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A "cult of personality" is created when the media casts a leader in a heroic or godlike image, combined with unquestioning praise and flattery for that person even though they have accomplished nothing in their political career.
A hallmark for dictatorships throughout history, cults of personality have been used to dupe the public ( primarily the youth ) into believing they're part of a movement, when they are fed empty slogans which they parrot without question.
Mr. Barrack Obama a covert muslim communist, His role in the historical drama that is being played before us, is he will preside over the U.S. Perestroika, socio-political restructuring, further police state inegration under the ficticious threat of more terror.
The elite overlords who promote him, want to further humiliate the U.S. by slapping us in the face ( adding insult to injury ) with a Muslim President and whose name ryme with Osama, that is if you follow the official story line or myth of the war on terror. I know them like the back of my hand, I think like they ( elite overlords ) do.
An extreme example of 'cult of personality' is the dear leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il where he is practically worshipped as god of the peasants and armed forces of North Korea.
Kinsey's fraudalent human sexuality research was in fact Rockefeller Foundation sponsored sexaul liberation, social engineering for the purposes of socio-political control and enslavement of the sheeple (see eugenecist Aldux Huxley's concentration camp of the mind ), that serve the elites very well. Couple this with rabid eugenecist Margeret Sanger's ( planned parenthood founder ) promotion of abortion - was also sponsored by this tax free foundation. All this points to the fact that our culture is run by elites in power following occult traditions, doing the bidding of the dark side.
Social engineers at advertising agencies, in consent with well known companies sell more than the products we are familiar with, this case is an example of how the masses also get branded into acceptance of homosexual alternative lifestyles that go against nature. indeed the insane are running the asylum. The cultural subversion is complete, where we once protected children from homosexuals... a little less than twenty years ago - now are given to them for odoption.
WARNING: grotesque, objectionable video for more sensitive individuals.
June 27 is remarkable because of several reasons. Firstly, my big sis is getting married and I’m hosting the wedding, but it’s personal.
Secondly, Wanted and Wall-E premiere this day. It’s gonna be a great Friday.
No use to talk about Wanted as I’ve already said much about it. Let’s check Wall-E. It’s created by Finding Nemo creators and tells us a story about the last robot on earth in year 2700. The robot is tasked with cleaning up the planet after humanity has trashed and abandoned it. He spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he discovers what he was meant for.
Check the trailer, and don’t forget to watch the flick on Friday.
My upcoming essay, "Bildung in Hollywood", centers around Naomi Foner's Oscar-nominated screenplay for the 1988 film, Running on Empty (dir Sidney Lumet, w River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti), The trailer for Running can be found here.
The McFreeds report on the weekend's activities...
We finished up the 6 month long Hitchcock film retrospective that Baltimore's The Charles Theatre held this year with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief. Our friend Julie again tagged along. This clip gives you a great hint at what to enjoy when you catch it on DVD or a theatre near you. This was the first time Stefan had seen this one! We were sad to see this go, but we really enjoyed the retrospective and so did a ton of other people. We saw Rear Window, Vertigo, Dial M for Murder (in 3D no less!), and To Catch A Thief together; and Sean caught The Birds with our friend Julie (who also saw Vertigo and Thief with us). We can't wait to see what is next!
Of the two comedies that opened this week, the wife, my friend Mike and myself saw Get Smart instead of The Love Guru. And it turned out to be a pretty good choice.
Granted, Get Smart is a flawed movie. It is a caper film that really doesn't hold up to close scrutiny. But the quality of the acting made watching the film an enjoyable experience.
Don't be misled by the trailer. This film is less a comedy with action than an action comedy. In fact, the tone is just a little bit sillier than a Lethal Weapon and about equal, if not slightly more serious that the Rush Hour films.
There were a lot of nice touches in the film. Maxwell Smart, played excellently by Steve Carell, is portrayed not as a bumbling incompetent but rather as an inexperience novice. He does screw up, but he learns from his mistakes and grows from them. I really liked that aspect of the character.
Anne Hathaway is beautiful and charming, as she always is. She plays her character fairly well. Dwayne Johnson oozes charn and charisma as Agent 23, and Alan Arkin, who is a god of comedy, in my opinion, simply rocks as the Chief. He brings joy and humor to every aspect of his role, and pretty much lights up the screen.
However, there are things that keep this from being the perfect movie. The romance between Carell and Hathaway is not terribly believeable. I'd imaging that the powers that be felt this might be the case, and thought it was because of the differences in ages. There is a clumsy bit of exposition that pops up in the first act where it is revealed that Hathaway's character is actually older than she really is (her character having plastic surgery is a subplot). It was almost as if the movie makers were saying "See! She might look 15 years younger! But they are really the same age! Therefore, you should believe the hint of romance!"
But the age difference wasn't what made the romance unbelievable. It was that they didn't give it time to develop. They go from a casual flirtation to ga-ga almost instantiously. It is jarring and not terribly believable.
And the identity of the mole in CONTROL could be guessed halfway through by almost anyone who has ever seen a movie before. However, his betrayal is never explained and his motivations are never made clear.
