Comments on: It’s not my LA either…

By: beautifulatrocities

beautifulatrocities — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:14:27 +0000

Tyrannical political correctness still rules in academe & Hollywood, forcing writers like Haggis to seek moral weight for their work on safe turf (& then posture as brave truth tellers)

By: ISLAVISTAMOM

ISLAVISTAMOM — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:41:16 +0000

With two family members in SAG, we’ve seen quite a few of the films. My pick for best actor was Capote’s Hoffman and I enjoyed the film, I vote for Capote over Crash and Brokeback. Crash acting was good but agree the screenplay weak and I don’t agree with the portrayal of LA, although I found it mildly amusing. I was surprised Cindarellaman did not get more accolades– perhaps Paul G. will get best supporting actor. I also thought Matchpoint was good and should beat out Squid and the Whale (saw that one too). King Kong should win best visual effects. These picks are without regard to my personal political views, etc…I agree that the awards should not be based on political agenda. Too bad if they are, as this will ultimately inure to the detriment of this industry in the USA.

By: LesterFreed

LesterFreed — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:39:04 +0000

These movies are a joke. Who even wants to see any of them? I got no interest in any of them.

Gay cowboys? Pass
Truman Capote? Pass
Making Joe McCarthy the most evil man in the world? Pass
White man’s guilt in regards to racism? Pass
Spielbergs take no sides everyone wants peace thesis? Sucked.

By: KateC

KateC — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:03:21 +0000

MrBudd–Most people in LA know Iranians aren’t Arab because most Iranians self-identify as “Persian” and also because of the local slang for huge new builds in BH–”Persian Palaces”. The LATimes even did a story on that term .

But Haggis just thinks that everyone who’s not him is ignorant.

How much do his $cientolgist views have to do with his paranoia?

By: Kevin Peters

Kevin Peters — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:43:20 +0000

Syn:
Hollywood isn’t going away. Roger is being brave by staying in and trying to reform it. This will be a decades long process. Roger could have kept his mouth shut and pretended that there was no problem and gone along with the club and made more money to boot. If Roger quit the leftist agit-prop would not stop. Running away from a problem isn’t brave, it’s just easy. You can admire your purity and accomplish nothing. I have huge differences with Roger on social matters but we agree on secuity issues.And if Hollywood is ever going to change it will take the Simon’s and Silver’s of the world to step up and shout loudly, not quit or hide in the closet. And he is a small minority in his community and can’t clean out the rot by himself. But there are some that agree with him and if Roger doesn’t stay and fight they might not have the courage to do it on their own. Telling him to quit is a mistake. Down the road I will be on the other side of an issue and I am not looking forward to having to match wits with him. But the danger of Islamo fascism is so large that we can’t give up any corner of the American zeitgeist without a strong fight. We need someone on the inside of the Hollywood community to prick whatever humanity is left in that community into abandoning their corrupt dogma.

By: syn

syn — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:16:48 +0000

Hollywood’s useful idiots brave?

Only if they play, write and produce anything which supports the collective nanny state.

How is it possible for anyone to create art if they are taught that expression comes in the form of politically correct speech thought? Please…the only subject allowed in such a restricted society of inane artists is to create anything which ridicules the Christer (primarily the white male one)

The American public is Oprahfreyed by emotional blackmail into buying Hollywood’s garbage.

Roger, how can you still remain a member of such a hideous collective as oppressive Hollywood?

Stand up man and be brave.

By: Steven E. Ehrbar

Steven E. Ehrbar — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:46:47 +0000

You know what a genuinely brave movie for Hollywood would be?

Title:
The Tragedy of Senator Joe O’Connor

Synopsis:
A brave Senator attempting to defend American democracy has his mission subverted by a Communist agent on his staff who feeds him wrong names. The coup de grace comes when respected newscaster Edward R. Martin (a coward afraid his affair with a fourteen-year-old girl will be exposed by Soviet agents, runining his career) savagely attacks him for his attempts to expose the Soviet mole who is personal secretary to the President. At the end of the movie, Senator O”Connor has returned in disgrace and alcoholism to his home town, while Miss Marie Kennedy leaks vital information from the President’s office resulting in the crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising.

By: Andrew Levy

Andrew Levy — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:29:09 +0000

Orson:

My take on Syriana was that, like Oliver Stone’s films, it was so much fun BECAUSE it took itself so seriously, and yet was patently ridiculous. Plus, I personally was never bored while watching it: in fact, absurd politics aside, I thought it was a really entertaining film.

On the other hand, Crashturbation (I just made that up: whaddaya think??) did nothing but make me snort with derision. (Luckily, I was watching at home.)

Anyway, my top 5, in no particular order, are:

The New World
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Match Point
Cache
The Lord of War

By: Raging_Toroid

Raging_Toroid — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:42:04 +0000

The Manchurian Candidate harshly lampooned McCarthy. The character in the film(clearly modeled on him), in addition to being a drunken buffoon, was also an unwitting stooge for communist agents.

That movie came out in 1962. Mr. Clooney is a mere 43 years late.

By: Orson2

Orson2 — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:24:26 +0000

Gotta diasagree with you, Andrew. Syriana was a slow, dull, yawn-fest dressed up as IMPORTANT.

Take its thesis of the CIA toppling a ME government, which it hasn’t done since Iran in the 50s! Now is that credible? How about destabilizing a US government (ala Plame)? Now that this humongous, overfed bureacracy could do!

By contrast Crash at least had the benefit of sharp wicked dialog and interesting characters who – HELLO! Hollywood – actually developed. I too found the vision of LA quite unbelievable, save for cop problems. But where else would it have to be set to make it more credible? Racism is getting harder to come by. (Yawn.)

I guess the best lesson about Hollywood is that the best films, or a least plots, have already been made like “Pride and Prejudice.”

My other favorites? “Batman Begins,” “Hostage,” and “Mr and Mrs Smith”. But a lousy film year in all, and even worse Oscar show coming. I’ll go out to catch something on Sunday night – may be Kong?