My very quick take on “An American Carol.” (UPDATED)


UPDATE: Also, Feddie's here. I didn't mention that before because I'm useless.

Good film, but it needed more zombies. (UPDATE: Ed Morrissey has a somewhat more insightful review, as usual. I tend to be forgiving of movies that give me zombies to be shotgunned.)

Yeah, we forgot to mention that we were here at the RNC, huh? Me, Erick, Ben, Adam C, absentee nee The Right-Wing Nut Job, Dan Spencer, Soren, Mark I, Jeff’s popping in tomorrow, and I haven’t tracked down Michelle yet. Should be a thing.


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Wish I knew you were here

Hooah_Mac (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 7:52PM EST (link)

I loved the premiere…really loved the Kelsey Grammer comment about having watcthed the coronation….err convention.

Maybe we can get together sometime this week. Please contact me.

-Priorities-
1. Mission 2. Soldiers 3. Everything Else

 

I hope we conservatives support this movie, and those who made it...

smagar (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 8:22PM EST (link)

Already, I’ve seen Allahpundit opine that he hopes the movie is funnier than The Half Hour News Hour was.

Before you indulge in the luxury of debating whether you, as a conservative moviegoer, will support An American Carol or not, think about David Zucker and the supporting cast members who signed up to make this movie. We know Hollywood will fry them…do you really want to leave them twisting in the wind by NOT supporting this movie.

Before you decide, read this from Dirty Harry’s Place, a great conservative blog on film.

“Hollywood Elsewhere” is the blog of Jeffrey Wells, a fellow who (apparently) has some influence in Hollywood. He just put conservatives on notice:

Hollywood Elsewhere is not — and will henceforth not be permitted to be — a good hangin’ place for crude conservative wingnuts who also enjoy movies. I realize that my blunt and sometimes combative judgments and willy-nilly writing style have attracted this element, but starting today I am renewing my efforts to rid this site of belligerent conservative growlers and rage-spitters.

Who, pray tell, qualify as “belligerent conservative growlers and rage-spitters”? (Emphasis added)

I will not provide a forum for this or that Republican hooligan to spew acidic slash-and-burn, borderline-racist views such as Mgmax’s description of Barack Obama as “Spock Obama” and links to this or that National Review article by guys like Mark Steyn.

No wonder Harry wrote this:

Now do you understand why Hollywood conservatives keep their mouths shut for fear of losing work? Does it make a little more sense now? We’re not dealing with the local union-or-die Teamster or your Aunt Minnie with the worn photo of JFK still hanging in her kitchen. We’re dealing with people who can’t stand to read a website with right-of-center opinion on it. If they can’t stand that, do you really think they would hire us?

Okay, everybody….David Zucker just threw his comfy Hollywood life to the four winds with An American Carol. So, potentially, did the B-list actors who fill out the cast behind the A-listers (Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, etc…).

If Carol bombs, do you really think Wells and his ilk won’t remember who “turned traitor?” Has anyone seen the anchors for The Half Hour News Hour on screen recently? I haven’t. Coincidence? I fear not.

If we conservatives have 100% given up on Hollywood, let’s tell Harry and Zucker and the rest of our brethren living in that briar patch of idiocy. Let’s not give them the false hope that, if they stick their necks out and make a product that we don’t 100% like, we’ll still pay our money to go see/watch it and make it a commercial success.

Let’s be frank and honest with them and tell them that, if they don’t wow us, they’re on their own. Then, at least, they can keep their heads down and try to make the best living in the arts that they can.

Or, we could make An American Carol a financial success. Let Zucker laugh all the way to the bank.

Yeah, I know it’s not supposed to be like this. We shouldn’t have to think about whether a filmmaker deserves our support for political reasons when we pick a movie or TV show to watch. All we should have to do is ask ourselves whether we like the end product or not.

But The Path to 9/11′s DVD release wasn’t supposed to have been spiked by Team Clinton, either. The Hollywood glitterati weren’t supposed to break out in cheers* when Michael Moore insulted President Bush at the Oscars. And, those same glitterati weren’t supposed to respond with indifferent applause when American troops appeared via video at last year’s Oscars, either.

They weren’t supposed to launch their own “surge” of anti-war, anti-troop movies at the same time Petraeus launched the real surge.

But they did. We can either ignore reality or adapt to it.

David Zucker deserves your support for An American Carol. If we don’t, we deserve to watch every Hollywood conservative go into protective hiding.

  • When reporters pointed out to Michael Moore that plenty of people booed his Oscar acceptance speech, he responded quickly “the main floor wasn’t booing.” The “main floor” was where all the glitterati were sitting. And Moore was right. The glitterati were either applauding or sitting there in silence.

“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)

OK--maybe I should have made this a diary

smagar (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 8:28PM EST (link)

But, hey, the creative juices started flowing and the fingers were flying and the baby was STILl asleep! And…before you knew it…

:)

I did not mean my comment to imply that Moe plans to dis An American Carol. I just wanted to add value to the post he started, instead of creating a parallel one.

Go David Zucker!

“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)

Where are you guys going to be watering?