There are a bunch of great homages to the TV show, which is the case with any adaptation. The choice of actor to play Hymie is great and spot on.
All in all, Get Smart is a good movie if you are looking for a fun summer flick where you don't have to think too hard and want a good laugh.
Sean mourns the passing of a legend...
Her name was Tula Ellice Finklea when she was born in Amarillo, Texas, on March 8, 1922. From her earliest years she was called Sid, because her older brother couldn't say "sister." She was a sickly girl who started dancing lessons to build up her strength after a bout with polio. She took up ballet to strengthen her body. The skills she took her from Texas to around the world. She got a big break dancing in Singin' In The Rain and never looked back through the hey day of the Hollywood musical, all on the best legs in the business. Cyd Charisse has danced her last dance for us. She passed last night after a heartattack at the age of 86.
Here is her first big impression on the silver screen, Singin' In The Rain's "Broadway Melody" sequence. Wait for the 4:46 minute where the beautiful pairing of Gene Kelly and Cyd in a ballet duet with a 25 foot scarf will just amazes you. (9:02 minutes)
Cyd could dance with the best of them! Here she is in my favorite dance with her. Her partner? Fred Astaire. This is the "Dancing in The Dark" sequence from The Band Wagon. This was later famously remade with Steve Martin and Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live. The choreography of this is timeless and romantic. (4:32 minutes)
Cyd excelled in many of her films. This little seen film, It's Always Fair Weather, contains my third favorite dance by her - "Baby You Knock Me Out." Never a singer really, her voice is dubbed here by Carol Richards. How they got all those very old guys to dance so well I will never know. Watch her skirt. They weighted it to make the skirt flow as it did. Great movie by the way and worth your time, if you love musicals. (2:40 minutes)
I hope she is dancing her way up to heaven now. Thanks Cyd!
Bonus Video! Here is Cyd (at 67!) doing a cameo at the 2:58 minute of this Janet Jackson video for the song "Alright." This was the first time I ever saw Cyd and I never forgot it. Enjoy! (8:24 minutes)
The wife and I, and a whole gaggle of my friends, went to see The Incredible Hulk this past weekend. The general consensus is that it was really good.
This is more a sequel to the TV show than a sequel to the Ang Lee film, which is good because the TV show "got" the Hulk much better than that previous movie.
The origin is revamped and explained very succinctly over the opening credits. It told you exactly what you needed to know without telling you what you didn't. Many comic book movies have the perceived problem of being bogged down with an origin story. If more films presented the origin this way, there wouldn't be a problem.
The acting was first rate all around, and, for the most part, better than the Ang Lee version. Edward Norton was good as he always is. Same with Tim Roth, who was badass as the bad guy even before his transformation. I was especially impressed with Liv Tyler. I kind of always thought of her acting as being kind of "eh" but she really did a good job in this film.
The only actor who I think was a step down from the previous cast is William Hurt. He did a good job, don't get me wrong, and physically he was an almost exact match with the comic version of General Ross, but he wasn't the grizzled soldier than Sam Elliot was.
Another actor who coluld be considered a bad addition was Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns. In this film, he is a minor character. So it is kind of jarring to see Nelson ham it up on screen. But when you consider who the character turns out to be, the acting actually makes sense.
The final scene was, like the first movie, a CGI fest. But, unlike the last one, it was clear and easy to see. And exciting and with a villain who not only posed a threat to the Hulk, but also wasn't a lake.
The film is filled with easter eggs for fans of the TV and comic book, from Bill Bixby appearing on a TV screen to Stan Lee and Lou Ferringno having their cameos bumped up to small roles to Banner's dog being named Rick.
The Incredible Hulk was a great comic book movie which got right what Ang Lee got wrong.
HOGWARTS CASTLE, ENGLAND – In a move that will certainly infuriate many Harry Potter purists, producers for the new Harry Potter movie are, for the first time, dramatically departing from the script put forth by J.K. Rowling in her books, by adding in a steamy, Lolita-style sex scene starring Hermione, played by Emma Watson.
“We just thought, these books are all sort of the same,” said one of the film’s producers, Jon Dempsey. “So we are going to spice this one up a bit, and see if we can fire up a little interest. We looked at all the characters, and we decided that the one that is the hottest is Emma, so we decided that Hermione should maybe get a little action in the next movie. And that’s what we’re going to do.”
The producers apparently debated long and hard as to whether Hermione should hook up with Ron Weasley, as expected, or even Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe. However, after much debate, they decided that the most compelling course of events would be to have her and Dumbledore engage in a little romantic tussle.
“Yeah, some people are going to object to a centuries-old wizard engaging in a sexual encounter with a junior high school student. But those muggles are freaking lame. I mean, it’s the year 2008—if you can’t handle a little bit of cloak-knocking and wand-rocking, then you need to lighten up.”
Many associated with the film thought that filming the scene would present some challenges, but it turns out that it was able to be canned with just one take.
“The scene is hot,” said one producer, who asked to remain nameless. “Let’s just say this. Emma Watson is one fine young lady. And so when ol’ Dumbledore was in her presence, he was obviously very aroused. And so it made for some great cinema. Wingardium leviosa. You know what I mean?”
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