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Tags: 'Taking Woodstock', Ang Lee, Liev Schreiber, Woodstock
Posted Aug 28th 2009 at 6:53 am in Film, Video |
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I know some other people who were slogging in the mud at the same time.
I was part of that generation and loved the music at the time. That said, I am extremely tired of "inspired by a true story" movies because they seem like just another opportunity for some liberals to revise history and insult half the population. That may or may not be the case, but I hate that I have to be suspicious
It looks goofy and predictable, but Ang Lee is a pretty consistently great film maker. (I'm not a big fan of the Confederacy but I enjoyed "Ride With the Devil" a great deal.)
Definitely a Redbox Special…
The word from Cannes was "meh," which is a shame because I like Ang Lee, I love this cast, and there is clearly potential in telling the Woodstock story.
What's the over-under on whether or not the coverage of this movie here is actually about the MOVIE and not more attempts to "reclaim" history…
When did his humor become political?
Will Baby Boomers ever get tired of trying to sensationalize their lives to inflate their own significance? Has there ever been a more narcissistic generation of people in human history?
I look forward to this movie 40 years from now: "Youth Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Obama Administration Debt and Energy Policies" http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/08/youth-celebra...
I saw this when it was called "Woodstock" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066580/) and really don't want to see a sensationalized version of events as told through the pot haze of rose colored glasses.
I saw this movie before, when it was called A Walk On the Moon.
Yeah but that doesn't mean his stand-up has become political.
I get it (yuk yuk)
I'll always associate Woodstock with the movie film which I never saw the end of because two *bikers*, wannabe "Banditos" a 1%er type biker gang in Texas, attempted to murder a buddy I was with-DURING THE MOVIE! He barely survived and many months later I was the *star witness* for the prosecution…ya right. They were acquitted, and I had to go into exile…in Midland Texas…not long after a unknown with a semi-famous name ran for Congress…W…the odd and funny twists and turns of life…
Caught a preview last night with the Mrs. Both of us were not impressed. She liked it less than I did. Too many trival characters were included.
You mean these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JLHZ3eJZs
The answers are no, aaaaaaand no.
I never thought that I could be disgusted with an entire generation of people, but lo and behold, they proved me wrong.
"single Mom…?"
Correction: topless single mom.
I too really enjoyed Martin, but when his series came on Comedy Central, it was chock full of slams at Christianity.
I KNEW I SAW IT!
the "greatest generation" is far and away more narcissistic than the boomers. and i'm not a boomer either.
…And I [b]used[/b] to like Demetri Martin because his humor was not political.
You're joking if you think Woodstock doesn't carry political clout and agenda.
A drug and alcohol induced rock and roll bender that defined a reckless generation.
Say….. isn't this the same generation that has wrecked our economy and is straddling their children with monumental debt and an unparalleled absence of freedom?
Just curious… No! Wait!! Don't answer that… I can't stomach the psychobabble.
There were moments in his stand-up act as well as his "These Are Jokes" cd where he'll make a quick stab at the military or the South. Camouflage as clothing to identify "assholes" and the ad-libbed "reporting for the retarded army, SIR!" as examples of both. I'd let it slide since he's usually hilarious. But staring in a film glorifying the 60s? That's too much.
I remember that one, I think…hitchhiker stays at house, kid perspective, single Mom…?
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Pass.
Hmmm…I respectfully disagree. While I have contempt for the "greatest" generation for giving birth to and raising the boomers (and voting in FDR for multiple terms), it was still the actions of the boomers that have ruined or at least tainted so many great things about this country. Even worse, these people are teaching their same amoral values to children, ensuring that this awful legacy will live on. I cannot forgive that, and in my eyes that trumps anything their parents did.
By definition, the baby boomers, specifically the hippies and those of the same ilk, were and still are a cancer on this planet. That will sound harsh to some people, however I feel absolutely no remorse in saying that I wouldn't shed a tear for them if God wiped them out tomorrow.
Gaua
You have to understand why Woodstock is important to liberals. It is probalby the last time that lifestyle seemed to hold any promise. Yes you can just aimlessly wander around in your youth taking acid and smoking grass but eventually that leads to some hard realities and you have to abandon those juvenille notions or you end up homeless and crazy. This is why they lionize Woodstack.
The movies only response to the lawsuits and after effects of the event was to have the two main characters at the end in a conversation say "Yeah, probably we will all sue each other but man it was Groovy." I think that spoke volumes for the film. Other than that the film was not really political as it was more a twisted support for the "Hippy" lifestyle.
Hey it's peace and love man! Ok I need breakfast so …. But Man Love is all you need….. OK OK I get it Peace and Love fine but who's goona get breakfast…………. That's the problem with trying to live out liberal euphamisms…. In the morning you still have to feed yourself.
Here is a question for those old enough to remember woodstock.
Was the event as "Gay" (for lack of a better term) as the movie made it out to be. I don't remember homosexuality being as accepted as this movie shows even among people who called themselves hippies.
Is this some political sophistry put in to promote an agenda or was that really the main tmese of Woodstock. Be gay!
I hate politically motivated retelling of history!
They had to be, they raised the baby boomers, remember?
Have you seen this film? How vile was it? I tried to read the movie poster, but the text did this weird acid wavy effect and I'm not a stoner…so it made no sense.
I'm aware of why Woodstock is important to the leftist Hippies. It's an example of when the baby boomers were able to deny their social responsibilities in favor of childish hedonism. The word "hippie" and "socialism" go hand in hand. Hippies don't want to grow up and get a job; socialist want government controlled economy. They can just live in perpetuity within the comforts of big brother government. They're worshiping the 60s, they'll try to tie this in with Obama. Remember, he is the last Kennedy brother according to Chris "tickle up my leg" Matthews.
Remember: Kennedy, Hippies, protests, legalizing marijuana, anti-war, civil rights, and free love…It all slurs together like a bad acid trip. No responsibilities needed, government will take care of you.
I like to go to a lot of movies and unless someone warns me ahead of time is overtly political I'll go see a leftist movie. It just kept trying to show the hippies as groovy and how every ends up liking him even the cop who come up there to bust a few heads but found out how polite they all were. Whatever.
The only thing that is hard to endure is all the men kissing. I know we’re supposed to be accepting but as a heterosexual man I cannot bear to watch that even if I understand the reaction is wrong. It's ingrained in the libido. The level of we are all "gay" was really ramped. I think the hippies in the 60's had the same hang ups with homosexuality anyone else did at the time. If anything you get the sense that the movie is divorced from reality. You just can’t believe a woman with 97 grand under her mattress would let banks start foreclosure procedures for 5 grand not paid. The politics is more just stupid than offensive so it is more palatable. I think it is an Oliver Stone version of Woodstock but not in a negative way. Just in a "its all a fabrication of history" way.
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