Next93 (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 8:40PM EST (link)

Moe, et al, I live just outside of St. Paul, and I would love the opportunity to hoist a few with you. Have you piced out a local watering hole?

Obama was The One in 2008.
He’ll be a BIGGER one in 2012.

 
 
 

Hey Moe

Feddie (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 9:15PM EST (link)

You forgot someone. :)

RJN, RIP

 

Latest Smear Against Palin

BillM (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:12PM EST (link)

Folks, I’m not going to post any links or details, but we need to be prepared for a 48 hour hulabaloo over the latest kos rumor/tactic that Gov Palin is actually baby Trig’s maternal grandmother.

I can’t imagine it’s true, I think it has the potential to backfire badly, shows how desperate the Dems are over the Palin pick, and I don’t think Barry et al will go near it w/a 100ft pole.

But, this is the Internet-Gotcha Age, and post-Spitzer & Edwards, the MSM has to be looking for some payback. And I have to say that the “evidence” (such as it is) I’ve seen & read, while hardly compelling let alone ‘admissable’, doesn’t entirely rule out the possibility it’s true either, IMO.

Of course, I believe Pres/VP candidates routinely release their medical records, so I’m sure that’ll be that.

Just sayin’…forewarned is forearmed; hope for the best prepare for the worst, etc.

STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA, J., joined.

Thanks I think

SteveLA (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:16PM EST (link)

Bill I have been living under a rock, I have not heard that before you just mentioned, it. Thanks NOT for giving it more of an airing.

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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests

Ugh... I heard about this.

randy streu (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:18PM EST (link)

Really, these Kossacks have no sense whatsoever of actual decency or morality. Reading this crap just makes me want to go the Frank J. route and do me some hippie-punching.

Excellent call!

talleyrand Sunday, August 31st at 10:25PM EST (link)

Not only to solidly disprove any and all arguments that are being gathered as “evidence”, but to prepare the talking points that can be used to put into perspective trashing a teenage daughter of candidate, including caricaturing her physical appearance.

It is imperative because if it’s being discussed in blogs now, it will make its way to water coolers as soon as the hurricane buzz subsides later in the week.

A great RedState start

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
-Niccolo Machiavelli

Who?

Brian Simpson (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:28PM EST (link)

That was the whole list of important people.

;)


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Attack on Gov. Palin will backfire

Joe (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:33PM EST (link)

The guy that posted it has exactly 3 posts. 2 smears against Gov. Palin, *and 1 post where he is upset that *Brokeback Mountain is not a respected movie. **ROFLMAO!

This KOS site is just a revamped looking effort by the left to counter the effect of FR, RS, TH, and Drudge.

This stuff will backfire. Big time. They will regret doing this. They will anger every Mom in America with this line of attack. The sympathy factor for Gov. Palin just pegged the meter.

Every woman in politics, regardless of party, should be called upon to condemn this outrageous act.

INTERPRETATION: “Made in the USA”

1. Parts imported from China
2. Assembled by illegal aliens
3. Shipped to and sold by “Dollar” stores
4. Some yuppy in Jersey is very rich

 
 
 
 
 
 

In light of the weekend's events, absentee

streetwise (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:34PM EST (link)

deserves a promotion to VAST Right Wing Nut-Job, no?

exactly, ALL of their attacks will backfire

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:36PM EST (link)

They simply cannot abide a black or woman republican and they will stop at nothing.

Comin soon

attacks on her religion

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

So BillM just filling us in on the latest from the netherworld...

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:36PM EST (link)

how nice of you :dripping with sarcasm:

WE will take care of our own don’t you worry your empty little head about that.

I second that promotion!

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:37PM EST (link)

a real badge of honor that one and I just spoke with 'tee

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:38PM EST (link)

in St Paul. I told y’all that this vid would make it to FNC by Monday. Well its already on and that Fowler (who I know) had to apologize even before the vid hit the msm is HUGE!!

celebrate o smart chap from da skreets

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“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

absentee is presently the King of the Bloggers!-nt

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:39PM EST (link)

nt

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

With all due respect to The One, absentee is a god! nt

streetwise (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:40PM EST (link)

With all due respect to The One, absentee is a god! nt

streetwise (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:43PM EST (link)

tolerance for pantheism is wise when on da streets

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:49PM EST (link)

And Hindus make great Americans!

Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Is the McCain camp going to address

Wintergreen (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 10:57PM EST (link)

the attacks about Sarah Palin and her son Trig?

I don’t believe them, but I strongly think that this crap needs to be put to rest asap. The longer you let a lie like that linger, the harder it is to get rid of it.

I really feel sorry for her daughter. The group that called Stanley Kurtz “slimy” for reading about the Annenburg Challenge is now looking at photos of her daughter and speculating about if she was pregnant or not.

Will they address this or not? Frankly, I think they should use this against them. Let the public see what scum the Obamaniacs are.

Update

BillM (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 11:12PM EST (link)

Well, then you’ll be happy to know (as I am) that Townhall has just put something up that blows a huge hole in the rumor/smear/lie.

