“Stop Loss” Fails to Stop Losses of Hollywood’s Anti-Military Feature Film Genre
Terry Trippany on Mar 31 2008 at 6:55 am | Filed under: Feature Article, Movie Review
Who would have figured that Hollywood would suffer another slap in the face by crapping out another in a series of anti-military movies begging soldiers to turn their backs on their country in a time of war?
Most soldiers don’t buy this crap and neither does middle America. Thus when your target audience is parked outside of recruiting stations in Berkeley or fire bombing them in New York City we probably could have predicted that the much touted (in moron circles) anti-military screed “Stop Loss” would suffer a typical dismal opening; coming in at 8th place at a time when most theaters filled seats on releases from earlier weeks.
Good riddance. The word is out.
Movie Phone’s user community gave it 4/5 stars. Of course only 12 people bothered to review the movie. The “Stop Loss” friendly community of movie goers over at rotten tomatoes only gave it a 60% favorable rating. Good for most movies until you figure out that the only people going to see Stop Loss are the same people still wetting their pants in mourning over Abu Ghraib.
Keep it up Hollywood. With this track record you’ll likely chase newspapers into the dustbin of obscurity until you get a clue and change your tune.
See Also: Libertas
Hollywood, soldiers, middle America, Berkeley, Stop Loss
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