WATCH: ‘Inception’ Stars Trash Evil, Stupid Cheney & Palin — Preach Hypocritical Environmentalism
by John NolteOne of the big stories in filmdom today is about all the concerns surrounding the marketing of Christopher Nolan’s new film “Inception,” which cost a reported $160 million to produce and hits theatres next Friday, July 16th. According to Reuters, awareness isn’t as high as the studio would like, especially in Middle America.
Well, here’s one way to entice Middle America into your film, insult them by having your three main stars hit the promotional circuit and savage Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin as stupid and evil:
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QUIZ: What makes you most want to see “Inception” now?
1. Ellen Page’s insufferably cruel sanctimony?
2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s pathetic, butt-boy me-toosim?
3. Leonardo DiCaprio’s wild hypocrisy?
Actually, “wild hypocrisy” is an understatement….
The same Leo you see in that video belly-aching with so much touching concern over Mother Earth, just happens to be the very same elitist whose PRIVATE jet-setting helped cause the chaos that cost hundreds of World Cup fans — who had spent upwards of $1300 for tickets — the ability to attend the game. Found buried yesterday in the sometimes useful L.A. Times:
The congestion on the ground, caused in part by earlier bad weather on Wednesday and in part by the arrival of large numbers of private aircraft, led to what one British Airways pilot described as “absolute chaos.”
According to a report in Britain’s Financial Times, “Some of the fans had spent upward of $1,300 for semifinals tickets but were stuck in Johannesburg while private jets carrying Spain’s King Juan Carlos, South African President Jacob Zuma, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and socialite Paris Hilton landed.”
Keep in mind that Leo isn’t just any hypocritical Hollywood environmentalist, he is the hypocritical Hollywood environmentalist. If you recall his film “The 11th Hour”:
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Had Leo simply practiced what he preached and flown commerical, maybe things would’ve been a little less chaotic and a few more of those folks wouldn’t have wasted their hard-earned money. But they’re just the great unwashed and Leo is the The Great Movie Star Who Commands From Above, so… whatever.
Leo may want to get in the head of BP’s CEO, but I’d like to get in Leo’s head and understand why someone who believes the planet is in peril would commit an act of genocide against the entire human race by flying around in private jets.
My vote, however, goes to Ellen Page, who just went from the lovable and spunky Juno to a shorter, joyless, less-likable version of Rachel Maddow.
How sheltered of a self-involved little bubble does one have to live in to think speaking the term “holistic intelligence” out loud doesn’t automatically qualify you for the All-Time Top Five Moments Of Hollywood Assholery. Page actually considers herself a feminist and yet here she is trashing the compassion and questioning the intelligence of a self-made Governor raising a special-needs child as her oldest son serves in Iraq.
What’s young Page’s claim to intelligence and compassion fame. Oh, that’s right, she’s a celebrity.
Man, I wish I’d never seen this video. I love Christopher Nolan and have been dying to see “Inception.” But goodwill matters and this Terrible Trio of Tactlessness just dropped the needle on that meter way below the half-way point.
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Guess I'll be seeing Sorceror's Apprentice that day. Sorry, Mr. Nolan–I'm sure your film is great, but I won't waste ten bucks on these losers.
Okay this sucks. "Inception" has been one of the few movies I have been looking forward to this summer– and now… How can I enjoy a movie when I know the stars are all jerks? *grumble*
OMG what utter rubbish, this is actually depressing and I too love Christopher Nolan and have been really looking forward to the film, not easy to go now knowing that this is how these idiots think,
I was going to say I'm willing to cut Di Caprio some slack for the good work he did spending his own money in order to build and donate flood resistance housing in New Orleans.
But I went to check my facts and learned it was Brad Pitt. Pretty blond actors tend to look the same to me after a while.
So I agree, Di Caprio – douche bag.
Ah…AUGH! Maaann…why?! Why can't they just promote the damn movie!
I have officially NOTHING to look forward to in the cinema this summer. I'll wait til DVD for this…maybe.
"The All-Time Top Five Moments Of Hollywood Assholery"
Is that a subject line for a future post or what?
