Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Corner’s Best Conservative Movies

I think they’re TRYING to copy/update THIS.  But the quarter century limit seems to have produced some strange entries, like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at #17.  I’m not comfortable even calling that a good film, let alone one of the Best Conservative films in recent memory.  (I also wonder if everyone means the same thing by “conservative” here.  Some of the blurbs would suggest otherwise.  That’s what Stuttaford THOUGHT, too.)

#25 - GRAN TORINO
#24 - TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
#23 - UNITED 93
#22 - BRAZIL
#21 - HEARTBREAK RIDGE
#20 - GATTACA
#19 - WE WERE SOLDIERS
#18 - THE EDGE
#17 - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE
#16 - MASTER AND COMMANDER
#15 - RED DAWN
#14 - A SIMPLE PLAN
#13 - BRAVEHEART
#12 - THE DARK KNIGHT
#11 - THE LORD OF THE RINGS
#10 - GHOSTBUSTERS
#9 - BLAST FROM THE PAST
#8 - JUNO
#7 - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
#6 - GROUNDHOG DAY
#5 - 300
#4 - FOREST GUMP
#3 - METROPOLITAN
#2 - THE INCREDIBLES
#1 - THE LIVES OF OTHERS

As I look at some of these selections, I come to the realization that “Best” is clearly meant to modify “Conservative” here, and not “Movies.”  Because I can only think of about 5 or 6 of these that I would consider great films.  (A correlary: I don’t think the order is important.  At least I sure hope it isn’t.  If 300 and Forest Gump are towards the top of just about any list, I’m not thrilled. )

Posted by Father Barry at 22:00:00
Comments

4 Responses to “The Corner’s Best Conservative Movies”

  1. Ignoramus says:
    March 10, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    What are those five?

    And I would LOVE to see your own list.

  2. Anonymous says:
    March 10, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    Maybe Brazil, Gattaca, maybe Master and Commander, The Dark Knight, and The Lives of Others. (There are also a couple of others that might be great, but that I haven’t seen. The Duck raves about A Simple Plan.)

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    March 26, 2009 at 7:07 pm

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  4. Jen says:
    April 27, 2009 at 3:34 am

    I agree about a lot of those, and some I haven’t seen yet but have *heard* things that would back up the decision to include them. (“Lives of Others”? Heck, yeah!)

    …but Ghostbusters? Seriously? And isn’t “Blast from the Past” about a cryogenically-frozen Brendan Frasier? Admitting upfront I haven’t seen it yet, but still…I’m pretty skeptical…

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