tank...hasn't been this bad since...oh...1991. I suspect he was lokking at the box office receipts from movies such as Redacted and Lions for Lambs and concluded the average joe six-pack can't even afford the price of a movie ticket plus popcorn and soda pop. Yeah, that must be it. The economy must be in the tank.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-11-26 16:04|| 2007-11-26 16:04|| Front Page Top

#7 The movie was released to 15 theaters. That is nothing. That is what they do to generate word of mouth before a wider release, or to get it in theaters enough to qualify for Academy Awards and such.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-11-26 16:50|| 2007-11-26 16:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Isn't it again about time for all the homeless stories?

Posted by ed 2007-11-26 16:51|| 2007-11-26 16:51|| Front Page Top

#9 So hardly anyone has seen this stink-bomb of a movie, and those critics who have seen it have run shrieking from the theater. The next step in this cinematic auto de fe (for which I can hardly wait) will be the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members turning themselves into pretzels and forsaking every shred of credibility with the movie-going public - as they try and figure out how to hang a best picture or best director award on it.

Barbara, are you going to fire up the industrial-sized popcorn popper for that one? Melted butter on mine, please. The real stuff, not that yellow oily crud.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-11-26 18:17|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2007-11-26 18:17|| Front Page Top

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