Posted on 09/13/2010 6:27:56 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
Hollywood has long had an active political climate. It is in the heart of tinsel town where the far Left has always had a level of comfort (See Ron Radosh’s Red Star Over Hollywood). Even when major studio heads like Jack Warner and Walt Disney stood strong against Communism during the Golden Years, the hard Left found ways to flourish. At the time Communism was regarded by many as the best reaction to Fascism, however, most Hollywood Leftists eventually saw the murderous realities of both destructive political mindsets and began to embrace America.
Regardless, there was still a long time in Hollywood when the good guy would draw a line in the sand so we knew where he stood. After the attacks from radical fundamentalists on 9/11, however, it became politically incorrect to take sides against our real enemies. More importantly, it became politically correct to depict America as a great oppressor. Will today’s Hollywood Left go through the same transformation and eventually see America’s enemies for who they are? Time will tell, but for now I would suggest they watch the two videos below and try to remember what it felt like to see America’s politically correct fear of calling out a real enemy culminate into my generation’s day that will forever live in infamy.
Even before 9/11/01, we could see the Hollywood Left’s misguided view of terrorism growing. Films like Arlington Road, while entertaining and thought provoking, played with the paranoia built by the Oklahoma City bombings (our neighbor could be a terrorist!). Naturally, they avoided choosing the most likely and consistent enemies from the Middle East. Doing so was seen as an unfair cliché, however, that all changed on 9/11 when we were shown who are true enemies are.
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where is 300?
9-11 has infected Hollywood, they remind us of the horror of terrorism on every single TV show....
oh wait...
Hollywood really didn’t care
A perfect example of this is the movie version of "Sum of All Fears' which depicted the enemy terrorists as White European late twentieth century Nazis rather Islamic radicals in keeping with the book version.
When the chips are down, it is always safe to make the White Guy the evil one instead of looking at the world with an open mind.
The best historical movies that were ever made that stood up against evil of any kind were IMO:
1, The original 300 Spartans
2. United 93
3. Dirty Harry and all its sequels
4. Ben Hur
5. The Ten Commandments
6. It’s a wonderful life
7. The Wizard of Oz
8. Casablanca
9. The original Miracle on 34th Street
10. Khartoum
Nice to think there are more than ten honorable films.
For my money, Lord of the Rings also counts as a honorable defense of the West.
Just wish somebody had thought twice about how to cast Frodo...
It was mentioned in one of the summaries of the movies in the article..I want to cast my vote for Iron Man. I thought the movie did a great job depicting Iron Man fighting the enemies!
I also enjoyed BIG JIM MCLAIN with John Wayne fighting the commies.
FLYING TIGERS.
All the great war movies from PURPLE HEART to THE LONGEST DAY to THE GREEN BERETS right up through SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
All on one page! Yes! It can be done!
What about “Death Wish”?
Not a bad list at all. Have seen them all except for Inglorious Bastards. I guess that is now on the list for this week. What they lack in subtlety, they make up for in clarity. It is not always simple, but it often is.
Actually, I consider some of the Disney animated films as bulwarks against evil. Take “The Incredibles,” for instance - the message is “quit trying to make everybody ordinary.” Pretending everyone is the same is an insidious evil that permeates our society. Instead we should be focusing on what each child does best and celebrating that.
And what about “The Princess and the Frog?” The message of hard work and pursuing one’s dreams is in direct opposition of today’s “gimme” society. Add the black heroine to the mix and you have a movie that shouldn’t have seen the light of day.
Movies that target bad guys are commonplace compared to those combating the evils undermining our ethical system.
I’d like to add “Death Wish” to that list, but only the first one. The sequels stunk.
I took a class on “Hitchcock” back in college. One of the movies I had to see was “Lifeboat”, which couldn’t be made today. For one thing, the claustrophobia of the set would drive everyone crazy, but more importantly, the American sailor’s unwavering attitude toward the German Captain just wouldn’t go down well with today’s liberal actors, directors and writers.
Lifeboat was cowritten by John Steinbeck!
Number 5, Number 10 and 'Exodus' could not be made today because of a Planetary Disorder called "Political Correctness-itus".
***The best historical movies that were ever made that stood up against evil of any kind were IMO:***
You must add my favorite! EL CID.
And many of the fictional WWII anti nazi-Jap movies are also good!
It galls me that THE SUM OF ALL FEARS could not portray muslims as the enemy as the book did but changed the bad guys to the old standby of modern day American nazis.
Back in the late 1960s, MAD Magazine or CRACKED did a cartoon page on how WWII movies were being portrayed the farther we got away from WWII.
The evil Japs became more likable, and the last cartoon was a doozy!
It showed Rosevelt BOWING to the Japanese Emperor and apologizing for American ships blowing up at Pearl Harbor and damaging the hearing of the Japanese pilots flying overhead!
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