Posted on 01/27/2005 6:01:15 AM PST by Pharmboy
The conventional wisdom concerning Tuesday's Oscar nominations suggests that the entertainment establishment made an appropriately cautious decision to avoid controversy by simultaneously snubbing both of the year's most polarizing pictures. In fact, the sloppy, dishonest, brain-dead habit of equating "The Passion of the Christ" with "Fahrenheit 9/11" reveals more about Hollywood's bias and blindness than any aspect of the major awards the two films won't receive.
"Fahrenheit 9/11" represents an unabashedly partisan piece of propaganda whose primary purpose (proudly and repeatedly announced by its irrepressible creator) involved the attempt to discredit and, ultimately, defeat the Bush administration.
"The Passion," on the other hand, attempted to convey a timeless religious message rather than score timely political points. None of the countless commentators who derided the film as "Fahrenheit's" right-wing doppelgänger ever bothered to identify the movie's conservative messages concerning, say, the Iraq War or Republican tax cuts. Some moviegoers may resist or resent Mel Gibson's transparently theological agenda, but they can hardly fault him for inserting blatant (or subtle) endorsements for the GOP.
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Didn't read the whole article, but the Passion will make a good 20 million every year around Easter.
I bet Mel won't be able to resist the typical Hollywood temptation to release a Special Edition DVD set a year after the first dvd release.
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You're exactly right. And the Michael Moore movie was nothing more than a bumper sticker. Years from now, while "The Passion" is standard fare for the Easter season, archaeologists will find DVDs of Farenheit under the back seats of abandoned Subarus among the old condom wrappers and fast food trash.
I saw "The Passion of the Christ". Did not see Fahrenheit 9/11. I thought "The Passion" was outstanding and if you compared it to the Bible it very closely followed the Biblical historical message. I didn't think it was anti-semetic because I don't blame the Jews for what happened. God hardened their heart to fulfil his prophecy so they were an instrument of God and it doesn't reflect on them as race or religion.
I have no intention of watching "Fahrenheit 9/11" except as a piece of fiction which it so obviously is. The thing the fat slob doesn't realize is no matter how true his other documentaries might be they will now be questioned because he so obviously skewed this one to reflect his views and not the truth that any other work of his will have to be looked upon with the same scrutiny.
I bought a used Subaru before I found out that they were for liberals and/or homos. That is why I have left my Tom Coburn sticker on the back of it.
Caviezel deserved an Oscar nomination.
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I most certainly hope he does release an extended DVD, particularly with his and other's commentary. That was sorely missing in the rushed-to-market DVD that was made available. I actually returned mine.
Farenheit 9/11 became obsolete on election day.
One other thing the people doing the Oscars did nothing for their credibility on this. What they did right was leaving "Fahrenheit 9/11" off the nomination list because it certainly was not a truthful documentary and didn't qualify as a movie. "The Passion" however was a very good movie and deserved at least a Best Picture nomination. The nominators wanted to avoid controversy so they overlooked one of the best movies of the year. That's Hollyweird for you though. Shoot your mouth off about politics which they have little experience at but keep quiet or shy away from issues in an area where they have the experience and knowledge to be credible.
That "The Passion" is timeless, and F9/11 is already in the dumpster, is better than any recognition award it could have ever received.
Agreed...and frankly, I was a bit surprised that it even garnered 3 nominations (even though they were not main categories).
Take a look at Jack Higgins' cartoon in the Chicago Sun Times!
Mmmmm, a movie about something timeless and a movie about something from a very specific point in time. And a columnist is able to figure out on his very own that one is already dated and one will endure.
Who possible could have foreseen this?
Does anyone else see this story as a big "duh"?
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