en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2458923 Comments by wellstock http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/28/romney-goldwater-conservatives/#IDComment250375366 I've never heard Santorum being described as a RINO, and I wouldn't be too sure about Obama's proclivities in any voting area, except of course as an anti-conservative. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:03:41 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/28/romney-goldwater-conservatives/#IDComment250375366 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/08/09/reader-poll-sonys-politicization-of-the-upcoming-bin-laden-film/#IDComment181761030 In order for that vote to have any real meaning, it also needs to have a "No effect at all" option. Which is my personal vote. While they should have made the release date September 10th, I'm one of the doubters here that the movie will be about Obama. Its supposed to be about bin Laden, and our governments long desire to take him out. They could go back to Clinton and make him out to be the weak willed individual he was. It could go back as far as the Afghan war with the USSR, where we supplied the Afghanis with weapons and tactical support. OBL was there, too. So there's a lot of ground to cover besides Obama saying "OK, do it." Obama only gave the go ahead. As president, he did his duty the right way in that instance. It will mean nothing to his reelection because of all the terrible ideas and policies he's championed since he was elected. But I'm looking forward to the movie, and hope someone out there is willing to make a flick about Saddam Hussein and what a sick, evil bastard he was. Wish that soldier who found him had put one in his head. Would have saved a lot of stupid anguish about his treatment. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:08:21 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/08/09/reader-poll-sonys-politicization-of-the-upcoming-bin-laden-film/#IDComment181761030 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2011/08/09/sony-plots-big-screen-october-surprise-to-boost-obamas-reelection/#IDComment181756785 I'm not too interested in Canuck's posting history so I'll take your word for it. I still stand by his statement until someone can give me an example of an October Surprise with a 14 month advance warning. How about even a six month advance warning. I agree that the timing of the release is more than suspect, but due to the timing of the statement about the release, it renders the label October Surprise rather moot, which I think was the point of Canuck's post. You said time will tell, but patience is not a virtue on the blogosphere. Especially on this site. If you remember, and I'm sure you do, Big Hollywood was all up in arms about a certain movie called Captain America because of some throwaway comment from its director. It spent 6 months presuming the worst, including the idiotic claim that a man wearing a costume based on the American flag wouldn't wave the flag enough. Crap like that brings out the worst in a lot of people it seems. After seeing the film, most of them had to eat their words and pretend they had ordered the meal themselves. Something similar is already happening with this film. As far as a movie designed to make Obama look good. It was a stated goal of the U.S. government to take bin Laden out. It was not a personal goal of Obama. The fact that he had the balls to give the go ahead is one of the few things I ever felt proud of him for, so if he can get some traction out of it politically, more power to him. We all know that any president who had done the same and was up for reelection would make as much hay out of that victory as they could. As well they should. That really doesn't mean the film is going to make him out to be the star, any more than movies about WWII and the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Japan are about Truman. He gave the order so its just how the story ends. Sorry, nothing we can do about that. Thank you for not calling me an idiot, Hoosier, but I think we both know intelligence is not required to post on this site. Hell, its not even encouraged. I've been called both a commie and a nazi here all by the same poster in the same breath, so its refreshing to have a conversation without all the needless cowardice of anonymous B....slapping. That crap is tedious. Very tedious. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:54:44 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2011/08/09/sony-plots-big-screen-october-surprise-to-boost-obamas-reelection/#IDComment181756785 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2011/08/08/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what-the-hell-is-hollywood-thinking-a-look-at-some-upcoming-movies-2/#IDComment181692623 Lets not forget they also remade Straw Dogs, another Peckinpah piece. If they're going to go through Peck movies, why not The Wild Bunch? But Robert DeNiro mentally endorsing his check as he goes through the motions? That is a great line. Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:50:58 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2011/08/08/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what-the-hell-is-hollywood-thinking-a-look-at-some-upcoming-movies-2/#IDComment181692623 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2011/08/09/sony-plots-big-screen-october-surprise-to-boost-obamas-reelection/#IDComment181690789 Geez, the guy just made a one sentence comment. I don't think he deserves to be called an idiot for it. Besides, he is making a valid point. We already know the release date. Most of the posters here are assuming (without many facts in evidence by the way) that the whole point of the movie is designed to make the One look good. Hence: No Real Surprise, whether its in September, October, or November 5th. Most October surprises in my long lifetime didn't get 14 month advance warnings. That's why the they're surprises, like GWBs drunk driving ticket. Did you know about that 14 months in advance? Now, I neither believe that the movie will help Obama at the voting box, or that the movie will be some great love letter to his leadership. We were after OBL for almost 10 years. How much face time do you think O is going to get in the film? So I think reason trumps research for the Canuck. Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:41:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2011/08/09/sony-plots-big-screen-october-surprise-to-boost-obamas-reelection/#IDComment181690789 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2011/08/09/sony-plots-big-screen-october-surprise-to-boost-obamas-reelection/#IDComment181687934 I'm with you on the director. I did not see any overtly political message in The Hurt Locker, although word of mouth I heard (not from this site) was pretty negative on Valley of Elah as another, "our soldiers are really just a bunch of torturers contracted by Big Oil Cos." I didn't see it for that reason though I usually will make my own judgments. There was a rash of those movies when the war was going south, and I put that down to agenda driving by Hollywood liberals. At that time, I thought the liberal premise of losing the war as a good idea a pretty lousy one to be promoting. There is no movie capable of helping Obama get elected. He will have to rely on the ignorant, the overly forgiving, the racially motivated, and a media willing to shill for him in order to do that. And this time, I think he's just clearly over-matched. I think the primary motivation for this film is to show what kind of ruthless scumbag OBL really was. BO will probably be mentioned as Commander in Chief only. No way do they have an actor strutting around the white house directing the action. Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:27:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/awrhawkins/2011/08/09/sony-plots-big-screen-october-surprise-to-boost-obamas-reelection/#IDComment181687934 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/08/08/maureen-dowd-on-bin-laden-film-obama-counting-on-hollywoods-october-surprise-to-boost-reelection-chances/#IDComment181386798 I'm not a huge fan of The Hurt Locker, but I thought it showed the military with some realistic respect. Maybe not the actions of the bomb sniffing squad, but I don't remember it being anti-military in any way. This could be a good movie about killing the biggest murderer since guys were Heiling Hitler, and in all probability, will show why he needed to get done. The release date is completely transparent, but so was Farenheit 911 and that did nothing for Kerry. Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:25:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/08/08/maureen-dowd-on-bin-laden-film-obama-counting-on-hollywoods-october-surprise-to-boost-reelection-chances/#IDComment181386798 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/08/08/maureen-dowd-on-bin-laden-film-obama-counting-on-hollywoods-october-surprise-to-boost-reelection-chances/#IDComment181385704 Well, DVX, I hope not, because the story itself is not only important in that it shows our government actually finishing a job started ten years ago next month, but it also should show both what a ruthless, cold blooded group of enemies we have, and what fickle friends we have trying to defeat them. You, and everyone else, including Maureen Dowd, (WTF!) is right about the release date. If this film is in any way true to facts, and not just a PROBAMA pic, it should be released on September 11, 2012. I don't care if its a Sunday. Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:19:34 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/08/08/maureen-dowd-on-bin-laden-film-obama-counting-on-hollywoods-october-surprise-to-boost-reelection-chances/#IDComment181385704 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177299677 Since he's the editor in chief, and this kind of BS is rather commonplace on this site, I don't hold out much hope, Mr. Holland. Let me know if they do a post post edit like they did with the other reviewer who thought it was bad that the villain said an anti-American comment. Then wait for the wacko parade to hit you with the Nazi Commie label. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:56:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177299677 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177298210 How about Kang the Conquerer? Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:48:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177298210 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177297922 Dirk, its actually representative of this whole site's attitude. They are nothing if not utterly predictable. You either get the drunk who sends his nephew out to see the movies for him, then writes a review in a haze-filled stupor, or the kids who don't get why you'd ever see a scrawny Captain America..duh...its distracting. But if enough people call 'em out on it, the cowards just pull whatever offends people from the review, and then you get the paranoid mental defectives coming out of their holes calling you either a Nazi or a Commie, or both, because they, like the reviewers are educated only by whatever the voices in their heads are telling them at the moment. And glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed the nod to Raiders. