No Thumbs Up - Critics pan Quitter's film

K8-EEE

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Sat Jul-16-11 03:47 PM
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No Thumbs Up - Critics pan Quitter's film

New York magazine’s David Edelstein said he really tried to like the film. “I swear I gave The Undefeated a chance, because who wants to writhe in agony for two hours?” he wrote. “I hoped that director Stephen K. Bannon would show a side of Sarah Palin I’d never seen — I thought it would be so cool if I could give the movie a rave. But it’s a straight hagiography, without nuance or ambiguity or the admission of opposing viewpoints, even those meant to be dismantled.”

Other reviewers were also quick to call the film propaganda.

Time magazine’s Richard Corliss, for example, wrote that the director “applies so much idolatrous air-brushing to his portrait of the Divine Sarah that the movie might be called ‘Going Rouge.’”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59188.html#ixzz1SIqxkYKg

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liberalmuse

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Sat Jul-16-11 04:16 PM
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1. But what does 'Rotten Tomatoes' say?

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/771245638/

"hag"iography. Heh. :rofl:

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WorseBeforeBetter

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Sat Jul-16-11 04:21 PM
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3. 1.9 out of 10 at imdb.

Edited on Sat Jul-16-11 04:22 PM by WorseBeforeBetter

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1961604/

"A fair look at a rare and exceptional woman. It will give many people a chance to review her objectively & fairly. It amazes me how this fine & exceptional person and a true gem has been spat upon by the liberal controlled press and media.

Everyone always says they want honest, ethical and patriotic public servants and when someone like Sarah Palin comes along liberals try and destroy her.

Everyone owes it to themselves to see this movie before they offer any opinions. She had the highest popularity rating of any Governor in the history of Gallup polling for a reason in a State in which the voters are registered 75% INDEPENDENT."

Sarah Palin, the gift that keeps on giving. (Do we have a spitting Smilie?)

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Liberal_in_LA

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Sat Jul-16-11 04:20 PM
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2. hee

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NYC_SKP

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Sat Jul-16-11 04:24 PM
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4. "without nuance or ambiguity or the admission of opposing viewpoints". That's her!

I would like to see it-- just for laughs.

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Brother Buzz

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Sat Jul-16-11 04:32 PM
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6. I'm holding out for the double feature

Atlas Shrugged and The Undefeated.

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Sat Jul-16-11 04:24 PM
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5. define: hagiography - hag·i·og·ra·phy Noun: The writing of the lives of saints.

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jberryhill

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Sat Jul-16-11 05:04 PM
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7. Well it all depends on how you pronounce the "g"

Enunciation is everything.

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tridim

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Sat Jul-16-11 05:05 PM
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8. It sounds exactly like Senor Spieibergo's version of the Mongomery Burns Story.

Commonly known as propaganda.

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