left wing movies

[Empty Hands]

Any movie with a hint of conscience or empathy or in the slightest way fails to uphold the terrified egos of movement conservatives magically becomes "left wing".

It's sort of like "you're with us or you're against us" except for Hollywood instead of the world.

 

[billc]

Actually, I think that It's a Wonderful life is a very conservative movie. You have George Bailey doing the right thing at great cost to his own life choices. You have people watching out for each other, not expecting the government to do it, and you have a belief in God portrayed in the film. George's good deeds are eventually rewarded and the other people come in to help him out.

At the same time, the villain is a greedy, mean banker. That might be where the left wing tilt comes in.

If you have time check out the Saturday Night Live take on the movie. I haven't looked for it on youtube but it reveals a lost ending to the movie that is really funny.

Batman, The Dark Knight is another movie that is very rightwing, but the left tries to claim it.

http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=688

 

[billc]

16-Missing

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/27/top-25-left-wing-films-16-missing-1982/

 

[Ken Morgan]

and you have a belief in God portrayed in the film.

Believing in a deity does not automatically mean you are right wing. I know plenty of "right-wing" atheists.

Traditionally the left has been the more religious of the extremes.

 

[elder999]

16-Missing

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/27/top-25-left-wing-films-16-missing-1982/

Uhhh....

While in reality, the United States did back the new Chilean government after the coup, our government had nothing to do with the coup itself, though naturally the position of the film is the exact opposite

Actually, one of th efirst things Richard Nixon did upon Allende's election in1970 was order the CIA to begin working to depose him, starting with Project Fubelt. THis was meant to worsen the economc crisis in Chile and hasten a right-wing coup. Additionally, papers released duriong the Clinton adminstration show that CIA operatives were inserted into Chile, and that the CIA supported propaganda efforts to hasten a coup. While there haven't there haven't been any papers released showing direct involvement, it's safe to say that the coup was what our government agencies wanted and strove for to the extent that they were capable.

For some of what passes for the real skinny on U.S. involvement in Chile, you should take a look at the Hinchey Report, a CIA generated paper on the U.S. State Department webpage, entitled, simply, CIA Activities in Chile

 

[billc]

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/j...ing-films-15-born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989/

15-Born on the fourth of july.

Using a true story or not, this is something Hollywood loves to do; haul out the template I call the He Who Believes In The Goodness Of America Template.
And it goes a little something like this…
When a character arrives on screen and makes clear that he believes in the goodness of America, Hollywood’s intolerant politics will only allow the arc of that character to rise in one of three ways:

1. He Who Believes In the Goodness of America will be revealed as the villain.
2. He Who Believes In the Goodness of America will be a liberal fighting evil conservatives.
3. He Who Believes In the Goodness of America will have that illusion shattered forever.

I’m not sure how effective this formula is in the real world, but anti-American filmmakers use it all the time. In this case, Oliver Stone cherry-picked a true story that already fit the template, Michael Moore frequently introduces us to those “who once believed in America,” and more recently there have been these kinds of characters peppered throughout the long string of box office flops released to undermine our troops: “Lions for Lambs,” “Green Zone,” and “In the Valley of Elah,” to name a few.

 

[5-0 Kenpo]

]I’m not sure how effective this fo...sides of the argument presented in the movie.

 

[Blade96]

"It's a Wonderful Life" is considered a commie, left wing movie? I don't see that at all.

Actually, I think that It's a Wonderful life is a very conservative movie. You have George Bailey doing the right thing at great cost to his own life choices. You have people watching out for each other, not expecting the government to do it, and you have a belief in God portrayed in the film. George's good deeds are eventually rewarded and the other people come in to help him out.

At the same time, the villain is a greedy, mean banker. That might be where the left wing tilt comes in.

If you have time check out the Saturday Night Live take on the movie. I haven't looked for it on youtube but it reveals a lost ending to the movie that is really funny.

Batman, The Dark Knight is another movie that is very rightwing, but the left tries to claim it.

http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=688

You might both be right in ways. But this came out during the cold war. when they could take anything and call it a commie movie because george bailey was not completely conservative. all for helping the oppressed and such.

 

[billc]

That whole, conservatives do not care for the oppressed is an old myth. The left is always saying they want to help the oppressed and then the oppressed really, really suffer.

 

[billc]

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/29/top-25-left-wing-films-14-a-civil-action-1998/

14-a civil action

"Again, “A Civil Action” is based on a true story and by all accounts, unlike the bogus “Erin Brockovich” suit, the facts of this case stand true. So my argument is not with the movie itself or this specific case. By all accounts this was a real tragedy, where due to toxic poisoning in the groundwater, a lot of people got sick and died, including children.
My argument is, however, with Hollywood’s relentlessly out-of-context, choosing of only these kinds of stories to build up the drip-drip-drip effect necessary to craft an unfair and dishonest narrative that always portrays corporate America as homicidal maniacs. As an example of how out of whack Hollywood’s lack of context is, I know of no American corporation responsible for as many deaths as the EPA’s politically motivated decision to ban DDT in 1972."