Unless you're living in a reclaimed shipping container topped with solar panels and traveling the world via foot or sail, by your own standard, you're just as guilty of killing the environment as the rest of us.
The concept behind Inception, namely that one can access people's dreams is nothing new. It was done in the early 1980's in a movie called "Dreamscape." In Dreamscape, a very young Dennis Quaid is a psychic that with the help of a fetching Kate Capshaw, can access someone's dream to help them. For instance, Quaid battles a snake-man in a young boy's nightmare to help the kid get some sleep at night. Of course, the evil government official (played by a creepy Christopher Plummer) figures out a way to use the ability to access dreams to try and assinate the President (played by Eddie Albert). Inception will be roughly the same thing, but with better special effects. No new ideas in Hollywood in a long, long time. Save yourself the cash and rent Dreamscape.
This doesn't bother me as much as it may some others. I mean, I'm disappointed, to be sure, but we already knew DiCaprio was a moron when it comes to anything current events-related. Gordon-Levitt strikes me as a nonentity (admittedly I have not seen "500 Days of Summer"), and I was never overly impressed with Page's acting ability (though here again I may not have all the information; I only saw her in X-Men 3 and Smart People). So it's not like I was expecting anything different, and really, was anyone else? Besides, The Dark Knight managed to have a lot of actors with unsavory opinions in certain fields–Maggie Gyllenhaal, anyone?–but was still a great movie well worth spending money on an admission ticket. So I'll probably go to see Inception anyway, regardless of the apparent louts in it.
Well, I made is to 1:28 before cutting it off in disgust. Way to go, Hollywood marketing gurus. You just pissed off and alienated half your audience — again.
I will definitely be giving "Indigestion" (or whatever it's called) a pass.
P.S. How do you have a "less-likable version of Rachel Maddow"? Doesn't that violate the laws of physics or something?
If actors being Liberal idiots keeps you from seeing movies, I don't understand how you watch anything. This will be the best movie of the year regardless. Don't let the actors ruin Nolan's excellenct writing/directing.
redwhiteandboom….if it was a toss up between sorceror's apprentice and inception…you are beyond help
I was going to see this on opening day at the biggest theater near me.
And now…I'm not.
Dear Hollywood: I don't go to stores or restaurants where the staff is rude and treats me poorly. I also don't buy movies or music where the "artists" act like I'm not even human.
And if I had hired Ellen Page to promote my Cisco products, she would be fired with extreme prejudice.
Just remember, most celebrities talking politics are lefties and/or morons. These ones just happened to be on camera. I mean, we all loved "Up" despite knowing what Ed Asner is, politically. Regardless of whether he's using the "Up" promo tour to talk leftism, we know a lot of our ticket money goes into his pocket. Either make your peace with that, or be prepared to never see anything made by Hollywood for fear it goes to lefty idiots. Because it always does.
I can't bring myself to hit 'play' on this clip … just. can't. do. it.
Last time I checked, Cheney is out of office and so, too, is Palin. But the hate lingers …
I don't think DiCaprio said anything too controversial here. Does anyone think that the BP spill is not a monumental disaster? Maybe he is conveniently forgetting that our current President is doing absolutely nothing to help curtail it. But other than that, I didn't really have a problem with anything he said in the interview.
As for Ellen Page: she chooses to use the same villians that the left always uses. Dick Cheney is always the hand-wringing evil genius bent on world domination and Sarah Palin is always the idiot hockey mom trying to shove religion and intolerance down everyone's throat. I think I've heard that story before. I just don't know if George Bush is the evil genius or idiot puppet in her eyes. C'mon sweetie, you're in Hollywood; can't you add just one original narrative to the
"Evil Conservatives Detroying The World" storyline?
I love how they screech on and on about how everyone needs to wisen up and educate themselves, but they clearly have no interest in any opinion that could possibly get them to rethink their own. And so I choose to ignore them. Or laugh at them uncontrollably.
I'm still watching the flick, though.
And by the way, what is "holistic intelligence" anyway? Is it gluten free?
