Here. Offers further proof that conservatives are seriously insane in the membrane. Here's the list, and my thoughts on it...
25. Gran Torino
I haven't seen it, but I'm guessing that because the plot appears to be Heroic White Man Saves Brown People From Themselves, yes, probably Republican ideology.
24. Team America: World Police
Ummmmmm. Yes, the liberals of Hollywood get made fun of, but so do ridiculous neocons. So does everyone. That's kind of the point. Did you miss that it's called Team America: World Police? Did you miss "America, Fuck Yeah", for God's sake?!
23. United 93
Reasoning? "Because the terrorists were portrayed as bad guys." We liberals just love terrorists, obviously, especially the ones that attacked America on 9/11. Fuck you in the ear, you guys, seriously. And by "you guys" I mean "the people who wrote this list" and "those terrorists," by the way.
22. Brazil
Um... WUT. IIRC their reasoning for this is totally ridiculous and basically criticizes the Bush/Cheney years. What in the holy hell.
21. Heartbreak Ridge
Never heard of it.
20. Gattaca
I've seen it, but I don't remember this one.
19. We Were Soldiers
Never saw it. It probably shows war as ~perfect~ or something, though.
18. The Edge
Never heard of it.
17. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
No arguments from me, actually. It's pretty blatant Christian allegory which I suppose is conservative.
16. Master and Commander
Because... they have war and stuff? I guess.
15. Red Dawn
Haven't seen it.
14. A Simple Plan
I saw it a long time ago, and I can't imagine how this is conservative. Wonkette needs to post all these write-ups right now so I can keep laughing at them.
13. Braveheart
It's Mel Gibson, so yes, it's probably conservative. The last time I saw it was junior year of high school and I absolutely despised it, so I have no desire to return to this one.
12. The Dark Knight
um... NO. Yes, Batman relies on increased surveillance (part of the reason why they claim The Lives of Others and Brazil are apparently conservative is because they're AGAINST increased surveillance though!) and terrible torture methods, but did they miss the part where these techniques failed miserably and he destroyed the super-surveillance thing at the end? Duh-duh-duh-duh-dumb.
11. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Again, um... NO. I'm pretty sure Peter Jackson and Viggo Mortensen had interviews where they described how the Eye of Sauron represented Bush and whatnot. I'd go into more detail, but really my mind is spotty when I come to LotR trivia. I might be a geek, but I'm not that big a geek.
10. Ghostbusters
What the fuck? Apparently it's because the bad guy works for a regulatory agency or something, but still. What the fuck?
9. Blast from the Past
Never heard of it.
8. Juno
LOLZ. Because she keeps the baby and there's a pro-life protestor outside the clinic (who comes off as stupid). Yes, she keeps the baby, and she chooses to keep it after having pre-marital sex and then, at the end, she gives it to an unwed mother, which we all know, according to Ann Coulter, are the source of all horrible things on Earth or something. No. Stop trying to make Juno into Bristol, conservatives.
7. The Pursuit of Happyness
Because the guy pulls himself up by the bootstraps, I guess. Awww, see, that's what the Republicans think... if one negro can do it, they all can!
6. Groundhog Day
...what? This makes even less sense than Ghostbusters. Also, I guess Harold Ramis is a conservative filmmaker? Um... right.
5. 300
LOfuckingL. I knew this ludicrously homoerotic film would be on here. Seriously, why the hell was it even made other than to be like, "GAAAAYYYY!!!" I guess they portray war as something GREAT!!!!! so it's conservative, but this proves, once and for all, that conservatives have virtually zero sense of humor.
4. Forrest Gump
Um... I guess. I know a lot of film snobs are all like "OMG REPUBLICAN VALUES, THIS FILM SUCKS SO MUCH BLARG BLARG," but maybe not (even if it was true, that wouldn't be a reason to dismiss the film). I think these people project a lot. You could say a very liberal lifestyle is what destroys Jenny, but a very conservative lifestyle destroys Lt. Dan. Ugh, I can't remember the rest, but there were other things to prove that it's more liberal than it is conservative.
3. Metropolitan
Never saw it.
2. The Incredibles
...huh? I've heard some people think there's Randian stuff in here, or something, or they think the villain is a Socialist/Communist because he wants everyone to have superpowers (right?), but... I just... no...
1. The Lives of Others
I think I saw the write-up for this one and it's basically a joke. They decry everything that happened in the Bush presidency. I give up on these people. But you let me keep my Lives of Others, Republicans. It's a really good movie and it's all subtle and OMG SUBTITLED!!! FURRENERS!!!! so you wouldn't want it anyway.
What really irritates me is that the conservatives are always like WAAAH LIBRUL MEEEEEDIA!!! and then they claim the biggest films of the past few years, such as Lord of the Rings and The Dark Knight, are conservative. You can't have it both ways, morans (that's a pro-war demonstrator, of course). Oh, and this list is only from the past twenty-five years because they didn't want to have to explain to their base why Birth of a Nation isn't on there. Big eye-roll.
