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2008-01-21 Home Front: Culture Wars

FINALLY! A movie I'll go to the theatre to see :-D

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-21 13:48|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Oops. Forgot to hat tip Roger Simon.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-21 13:54|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-21 13:54|| Front Page Top

#2 An Adam Sandler movie . . . that might actually be good.

Scary.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-21 14:04|| 2008-01-21 14:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw a preview for this.

No, it won't be good.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-01-21 16:23|| 2008-01-21 16:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Dunno about good - but the trailer sure is funny.

And Adam Sandler is actually cute. When'd that happen?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-21 16:39|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-21 16:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm still convinced that some conservative with some money could pull another Mel Gibson by making an unabashedly pro-American, old school John Wayne style movie, like The Green Berets.

Not only would most of it be subsidized by the US military, but you could depict al-Qaeda with hideous realism and leave people puking in the aisles.

Showing US personnel working with Iraqi military not just in combat but in heart-wrenching humanitarian missions. Hire people like Michael Yon for advisers, and have real veterans acting the part. Not a Hollywood star in the bunch and breaking all the Hollywood rules.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-21 18:22|| 2008-01-21 18:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Works for me 'moose - how do I invest? ;)

Posted by Tony (UK) 2008-01-21 18:37|| 2008-01-21 18:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Make Gates of Fire - Michael Yon's story of the Deuce-Four. Bruce Willis already wants to do this one.

Guaranteed it would be a blockbuster.

Its a story of heroes. OUR Heroes.

Especially the climactic fight scene whree LTC Kurialla goes down but fights on, Yon runs in and goes after the bad guy, and the 1SG ultimately gets him ina vicious man-to-man combat.

Seriously, go reread the entire series at Yon;s site, and tell me that isnt a movie waiting to happen. Even has ahappen ending: LTC Kurilla recovers and goes on to command a battalion of Rangers!

Posted by OldSpook 2008-01-21 19:28|| 2008-01-21 19:28|| Front Page Top

#8 And Sandler must be hitting the gym - he's got some bulked up guns I dont recall seeing before (look at the middle picture on the photo part of the website).

Posted by OldSpook 2008-01-21 19:29|| 2008-01-21 19:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Gates of Fire? I thought you were referring to the awesome book about Thermopylae by Steve Pressfield. I'd like to see either. I'd also like to see somebody make Fields of Fire. Webb's a dick but that was a damn good 'Nam book - showed the traitorous media for what they were.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-01-21 20:45|| 2008-01-21 20:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Smell it ... smell it ... now take it!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-21 21:11|| 2008-01-21 21:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Good find, Barbara -- Mr. Wife and the trailing daughters will love it. Mr. Sandler clearly got one of those fashion makeovers -- we're assured that's all it takes. And equally clearly Mr. Sandler has been drinking beer in outside-Hollywood bars, along with his co-writers. Perhaps he'll produce Mr. Willis's project with the profits.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-21 21:14|| 2008-01-21 21:14|| Front Page Top

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