I've decided to release the film guide. It's called "The Conservative Guide To Films" and it contains a ton of information that will absolutely surprise you, as well as some hopefully insightful discussions of liberal and conservative films. You can buy it at Amazon here: LINK! (Paperback to come.) Enjoy!
"The Conservative Guide To Films" will help you understand what makes a film conservative or liberal. It will help you understand how the two ideologies present themselves and how to spot them. It will debunk a great many liberal boogeymen and it exposes Hollywood liberal hypocrisies. This is a book for anyone with an interest in films, culture, and politics.
Chapter 1: Why Political Messages In Films Matter
Chapter 2: Defining Conservatism & Liberalism
Chapter 3: How To Spot A Film's Ideology
Chapter 4: Conservative Myths: It's Not As Political As You Think
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Hollywood defines modern American culture, and culture defines "normal." It is through our culture that we pass our values and our beliefs from one generation to the next. By shaping our culture, Hollywood influences the way people see the world, how they solve their problems and to whom they look for solutions. It tells people how they should live, how they should act, and what they should believe. It is the parent so many parents are not, and unless conservatives want Hollywood raising a generation of reflexive liberals with no sense of personal responsibility, conservatives need to depoliticize the film industry to re-establish a cultural balance. That's where this book comes in."The Conservative Guide To Films" will help you understand what makes a film conservative or liberal. It will help you understand how the two ideologies present themselves and how to spot them. It will debunk a great many liberal boogeymen and it exposes Hollywood liberal hypocrisies. This is a book for anyone with an interest in films, culture, and politics.
Chapter 1: Why Political Messages In Films Matter
Chapter 2: Defining Conservatism & Liberalism
Chapter 3: How To Spot A Film's Ideology
Chapter 4: Conservative Myths: It's Not As Political As You Think
Is The Evil Corporate Villain Really Anti-Capitalist?Chapter 5: Debunking Liberal Boogeymen
Are Missing Parents Anti-Marriage/Anti-Family?
Why Are There No Islamic Terrorists?
Is Gun Violence Anti-Gun?
Is Anti-War Always Anti-Military or Unpatriotic?
The Bloodthirsty MilitaryChapter 6: Discussing Liberal Films
The Evil Businessman
The Republican Lobbyist
The Unreality of Guns
The European/Christian/Military Terrorist
Fascist Capitalists
Japanese Internment
Domestic Violence Demographics
The Southern Death Penalty
In Time (2011)Chapter 7: A Note On Liberal Sucker Punches
John Q (2002)
Norma Rae (1979)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Battle for Terra (2007)
Avatar (2009)
The Abyss (1989)
The Golden Compass (2007)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The Green Mile (1999)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Paul (2011)Chapter 8: A Note On Backfiring Messages
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Machete (2010)
The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
Happy Feet (2006) & Happy Feet Two (2011)
The Other Guys (2010)
Source Code (2011) & Flightplan (2005)
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)Chapter 9: Discussing Conservative Films
Wall Street (1987)
Brazil (1985)Chapter 10: Compare And Contrast: Conservative vs. Liberal Films
WALL-E (2008)
Rollerball (1975)
The Incredibles (2004)
Gladiator (2000)
Dirty Harry (1971) & Magnum Force (1973)
Blade Runner (1982)
Drumline (2002)
The Blind Side (2009)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Smokey And The Bandit (1977)
Adventures In Babysitting (1987)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Harry Potter (1997-2011)
Dirty Harry (1971) vs. The Star Chamber (1983)Chapter 11: Hollywood's Liberal Hypocrisy
High Noon (1952) vs. Outland (1981)
Platoon (1986) vs. We Were Soldiers (2002)
Apocalypse Now (1979) vs. Apocalypse Now (Redux) (1979/2001)
Star Trek (1966-1969) vs. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
Anti-Gun Hollywood Promotes Gun ViolenceChapter 12: What Do We Do Now?
Feminist Hollywood Is Sexist
Hollywood Environmentalism Isn't So Green
Hollywood Racism
Political Correctness Goes Awry
17 comments:
YAY!
I think it will raise many eyebrows on the left :)
I hope you guys enjoy it!
Dammit Man! I don't have a kindle. I don't want a kindle. I'm 49 years old. I like books. Not just because I'm a dinosaur. I like to underline things. I like to circle page numbers. I like to write margin notes. I'm so bad about it that I can't read a book without a pen. Bring on the paperback! Warp speed!
GypsyTyger
GypsyTyger, LOL! Give it about a week. The paperbacks always take a little longer.
I enjoyed Punisher: Warzone and 12 Angry Men, but I am greatly interested in your take on them.
Collin, I'm not saying these aren't good films. 12 Angry Men is an excellent film, but it's also a deeply liberal and deceptive film.
Congratulations Andrew.
Thanks Shawn! :D
Fair enough.
Well, you got my interest up. I'm terribly curious about what could possibly be the "backfiring message" from Guns of Navarone. Also, I would have thought that High Noon might qualify as a backfire. As I kid,, I saw that movie as a classic good sheriff stands up to evil against all possible odds story and it was right up there with Shane and the Rifleman. It wasn't until I was grown up that I started to see the cynicism. Even now, I tend to dismiss it and just ride through the story with my boyhood perspective.
And, since I'm always a sucker for how TOS kicks TNGs hairy butt all over the cosmos, I'm guessin' I have to break out my Kindle now.
Good luck with it, Andrew!
KRS, In both instances, you have Carl Foreman writing the screenplay with the idea being to convey to American audiences that they shouldn't fight the Soviets, that it was hopeless, and that the people they were fighting for weren't worth it. And you can see evidence of this strewn throughout both films. Unfortunately for Foreman, both films then flipped his intended messages on their heads because, in both instances, the heroes decide to stand up for what is right no matter what the odds.
On Guns of Navarone, Peck actually has commented several times that he was annoyed that audiences didn't get the anti-war point to the film.
Let us know your thoughts! :)
I would've thought pushing Pacifism in a film with Nazis was a hard sell. Still, I have to credit Mr. Foreman's moral clarity in using Nazis as surrogates for the Soviets, as they are so alike: both socialist, both statist (redundant with socialist, I suppose), both committed genocide (jews, kulaks), both imrpisoned dissidents and undesirables (concentration camps, gulags), and both invaded Poland at the start of WWII.
I look forward to the paperback, like GypsyTyger I like books. And what brought me to this site in the first place was the Star Trek articles, what keeps me coming back are the reviews, articles and comments, so I'm really looking forward to the book!
wulf, I doubt he would have accepted the comparison except to the extent that he considered both more powerful than the US and democracy.
In any event, it's an interesting book which hopefully will be out in paperback this week. Hopefully, you'll enjoy it. :)
FYI, The paperback should be available sometime today. Unfortunately, it's a little spendy at $9.99, but that's because of the length. I make all of $0.34 on each of those.
Actually, I was trying to be sarcastic about Mr. Foreman- I'm sure he wouldn't accept the comparison, but that's part of why I made it (and the comparison is not invalid).
Yeah, I should have picked up on that. Whooops! LOL!
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