 

[5-0 Kenpo]

I find the fact that people consider "It's a Wonderful Life" communist or left-wing interesting. I, for one, find the story especially conservative. I actually only watched the entire movie for the first time this year and the behest of my wife.

Think about it. You have a man who is living in an era where one rises based upon ones merit. Harry Bailey is a case in point. He went to college, joined the military, and won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actual actions.

In this era, one makes sacrifices to obtain what one wants. In the case of Sam Bailey, he sacrificed his aspirations in order to keep open a bank so that the citizens of his community would continue to be helped. Not by the government, mind you, but a private entity. He complained to himself, but he didn't whine that the government didn't step in and help.

When their was a run on the banks, he asked his community members to help keep the bank open, which based upon their enlightened self-interest and morality, they did, ultimately to the betterment of the community. At the end of the movie, they came and assisted him due to his past kindness, sacrifice, and generosity.

At no point did the government step in to help.

As we have seen in reality, those who define themselves as conservatives give more to charity then those who define themselves as liberals. This movie is an example of that, while at the same time, mind you, of making a profit.

To me, this movie epitomizes conservative values, not liberal ones.

 

[billc]

5-0 Kenpo, Thanks for the above post, I see you get it. You might find this funny. At Bighollywood.com there was an article on the real villain in "It's a Wonderful Life,' George Bailey's brother Harry. It was a funny take on the movie.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/b...-is-the-real-villain-in-its-a-wonderful-life/

"For years I watched this movie and like many Americans would come away with that warm fuzzy feeling. But one character in this film always bothered me. In fact, I believe that the more appropriate title of Capra’s project should have been It’s A Wonderful Life – If You’re Harry Bailey."

 

[billc]

13-Three days of the Condor

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/j...-wing-films-13-three-days-of-the-condor-1975/

"Why it’s a great film
In this time of war, with most of Hollywood sympathetic to the other side, every God-fearing American patriot should thump down on their knees and thank the Almighty that for over a decade now, present-day Hollywood has been completely incapable of making a decent left-wing film, much less something as entertaining, well-crafted, and blazingly intelligent as “Three Days of the Condor."

On the funny side, Max Von Sydow is like Abe Vigoda from the god father, he looks the same age in just about every film he is in.

 

[billc]

12-American Beauty

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/j...p-25-left-wing-films-12-american-beauty-1999/

"Furthermore, the only sin in this story is hypocrisy and we know this because it’s only hypocrites who suffer and who are unhappy; those fools who bought into the lie that hard work, sexual restraint, military duty, love of country, status, money, and manicured lawns mean something. On the other hand, it’s those who openly flaunt the norms of society who have been granted the reward of inner peace"

“American Beauty” is a fascinating and revealing exploration through the empty, dark soul of the left, those who confuse the pursuit of pleasure with happiness and the releasing of your inner-narcissist with fulfillment. Though they remain the most conformist, lock-steppers of all, because Leftists are so unhappy and too arrogant to wake up to the fact that they’re the source of their own unhappiness, the left refuses to believe that those of us who disagree with them, those of us who try to live our lives morally and embrace the American dream, aren’t suffering from that hoary cliché known as “quiet desperation.”

 

[Tez3]

12-American Beauty

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/j...p-25-left-wing-films-12-american-beauty-1999/

"Furthermore, the only sin in this story is hypocrisy and we know this because it’s only hypocrites who suffer and who are unhappy; those fools who bought into the lie that hard work, sexual restraint, military duty, love of country, status, money, and manicured lawns mean something. On the other hand, it’s those who openly flaunt the norms of society who have been granted the reward of inner peace"

“American Beauty” is a fascinating and revealing exploration through the empty, dark soul of the left, those who confuse the pursuit of pleasure with happiness and the releasing of your inner-narcissist with fulfillment. Though they remain the most conformist, lock-steppers of all, because Leftists are so unhappy and too arrogant to wake up to the fact that they’re the source of their own unhappiness, the left refuses to believe that those of us who disagree with them, those of us who try to live our lives morally and embrace the American dream, aren’t suffering from that hoary cliché known as “quiet desperation.”

I'm sorry but that is the funniest thing you've posted yet! Right = happiness, left = misery, c'mon even you can't believe that. :rofl:

 

[granfire]

What does it say about 'Universal Soldier'?

