Friday, November 09, 2007
The Left in Hollywood: Death at the Box Office
More good news from the front in the war on terror! No, we have not yet captured bin Laden, but in a stunning move the leftwing scumbags in Hollywood who have made some of the worst anti-American crappola in years, aimed at an anti-war audience, are falling on their asses as the movies are becoming huge bombs.
We noted this phenomenon just a few days ago, but now we have a reason from the dimwits who like to cover for the American-hating Left: People are so depressed from how bad the war is going that they just don't want to see any more about it. Actually, the reason these movies are failing is two fold: one, they SUCK, and, two, the American people have had it with the anti-American Left and their message of hate.
Here's to seeing Hollywood fall on their asses. Let them learn a valuable lesson: never cheer for the other side, or your side will hate you for it and not pay to listen to your worthless message.
More good news from the front in the war on terror! No, we have not yet captured bin Laden, but in a stunning move the leftwing scumbags in Hollywood who have made some of the worst anti-American crappola in years, aimed at an anti-war audience, are falling on their asses as the movies are becoming huge bombs.
We noted this phenomenon just a few days ago, but now we have a reason from the dimwits who like to cover for the American-hating Left: People are so depressed from how bad the war is going that they just don't want to see any more about it. Actually, the reason these movies are failing is two fold: one, they SUCK, and, two, the American people have had it with the anti-American Left and their message of hate.
The wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape grim news headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say.
In a break with past convention, when films based on real conflicts were made only years after the last shots were fired, several politically-charged films have gone on release while America remains embroiled in Iraq.
Almost without exception, however, the crop of movies have struggled to turn a profit at the box-office and in many cases have received a mauling from unimpressed critics as well.
"Rendition," a drama starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal about the CIA's policy of outsourcing interrogation of terror suspects, has taken just under 10 million dollars at the box office, a disastrous return.
Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis's latest film "In the Valley of Elah," about a father investigating the death of his son in Iraq, earned favorable reviews but less than seven million dollars following its release in September.
Even the action-packed "The Kingdom," starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner, fell well below its 70 million budget with around 47 million dollars in ticket sales.
The poor returns do not augur well for more war films due for release in North America later this month, notably the Robert Redford-directed drama "Lions for Lambs" and Brian De Palma's hard-hitting "Redacted," based on the real-life rape and murder of an Iraqi schoolgirl by US soldiers.
Lew Harris, the editor of website Movies.com, said the films have struggled to be successful because the subject matters of Iraq and 9/11 remain too close to home. And in many cases, the films have not been entertaining enough.
"These movies have to be entertaining," Harris told AFP. "You can't just take a movie and make it anti-war or anti-torture and expect to draw people in.
"That's what happened with 'Rendition' and it has been a disaster," he said.
"People want war movies to have a slam-bang adventure feel to them ... But Iraq is a difficult war to portray in a kind of rah-rah-rah, exciting way.
"And it's just too close to home. The Vietnam war movies didn't start until long after the war was over."
Here's to seeing Hollywood fall on their asses. Let them learn a valuable lesson: never cheer for the other side, or your side will hate you for it and not pay to listen to your worthless message.
