Do you refuse to see movies that star republican actors/actresses...

[Shell Beau]

even if you really want to see the movie?

If I want to see a movie, I'll go regardless.

[Lindacooks]

1. Yep! I have never seen a Schwarzzenegger movie

or however the hell his stupid name is spelled.

And I never will.

Usually, Repukes who make movies make movies that I don't want to see anyway.

[Shell Beau]

6. Well I wouldn't want to see any of his

movies anyway!

[libhill]

19. Amen to that

I never cared for Schwarzenegger in the first place, even before he got so political-

[jobycom]

7. Well, that could be a statement on talent, not politics.

He's not the roundest reel on the projector.

[Lindacooks]

51. Yes, I've found that most Repukes are talentless.

They are excellent crooks and liars, however.

[jobycom]

2. No. I respect artists, or fascimiles thereof, too much to judge their work

by their politics.

I'll judge teh person by their politics, just not their work.

[Modem Butterfly]

3. No, but we don't see movies with $cientologists in them

Or Mel Gibson.

:puke:

[Initech]

68. I'll definately pass on future Tom Cruise movies from now on.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. yes, because most GOP actors are bad actors

robert duvall being the lone exception

[matcom]

5. nope. totally rediculous

juvenile even. if its a movie i want to see i'll see it.

[Shell Beau]

10. I'm with you. I asked b/c

I found out Vince Vaughn is a one. I think he is funny in his movies. So, it wouldn't prevent me from watching him.

[Strawman]

8. I went to see "Million Dollar Baby," so I guess not

[Taverner]

16. Thing is, Clint is a RINO who makes lefty-themed movies

"Million Dollar Baby", "Unforgiven", "Mystic River" are all very liberal themes.

Clint was only a Repub because his friends were.

[youspeakmylanguage]

29. Clint is much more of a Libertarian...

He's a hell of an actor and director, one of the best, but he's also a selfish curmudgeon who mainly opposes "big government" for his own personal reasons. Read about how he went ballistic over putting in a wheelchair ramp at a hotel he owned. You'll have to Google for the details.

[youspeakmylanguage]

31. What if the director is liberal and the actors are conservative? (n/t)

[Taverner]

42. Yep. Also anti union for his Hogs Breath restaraunt

but at the same time, against the war in Iraq and pro choice as they come. Rumor has it he met Ann Coulter and called her a fascist <c word>.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

46. Well I hope he pays them as good or better than the union.

But, he called Coulter a fascist c***?!?!?!?! Go Clint!

[libhill]

77. Hey

if the swastika arm band fits - you know the saying -

[youspeakmylanguage]

48. I think he is much more representative of the average American voter...

...than Coulter or Limbaugh or any of the freepers. Sadly, I think his self-interested view of the free market and any regulations or unionizing that may interfere with his ability to make a buck mirrors how a large part of the "silent majority" feels, and the Repugs have managed to tap into that.

[miss_kitty]

86. she's earned every letter of the c word

more than once, I might add.

[tjdee]

9. No, but they're never great films anyway.

I do not count Mel Gibson in this category because although he's very conservative, he is not a Republican as far as I know.

[Shell Beau]

12. What about Clint Eastwoods films?

I was pretty sure Mel considered himself repub.

[tjdee]

23. Clint Eastwood films I don't dig so much.

This goes back to what I was saying in another thread.

Clint's films have all the ingredients, all the technical parts that add up to "good movie"...but they lack oomph or heart somehow. Lots of people disagree with me, LOL. And he is very liberal in some ways, too, so I'm not sure it's a Republican thing.

And that's Clint as a director. Clint as an actor blows IMO. I think he's got one face: angsty.

Mel...if he's a Republican that would be a surprise to me.

[lpbk2713]

11. I don't care for Heston as an actor

And Raygun ..... to call him an actor (outside of politics of course) in ludicrous. He was downright pathetic on the screen.

The rest aren't even worthy of mentioning.

[Shell Beau]

13. Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, and I

like Vince Vaughn.

[libhill]

26. But Raygun did

make one movie with W. - I think it was called Bedtime for Bonzo. No, on second thought, I guess that was before Chimpy's time -

[lpbk2713]

32. Must have been Prescott

LOL.

