Shocker! NYT Pans "An American Carol"

[red states rule]

You knew this would happen folks. The liberal media hates the film that makes fun of the liberal snobs in Hollywood


An American Carol
October 4, 2008
Comic Right-Wing Broadside (Very Broad)
By NATHAN LEE
Published: October 4, 2008
“An American Carol” wasn’t screened in advance for critics, but why would it be? After all, what good is the traitorous opinion of the cheese-eating news-media elite when it comes to a satire of the radical left?

Kevin Farley stars here as Michael Malone, a Michael Moore-like documentary filmmaker whose most recent diatribe, “Die, You American Pigs!,” is a box office failure despite his following among campus protesters, Hollywood sissies and other snooty factions of the blame-America-first set. Malone tries to right his reputation by preparing a fiction feature (“Fascist America”) while simultaneously planning a rally to ban the Fourth of July.

Directed by David Zucker (“Airplane!”) with his trademark indifference to pace and plot, “An American Carol” uses the template of “A Christmas Carol” to string together its gags (far too many of which involve Malone’s stuffing his mouth or getting whacked in the face).

Thus Scrooge Malone is visited by ghosts of patriotism past (General Patton, Presidents Kennedy and Washington) and is shown what could happen without leaders willing to man up for freedom: billboards for “Victoria’s Burka” in Times Square!

Cheap shots and mean spirits abound, as do celebrity cameos (James Woods, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer). But it’s the laziness of the writing that most offends.

“An American Carol” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It includes swearing and satirical bigotry.


http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/04...?ref=movies&em

[stephanie]

Cheap shots and mean spirits...

when did that ever offend a liberal...

so predictable...

[red states rule]

Cheap shots and mean spirits...

when did that ever offend a liberal...

so predictable...

I am going to see this film. It look like a classic comedy that some up libs perfectly

For those of you who want to see the preview - check it out


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[Abbey Marie]

We were going to see it last night, but our local 16-theater movie place wasn't showing it!

[red states rule]

We were going to see it last night, but our local 16-theater movie place wasn't showing it!

Hope you get to see it Abbey. Here is a little more about the film

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The plot: It's the Fourth of July, and a goofy grandfather, Leslie Nielsen, is telling his grandchildren a fairy tale about the grinch who stole Independence Day. Only it's not a grinch. It's Michael Moore, er . . . "Michael Malone." And it's a true story, not a fairy tale.

Moore/Malone wants to eliminate the Fourth of July and has enlisted a number of liberal groups to do it with him. Meanwhile, Islamic terrorists want to recruit Moore to do a terrorist movie for them, to make it easier to recruit jihadists. Moore's nephew is in the military and wants Uncle Mike to understand why what he's doing is harming America. It takes three ghosts of characters past--John F. Kennedy, General George S. Patton, and George Washington--to teach Michael Moore, er . . . "Malone" a lesson. Yes, it's a take-off of Scrooge or "It's a Wonderful Life."

There are so many funny, oh-yeah, yes-yes-yes! moments in this movie, I laughed out loud a lot and so did the other people in the theater.

Surprisingly, a lot of B-list celebs made cameos in the movie, in addition to the starring role played by Kelsey Grammer (Gen. Patton). The list includes Paris Hilton, Kevin Sorbo, Gary Coleman, David Alan Grier, Jon Voight, James Woods, and Dennis Hopper (thought he was a big lib, but I guess I'm wrong).

The movie does a great job of skewering everything from ACLU lawyers to Rosie O'Donnell (the actress playing her is a dead-ringer and spot on) to MoveOn.org to Hollywood . . . and, of course, Michael Moore and his "Sicko" documentary. The best two parts are when Rosie O'Donnell shows a documentary about radical Christian terrorists on the "O'Reilly Factor" (yes, that's a downer in the movie--the repeated presence of blowhard and pseudo-conservative Loofah/Falafel champ O'Reilly); and when we are shown the famed HOLLYWOOD sign in the Hills changed to an "ALLAHU AKBAR" sign and signs for "Victoria's Burka" lingerie stores.