Why do we listen to ass clowns? Having the Juno girl talk about Palin and Cheney from her Ivory Tower of Holistic Intelligence was more ironic than a George Orwell novel. Ignorance is bliss. Are all of these people Manchurian? Where do their thoughts come from? Why do they feel they have something worthy to share? And that we care what they think? They are performers for chrissake! Do we ask the tumbler at a Vegas Cirque du Soleil show his thoughts on global warming? Or what to do about Iran? Should we consider Ellen Page an expert on Dick Cheney?
At least the 3rd-Rock-from-the-Sun guy knows he is an idiot. No need to go out on a limb like Juno girl and truly remove all doubt.
It's all about plausible deniability, isn't it?
I still haven't seen what Nolte wishes he could unsee because I DIDN'T LOOK. I know that most people don't share my opinions about things. That's okay.
But really… these actors are on the promotional circuit, no? That's the whole point of going on shows with your co-stars and talking. Perhaps they should start objecting to the political and activist questions even when they are in agreement with the interviewer. Just say, Hey, we're here to talk about this great movie we just made. You gotta see it.
If they just happen to say something dumb or if they just happen to mention their politics because it comes up, well it's not that hard to ignore those things.
But there is a certain fad, it seems, of keeping one's celebrity face in the spotlight, as if it's a career necessity to get out there and be seen and do it through activism. And not just the sort that everyone can get behind but the trendy topics that really do offend better than half of your intended audience. It's stupid. It's not at all easy to ignore because that's the point, not getting ignored. And if it ruins the movie experience for enough people then it's going to be a liability that producers and whatnot are going to have to start paying attention to. Can they afford to make a movie with an actress who is a complete idiot?
Shhh. You're not supposed to tell them who's in office. They think Obama is a disgruntled press secretary who keeps blaming things on his boss, Bush.
You could always see Toy Story 3 again.
I'm with you, Christian. I just don't have the heart…
Crap! Christopher Nolan is probably my favorite director and Memento my favorite thriller. I have not set foot in a movie theater in years having pledged a while back that Hollywood would never see any of my money. I was actually considering breaking that pledge for this. Not anymore.
Telesync once again… Darn you, Nolte, darn you!!!
Page gave herself away when she looked for validation for what she had just spent untold brains cells spewing.
Liberals don't know what they believe until they get approval for any mindless venom that happens to come to them about conservatives at any given moment about any given subject.
Some people grow out of it. Some stay liberals all their lives because, like Page in that clip, they surround themselves with people just as stupid as they are.
You should be glad you couldn't do it. I didn't even make it to a minute and a half before I had to turn it off. I'm not even much of a fan of Sarah Palin (I neither like nor dislike her), and I was still thoroughly disgusted by the comments being made.
I'm hoping all the actors come away from this film hating it.
That way at least we'll know its good…
I've always hated Ellen Page. Up until now, my disdain for her has been admittedly irrational.
It feels good to be vindicated.
I just wish that one time current-"hipster"-Hollywood-actors would surprise us with a new, fresh, thoughtful take on an argument– any argument. Is that too much to ask for?
Dear Christopher Nolan, please keep your actors as quiet as you are as a director because I love your filmmaking.
now, definitely…. not going.
UGHH!!! I was looking forward to seeing this movie with a reunion of old childhood friends. Now I'll either have to bail out and look like a hardcore wignut [they are politically apathetic] or sellout and fell guilty for supporting such fools.
Having principles is definitely an inconvenience sometimes.
Hadn't planned on seeing Inception anyway, I just don't like LD'C, I'll be seeing Nicolas Cage's instead, it looks more interesting.
Hmmm, Inception's opening weekend's a no-brainer now. Double feature for second times of Grown Ups and, assuming it's still in theatres, Iron Man 2. Heck, considering my local AMC already bumped Grown Ups to one of the smaller screens (it made $40 million in week one and banished in week two, you assclowns???), if that's still around next week as well.
P.S. Nolan and/or Warner Bros., please keep your monkeys on tighter leashes.