[libhill]

14. I'm kind of the same way

I have some of Charlton Heston's old epics on DVD / video cassette, movies like Ben-Hur, El Cid, The Ten Commandments. I guess you have to learn to separate the art from the artist, because I enjoy these old epics, even though I never liked Heston's politics. It's only entertainment, after all -

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. I wait until they go out of the "recent releases" bin at the rental place

in order to minimize their income & bragging rights.

[Cooley Hurd]

17. I wouldn't if there was an ACTUAL repug actor with talent...

...still looking for one.;)

[Shell Beau]

18. They are few and far between.

[burythehatchet]

20. yes, both of them.

[Shell Beau]

25. Ha ha ha!

There certainly aren't a lot of them. At least really good ones.

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

21. Actually, yes I do, sometimes

For example, I would never see a Britney Spears film. Okay, so she's only done one and it was an abysmal flop. But you get the idea. :D Nor would I buy any of her music.

Same with Tom Cruise.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

22. Why wouldn't you see TC? Is it the Scientology?

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

35. Well, based upon the likelihood that he is Republican

as a consequence of that.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

36. He's a big time Demo. Here's his donations.

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Tom_Cruise.php

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

50. Oh, I take it back then. He's kosher, I guess.

:D

[Left_Winger]

24. I've never really given it much thought...

as to a particular actor or actresses political leanings. I did meet someone who refuses to watch Northern Exposure because Janine Turner has become a born again Christian. IMHO, that's just beyond my ability to understand as the show was, and always be, one of the all time greatest.

[Shell Beau]

27. What would her having become a

born again have to do with the show? That is just silly.

[Left_Winger]

30. I agree

Like I said, it is just beyond my ability to comprehend.

:shrug:

[enigmatic]

28. I've never really thought about it

the big names mentioned (outside of Eastwood), I really don't care for anyway..

[Kathy in Cambridge]

33. I could care less what party they belong to

but as it happens, most of my favorite movies are made by liberals.

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. No. I'm mature, so I don't judge art on the politics of the people in it.

That's just fuckin' dumb.

[Shell Beau]

41. Well some may argue that you are giving them money and

in turn somehow supporting the repubs. I know, I think it is silly too, but some there are some out there.

[JohnKleeb]

37. Of course not thats absurd

Using that context, I dont see Coppolla's the Godfather and that is arguably the best movie ever.

[auburngrad82]

38. I only boycott the ones that suck

Like Ahnold, Bruce Willis and most Mel Gibson.

[NNadir]

39. Mostly. My wife and I had a fight twenty years ago because I refused

to let her watch Rambo while we were in a hotel together. It was before we married.

Even my kids know about this fight and I have sworn, should she ever wish to watch Rambo, I will not interfere. Sometimes when the issue (which she still insists was a reflection of my "controlling" personality) I offer to go out and rent the movie.

She really doesn't want to watch it though.

I have learned to relax a little.

Recently, I bought a movie with the senile old nutcase Charlton Heston in it. It was Branaugh's Hamlet. Actually the old nut was pretty good in the role, but I felt weird watching Heston, I must admit.

I also watched Being John Malkovitch, but I didn't realize at that time that Malkovitch was a neocon. I actually liked that movie too, although Malkovitch himself was only a small part of the movie.

Mostly, I skip 'em though.

[Felix Mala]

40. I like some of the decisions Bruce Willis has made regarding

roles, especially 12 Monkeys, Fifth Element, Sixth Sense and Breakfast of Champions... (I know, I know. I'm a Vonnegut fan from the beginning of time, but the truth is B of C, at least Willis's part, is dead on with the book.) So it goes.

[jobycom]

54. Bruce Willis is a respectable talent

Not Brando or Deniro, mind you, but still good. He gets flamed because of his Die Hard roles, and people ignore some of the more interesting things he's done, like the films you mention. Also, Death Becomes Her, The Kid, and Unbreakable.

[Felix Mala]

72. I thought I was only person on earth who likes Death Becomes Her

so I didn't list that one, but I do like it. Although Meryl Streep is a little over the top in some scenes.

[dissent1977]

56. And Bruce Willis was in The Siege

It may have seemed like a mediocore film when it was first released, but watch it today and you will see that it was ahead of it's time. It has striking parallels with the post 9/11 racist police state we seem to be moving into right now.

Anyone who rejects this movie because a Republican is in it would be missing out on a movie that if it were released today would be viewed as a very anti-Bush regime film.

[Beware the Beast Man]

66. IMO, Bruce Willis is a hell of an actor.

Didn't care much for him until his role in "Pulp Fiction." And of course, he was excellent in "the Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable."

