Conservatives in Hollywood?!

City Journal ^ | Brian C. Anderson

[RockinRight]

For me, it only is when talking about DU...

[weegee]

I'll have to try to find time to read this later. It looks like a good article and shows that films don't have to be pushing "Republican policy" or "demonizing Democrats" to be positive films produced by conservatives.

[Dan from Michigan]

I'd like to see a comeback of those 1980's style action movies myself.

[I still care]

Does anyone know how to ge4 "In the face of Evil", the Reagan film?

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

giving the public what it wants isn’t their prime motivation. More important is their wish for recognition as artists from peers, critics, and the liberal elites

The desire for approval and status is a prime motivator in Hollywood, no doubt about that.

[gamarob1]

Maybe it also has something to do with bad movies. Even the most liberal movie, though I'd be less inclined to be interested, can still use clever writing and good characterizations. Much of what is out there is less artistic, and more corporate, based on simply making money

I guess that shouldn't come as a suprise...

[I still care]

One of the decisions I have made, and stuck to, is I do not see any movies where corporations, the American military, or Nazis (unless it is a world war II movie) are the enemy.

I am so tired of being preached to by the left on how evil we are.

[whershey]

I don't go to movies or buy/rent DVD's starring particular people who have tried to use their celebrity status to push their political agenda nor will I see movies that do so (in other words I watch very few new films :)). I don't consider myself anything special so I'm sure this guy is right. I do agree that movies over the past few years have been bad for the most part but I think that's in part, because of the PC and the fact that the Hollywood left has been trying to use movies to force their politics down our throats rather then coming up with good stories.

[DustyMoment]

The article was reasonably balanced and good until it got to this:

After long using liberal Hollywood as a political punching bag, conservatives are moving to an if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them approach.

One could reasonably argue that Hollyweird has used itself and its wares as a bully pulpit that has railed against conservative values for decades.

What a huge disappointment it must be to Barbie Streisand, Alex Baldwin, et al, to discover that they have been (and still are) wrong after all these years.

[paltz]

http://www.inthefaceofevil.com/

[Melas]

No, any first year marketing major wouild first see if the numbers of the Passion could be duplicated by another film geared towards the same audience. The jury is still out on that one.

[Paradox]

His case agains anti-establisment films of the past was pretty weak, I agree.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

He had it nailed until the very last paragraph....

[LS]

I beg to differ. I LOVE movies, but when I walk through Hollywood Video to rent, I'll see a title or an apparent concept that will grab me . . . then as soon as I see a Tim Robbins or Susan Sarandon or another typical ultra-leftist in the cast, I bypass it.

It can be a great movie ("Million Dollar Baby") but I absolutely will not watch it. Nope, nada.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Enjoyed the article. I've become so picky about movies in my adulthood because the typical leftist preachiness grates on me - I just can't ignore it.

This is why I love Medved's reviews. He always points out if a movie is preachy or gratuitous.

Anyone know of some sights for conservative movie reviews?

[thulldud]

The desire for approval and status is a prime motivator in Hollywood, no doubt about that.

And there's one particular sort of approval that is never discussed:

“Making something commercially successful and appealing to a broad public, like The Incredibles, is less likely to get a Rebecca Romijn look-alike to sleep with you than making dark, hard-hitting, critically acclaimed material like Million Dollar Baby,” says longtime Hollywood watcher Medved.

Whoops! Michael Medved just mentioned ELEPHANTS! That's not allowed!

[Tribune7]

Pixar Studio’s dazzling animated superhero film The Incredibles (2004) is another box-office winner—domestic gross $261 million—with a surprisingly right-of-center worldview.

Check the alternative beginning on the DVD. You'd think Phyllis Schlafly herself wrote it :-)

[JFC]

But, I do not buy or rent DVDs that include actors, directors or producer who are openly critical of Bush, Republicans or conservatives.



I agree, certain people I will not watch at all, Susan Surranden,Baldwins, Streisand, Reiner, on and on the list goes. Movie stars are not like us, why they earn so much money and have so many homes is beyond my understanding.

[speed_addiction]

Another up and coming film maker is playwright Tyler Perry. While most of his work is centered around blacks, they always have a triumphant message of good overcoming evil and how in the end, even through much suffering, faith wins out. His films are always Christian centered but never bash you over the head with a Christian message, preffering to subtly make his point. In fact, one of the main characters (and his most popular) is a non-believer and the characters around her always bombard her with a Christian message.


What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.

[Hildy]

Blah...blah...blah...long article and, I believe, the wrong thesis. People aren't going to movies because of the high ticket prices and more importantly, the higher quality of television shows today. I'll take any good TV show over a movie. And then, in a month, I can rent the DVD and watch it on my big screen TV. It's not rocket science.