It's where you progress beyond the "traditional" meaning of intelligence, i.e. being able to assimilate and apply information in a rational and productive manner, and instead embrace idiocy. When people question your counterproductive methods, you simply turn your nose up and call them moronic peasants that just don't have the capacity to understand your elitist ways.
Much like holistic medicine.
The laws of physics break down at the sub atomic level, I believe that's where quantum mechanics kicks in.
And while that is such a perfect set up for a punch line, I will once again I have more class than the entire left combined.
LOL. I think it's funny that all you morons grumbling "oh, I'm not going to see this awesome movie that's getting raved reviews in this summer of crap at the cinema because an actor dared to have a different opinion than me" are still going to see Inception because it's an incredible film. Haha. It's just kinda funny.
I think though this is just typical air headed actors whining.
The film still looks great, and Nolan did make The Dark Knight (AKA the one film that actually had the balls to feature a bad guy terrorist)
I think it's funny, in a rather sad way, that you appear to have no understanding of the concept of principles.
Fuck Leo DiCraprio, fuck Joseph Gordon Loudmouth, fuck Ellen "So God Damn Stupid I Can't Come Up With A Sufficiently Insulting Nickname" Page, and FUCK THIS MOVIE. They couldn't have scared my money away better if they'd tried.
Who gives a rat's ass about Nolan? I don't see why I should support Nolan for being stupid enough to give these idiots a job.
Ellen Page? This spoil, sheltered little sh*tpie better watch her stupid mouth. She WILL cause a reduction in revenue because of people LIKE ME who'll never watch another movie she's in.
I'm one of those you call "morons." Isn't it nice that the web allows you to talk big? Don't worry, my cheek is turned, but you wouldn't dare say that to someone's face, so why say it here? Ohhhh. Because some of these morons (not me) wouldn't allow you to keep standing after that lip.
Smug superiority, Hollywood's nectar. Ellen Page looks like she's well on her way to becoming the next Janeane Garofalo.
Apparently in their cloistered little world, it is just unthinkable, even unimaginable, that a very large swath of the population is conservative.
"How sheltered of a self-involved little bubble does one have to live in to think speaking the term “holistic intelligence” out loud doesn’t automatically qualify you for the All-Time Top Five Moments Of Hollywood Assholery." That and the phrase "butt-boy me-toosim" – Brilliant.
How well you have captured the sentiment that many of us have felt about celebrity royalty as well as the internal conflict of anticipating a film…only to have it rained upon by such destructive snobbery. It highlights the fundamental disconnect between 'us' and 'them.' I'm right there with you. I think a lot of Middle Americans are….
To quote Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "Gafaw, Yup, yup, everything you're sayin' is true…"
I just wish I knew what's in the drinking water out there in Hollywood.
"My vote, however, goes to Ellen Page, who just went from the lovable and spunky Juno to a shorter, joyless, less-likable version of Rachel Maddow."
I was going to say Janeane Garofalo. Same difference.
I couldn't bring myself to watch the video and I do not appreciate people from other countries (Ellen Page) coming here and trash talking our country (and I liked her much better on "Trailer Park Boys" which is a hilarious show made in Nova Scotia.) You fellows and ladies have really enlightened me on these smug actors. It saves me money by not seeing their movies or helping to pad their studios' pockets.
I agree. Even if the morons on the left are incapable of understanding how stupid they are, and how stupid it is to prove it to the world, if a movie is good, its good.
There are some actors who do cross the line for me, and I just can't watch them. Polanski is a director, but when you are a pedophile I don't want anything to with him. Sean Penn is another. I don't care how good an actor he is, when I see him on the screen all I can think of is how much he would love to rip me a new asshole for not agreeing communism is the future.
I'll give this movie a shot when it shows up on my satellite, but when it does, I'll have the memory that most actors in the film think I'm a complete moron for actually understanding the constitution.
Will someone explain to Ellen Page that Dick Cheney is no longer in office? Will someone tell her that he's getting a little long in the tooth and is more than likely not going to seek any office ever again? Will someone ask her to pull her head out her a$$?
I get the impression this little idiot is just regurgitating the nonsense she heard from her liberal parents on their way to acting class, ballet class, pre-teen yoga etc. The Dick Cheney reference was the clue. I was waiting for her to start slamming Nixon!