[Felix Mala]

73. I was a big Moonlighting fan. The guy is sexy, too. Not too many

Republicans get my motor started...

[WCGreen]

43. Most of their movies suck....

But if there is a good one out there, I could care less who made it...

Listen, the right wing wackos can't survive with out enemies....

We have ideas and ideals on our side....

In the long run, that is what wins....


You would be better off boycotting a business than a movie ......

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

44. I will see the movie 99% of the time

but not anything with Mel Gibson, his company or the company behind "The Chronicles of Narnia." Run of the mill GOP isn't terrible, the people listed above are.

I did see "The Passion," snuck in, and can't believe that wasn't rated X. There's just something about a Holocaust denier that puts him over the edge.

[libhill]

79. In my opinion

it makes him a certifiable nut case - but that's just me.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

85. certifiable nut case

is a nice way to put it.

[deadparrot]

45. Most movies featuring a RW whack

are movies that wouldn't appeal to me anyways (ie, Mel Gibson or Schwarzenegger). The movies I see are more of the artsy, foreign variety, or documentaries, etc.

[Blue-Jay]

47. No way! Art is art.

Movies, art, music, theatre, etc.... That's when I have to drop the partisanship and just enjoy.

Of course if the movie ends up stinking, I'll call the star a Republican motherfucker just for principle.

:D

[Zuni]

49. I couldn't give a flying fuck who they vote for

If it looks good, I'll watch it

[TheMightyFavog]

57. That's right.

I mean, look at Dennis Miller, today, he's a RW hack of a shithead, but, back in the day, he was the best Weekend Update anchor SNL ever had, and unless somone who can top him comes along, I won't take that away from him.

[u4ic]

52. I have no idea who is a Dem or Rethug

I rarely watch Hollywood stuff, anyway...

[Swede]

53. If I want to see the movie I don't care about

the actors politics.

[Wapsie B]

55. If I want to see a movie I'll see it

regardless of politics.

[sir_captain]

58. Just Mel Gibson movies

because I find him morally repugnant and extremely personally offensive

Other than him, I don't really care

[noahmijo]

59. How exactly was "The Man Without A Face" immoral?

[JohnKleeb]

60. I remember that one

Ironically in Forever Young he was immorTal.

[sir_captain]

63. Notice

that I didn't say his movies, I said *him*

Other than The Passion, those movies of his that I saw before I realized what kind of person he was were very enjoyable.

[6000eliot]

69. Well, he took a gay character from the novel

and made him straight for the movie, which makes him a bit dishonest and hypocritical.

[dissent1977]

61. No, if I did that there would be a few great movies I would have missed

Not very many of course, because as several have already pointed out most Republican actors suck. But Bruce Willis, although he is not a great actor, was in a couple really good movies. If anyone has not seen The Siege they should really watch it because it parallels what is happening in this country right now better than almost any other movie out there.

Also Robert Duvall was in Network, one of the greatest films of all time, and it was a film that actually had a very progressive anti-corporate message. Anyone who would refuse to watch that movie just because a Republican happens to have a role in it would be missing out on a great film.

Tim Robbins and Sean Penn, two of the great progressive Hollywood actors, starred in a movie directed by Clint Eastwoood. The right wing boycotted that movie because of Penn and Robbins, it would have been stupid for us to boycott it because of Eastwood.

I won't spend my money on films that are blatantly promoting right-wing propaganda, but I will not boycott a film just because of the actor or director of that film.

[leftofthedial]

62. I refuse to spend a dime with a repuke enterprise of any kind

if at all possible

I look for ways to harm them economically whenever I can.

It's hard to do these days though, in our "ownership" society.

[last_texas_dem]

64. No

It seems nearly impossible to know the political leanings of all major actors and actresses for one thing, and boycotting a movie based on an actor's or actress's politics seems like a sort of protest that would have a miniscule amount of effect. Boycotting based on a right-wing message in the movie itself, perhaps (though I wouldn't want to restrict myself from viewing even in that situation if the movie might actually be worth watching despite its message) but boycotting based on the actor's or actress's politics that may not even come into play in the movie doesn't seem worth it.

Besides, the bulk of Hollywood 'pugs seem to be white males who do mostly action movies, which are about my least favorite genre of film anyway so it's not particularly hard to avoid them.

