Film/TV Oct 9, 2008 at 4:00 am

An American Carol: Conservatives, Patriots, and Drunk Uncles!

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Oh, Republicans. Or conservatives. Or...whatever. "The right." Wocka, wocka, wocka!

Hey, did you notice how the 'credits order' were alphabetical? That means the only semi-somewhat big-name actors/actresses they had were so Hollyginal [sic] that they actually had to conceal them by way of "fair and balanced" order to avoid a laughable scroll. I don't know if it's ironic or unfortunate that they didn't realize this could have been the punch-line (or at least the funniest thing) about the movie.

I didn't see it...probably never will, but I did buy a ticket a few hours ago @ Lincoln Square. It was the least I could do. I may not share their opinions, but I'm happy to see another right-wing movie with a decent budget in theaters. If it weren't for the fuckhead humor, which I avoid regardless of topics or political preference(s) (or anything, for that matter), I'd watch it. But alas, I'm not retarded, so $11 was the price for hope. Hope: as in hopefully they will make something worth my time again, like Rules of Engagement, which was awesome. It would be nice to see some more movies like that, minus war and...war and...God is that all they can come up with for a story? I guess it is. Nobody wants to watch a movie with characters complaining about taxes. And nobody, I mean NOBODY, wants to see something like Fireproof again. Vomit.

Word.
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RULES OF ENGAGEMENT cheated so hard. "Ah, but here's what you *didn't* see, you misguided Arab sympathizers! All those women had guns! Now aren't you sorry you doubted the troops?"
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The women didn't have guns. The men did. Way to be one of the "misguided Arab sympathizers." Idiot.
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I thought Kelsey Grammer died.
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Kelsey Grammer *did* die.
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Dammit Lindy, I almost choked to death on my coffee while reading this. I almost died because of you!
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To Mr. Poe - I saw the film long ago and so I misremembered a detail, but my criticism still stands (critical information withheld from the viewer) and I didn't insult you in making it. I'm done with you now.
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lol @ conservatives being 'terrible people'. The entire group.

All the nuance of Hitler or Lester Maddox......or dare I say, American Carol.

The film review equivilant of Madonna squealing about snowmobile engines. Read Camille Paglia on Palin, throw in Team America and remove that ginormous bug from your arse.
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I hate pretentious assholes who type "arse" when they mean "ass," apparently under the false assumption it makes them seem more worldly.
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@ Vinylsaurus

Saying that Rules of Engagement "cheated so hard" because of a vital plot point that you didn't even remember correctly is pretty ignorant when you consider that you're basically saying it could never happen. Not all movies are here to serve your political agenda, and they aren't all here to tell you a story with a message for the greater good for our current world dilemmas. Sometimes--and these are the best ones--they're just here to tell us a story. It didn't "cheat," you simply didn't like it. You were too busy mirroring the National Security Advisor and Tommy Lee's son. What was the movie supposed to do? End with a shot of all the actors talking to the audience about how the events weren't probable? Throw up some statistics and historic examples? Maybe a directors note in the DVD? No. No. And no.

If you'd like to be spoon-fed some nice warm cud, there's plenty of liberal shit in Hollywood to tour. Let them have their good movies, and of course, let them have their bad.

I called you an idiot because you sound like one.

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