Really stupid right wing Christmas movie

[Higgly]

Yesterday, I happened to channel surf by CityTV at just the right time to tune into a Christmas movie.

This just wasn't any Christmas movie, it was an oily Dick Cheney dream.

Opening sequence shows a guy on a motorbike riding into a little piece of small-town America with mountains in the background and snow on the ground. Turns out our hero (watch for that word folks) is a war vet - a sarge, who pulls up in front of a picture perfect white picket fence cottage (with mountains in the background and snow on the ground). He knocks on the door and a pretty woman comes. I'd recognize you anywhere, she says. You look just like the pictures he used to send back. Ma'am he fought real hard, and he says, sob, as he hands over the dog tags, he wanted you to know that he loved you. Little sob here from the widder.

Our hero (watch for this word) rides off down the road and pulls up in front of the town's hotel (mountains in the background, snow on the ground). He goes in and gets a room for the night. Is there anything else we can do, tyhe woman at the front desk asks. Well ma'am, can you tell me where I can go to church in the morning. Right up the street, she says. Why don't you go with me? Sob.

Leave some stuff out here....

So the next day, our hero (word watch) heads over tp the church with the hotel lady. Carol singing. The minister introduces the stranger from afar. He catches the eye of the local deacon who has a very attractive daughter (did I mention that our hero is also attractive?) he keeps pushing at him.

Turns out the deacon is a vietnam war vet. A bit of an unusual one in that he is white (a lot of the guys who served in 'Nam were black), is not hooked on druges, owns a hog like our hero, and owns his own business (a lot of 'nam vets came back and went to pieces). He was a wonderful home, and wouldn't you just know it, he almost gets run down by a crazy driver when our hero (this is why you've been watching for this word) rescues him.

Well of course there is just no other plot development that will do but to have our hero invited back to the lovely log cabin style mansion where the 'Nam vet's daughter is fluttering her eyes in his direction.

Oh wait. It gets better. The "name vet's daughter has been sending Christmas cards to men serving overseas and it just so happens our hero got one of them. Not only that, but our hero is an orphan! It was all that kept him going and it, choke, saved his life!

I had to stop. It was just getting so bad. American war propaganda. Putin should hire some of these guys for Chechnya.

Looking on the bright side, once this crap's out of the way, we might start seeing the Derr Hunter and Apocalypse Now type stuff.

Edited December 24, 2007 by Higgly

[capricorn]

Oh come on you closet romanticist. I bet you peeked to see the ending to this mushy romantic flick.

By the way, you'd probably like the movie A Christmas Story to be shown on many channels. The only thing is, you may be disappointed that the kid shoots himself in the eye with his beebee gun and not in his genitals. Good movie nonetheless.

[Guest American Woman]

Turns out the deacon is a vietnam war vet. A bit of an unusual one in that he is white (a lot of the guys who served in 'Nam were black), is not hooked on druges, owns a hog like our hero, and owns his own business (a lot of 'nam vets came back and went to pieces).

Maybe you should be aware of the facts before you start sounding off, because "88.4% of the men who actually served in Vietnam were Caucasian," making your claim that his being white makes him 'a bit of an unusual Vietnam war vet' totally off base.

Now that I did that part of your homework for you, how about doing some yourself so you can provide me with a link that backs up your claim that it's unusual for a Vietnam vet not to be hooked on drugs? After that, you can provide a link that backs up your claim that it's unusual for a Vietnam vet not to have 'gone to pieces' upon their return. Thanks.

Oh. And just a suggestion: When you think a movie is "really stupid," it's "really stupid" to watch as much of it as you apparently did, so next time you might want to change channels as soon as you realize just how stupid it is.

Edited December 25, 2007 by American Woman

[bush_cheney2004]

Looks like someone can't get enough of American media even while hating same. The movie is called "The Christmas Card" near as I can tell, a typical Hallmark (Greeting Card) production with high standards made specifically for cable television markets and adult female demographic.

In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen (John Newton) is touched by a lovely card sent by Faith Spelman (Alice Evans) from the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves his side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission to find her.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0783494/

To the larger point, those only learning about America from motion pictures explains a lot about the myths (efficiently exterminated by AW in this case).

[jbg]

This just wasn't any Christmas movie, it was an oily Dick Cheney dream.

Is this the de jure dig at America, though you yourself have said there's too much knee-jerk anti-Americanism?

Oh wait. It gets better. The "name vet's daughter has been sending Christmas cards to men serving overseas and it just so happens our hero got one of them. Not only that, but our hero is an orphan! It was all that kept him going and it, choke, saved his life!

I had to stop. It was just getting so bad. American war propaganda.

As you know I'm Jewish, but I see nothing wrong with acknowledging America's and Canada's Christian heritage. It is largely the work ethic and tolerance for others of the people who crossed the ocean that have made US, Canada and Australia great places to live.