Has Oliver Stone lost his mind?

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29 Jul 10

utherpendragon

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31 Jul 10

Originally posted by FMF
I think the very notion that a film which is so enduringly popular among Americans can be described as "anti-American", is a bit a silly. One is at a loss to imagine what kind of distorted definition of "American" must be in play to make your assertion about that film work on any level.

I dont know where you get the"so enduringly popular among Americans" idea from.
From the Hollywood elite? yes.
Uninformed couch potatoes (such as no1moron and ATY)?Yes.
But not the majority of MAIN STREAM Americans.

FMF

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31 Jul 10

Originally posted by utherpendragon
I dont know where you get the"so enduringly popular among Americans" idea from.
From the Hollywood elite? yes.
Uninformed couch potatoes (such as no1moron and ATY)?Yes.
But not the majority of MAIN STREAM Americans.

I didn't say anything about a "majority". And I didn't say a word about "Hollywood Elites". It's a very popular film. Nestles somewhere on loads of 30 somethings' and 40 somethings' Top Lists. It's iconic, even. Which is a bitter pill seeing as it's a pispoor film.

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
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31 Jul 10

I also enjoyed Salvador, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July was especially good - with a bravura performance by Tom Cruise - The Doors was OK, Natural Born Killers was so bizarre it was interesting. I thought Heaven & Earth was totally abyssmal.