August 6, 2011
A Ridley Scott Movie for Conservatives
For maybe a decade now, I've been conducting a one-man boycott of Hollywood. Even so, I eventually see some new movies on cable, but I don't pay to see them in the theatre. And now that I have my 1080p Vizio HDTV, not seeing flicks in the theatre isn't a big deal. The reason I'm not supporting Hollywood (by buying first-run movie tickets) is that I'm put off by Hollywood celebrities who use their privileged station in society to espouse their wacky and un-American views.
My boycott isn't absolute, however, as I make exceptions for movies I want to support. For instance, as a fan of novelist Cormac McCarthy, I saw No Country for Old Men in the theatre (and the Coen boys did a great job of adapting the book). Despite such exceptions, I've probably been seeing less than one movie a year in the theatre over the last decade.
So my boycott has kept me until just recently from seeing the 2010 movie I'm recommending to conservatives: director Ridley Scott's Robin...(Read Full Article)




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