Would you like it if the coach of your favorite team announced they were no longer going to scout upcoming opponents or review tapes of their past games?

STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA, J., joined.

 
 

100% False

BillM (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 11:32PM EST (link)

Here is a pic of Gov Palin early this year, apparently speaking at one of her children’s schools:

Gov Palin with Trig

FYI the “evidence” picture that Palin was not Trig’s mother now turns out to be from 2006.

Obv the rumor is 100% false, and this is an epic disaster for the moonbats. Shame it was disproved so quickly before a big name Dem could get caught make some stupid remark, like what happened w/Gustav.

I couldn’t imagine Gov Palin would’ve been dumb enough for the rumor to be true, but I also couldn’t believe an old hand like Markos was stupid enough to allow hundreds of posts of this drivel w/out er, vetting it. :)

Now it’s out there forever, and the few lone voices of reason on kos, who were initially appalled by the mongering, are bemoaning how hard it is to delete entire diaries there. LOL.

I’ll copy from where I got the “debunk” pic: “The McCain camp can debunk this immediately, although it’s probably to their advantage to let the conspiracy theorists hang themselves a bit longer before doing so.”

I don’t apologize for posting the bare minimum that I did. Forewarned is forearmed.

What a brilliant, brilliant pick by McCain. The Dims went overboard and it blew up in their face. This is exactly why Bush/McCain should pick Janice Rogers Brown for the next SCOTUS vacancy, aside from the fact she’d also make the best Justice.

You think the public loves Palin, wait’ll they hear about the “daughter of sharecroppers…” And if she doesn’t make it, nominate Bill Pryor next, and on & on. No more O’Connors or Kennedys.

/ot rant

STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA, J., joined.

Speaking of Vetting

BillM (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 11:45PM EST (link)

Looks like Barry didn’t vett Biden properly:

“But the legend of Joe Biden, born in a welding shop, dies hard with political reporters, who find it easier to romanticize a gritty, hardscrabble childhood than a conventionally comfortable one.

The facts are there for anyone who wants to look at them. When Joe Biden Sr. died in 2002, his obituary in the News-Journal of Wilmington reported that when he married in 1941, “he was working as a sales representative for Amoco Oil Co. [uhoh big oil] in Harrisburg.”

It went on, “Biden also was an executive in a Boston-based company that supplied waterproof sealant for U.S. merchant marine ships built during World War II. After the war, he co-owned an airport and crop-dusting service on Long Island.” Upon moving his family to Delaware, the News-Journal said, Biden “worked in the state first as a sales manager for auto dealerships and later in real-estate condominium sales.”

Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0831chapmanaug31,0,7175933.column

STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA, J., joined.

 
 

Mac vetted Palin, meaning all her medical records confirmed the truth

NewEnglander (Diary) Sunday, August 31st at 11:53PM EST (link)

Koskids, go back to your Barney tapes.

First off, Duh

Raven (Diary) Monday, September 1st at 12:25AM EST (link)

If you looked around the site, you’d see we’ve already noted this no less than twice. In the redhots, perhaps, but it’s not exactly worthyof a full diary post.

Secondly, What, precisely, does this have to do with “An American Carol”?

“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36

This is the kind of attack best ignored

Raven (Diary) Monday, September 1st at 12:29AM EST (link)

Her medical records will be released. The attacks will be put to rest by anyone who wants to appear sane and not piss off 50% of the populace.

Those who push this attack and those who support them will marginalize themselves.

“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36

We'll need to wait to see

Flagstaff (Diary) Monday, September 1st at 12:36AM EST (link)

if the title reads “Third, Second, or just plain* Worst Person in the World*,” and if it goes to absentee this time or just to “Red” again.

heh heh heh

“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964

We're wasting our breath

talleyrand Monday, September 1st at 12:40AM EST (link)

attacking the messenger and not the message. If it’s on Drudge et al, it’s not enough to simply ignore it. Especially when it is an opportunity to contrast our party’s character against that of the left wing.

Thanks, BillM.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
-Niccolo Machiavelli

 
 
 
 
 

Back to the Movie

Whitehorse (Diary) Monday, September 1st at 1:14AM EST (link)

I’ll go see it!

Why wasn’t Gary Coleman listed among the stars? He ran for Governor, didn’t he??? ;)

Heh

Feddie (Diary) Monday, September 1st at 7:09AM EST (link)

Well, that explains it. Thanks! :)

RJN, RIP

A Point of View

tracycoyle (Diary) Monday, September 1st at 11:20AM EST (link)

I attended the reception and screening yesterday. I met and thanked both Farley and Davi for doing the movie, and after seeing it, I would still say exactly the same thing to them.

I also thought Zucker took the lazy way out. Yes, I laughed at parts, yes it was rough, but I doubt any of the groups will like the comparisons including the social conservatives.

Maybe it was an age thing. The people I was around joined the audience in a standing ovation, but it was being polite, not enthusiastic. I heard one comment about it being over the top. Obviously not Airplane types.

If something is bad, I am not going to say it is good just because it, roughly, parrots my point of view. I appreciate that someone in Hollywood took aim at the liberal left. It could have been better.