Think of it as more like an event horizon going into a singularity.
I've been debating whether to see this or not. I've liked Nolan's other movies but something about DiCaprio just rubs me the wrong way. It's not political. It's not his acting. There's just something about him that I find really off putting on a subconscious level. I guess I should thank him for helping me decide to save my money.
A lot of the things Ellen Page was saying Chaney and Palin need would apply equally well, if not better, to herself. People who live in glass houses, baby.
I'll cut Joseph Gordon-Levitt a little slack though since he didn't really join in. Maybe he's just hoping to get into Page's pants.
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They were asked if they could get into somebodies mind (the theme of the movie) who would it be? They weren't asked which political figure or which business executive they would tap into. But they all went political. Well, except for Levitt who just chuckled like a moron then nodded his head like a bigger moron, "Yup! Yup! What you said is right, Ellen! Yup!" Moron.
Any one of them could have chosen someone positive and hoped to learn something powerful. If I was asked I might have chosen Nikola Tesla. Then maybe I would be able to carry on from where his work ended. Or I could have said Thomas Jefferson so that I might have greater insight into how to deal with the problems that our country is facing.
But no. These three went negative and chose politics specifically. That is the point.
I am a huge fan of Nolan and I want to support his work. I just wish I could slap these idiots upside the head. I'd feel soooo much better.
Life's too short. Enjoy the time with your friends. Don't even think about it. In the grand scheme of things what does your fifteen bucks mean anyway?
Oh Ellen Page. *sigh*
I used to like her so much.
Can Ellen Page – herself a Canadian – sound any stupider on the topic of American politics while at the same time trying to sound smart? It's an amazing trick to pull that off. I haven't seen that done so well since the Bowery Boy movies.
Sarah Palin has no compassion? Where did that come from? I can't think of a time where she hasn't displayed significant compassion!
Ellen Page, idiot. Shut up and dance for me, dancer. Say the words in the script and leave the thinking to the adults, please.
Good for you, even though I have no earthly idea what you are talking about.
Wish that would happen to Maddow. Not there yet with her young imitator, but give it time.
I remember watching Dreamscape in the theater. It was a damn good movie with an intriguing plot. The bad guy who was the dream assassin was the same bad guy from Warriors, who had the immortal line, "Warriors! Come out and play!" all while clinking together some Coke bottles with his fingers. Good times.
Me neither…
How anyone can look forward to any Hollywood film any more is beyond me. For one thing, every Hollywood movie today is essentially a tour of the twisted mid of Hollywood screenwriters (and producers and studio heads.) What do we find in those minds? It's bizarre, twisted and repulsive. And they all stumble over each other to see who can be the Koolist Kid, who can be the most shockingly "transgressive" and therefore ever so hip and cutting edge. They haven't known or cared how to write an actual story in decades. They pitch a "concept" and pick the actors before the script is written. The script is written to appeal to the Kool Kidz culture, not middle American audiences. In fact, the script is usually, at some point in the film, meant to insult, vilify and ridicule mainstream Americans and everything they do, say or stand for. Who cares about these people and the vile crap they produce? And how this late in the day can anyone be "disappointed" in them. It's what they are.
Much as I like Nolan I don't waste my money on anything that has DiCaprio in it. Talk about the poster boy for everything that's wrong with today's young male.
Like John, I too love Christopher Nolan. And I was anticipating "Inception."
But now I don't feel guilty in admitting I'm going to see Jerry Bruckheimer's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
Bummer. Because I'm sure Mickey Mouse is rolling over in his grave and "Inception" is probably a mind-blower.
Good point!
"The Warriors" !!
Now THAT was a great movie!
"You watched that thing??
You're braver than I thought!"
Me, if I decide to watch it, I'll get a bootleg copy. Nothing I like better than ensuring that
these buffoonish simpletons don't get my entertainment dollars. If they talked about the creative process, or the making of the movie, that's one thing, but political comment? Their opinions display a holistic level of ignorance that is nearly impossible to grasp.
English may be a second language for me today, but that's pretty much the point I was trying to make, too.
