Comments on: ANOTHER ANTI-WAR FILM TANKS AT THE BOX OFFICE

By: DoorHold

DoorHold — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:32:54 +0000

The box office has spoken: Don’t make virulently anti-American, anti-military, anti-soldier or anti-war movies while our soldiers are still fighting for their lives. I would think that would be a no-brainer but that list of box office duds proves otherwise.

I did see The Kingdom since it seemed to be the least venom-filled of the lot. I thought it was excellent; action-packed, thrilling, scary and realistic, with great performances and cinematograpy throughout. The melodramatic scene at the end left me a bit cold though.

Someone, please, give Mel Gibson a ton of money to make a movie about the war.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:19:50 +0000

I’ve said this before, but my son and I went to see “Behind Enemy Lines” right after 9/11. People cheered at the end, because they wanted to see the American military kicking the shit out of the bad guys.

A great many American people still want to see that. I know I do. The difference between me and our current crop of filmmakers is that I can identify the bad guys. Hint: it ain’t us.

By: wanda

wanda — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:19:37 +0000

I live in Canada and it IS freer than the US

It’s a great country, a lot better than the US where I was born and raised.

By: obamanation

obamanation — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:45:23 +0000

So, it bombed at the box office. I did a personal Stop Loss when I stopped spending to see anything produced in Hollywood which produces only one or two worthwhile films a year. This only means that it will be made available sooner on cable, and like Inconvenient Truth I can choose not to watch it there too, also for free.

By: flyerhawk

flyerhawk — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:52:59 +0000

Rick,

I think you are mostly right. I think it is simply too early for Iraq War movies. If Hollywood thought that they good make a modern day version of Green Berets and make money they would do so.

I went to see Stop Loss over the weekend, mostly because there was nothing else to see. I thought the movie was generally good but certainly flawed. It did make some good points and, I thought, portrayed soldiers in a very realistic sort of way. But the storyline was plodding at times.

By: syn

syn — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:00:19 +0000

“I moved to England from the US years ago it’s a much much freer country.”

All those cameras spying on you must make you feel like a movie star.

By: retire05

retire05 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:17:51 +0000

butter, had you asked, I would have contributed to your plane fare. Canada is freer that the U.S.? Think so? Ask Mark Steyn just how free Canada is when it comes to speech that the Human Rights Commission doesn’t agree with. Say something that a committee of non-elected people don’t agree with and you will wind up in court.

So glad you now live in England. Now the next step is to give up your American citizenship. Go all the way. Make a statement.

By: butter

butter — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:46:56 +0000

If we had listened to those on the left we wouldn’t be caught in this war now would we?

Other countries around the world have all the freedoms we do and more believe me.

I moved to England from the US years ago it’s a much much freer country.

Canada is too.

Please wake up wingnuts.

btw

the reason the movies flop is because they suck, not because people agree with you.

sheesh

By: Yoda

Yoda — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:08:55 +0000

What am I missing?

Anti-war movies have made money in the past. Pro-war movies have made money in the past. Now only anti-war movies are being made. The reason for this is economic: anti-war movies have made money in the past.

Too clever by half, I think, you are.

By: retire05

retire05 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:33:09 +0000

#12,
tor, is that your rationale that if someone questions what it would take to make you proud of your nation, a nation that has done more to help people all around the globe than any other nation on that globe, we are under 15?

My guess is that nothing we could do, besides pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving those nations to the same fate as Vietname when we listened to those on the left who said it would be fine if we did, would make you proud.

Are you not proud that you have the right to go where you want, live where you want, vote in open and free elections, work at your chosen profession, have as many children as you chose or none at all? Or do you really think that there is any social system that is superior to ours?

You are a typical leftie. When you have no argument against your own statements, insult the person that questions you.

Seems you and the radical Islamists have a lot in common; win through intimidation.