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As a Republican, I enjoyed this movie

posted 16 years ago by club-shred
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I did see a little bit of a left slant but I am not as hardcore of a Republican as some other Republicans. I lean left on a few social issues and I have been told by some that I am a "South Park Republican"... whatever... I own a business and I like low taxes and I cherish my guns and my rights to own them. There's me as a Republican....

But, this movie is incredibly well-acted. I loved seeing three actors from "The Ref" in this film - and "The Ref" is one of my all time favorite comedies. The characters on both sides were very interesting and engaging. The story we all know - it was a freakin' mess and that's that. Had Gore won, I mean come on, 9/11 would have still happened as well as the economic mess that we're in now. I don't see how life would have been that much different really.

Overall, I see how some people can see a liberal bias but to me it's more slight than in-your-face. One of the landmarks in the whole mess was the intervention of the Florida Judicial system when VP Gore didn't even ask for it. To me, that set the tone for the mess just as much as the dimpled chad, hanging chad, the protests, blah blah blah. I also notice that HBO is getting REALLY liberal - my GOD! So many documentaries bashing everything on the right. I don't enjoy it anymore but I was glad to stumble upon this movie.

There's an aura in this movie that reminds me of 1998's "Pirates of Silicon Valley". I think because so much of both movies have happened in my lifetime to where I can say "Yeah, I remember where I was when that happened." Sorry for the long post.

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[–] club-shred 16 years ago

That's true - it does show the Democrats screwing up a bit more. But, James Baker said it best: At no time did they actually trail. It really could have gone either way but the major weakness that I saw (keep in mind I am a Republican but I am more of right-of-center person) was really the Florida Supreme Court. They really interjected a lot of opinion when they shouldn't have - or so it seemed. There are valid arguments on both sides. But like you said, the Florida Supreme Court handed the Dems stuff they didn't even ask for.

What a damn mess that all was....

But this movie is just downright awesome. Very likable characters on both sides of the aisle IMHO.

A funny thing speaking of three of "The Ref" characters in this movie: There's a scene in The Ref where the police have roadblocks up looking for Denis Leary's character and the mom asks "Who would catch a criminal and let him go?" and her daughter replies, "Republicans?". Wasn't it Bill Clinton that got into so much crap about pardoning a bunch of criminals at the end of his term? I dunno - I can't remember all this crap! I just think it's funny seeing Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey sitting at a bar in this movie and thinking about Leary's great one liners from the Ref while holding Spacey's family hostage! LOL!

I'm in Hell.... (spit).... Connecticut is the fifth ring of Hell!

[–] mulhollandpsycho 14 years ago

Every president has pardoned criminals. That's what a pardon is for - granting clemency to criminals. If they weren't criminals - what the hell would they need a pardon for? You can't single Clinton out for that.

George W. Bush commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby to drop the prison sentence. "He still has to pay a fine," said Bush. "He's being punished."

[–] thinlad 16 years ago

I'm not American and didn't have much interest in US Elections until this thing happened.

The preception that the film swings left more than right comes from the fact Kevin Spacey is in it and playing a Democrat. Also peoples perceptions of the Republicans in the film is based more on things that happened later rather than anything in the film.

The main characters and James Baker in particular were well rounded and the ending had a consilatry tone. I also thought they got around the 'dimple chad' point without it being too geeky.

[–] helenandbrian 16 years ago

I'm not American either so am not as fired up about the (in)justices of 8 years ago as some others. This still looked like a very left leaning film, despite the "I don't care who wins" comment. They put the BIG name actor as the main Democrat protagonist; they portrayed the Republicans as underhanded all the way through; the only people really focussed upon as having been disenfranchised were Democrat voters (implying the recounts were always going to go to Gore and not Bush). Worst of all, the person "in charge", the Republican Secretary of State for Florida, was portrayed as a bumbling, incompetent, wholly biased fool.

Judging from what we have seen over two Bush administrations, maybe that was correct, but I cannot believe she was really that bad.

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[–] happipuppi13 14 years ago

Must be nice to get those "low taxes" at the expense of those who work for others for far less and get taxed more.

Whne Bush Kr. was in office,he may as well have been "Prince John" from Robin Hood. Overtaxing the poor and kissing the fat rears of the rich.

[–] amanjones 13 years ago

Robin Hood had it all wrong: Why should we rob the rich to give to the poor? After all, the rich are the ones who create jobs and build are economy. The poor consume.

That being said, as a Republican (I would have voted Bush a third term, if I could), I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Great stuff!

[–] girl4film 13 years ago

Just wanted to chime in and say I'm also a republican and I too enjoyed the film.

I had read a couple reviews before watching it, and therefore was expecting to see bias that would offend me, but actually I thought both sides were represented in a rather straight forward manner - the possible exception being Kathleen Harris, but for all I know she could be that dippy.

I'm not sure why so many people thing Republicans are shown in a bad light here, the situation was a mess and both sides were trying to win the election - to be expected!

[–] estratton422 13 years ago

Consumers create jobs, not the rich. The consumers buy products and create wealth for the rich, not the other way around.