Really? This year's Best Picture went to The Hurt Locker, an action-packed, nail biting war film where the heroes were courageous American soldiers and the bad guys were barbaric Muslim jihadis. The film was helmed by this year's winner for Best Director, a woman who had the grace to thank the troops repeatedly during her acceptance speech and various interviews.
This film was also a commercial flop. Nobody went to see it. It earned an embarrasing $12.6 in total box office receipts during 16 weeks in the theater. People here complain that Hollywood churns out nothing but leftist, anti-American drivel yet when Hollywood produces something patriotic, a film Americans can feel good about, a film that celebrates the courage and bravery of our fighting men in uniform, --and awards this film their highest honors, Hollywood was thanked by filmgoers staying home and sitting on their wallets.
Expect more Avatars and less Hurt Lockers in the future. If I were a producer, this would be my business plan.
Oops. Um, yes that would be $12.6 million, not $12 and 60 cents.
Just wanna clear that up.
According to Exhibitor Relations, which track box office sales, "The Great Raid" took in a mere 3.4 million. To put this in perspective, the sophomoric scifi gore-fest "Alien vs Predator, made 11 times as much last year and this weekend the sequel to "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalo" made 9.4 million.
Half of the audience for "The Great Raid" was over 50. It seems that generations X and Y have no problem with blood, but have been deprived of a sense of honor and respect. Worse, the American populace as a whole, seems to have been worn down by two and half years of fighting in Iraq.