It comes as no surprise that Pixar would finally have a weak outing. "Cars 2" has great visuals, all the usual suspects in the realm of vocal talents, and, as usual, none of the double entendres or innuendos that fill most "family-friendly" movies. As a story, I felt it fell far short of the compelling storylines that have been Pixar hallmarks. Easily the weakest film of the lot.
What really made the movie fizzle was Pixar's choice of villain, a corrupt oil company. As crushed as I was to see the finest movie company to rise in my lifetime genuflect to political correctness, I saw the handwriting when Woody of "Toy Story" fame appeared in a gay-pride commercial sponsored by Google Chrome. So, now, Pixar becomes yet another shill for the Hollywood machine churning out propaganda for leftist thought.
Think back across the movies you've seen in the last twenty years. Who are Hollywood's TOP 5 villains?
5 - The church
4 - Our military
3 - Our government
2 - The rich
1 - Companies and corporations
Joe Stalin must be laughing himself silly as he burns in hell thinking that Americans are coughing up $8 a pop at the Cineplex to have their noses rubbed in their very way of life.
Now, folks, there is not a pristine organization on the planet because every organization is made up of flawed and fallen people, but look at those five groups. Villains? Really?
I just saw a video posted by a friend's daughter on Facebook of her week ministering to the folks of Joplin, Missouri. They went in association with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian relief organization begun by a fellow named Franklin Graham. You might recognize the name. Billy's son. How many atheist organizations are pouring manpower and money into Joplin? For all that the church has done in the name of Christ for good over the centuries, she's known for Crusades, Inquisitions, Witch Trials, and pedophilia. Charming.
On this July 4th do I really need to defend our military? Do we believe that it's made up of fascist zealots who delight in atrocity and rape? Really?
Same goes for our elected officials. WE VOTED THEM IN, PEOPLE!! If they are villainesque, they merely reflect their constituents.
The rich as a villain. Why? Because they've gots and we han't gots. Honestly, that's it. Most of us don't see the philanthropy carried out by those with wealth because they don't want it trumpeted. Yes, there are miserly cads and those who give for tax-break only, but oh so many more give because they have been richly blessed. They understand their God-given responsibility to give back. Most of us knuckleheads don't understand that without the wealthy, most of us don't have a job. We're just dumb.
And that takes us to companies and corporations. Pixar picked "Big Oil" as its must-have villain for "Cars 2" (here). Would someone tell me the evil that oil companies have wrought upon the world? I say, "Thank you very much for the gasoline. Could you please pump some more?" Regarding an oil spill or a tanker run aground, it is great media. Lots of pictures. Considering the bajillion oil platforms and oil tankers that lap the globe, I remember two hiccups in my lifetime, the Exxon Valdez and the Gulf last year. Surgeons don't fare that well. Movie studios certainly don't. So oil is the villain? Really?
Here are a couple of villains for you:
1. Hugo Chavez
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejahd
3. Vladamir Putin
4. Abortion doctors and those who fund this national sin
5. Islam - that brand where folks live out the Koran like Mohammed did
6. ChinaWe could toss "atheism" into that pot considering the worldwide brutality that has been birthed from the philosophies of Nietzsche and those who hold to no higher authority to which man is accountable, but Hollywood prefers the atheistic hero and fundamentalist (Christian, of course) villain as seen in their upcoming release, "The Ledge." Considering I already had Hugo, Mahmoud, Vlad and China, I figured adding "atheism" would be redundant.
Despite spending forty years and billions of dollars to stem the military and geopolitical tide of godless socialism and communism, such diseased ideologies have infected our country through the university and through television and film with the drumbeat, "America and it's way of life is evil." Occasionally you find an individual to stand up and say, "No, foundational and fundamental America is VERY good." Until very recently, I thought Pixar was that go-to guy, but as with most major league aces, some weakness has been exposed.
Will there be any pleasant surprises at the box office this year? Movie-junkie that I am, I hope so.
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There yet remains Captain America.
And The Ledge isn't the only ridiculousness on its way to the local Cineplex. Look up Salvation Boulevard with Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris and Greg Kinnear. We're about to be under a full-fledged attack here.
This is a great post. We took our 2 year old to see Cars 2 (thinking it would be similar to the original) and boy were we wrong. All week, while playing with his matchbox cars, he's shouted "kill him, fire, fire." Lesson learned-ALWAYS preview movies before the little ones watch because even though something has been good in the past, doesn't mean it will stay that way.
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