The ending was kinda sappy and not believable. I would have preferred the "Team America: World Police" ending for Michael Moore. But this'll do. The only other negative is the repeated jokes about how he's only a documentarian, not a feature film maker. But documentaries have their place, when they're done accurately and correctly and illuminate an important issue or subject. That's the point--what Moore

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archi...x_off_116.html

[Psychoblues]

It's a parody, dumbo's!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like the "Flintstones" some of you ignorant jerks interpret it as a documentary!!!!!!!!! You are such embeciles and shames on our American senses of humor and extrapolated educational opportunities!!!!!!!!!!

[red states rule]

It's a parody, dumbo's!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like the "Flintstones" some of you ignorant jerks interpret it as a documentary!!!!!!!!! You are such embeciles and shames on our American senses of humor and extrapolated educational opportunities!!!!!!!!!!

It tells the truth about liberals PB. I find it refreshing

[dan]

It also tells the truth about fat people falling down and getting hit in the head a lot. Much like the director's expose on the corruption facing big-city detectives, AKA The Naked Gun.

[red states rule]

It also tells the truth about fat people falling down and getting hit in the head a lot. Much like the director's expose on the corruption facing big-city detectives, AKA The Naked Gun.

I noticed how the liberal media hated "An American Carol" for being right wing humor - while they loved Bill Mayer's hit piece on Religion

[actsnoblemartin]

Fuck the new york times

You knew this would happen folks. The liberal media hates the film that makes fun of the liberal snobs in Hollywood


An American Carol
October 4, 2008
Comic Right-Wing Broadside (Very Broad)
By NATHAN LEE
Published: October 4, 2008
“An American Carol” wasn’t screened in advance for critics, but why would it be? After all, what good is the traitorous opinion of the cheese-eating news-media elite when it comes to a satire of the radical left?

Kevin Farley stars here as Michael Malone, a Michael Moore-like documentary filmmaker whose most recent diatribe, “Die, You American Pigs!,” is a box office failure despite his following among campus protesters, Hollywood sissies and other snooty factions of the blame-America-first set. Malone tries to right his reputation by preparing a fiction feature (“Fascist America”) while simultaneously planning a rally to ban the Fourth of July.

Directed by David Zucker (“Airplane!”) with his trademark indifference to pace and plot, “An American Carol” uses the template of “A Christmas Carol” to string together its gags (far too many of which involve Malone’s stuffing his mouth or getting whacked in the face).

Thus Scrooge Malone is visited by ghosts of patriotism past (General Patton, Presidents Kennedy and Washington) and is shown what could happen without leaders willing to man up for freedom: billboards for “Victoria’s Burka” in Times Square!

Cheap shots and mean spirits abound, as do celebrity cameos (James Woods, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer). But it’s the laziness of the writing that most offends.

“An American Carol” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It includes swearing and satirical bigotry.


http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/04...?ref=movies&em

[red states rule]

An American Carol finished #7 at the box office for the weekend

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

[actsnoblemartin]

is that good?

An American Carol finished #7 at the box office for the weekend

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

[red states rule]

is that good?

It is not bad Martin

[Little-Acorn]

Cheap shots and mean spirits...

when did that ever offend a liberal...

so predictable...

I haven't seen "An American Carol" yet, I've only seen the ads they've been running to promote it.

I've been worried that the film will contain pretty much what was in the ads, which was nothing but Michael Moore getting hit in the face with vegetables, an anvil, etc., and getting slapped around.

I really hope there's more to it than that: that they get into the issues Moore has mischaracterized and tell the truth about them instead, there are lots of humorous and clever ways to do that.

The ads I've seen aren't encouraging. They look like a cheap Hollywood farce along the lines of "Hot Shots 2", not worth watching. I hope the movie itself shows some actual substance.

[red states rule]

I haven't seen "An American Carol" yet, I've only seen the ads they've been running to promote it.

I've been worried that the film will contain pretty much what was in the ads, which was nothing but Michael Moore getting hit in the face with vegetables, an anvil, etc., and getting slapped around.

I really hope there's more to it than that: that they get into the issues Moore has mischaracterized and tell the truth about them instead, there are lots of humorous and clever ways to do that.

The ads I've seen aren't encouraging. They look like a cheap Hollywood farce along the lines of "Hot Shots 2", not worth watching. I hope the movie itself shows some actual substance.

There is much more then that. See post # 5 for more on the film. It looks good

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