I'm a bit surprised about Vince Vaughn, though. I'm not sure exactly why I am but for some reason I just didn't see him as a 'pug. And I just saw Wedding Crashers today and liked it...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

65. I'm very open minded - I'll see anything

I don't think that artists or actors should be punished for their political, relgious, or philosophical beliefs. In fact, during the Vietnam War, despite the fact that I protested it, I went to see John Wayne in the Green Berets. The film was blatant propaganda and extremely deluded, but I wanted to see the slant of the movie on the war. I would hope that conservatives would go see a political movie like Fahrenheit 9/11 or even a pure entertainment film with Jane Fonda (she was one of the world's most beautiful women in her youth). I would like to live in a society where all sides of an issue are examined openly and the viewing public develops the habit of seeking full exposure to all points of view. Unfortunately, the right tends not to admire openness and the terrible blacklists during the 1950s of Hollywood writers and actors for merely associating with groups having unpopular ideas is a shame upon the face of America. Although he stunk as an actor, I'll watch "Bedtime For Bonzo". I'll watch "The High And The Mighty" (but not "The Conqueror" as I almost die laughing at John Wayne's terrible performance). I might boycott CNN or Faux's corporate sponsors, but I won't boycott an individual simply earning a living who might have a point of view 180 degrees away from my own.

[libhill]

80. If you want a good belly laugh

and you can sit through "The Greatest Story Ever Told", a boring religious epic from the 60's, check out John Wayne's "performance" as a Roman Centurion in charge of Christ's Crucifixion - it's a real hoot - talk about piss poor casting!

[Beware the Beast Man]

67. Depends on the film and the actor.

Most right-leaning actors may choose to take roles that are more tailored to their own beliefs, so probably not in that respect. On the flip, there's a ton of lib actors/actresses who I don't care for in the least. It all depends.

[6000eliot]

70. Who could turn down "Soylent Green,"

"Omega Man," or "Planet of the Apes?"

[libhill]

81. Agreed

as I stated above, Heston made some great films, both epics and science fiction. I think you can enjoy his films on a purely entertainment level, without turning repuke, or running out to join the N.R.A.

[norml]

71. I'll see them, but I won't pay to see them. I rented Nick Cage's last film

If I have a free video rental coupon and I'm stuck for something better to rent I might get something to watch that was done by a Bush bot, but not if I can help it.

When such entertainment comes on TV if I watch I take note of who's sponsoring it so as to try to avoid shopping there.

The last thing I saw which would qualify was National Treasure with Nicolas Cage.

Though Cage backed Gore in 2000, he backed Bush in 2004 and spoke out in favor of him.

The movie was anticlimatic and boring.

Cage's acting was wooden and low key to the point of being comatose.

I had to use the free coupon before the end of the month so I suppose I don't regret renting it too much.

[RebelOne]

74. Nope, makes absolutely no difference to me.

I even like Ron Silver.

[supernova]

75. Not intentionally

it's more in the vein of me bypassing material I'm not interested in (too shallow, too violent for no good plot reason are the usual reasons) then later I find out they are repubs. Then I think "Oh, no wonder I wasn't interested."

[Orsino]

76. I think so.

There are so few of 'em that i doubt I'm missing much, but I will avoid known Repubs. Schwarzenegger, for instance, whose work I've enjoyed, is off limits.

Then again, I haven't seen a new release of his in many years, so it's no loss.

[barb162]

78. Mel Gibson" the passion" no way

[Left Is Write]

82. Not generally, but if they are particularly outspoken

and manage to right piss me off, I will avoid them (Patricia Heaton springs to mind).

[Spider Jerusalem]

83. Only if they can't act.

John Malkovich is one of the few exceptions to this I can think of; Gary Oldman (who is consevative, but not Republican...he's a Tory, being British) is another.

[AussieDave]

84. I know he's not in movies (has he been ?)

but I stopped watching Drew Carey after all that shit he dumped on Clinton - it just offended me no end.

Patricia Heaton's another one (even though I never watched "Everybody Loves Raymond" - I just didn't think it was funny) - she's so pro-Bush it makes my teeth hurt.

[I Have A Dream]

87. It would influence my decision, but it wouldn't usually stop me...

from going if it was a movie that I really wanted to see. However, this would not be the case for someone who is an over-the-top Republican. For example, if Ann Coulter were an actress, I wouldn't see her movies regardless of how good the movie s were. I don't think that I'll go to any more Mel Gibson movies.

The fact that the actor is a Republican does take a little bit away from my ability to enjoy the movie.