Who has seen LIONS FOR LAMBS??

[polichick]

I saw it this weekend and came to the conclusion that it was made to encourage citizens ~ especially college students ~ to get more involved with what's going on in this country.

What did you think of the film?

[SteppingRazor]

1. Going by box office numbers, you're just about the only one who has.

;)




I do plan on putting it in my Netflix queue.

[Iris]

2. I saw a billboard this weekend that said "Only in theaters Nov. 8"

does that mean there's no dvd?

[SteppingRazor]

5. No, that just means it's only in theaters on that date...

there will, eventually, be a DVD, of course.

Movies make a huge chunk of their money off post-theatrical sales these days, so not releasing a DVD is crazy talk.

[Iris]

19. that's what I thought

thanks for the clarification

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. If you really want to hoot....

MovieGuide.org, a Talibangelical website that rates and reviews movies, has given Lions for Lambs their lowest rating, Abhorrent. Why, you ask?

Very strong humanist worldview with a strong anti-conservative, anti-Republican tone that indicates a possible Neo-Marxist or Communist ideology, though the movie leaves things rather vague concerning social and economic issues, plus some strong revisionist left-wing history regarding the Vietnam War and the War on Terror with a subtext suggesting that the United States military is pretty incompetent and can be led by the nose by conservative politicians and a silly anti-capitalist argument jumps to false conclusions.

....

LIONS FOR LAMBS is perhaps the most superficial movie of the year. It is certainly one of the worst political movies ever made, full of cardboard characters, unconvincing situations, corny dialogue, empty performances posing as profound, and shallow partisan arguments showing how phony much of the “thinking” on the left end of the political spectrum really is. Worse, the movie, including the actors and the filmmakers, think they are being profound when they clearly are not, even when they’re telling the truth (which is seldom, by the way)

The entire hatchet job can be read at http://www.movieguide.org/index.php?s=reviews&id=7604

[Iris]

4. that must be the longest sentence ever written

that part above the ...

[SteppingRazor]

6. And, sadly, despite that length, it's not even a complete sentence. n/t

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. Talibangelicals are not known for their education

Well, actually, they are, just not in a nice way.

[Iris]

18. education is the devil's work!

[tulsakatz]

7. not yet but it's next on my list.......

..of films to see.

[lligrd]

8. Freepers Out In Full Force Against It

Just look at these reviews: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809826835/user

[Progressive Friend]

21. Each Freeper is spamming it with responses from their multiple yahoo accounts

Seriously, I wonder how many accounts each of them uses their on average.

[Warpy]

9. "Too much dialogue"

seems to be the constant drumbeat from the reviewers, along with "liberal viewpoint." That sounds like a recommendation to me!

Reviewers seem to have forgotten that good films usually have dialogue in them, written by competent writers, instead of grunts, roars of indignation, and screams to accompany special effects strung together by a weak story line.

I'll see it when the DVD comes out, no doubt.

[Dawgs]

11. Not if the dialogue sucks.

Take it from someone who actually saw it. It was not good, and it was not that liberal.

Don't even bother watching it on DVD.

[Dawgs]

10. I saw it and it was terrible. I wish I had the time and money back.

I wouldn't recommend that anyone go and see this "movie".

[CalebHayes]

12. I bet you liked it till the end?

[CalebHayes]

13. I felt like Redford was talking to me

I have actually had that talk with two teachers in the past.

[NOVA_Dem]

15. I saw it on Saturday night..

The theater was pretty full (of course I showed up late). I liked the movie. I would say it's a good rental but it's not a date movie obviously.

I felt a lot of anxiety for the soldiers in Afghanistan. I enjoyed the dialogue b/w Redford and the gifted slacker. Streep seemed a little weak against Cruise in their setup.

Overall, I liked it. Unfortunately, my girl and I sat next to a freeper. He only had to make one comment and I knew he was a knuckledragger. When Cruise talked about how mistakes were made and we should move past them and look at what America can do to win now, he shouted "THANK YOU!"

[Uncle Joe]

16. I haven't seen it yet, but I plan on it.

Thanks for the review and thread, polichick.

[IndianaJones]

17. a critical and box office bomb. nt.

[sense]

20. I thought it was a great film!

I brought my gifted, everything comes easy, son to it and I thought it had some great messages and spoke directly to him. Tom Cruise did "slimy" really well. Robert Redford is always so good and Meryl Streep played spineless media pretty well.

[polichick]

22. I enjoyed the film, even if I couldn't watch some of the war stuff...

I would have liked to see Streep's character write an insightful and blistering story ~ and somehow have the slacker student end up corresponding with her or meeting her, just to close the circle.