My Name is Kris and I Blah-g

*** WARNING — This is a RANT ***I enjoy movies. I like getting lost for a couple hours from the reality of life. I don’t need to nor desire to be preached to or indoctrinated into a certain point of view. I don’t appreciate films that do this. It defeats the purpose of entertainment. It is just in my opinion – NOT FUN. There are some films that make no bones about it. Take for example, Michael Moore films. They are as they are advertised to be – Michael Moore’s version of reality. I call it twisted rhetoric edited and molded into a bunch of drivel… crap, if you will… BUT…He is at least honest in what he’s selling. You watch one of his movies and you know what you’re going to get. What bothers me most are the films that are meant to entertain and still like to put a dig in at people like me, like the show Big Love. No, I am not a polygamist but I am Mormon. And the Mormon representation in this show is so distorted and so beyond what is real, it’s not even funny. It amazes me how sucked in people have become by this show. Not only is the story telling bad but the acting is terrible. Never mind that EVERYTHING in the show that represents my church or beliefs is a bunch of garbage. Stereotypes are for cowards who don’t use their minds to know what’s real.It’s like a bully…they do things and say things that cut other people down because it makes them feel big. It may give them the illusion that they are better than everyone else but in the end all they end up being is a bully.Now, why would I jump on this soapbox with a picture of Meryl Streep dressed like Julia Child holding dead chicken? Well, the picture is hilarious on one hand. And on the other hand it’s almost like a metaphor… am I the dead chicken and is she laughing at me?? In all seriousness, I watched this week, the movie Julie and Julia. It is a good story and well acted. I was entertained for about 99% of the time. But it didn’t take long for me to get a bad taste in my mouth. Twice during the film the dialogue called for one of the characters to make a generalization about Republicans. It was a jab at how heartless and cruel Republicans are. There is nothing redeeming about a Republican. The comment was off-handed and easily dismissed which I suppose most people would do. But it left me cold. I was like SAY WHAT? Is this guy trying to say that in order to be compassionate, we’d have to be liberal? There’s a difference between liberal and conservative mindsets… liberals will give a man a fish and feed him for a day but a conservative will teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Cliche, yes. To a liberal, you can’t teach a man to fish because once you do that he’s not beholden to you any more and how powerful can you be if you don’t have minions taking your hand outs. Hey…I’m all about liberty and freedom and being self-sufficient. But, I digress…. So this stupid movie insinuated I am not compassionate simply because I check the “R” on my voter registration. I know it’s a lot to read from a tiny scene in this movie but it’s not the only movie out there that is doing crap like this. It’s on TV too. Just little comments, insults, innuendos that are fed into our minds on a daily basis. No wonder there is a divide in this country. Nobody has anything nice to say about anyone!! It’s so irritating!Today I went to see Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The movie? It was not Oscar material. I didn’t expect it to be. It suspended my reality for 2 hours so I guess that is ok. And for the most part the movie was alright even though the most entertaining part was hearing all the little 12 year old girls in the audience scream when the lead character first came on the screen. But again….there was that one line that stuck out. This time it wasn’t an insult about Republicans or conservatives. In this particular scene, Percy Jackson had just learned he was the offspring of a mythical Greek God and a human mother. He was taken to a special “camp” for demi-gods (children of Gods and humans). He is being told that there are hundreds of other people just like him – even famous people. Not just any famous people… like WHITE HOUSE famous people. Um…. okaaaaaaay? So, Obama is a demi-God. Great. as if the worship wasn’t disgusting enough when the guy was elected. Now they are not so subtly saying that Obama is God-like. Seriously, Hollyweird? You think so? Give me a break.  You see, in the film, with the exception of a bad guy named Luke, the demi-gods could do no wrong. They were the perfect combination of gods and Humans… They have the power and strength of a god but the compassion of a human. Er…make that a liberal human…So, anyway… this is my rant. I was just annoyed. All I wanted was to see a couple movies and lose myself for a while. Is that too much to ask?