Navigating the Gender Pass with ‘Gunga Din’

I have always thought that men and women are different. 

No kidding, professor.

No, really, they are. I don’t mean in all the right places, of course, but somewhere else, with movies, in enjoying the things we see in the movies. 

I remember seeing Gunga Din (1939) for the first time and knowing from the opening shot that this was my kind of film. This was a guy film. Not a wishy-washy movie filled up with dance numbers and kissing scenes, but a guy flick. Great guy stuff was in this movie, and I was sold on it from the first pounding of that thunderous mighty gong. When Alfred Newman’s score turned from playful to ominous faster than you can say, ‘trouble in Tantrapur’, I knew I was in for a good one. This was the kind of movie you watched on a Saturday afternoon with your dad or with your pals. This was adventure!  (more…)

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Posted May 21st 2009 at 5:58 pm in Entertainment, Politics | 1387383 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smann/2009/05/21/navigating-the-gender-pass-with-gunga-din/Navigating+the+Gender+Pass+with+%27Gunga+Din%272009-05-22+00%3A58%3A22Schizoid+Mann

…And One More Thing About That Top 25 List

Maybe something in me hates a list…but I’ve been reading with equal parts horror, amusement, and genuine interest as the Big Hollywood community discusses and debates National Review’s top 25 picks for “The Best Conservative Movies.”

I can’t help but focus on the horror right now, call me twisted. Ben Shapiro, did you really suggest that the concept that “art ennobles” is a “liberal cliche”? If this is what “conservatives” actually believe, is it any wonder that liberals consistently make better films? I cannot fathom why anyone would cede such a broad truism to the “liberal” cause. Go ahead and give them Mom and apple pie while you’re at it. (more…)

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Tags: 300, Lean on Me, Lives of Others, NRO Best Conservative Films, Remember the Titans
Posted Feb 17th 2009 at 2:02 pm in Entertainment, Political Humor | 5347882 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mflynn/2009/02/17/53478/...And+One+More+Thing+About+That+Top+25+List2009-02-17+22%3A02%3A27Maura+Flynn