Review of An American Carol (2008) by Zane U — 05 Jun 2009

Probably the only thing I enjoyed about this movie was that it defied Hollywood liberal-ese, and provided a dose of conservativism that is all too often ignored. However, they are soooooo conservative, and ham-handedly so, that the messages of the film border on dangerous regardless of your ideological views.

It's been about a week since I watched so my examples may not be perfect, but war isn't simply justified in certain instances but is glorified without regards to situations that may rationalize war as opposed to those that don't.

Also, it seems ignorant of the liberal viewpoint, breaking them down into stereotypes so cartoonish and lacking any bearing in reality that I can't imagine this movie being persuasive to any group because conservatives are the only ones who would watch this thing and they already believe the BS that it is spitting.

If the filmmakers would have distinguished the viewpoints in a more subtle way and portrayed the opposition (liberals) as real rational humans, than this could've been a decent and important film instead of an Epic Movie or Meet the Spartans for the political set.