Nolte Buries "Buried."
You gotta love my pal John Nolte, the god-king of Breitbart's Big Hollywood. With Nolte at the helm, that site has had a genuine effect on critical thinking about film, which has, in turn, a genuine effect on what films get made. Critics - like other journalists - lie by hiding their left wing sympathies. They praise or attack films and novels without reference to the politics that actually govern their opinions. Thus they'll tell you a film is moving, lyrical, beautiful, etc. when what they really mean is that it's a didactic piece of garbage that slanders conservatives. Nolte calls them out on it--and then gives you the lowdown, as he does today with this review of the thriller "Buried," which turns out to be yet another cinematic attack on the war in Iraq. Here's Nolte's lead:
What’s not to love about Hollywood? They know exactly what the American people are looking for in a thriller: negative commentary about a war we’re presently engaged in. And it’s not just that we American moviegoers are absolutely panting for yet another artistically bankrupt anti-Iraq commentary that will make no money, it’s that patriotic Americans everywhere also love to see an ongoing war and those fighting it criticized at every opportunity — especially through the all-powerful medium of the motion picture.
Hahahaha... Read the whole thing here.
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Jun '10
Re: Nolte Buries "Buried."
That's why every American in Iraq should carry some WMD (maybe a bio-weapon) in their pockets. Because, as we all know, it's impossible to hide any WMD anywhere. If you can't find it, it doesn't exist, and never existed. /s
Jul '10
Re: Nolte Buries "Buried."
I'm interested in an 'indie' movie, "Winter's Bone". Strictly from the trailer, it looks like an attack on the poor Appalachians, where the only hope to get out of the meth mess is to join the Army. Am I right? Also, it seems to me that meth labs are all over suburbs too. Why the back country of Appalachia?
Re: Nolte Buries "Buried."
heatherme, there's a little taste of that anti-country stuff in Winter's Bone, but no, mostly it's a good mystery story set in hillbilly land. It's got a good, sympathetic heroine and an interesting plot. I liked it.
Jul '10
Re: Nolte Buries "Buried."
OK. It's coming here in the North in a couple of weeks, and I will go see it then. Thanks.
Jul '10
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The two finest movies about the terror wars have been "The Hurt Locker" and "Restrepo"
Neither had the slightest hint of political orientation, but both portrayed our troops sympathetically.
And the two, combined, were produced on budgets that wouldn't have paid for the catering budgets of all the Matt Damon/George Clooney/Jake Gillenhal anti-war spectaculars put together.
Seriously, folks, however you can find it, watch "Restrepo".
May '10
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I'm looking forward to reading it. Thanks. What upsets me most about the criticism about the war in Iraq is that it is so sanctimonious and ignorant. People, people that I call friends, would say the most ridiculous things to me. Their arguments were so obscenely devoid of facts and context, I had to hold back the urge to punch them in the face. The worst is that they most often went after the people that had the least to do with the decision making to invade - our troops. Oh, it was more passive and suggestive than the overt criticism of the Vietnam era, but we military families felt it all the same. But going after our service members proved how little they understood the issues, and they were either too cowardly or stupid to know who and what to criticize - beyond what the media told them.
I'll add to Kenneth's list... It was a documentary, but I recommend Brothers At War. Oh, and the PBS series Carrier. My husband tells me it is fair and authentic. He served on the GW (CVN 73).