Politics in Our Movies: From 'Mr. Smith' to 'Casino Jack'

So your telling me that the movie Pineapple Express is about politics? How about Pulp Fiction? Tropic Thunder? Saving Private Ryan? Terminator? The "politics" you refer to are called human emotions, in case you don't know what they are, and EVERY movie has those. Political writers should never watch films, since they have no concept of how they work.

For decades, Hollywood has fostered the Liberal agenda in their movies. They have been manipulating gullible Americans all that time. No big deal. The majority of Americans do not consider Hollywood to be anything but entertainment, not to establish their values.

Re: Fair Game Please note: 1/ This film starring order is Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. 2/ This film is about the story of Valerie Plame, and her husband Joe Wilson. It centers on the female, not the male character.

I feel one of the most important movies showing the true nature of the combination of how money begats power that begats corupt political manipulation that leads those in power to think they are invincible is the TV miniseries that was taken from a novel I believe was named "The Captain And The Kings."

Everyone should see "Fair Game." I am still trying to find out why it has not been distributed to all theaters. Only in small run down theaters. We found in only one theater in MN. Why???? We have many large, modern theaters. Why not them?

My top 5 would prbably be: -Seven Days in May -The Manchurian Candidate (The one with Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Harvey) -Dr. Strangelove -A Face in the Crowd -Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -Meet John Doe -All the King's Men -You Can't Take it with You (actually, almost any Frank Capra Film) -Sleeps ( the Woody Allen one) -The Missles of October (definately not 13 Days) Okay, I know there are more than 5, but I couldn't help my self

I actually read this with interest. This piece did not quote from headlines from writers per uaual on PD. You can always read the first and last paragraph of most of the writers and know which liberal point they tried to snow you with by all the fluff between. But to me this was a little different. I have never been too concerned with the movies by liberal Hollywood types; because they cannot hide there bias no matter what, and one can see right through. Most of the time all you have to do is look for the star actor. If the Sean Penn types are in it then you know to just brush it off. But I have never really thought about the scope this much before. There seems to be some agenda type movies coming out all the time but to look at the big picture with them grouped to see.... hummmmm interesting.

Couple of statements above I would argue with..."True, Democrats tend to get far more campaign donations and support from "Hollywood stars" than Republicans, but film production companies and studios are for the most part owned by major corporations and Wall Street -- entities not famous for supporting liberals or the Democratic Party." But, check out the campaign donations in '08...Obama was the winner from Wall Street, so this is a mis=represented fact. We are led to belive this. Also, it says that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is neither a "liberal or a Democrat". He may not be registered as a Democrate, but he's more liberal than conservative. Guess you might call him a RINO.

You forgot the 'comedy' with Eddie Murphy, "The Distinguished Gentleman." It's practically a primer on how elections work. And lobbyists. I know, I used to work in politics.

Political comments have been made in most audio/video presentations for as long as I can remember, and I am 68 years old. Watching the older and current sitcomes, movies, talk shows, etc., there is hardly one episode that did not show the bias held by the producers/actors.