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Probably most liberals will never see Atlas Shrugged. Just as most conservatives, though they will criticize Michael Moore, have never seen any of his films.
The Passion was pretty much torture porn. 2 hours of a guy getting tortured does not a good movie make, I don't care whose getting tortured. Of all the things to focus on they choose the most bloody.
When a person comes to grip with the idea that because he did it all for you it's more relevant. I can understand how a lot of you guys thought it was a bad movie. You're just not attached to it.
The Passion was pretty much torture porn. 2 hours of a guy getting tortured does not a good movie make, I don't care whose getting tortured. Of all the things to focus on they choose the most bloody.
I am quite fond of the "Harry Potter" series. But I also watched all the STAR TREK movies (the last couple was not TREK but drek) and have a copy of "Serendipity". Most of the time I see movie adverts and think, "Thanks for the warning". I only go to a movie theater about twice per year.
"refused to make the movie"? The major studios "refused" exactly one thing: To risk their money on what was arguably a very long shot. (Aramaic?) It was a surprise hit - they happen. (What didn't happen was the smugly predicted avalanche of faith-based moviemaking.) PoTC is an outlier. And not universally panned by critics, either.
Hollywood isn't "leftist", it's distilled capitalism, ruthless fight for market share and competition of the sort that would make Ayn Rand clear her throat and ask if that sort of methods are really necessary.
The true believers will of course watch Atlas Shrugged, and with its limited opening, it'll post good per-screen numbers for some weeks, that much is a given. It'll be interesting to see if it has staying power.
Who do you think you're fooling? Of course Hollywood is run by leftists - this isn't even a question open for debate.
Yeah - Leftist (how many states subsudize the industry to attract their production companies) business run by really cut throat capitalist businessmen. Many of the actors may be leftist but the investors are definitely not.
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