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Wanna make money in Hollywood? Release patriotic movies that promote conservative values and do not denigrate Christianity.
For two decades, that has been the message Movieguide has been pushing, and on Friday, Feb. 10, when it celebrates its 20-year anniversary with an awards show airing on The Hallmark Channel, the organization will present a 76-page report designed to back up its assertions.
This year’s report sells for $1,000, and the price includes tickets to the annual Faith & Values Awards Gala held at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The report praises such 2011 releases as Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Battle: Los Angeles, Moneyball, We Bought a Zoo and Hugo while heaping scorn on the likes of Super 8, Red State, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Bad Teacher and Happy Feet Two.
The Movieguide report rates movies using more than two dozen criteria, such as whether a title promotes capitalism or socialism or if it promotes or denigrates biblical principles. Violence, sex, political correctness, revisionist history, environmentalism, feminism, homosexuality and more hot-button political issues all are taken into consideration.
This year’s report concludes that seven of the top 10 films of 2011 scored high on Movieguide’s index and therefore qualify as films with “strong or very strong Christian, biblical, moral and redemptive content.â€
Movieguide identified 91 movies in 2011 that scored high in “conservative/moral categoriesâ€; these earned an average of $59 million apiece. On the other hand, it identified 105 movies that scored high in “liberal/leftist categoriesâ€; each of those titles earned an average of just $11 million.
The average movie scoring four stars from Movieguide earned $53.5 million while the ones that scored just one star earned $10.6 million.
Exceptions abound, of course, notable ones being The Hangover Part II and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, hit movies that earned $581 million and $702 million worldwide, respectively, but are panned by Movieguide as films that promote “fringe worldviews†and “obscene behavior.â€
“Most moviegoers want good to conquer evil, truth to triumph over falsehood, justice to prevail over injustice and true beauty to overcome ugliness,†Movieguide editor Ted Baehr writes in the report.
Friday’s awards gala, where the report will be made public, is hosted by Baehr, sponsored by the Christian Film & Television Commission and will be emceed by actor Dean Cain. Scheduled presenters include Joe Mantegna, Corbin Bernsen, Kevin Sorbo and Pat Boone.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/conservative-liberal-movies-politics-profit-study-287816
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lol combat
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Avatar was about Jesus, and lower taxes.
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How did Fireproof do in the box office?
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Many of the ones they panned were *independent* films, so no surprise.
And for the record:combat_mage_sc posted:
The report praises such 2011 releases as Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Battle: Los Angeles, Moneyball, We Bought a Zoo and Hugo while heaping scorn on the likes of Super 8, Red State, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Bad Teacher and Happy Feet Two. ... Exceptions abound, of course, notable ones being The Hangover Part II and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, hit movies that earned $581 million and $702 million worldwide, respectively, but are panned by Movieguide as films that promote “fringe worldviews†and “obscene behavior.â€
I haven't seen *any* of these.
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I'll see their "afraid to challenge our values" and raise them Avatar. That's a pretty liberal message.
Convenient that the review also considers drinking and partying "fringe" and "obscene behavior".
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Titanic's hero and heroine can be considered liberals.
The "good guys" in Star Wars are liberals.
Stupid thread, as usual.
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So conservative values apply really well to a fantasy world? I've always thought the same thing.
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That's cool. I usually lambast any movie that has an obvious political message, but they don't really come along that often. Either way they're boring and obnoxious no matter what side they're playing for or how much they box office gross.
I guess that my question is: How do you define a movie as liberal or conservative? Maybe it goes in to that in the article. I'll go read more of it.
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The study was done by this website:
http://www.movieguide.org/
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Movieguide argues that King's Speech was a conservative movie because it had a pro-capitalist lean and taught traditional Christian values, which is odd because I thought the movie was about a man struggling with his speech impediment. Conversely, Movieguide argues that Avatar: Last Airbender was liberal because it was a pro-communist movie that promoted atheism.
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Here's what I think about their Christian values, and Conservative beliefs.
F*** them, f*** their beliefs, they should learn to keep their f***ing religions to themselves, and not try to connect everything to religion and beliefs.
Then, when they're done - they can f***ing die.
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NeoKarnak posted:
Titanic's hero and heroine can be considered liberals.
The "good guys" in Star Wars are liberals.
Stupid thread, as usual.
Why do you even go into threads with a political slant? All you seem to get out of it is angry. You can't seem to make light of much, taking it all so seriously and then getting all douchey about it. Lighten up, Francis.
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Hawkson posted:
Here's what I think about their Christian values, and Conservative beliefs.
F*** them, f*** their beliefs, they should learn to keep their f***ing religions to themselves, and not try to connect everything to religion and beliefs.
Then, when they're done - they can f***ing die.
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Hawkson posted:
Here's what I think about their Christian values, and Conservative beliefs.
F*** them, f*** their beliefs, they should learn to keep their f***ing religions to themselves, and not try to connect everything to religion and beliefs.
Then, when they're done - they can f***ing die.
I wish you'd stop beating around the bush and finally tell us how you really feel about this.
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I'm also curious how they'd rate works like "The Stand," with strong christian themes but the good guys established a highly socialist society while the bad guys established a highly capitalist society. But then, that was a mini-series and not a movie...
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JD_HOGG posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
Titanic's hero and heroine can be considered liberals.
The "good guys" in Star Wars are liberals.
Stupid thread, as usual.
Why do you even go into threads with a political slant? All you seem to get out of it is angry. You can't seem to make light of much, taking it all so seriously and then getting all douchey about it. Lighten up, Francis.
What in that statement came off as angry?
Was it the use of the word "stupid?" Or was it the fact that you don't agree?
Take your own advice.
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Arc_DT posted:
I'm also curious how they'd rate works like "The Stand," with strong christian themes but the good guys established a highly socialist society while the bad guys established a highly capitalist society. But then, that was a mini-series and not a movie...
It's interesting that a lot of the religious overtones were non existent in the book.
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NeoKarnak posted:
JD_HOGG posted:
NeoKarnak posted:
Titanic's hero and heroine can be considered liberals.
The "good guys" in Star Wars are liberals.
Stupid thread, as usual.
Why do you even go into threads with a political slant? All you seem to get out of it is angry. You can't seem to make light of much, taking it all so seriously and then getting all douchey about it. Lighten up, Francis.
What in that statement came off as angry?
Was it the use of the word "stupid?" Or was it the fact that you don't agree?
Take your own advice.
Well, every political thread that draws you in like a moth, you get all snippy with everyone you deem to be an evil conservative. Seriously, find some balance. You are probably a decent guy, but these political threads seem to get the best of you.
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Hawkson posted:
Here's what I think about their Christian values, and Conservative beliefs.
F*** them, f*** their beliefs, they should learn to keep their f***ing religions to themselves, and not try to connect everything to religion and beliefs.
Then, when they're done - they can f***ing die.
Well, the Christans forgive you.
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