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:47:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177297922 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177296260 There is only one reason these Big Hollywood guys, (mostly) have been hating on Cap since the movie was first mentioned, and that is because the director, Joe Johnston said a sentence they didn't like about the movie not being a jingoistic flag-waving movie. They apparently want a jingoistic flag waving movie, and will settle for nothing less. As if a man dressed as the American flag isn't flag waving enough for you. I just saw it today, and I agree that its the best of the Marvel movies so far. Iron Man was great but had one fault and that was its bad guy, Obadiah Stane, was much more threatening BEFORE he became the Iron Monger. Weaving's Red Skull was the best comic book villain since the Joker. Completely ruthless and original in his delivery of even the most telegraphed lines. (like when he shot the guy who said they had fought to the last man.) Point is, its a great pro-American movie if your not a paranoid schizophrenic imbecile. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:38:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2011/07/25/captain-america-review-a-lost-opportunity/#IDComment177296260 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment176001808 Guess what, Pagan. They removed it. Enough posters said how stupid a comment it was so they removed it. Guess they do listen. But am I a commie or a Nazi? Or are you just too dumb to know the difference? Watch your fn mouth, idiot. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:29:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment176001808 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/21/morning-call-sheet-snake-plissken-conan-buck-the-lone-ranger-and-an-idea-worse-than-a-remake/#IDComment175999737 Sorry, didn't read this when I replied to your second post. So you want that scrolled up against a chaotic background of flames and lamentations of women, cut, next scene-Conan in action. Got it. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:22:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/21/morning-call-sheet-snake-plissken-conan-buck-the-lone-ranger-and-an-idea-worse-than-a-remake/#IDComment175999737 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/21/morning-call-sheet-snake-plissken-conan-buck-the-lone-ranger-and-an-idea-worse-than-a-remake/#IDComment175998224 You want someone to say that in a movie? Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:17:05 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/21/morning-call-sheet-snake-plissken-conan-buck-the-lone-ranger-and-an-idea-worse-than-a-remake/#IDComment175998224 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/21/morning-call-sheet-snake-plissken-conan-buck-the-lone-ranger-and-an-idea-worse-than-a-remake/#IDComment175997430 Well, I'm not a Howard purist but I thought the feel was right for what the movie was; essentially a sword and sorcery movie. Conan's dad set the tone with his introduction of steel and his people's God Crom. After that, it just told its own tale. As long as Howard's estate got paid, I have no problem with Milius's take on the character. And James Earl as Thulsa Doom was a worthy villain. If Howard was alive today, a crossover of Conan and Kull would probably be pushed by his publisher. Not to discount your complaints, but they seem to be just creative choices you don't like based on what Howard did. Its sort of like complaints about Sherlock Holmes movies. The character has outgrown his creator, (who is long dead) and needs to be reintroduced to a new audiences. What often happens is this creates interest in the character and those willing will actively seek out the creator's version. No bad thing. Also, think of other book to film adaptations. Would they be better just by following the book to the letter? Jaws? Quint and the Shark's demises were much better in the film. They drown in the book. BOORING! One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest? Told from the Chief's perspective would have made the story as if it were filmed in a fog. Most movies are just stories that have been told and retold anyway. I'm only saying sometimes you gotta look past the peas and carrots, and just enjoy the dinner. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:14:48 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/07/21/morning-call-sheet-snake-plissken-conan-buck-the-lone-ranger-and-an-idea-worse-than-a-remake/#IDComment175997430 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment175984486 Read it again. Maybe the prints too small for your beady little eyes. And calling me a lefty commie don't make it so. So watch your fn mouth. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:33:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment175984486 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/07/21/todays-open-thread-18-columbo/#IDComment175951605 Excellent. Why don't you write for this site? Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:46:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/07/21/todays-open-thread-18-columbo/#IDComment175951605 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment175948056 No need to mock the people who allow us to keep our guns, Mr. Holland. That's something I happen to agree with here. But I'm with you on the rest. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:38:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment175948056 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment175947229 So did you like this movie or not? Or does your flagpole raise here, and deflate there? Juvenile need to feel proud about America at a comic book movie RISING! subsiding. RISING!....subsiding. And just what does a very Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci mean? You got something against Italian Americans playing German jewish scientist? Or just something against Stanley Tucci? There must be some inner entertainment value in coming here, because its not for the reviews. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:36:26 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2011/07/21/review-captain-amehrica-an-unexceptional-film-for-an-unexceptional-america/#IDComment175947229