Posted on 05/10/2007 2:57:33 PM PDT by wastedyears
A dumb movie that I nevertheless enjoyed as a child. The best thing was seeing Superfly (Ron O’Neal) as a Cuban officer.
I personally preferred the Saturday Night Live parody, “Amerida” which has us being taken over by Canada:
I bet you if you could pole people that lived in the USA back in 1940 and what they thought about Japan invading Pearl Harbor, they would have said that was dumb also. The movie was not about the method of attack, it was about incidents leading up to the attack. We are vulnerable in many ways, we have to identify those ways, and stop it. Like we did in NJ earlier this week.
An oldie but goodie. Maybe this movie will wake up a few people. That’s what it was made for.
I imagine they would, middle of Reagan's presidency, Cold War, etc. I was in high school and remember feeling pretty patriotic about it.
Can’t say I didn’t disagree with the message. Kinda like an Ayn Rand novel, GREAT ideas, LOUSY writing.
Erica: “What is the capital of Texas?”
Andy: “Austin.”
Erica: “Wrong, Commie! It’s Houston!”
I noticed that,, must be a God/FR thing.
A Civil War... Red countys against Blue countys..
Because that MAY HAPPEN...
one of the dumbest movies ever made.
Besides our military bases, their other target will be our electric transmission lines, totally vulnerable.
Well, according to todays lets not fight society we would be taken over in 20 minutes. Because we are being invaded according to Michael Moore with a better health care system and all is well.
Great Movie.
2. No external enemy has a blue water navy sufficeint to conquer the USA.
No, but John has a long mustache.
I have never ever heard of anyone who claimed to laugh all the way through that movie.
That means that you are some wierd freakin’ oddball.
John Wayne was an actor and his characters were fictional, but anyone who disliked the Duke or laughed at Red Dawn is un American.
No, I’m not joking.
Red Dawn was a cartoon. It had very little resemblance to reality. Every aspect of the theme was ludicrous. It was a jerkoff fantasy for survivalist types anxious for some kind of action. It was "Billy Jack" only with diabolical (and comical) commies instead of drooling bikers. It was "Santa Claus Versus The Martians". It was "The Blob". where the cool teenagers save the town while the old folks stand around helplessly. It was Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello against the Beach Nazis. It was sappy fiction about something that can't happen and won't happen.
Here's the heart of a good review of Red Dawn:
Red Dawn
Historically important for being the very first PG-13 movie ever released, and for temporarily holding the record for being the most violent film ever made (smart move, Valenti), Red Dawn is a movie I really used to love. That was before I learned about things like politics, geography, and logic.
Aside from the non-stop combat violence and periodically silly dialogue, Red Dawn is also notable for its cast. Sift through the silliness and you'll notice folks like Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Grey, Ben Johnson, Powers Boothe, and Frank McRae as "ill-fated school teacher."
The plot is so simple it's stupid: Russian and Cuban forces have invaded the American midwest, so a bunch of scared high school students hightail it into the mountains, only to emerge as the vengeance-seeking commando unit known as Wolverines!
Coming off contributions to Apocalypse Now, 1941, and Conan the Barbarian, action-lovin' filmmaker John Milius came up with a "what if...?" war flick scenario that, while certainly not the most realistic concept ever gleaned, was certainly well-received by those who don't mind a little extra dose of ridiculousness mixed in with their rat-a-tat machine gun explosions.
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