 

[billc]

11-The insider

Yes tez, I do. I believe I have seen some studies that talk about this difference in dispositions.

http://lifetwo.com/production/node/...conservatives-vs-liberals-are-parents-happier

Conservatives are happier than liberals. Self-described conservatives have been found to classify themselves as "very happy" nearly twice as often as those who call themselves "liberal" or "very liberal". This is not a new trend and has been true for at least the past 35 years. Interestingly this is not because of income differences between the groups (which have been isolated in the study), instead Brooks believes it is because: a) Conservatives are twice as likely to be married; b) Twice as likely to attend church; and c) More likely to have children. Brooks believes that, putting merits aside, the conservative viewpoint is more conducive to happiness than a liberal viewpoint. "Conservatives tend to believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can succeed. this makes them more optimistic than liberal, more likely to feel in control of their lives and therefore happier. American liberals, at their most pessimistic, stress the injustice of the economic system, the crushing impersonal forces that keep the little guy down."

 

[Tez3]

11-The insider

Yes tez, I do. I believe I have seen some studies that talk about this difference in dispositions.

http://lifetwo.com/production/node/...conservatives-vs-liberals-are-parents-happier

Conservatives are happier than liberals. Self-described conservatives have been found to classify themselves as "very happy" nearly twice as often as those who call themselves "liberal" or "very liberal". This is not a new trend and has been true for at least the past 35 years. Interestingly this is not because of income differences between the groups (which have been isolated in the study), instead Brooks believes it is because: a) Conservatives are twice as likely to be married; b) Twice as likely to attend church; and c) More likely to have children. Brooks believes that, putting merits aside, the conservative viewpoint is more conducive to happiness than a liberal viewpoint. "Conservatives tend to believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can succeed. this makes them more optimistic than liberal, more likely to feel in control of their lives and therefore happier. American liberals, at their most pessimistic, stress the injustice of the economic system, the crushing impersonal forces that keep the little guy down."

Strewth mate they've really got you brainwashed.

 

[billc]

From the Brooks guy where he discusses conservative vs. liberal hapiness. An article from the New York times:

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/conservatives-are-happier-than-liberals-discuss/

What the actual data on self-assessed happiness show, however, is that conservatives have a substantial happiness edge, at least by the time they grow up.
For three decades, the General Social Survey has asked a nationwide sample of adults, “Taken all together, how happy would you say you are these days? Would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?” Here is a representative sample of the results:
• In 2004, 44 percent of respondents who said they were “conservative” or “very conservative” said they were “very happy,” versus just 25 percent of people who called themselves “liberal” or “very liberal.” (Note that this comparison uses unweighted data — when the data are weighted, the gap is 46 percent to 28 percent.)

You can see the rest of the article at the link, so yes, I think liberals are less happy and tend more toward lashing out.
If you are conservative, you tend, although not absolutely, to be religous, believing in a god with an afterlife. There is some expectation that if you do right, and help people, even if the people around you do not notice, God knows. From this you will in the least, not be punished in the here after for hurting other people. That is a somewhat comforting thought. Liberals, tend, although not absolutely, are less devout leaning toward non-religous. What happens on earth stays on earth. If you get a raw deal, you are stuck. Nothing in the here after, so you get nothing in the here after. It might make you a little grouchy. Also, if God isn't important, the fact that he may be watching how you treat other people won't mean anything to you. That is why petty to great acts of violence are more likely coming from the left, especially the atheist left, socialists of the nazi, fascist or communist leanings are perfect examples of this.

 

[billc]

10-Dead man walking

A movie that gives scant attention to the murder of two innocent teenagers by two brutal killers, and then wants us to feel sorry for the killer.(my comment, now to Mr. Nolte's)

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/j...-25-left-wing-films-10-dead-man-walking-1995/

"By approaching the issue through a Christian point of view and not in any way giving those who disagree the excuse that the film isn’t objective, in my opinion, Robbins more than earns the right to ask whether or not it’s moral for the State to take a man’s life. And the message he respectfully sends to we Christians goes well beyond the simplistic bumper stickerism of What Would Jesus Do? The film simply asks a complicated question that lingers long after the film ends: Is it Christian to intervene and cut short the life of a man who, if given the time and ministry, might someday repent and save his own soul?"

"Personally, I believe in the death penalty but I’d be lying if I said that, as a Christian, Robbins’ film didn’t create an ongoing conflict with that belief. Part of me wants to oppose cutting short a man’s opportunity to repent and save his soul. But a bigger part reads about these crimes and wants to pull the switch myself. And quite frankly, despite the other side’s insistence to the contrary, I find the idea that execution is not a deterrent absurd"