The idiots chose to be idiots when they ought to be promoting the movie they are in.
I don't really care too much what some celebrity thinks about something or other, I'd really rather not know and sort of *try* not to know. But there is a limit to how hard I'm willing to work to try not to know.
It would be nice if we could get a poll to the actors, the directors, and the studio as to how much business they lose by having these "know nothin" actors getting into adult topics they do not understand.
Fuck 'em. The joy I get when these idiots fail is far greater than what I get from the movies they make. I just wish more conservatives felt the same way.
If only they DID alienate half their audience, but 90% of conservatives go see the movie anyway, so there is no penalty for their stupidity.
Seriously, man. I was worried about fighting crowds to get in this flick. Sorceror's Apprentice is looking better and better for that weekend.
Aw man . . . . I like Ellen Page! She's cute as a bug!
Why would she want to hurt my feelings like that?
Let me see . . . . substitute "Ellen Page" with the names of any of a number of actresses towards whom I reflexively feel good will, only to have them dump on my worldview. I should be immune by now.
These folks really, really don't like most of their ticket buyers do they? I wonder how long that will last?
I too was intrigued by the movie's premise. Now I'll pass.
Half their audience? I'd say about 80% of their audience.
Why in god's name do they think I want to know what they think.
Too bad for the movie, the producer can't control his actors…
I'll pass.
What are the first two letters of quantum?
Good grief! The smug levels were really off the charts in those interviews. Would someone please tell those ignorant twits to get over themselves? If I were Christopher Nolan, I'd want to throttle those three.
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Sounds like a different kind of "hole."
Ellen Page? This spoiled, sheltered little sh*tpie better watch her stupid mouth. Movies are losing revenue because of stuff like this, more now days than ever due to the viral-ity of it all. You'd think there'd be an education camp for the newbies in Hollywood, telling them about insulting fans and the bottom line. But nooooooo!. Commie pinkos don't care about no bottom lines.
Good ol Hollywood trashing Republicans to other countries. This interview was to be about your stupid movie. I am sick and tired of politics being on their brain instead of their movies. Yes, I am one of those that will not see movies of any actor that does this crap.
I have a new job opportunity. Directors could hire me to train their brainless talent on how to not offend half, or more , of their target audience. We are talking a lot of money being invested in these movies and conservatives are becoming more and more aware of this kind of stupidity. Thanks Big Hollywood and Andrew Breitbart for leading the way in informing the american people about these know nothing air heads.
I wonder what the excuses are going to be when this flick crash and burns? There have already been a few stories about the plot being too complex for the average movie goer (and I presume the average movie critic). If the flick cost 160 mil then I suspect they have spent and addition 50 or 60 mil on advertising and promotion. Means that it has to hit about 350 mil to break even (depending on the theatre split and whether Leo took a % of first dollar gross).
Actors/Directors, go ahead and insult your prospective audience because sooner or later the money men are going to pull you up short and stop the blank chequebook approach. Would love to see Leo finish his career on limited budgeted, "art" movies because he can't be counted on to deliver an audience.
ELLEN, SO YOUNG, SO IMPRESSIONABLE, SO DAMN STUPID!
BOY SHE HAS IT ALL FIGURED OUT?
GOOD FOR YOU GIRL.
NOW GO SOAK YOUR HEAD IN A BIG BOWL OF GRAPE COMPASSION.
WHAT THE HELL HAS SHE DONE?
I FEEL FOR THE SAP THAT HAS SEX WITH THAT LOSER.
"Likeability" is probably like temperature, in that there's an absolute zero. At zero on the Kelvin scale, it's not physically possible to get any colder. There's probably also a point where it's simply not possible to get any less likeable. Rachel Maddow is to likeability as liquid nitrogen is to temperature, floating at a point just a few degrees above absolute zero.
Maybe we could call this the Olbermann scale.
[...] John Nolte puts it perfectly: Man, I wish I’d never seen this video. I love Christopher Nolan and have been dying to see “Inception.” But goodwill matters and this Terrible Trio of Tactlessness just dropped the needle on that meter way below the half-way point. [...]
