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Independence Day was the highest grossing film when it premiered in the US. What is this thread about?
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To be fair, Rendition looked like it was nothing more than a blatant political piece where the actors are mere mouthpieces for the writer to give long, not-quite-eloquent (almost Randian in their snore factor) speeches about the horrors of the eponymous practice.
Maybe people didn't want to see it not because it was anti-war, but because it looked like it was going to suck, even with the star power it had available?
As far as Lions for Lambs, I don't think it got the marketing muscle needed to make it a hit.
I have no hypothesis on In the Valley of Elah, though.B♭3Comment
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Re: Americans don't support anti-war films
I have to wonder if you were paying attention from Johnson to Carter.Originally posted by DanS My personal opinion is that Americans don't go into self flagellation. If Hollywood wants to put the hate on America, then middle America (and not so middle America) checks out.(\__/)
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Re: Americans don't support anti-war films
i dont know about the other films, but Rendition sucked badly. it was... torture watching (pun intended)Originally posted by DanS
Rendition... bombed
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Anti war movies get bombed in the US now?
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I don't think there have been any recent pro-war films from Hollywood, so your hypothesis is untestable.Originally posted by GePap
Pro war movies would bomb as well.Last edited by DanS; November 12, 2007, 07:19.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I disagree.
Wasn't Platoon an anti-war movie as well? It just depends what people regard as anti-war movies. IMO all movies with at least bits of realism are anti-war movies.
Then again, we might not understand that they are actually anti-war movies.In da butt.
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Platoon was made ages ago, Pekka. Think this millennium.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Originally posted by DanS
Platoon was made ages ago, Pekka. Think this millennium.
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Think of "The Kingdom", in which brave FBI agents go hunting down terrorist after a huge attack in KSA.Originally posted by DanS
I don't think there have been any recent pro-war films from Hollywood, so your hypothesis is untestable.
It was a huge spectacle, unlike all the movies you mentioned save Lion for Lambs, with big names, and in the US it made less than $50 million, which for a movie on it's scale, is poor.
And of course, the fact no pro-war movies are beng made speaks in and of itself. cause as much as you want to pontificate about "left Hollywood", Hollywood is a business and green is what speaks. If soemone felt there was a market for a pro-war film, they would be out there.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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Perhaps Hollywood isn't willing to risk any more 'Alamo' style disasters.Comment
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Re: Americans don't support anti-war films
Typical. Anti-war is not anti-america unless you are from the view point that america is pro-war.Originally posted by DanS
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QFTOriginally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Translation: Americans don't like depressing films.
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