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mkstokes
Reviews
Point of Order! (1964)
The McCarthyism Myth just won't die
I agree with a previous commentor that this should be required viewing for all American students but for very different reasons. This person commented that "... Communists had infiltrated Hollywood and the American government, indeed, all the way to the Executive Branch." But this was never McCarthy's goal, that is, to rid America of Communist. Actually, the problem was not communism as much as it was Soviet spies. Now I know the liberal lie is different but ask yourself this question. Have you ever heard of the Venona Project? No, you haven't? That's sad! Why? Because the Venona Project was a military intelligent project that succeeded in decrypting Soviet spy messages to agents with the United States government and Hollywood.
McCarthy was neither an "evil person", an "American anti-hero", nor were "families and lives ... destroyed." If you get a chance to read and follow the research of Ann Coulter's "Treason" you'll see what I'm talking about. But I doubt that most liberals will. That fact is that this film is very "riveting" is not in question. But it is very "partisan", especially after you read about Alger Hiss (confirmed Soviet Spy who's life was hardly ruined) have the ear of the President of the United States. Here's a tip, please review this film and then read about Whittaker Chambers (informant who was slandered as being a "faggot"), Alger Hiss (Soviet spy), Julius Rosenberg (Soviet spy), Laurence Duggan (Soviet spy), Harry Dexter White (Soviet spy), The Hollywood Ten (Soviet spies).
Crossroads (2002)
Better than expected
When I rented this movie from Blockbuster I assumed that it would be terrible because of what all the critics had to say. Was it predictable? Yes. But just because its predictable doesn't make it a bad movie. Let's be honest. Almost every movie that comes out of Hollywood these days is predictable. In fact, we count the predictability of movies (see Episode II, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc.) I know the movies that I listed were scripted from books most films are. That being said, I think that no matter how good the movie was it was doomed because too many people love to hate Britney Spears. From a purely objective standpoint, I feel that the movie was very good and Britney's acting was fantastic! I can't wait to see her on the silver screen again.