For those unwilling to wade into it, the 11th Hour wasn't merely hypocritical. It was also extremely foolish.
Case in point:
At one point in the film, James Woolsey talks about alternative energy being "the killer app to defeat big oil". Big oil allegedly being the enemy.
Of course, what Woolsey fails to comprehend is that "big oil" is actually "big energy". There[s really no such thing as an oil industry per se, it's all part of a larger energy industry. Companies that produce oil also tend to produce natural gas, and have also expanded into ethanol (as I write this, I currently sit less than 10 miles away from the Husky Energy Ethanol plant in Lloydminster, Saskastchewan).
Therefore, it's in "big oil"'s interest to develop new energy technologies — particularly cheaper and renewable energy technologies that present the prosepct of great profit.
It seems to the rational individual that what individuals like Woolsey — and DiCaprio — should actually want is to attract "big oil" — who currently control one of the largest pools of investment capital — to alternative energy R&D, not destroy "big oil" because you don't like their politics.
(I swore I would never shamelessly self-promote here on the Big sites, but there's more here: http://nexusofassholery.blogspot.com/search/label... .)
Personally, I'd like to see this film compared to "The Adjustment Bureau". I know Matt Damon is rather committed to his left-wing beliefs, but doesn't the film seem rather… libertarian?
Frankly, I think she comes across as a Jr Janeane Garofalo.
"the All-Time Top Five Moments Of Hollywood Assholery"….
Please, Mr. Nolte, please make this the title of your next post!!
Or perhaps you could have a contest- we could all contribute our favorites!! What summer fun!!!
Perhaps I'll go to the local cineplex, pay to see another movie then sneak in to Inception thus depriving them of a little income, rewarding some deserving movie and striking a blow for intelligence and against pseudo-intellect.
Di Caprio, Page, Maddow — IQ measured at 0° Olbermann, I kinda like that.
I agree with most of you that the opinions expressed in this interview were atrocious – but that's nothing new. Most Hollywood actors are rather left-leaning. DiCaprio is still a great actor (as evidenced by his roles in Blood Diamond and The Departed). So are Gordon-Levitt and Page. You have to be able to separate their personal political views from their acting work. Christopher Nolan is a brilliant writer/director and I still believe that Inception will prove to be the best movie of this summer, or in a long time for that matter. Even impartial reviews of it have been extremely positive. I am willing to put my personal political disagreements with the actors aside in order to both enjoy their performances, and what I'm sure is simply also a good movie. Its entertainment – you just enjoy it for what it is!
Wait…Juno is trying to lecture us??
Can you say Netflix? I can wait four months.
A few thoughts:
Ms. Page's most recent released project is a series of commercials for Cisco, where she plays herself going back home and being all amazed and stuff about what they can do with computers and the internet and everything.
I thought Mr. Gordon-Levitt was reacting perfectly naturally, as he laughed at what Ms. Page was saying about the current bogeymen the left fear, and how she want to remove the fear and replace it with holistic intelligence. But then I realized he was laughing because he agreed, not because he thought she was making a joke. "Hahahah, hilaaarious. Oh, you were serious. Oh. Yeah, it's all true."
If you're going into someone's dream, and building a "Dreamscape" if you will, and you have control over it, why does it always look like you're assembling building blocks or running earthquake footage in reverse? I saw all that in Dark City.
I like Christopher Nolan– especially "The Dark Knight." Do you not like Nolan? He's the only reason I was looking forward to this.
Well, at least Michael Caine has class!
It's not just a different opinion, it's the fact they insult the people who hold that opinion. I don't care if you think different, but if you're gonna call me names when you do… I'll put my cash back in my wallet or spend it on someone who's not gonna do that. Stallone's prolly a liberal, along with most of the cast of the Expendables, but I'm gonna see the mess out that movie if they don't insult me for holding opinions on a subject they aren't qualified in.
*MissQuinn*
Fewer tattoos. I think.
Dear Ms. Page,
If Sarah Palin lacks compassion, explain the birth of Trig to me.
Sincerely,
Mike In Kokomo
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