Monthly Archives: July 2009
Mann’s ‘Public Enemies’ Marred by Moral Relativism
Michael Mann’s Public Enemies conveys some impressive insights into modernity, but his choice to avoid the truth about his central characters exemplifies how the contemporary denial of moral clarity destroys drama and truth.
Latest Obama Presser Exposes His Elitism . . . Again
Barack Obama exemplifies one side of the increasing divide between the two real parties in American politics: liberals and elitists. His press conference tonight made that clearer than ever. Obama’s world is full of people who aren’t doing things the right way. If only we’d listen to him! He said as much at his latest press conference designed to salvage his dying health care scheme — and seems thankfully doomed. Obama is among the socialist elite, so of course he thinks this way. What’s amazing is how unashamed—for a politician—he is about patronizing us poor "ignorant" masses.
Boring ‘Bruno’ Continues Box Office Decline Despite Critics’ Phony Praise
As I predicted last week, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno continued its precipitous decline at the U.S. box office this past weekend. A week after finishing first during its opening weekend on the strength of audiences’ appreciation for Cohen’s previous film, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Brüno fell to fourth this past weekend, with a stunning 73 percent drop in audience numbers from the previous week. Even though critics did their best to pretend this turkey was a pheasant, audience members obviously were spreading the word of their disappointment with the boring and beyond-asinine Brüno, as the film was neither consistently funny nor amusingly iconoclastic. On the contrary, Brüno slavishly gave allegiance to contemporary social-transformation pieties while unintentionally making homosexual behavior and the attendant lifestyle look appalling. Audiences aren’t buying it. –S. T. Karnick
The Astonishing Awfulness of ‘Brüno’
After a strong opening weekend, U.S. audiences’ interest in Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno has cooled considerably. That trend should continue as audience members tell others how astonishingly bad it is, S. T. Karnick writes.
Harry Potter and the Half-Enjoyed Movie
You know, there may be something to this Harry Potter book thing. After all, you really aren’t going to get that much out of the movie adaptation unless you’ve read the books. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for me I’ve consciously decided against reading the books. While that may make me a rare individual this weekend, it also kept me from enjoying the movie.
Ghost . . . busted?
At long last Ghostbusters: The Video Game is in stores. Conceived as kind of the third Ghostbusters movie, the game boasts participation from most of the major characters and a story penned by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis, the two men who wrote the smash comedy hit enjoying its 25th Anniverary this June. Will it help gamers Stay Puft or will it get slimed?
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