Pretty impressive movie in my opinion. Makes you really think? How the truth can be manipulated VERY FAST to make us comfortable.

-- Sheri (wncy2k@nccn.net), December 18, 1999

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Not a fashionable view in these circles, but I don't think that conspiracies of that magnitude and efficiency possible, regardlesss of their politics.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 18, 1999.

I don't believe it is sound judgement to predict political or sociological trends based upon the script in some movie.

-- Irving (irvingf@myremarq.com), December 18, 1999.

Sheri is not going to let go of her little 15 minutes of fame, she is now a doom and gloom expert and will be bringing you the carcases of birds and mice, ooops, bits of info from movies and books and any thing else she can to reward you for paying attention to her.

Remember to have your pets spayed or neutered.

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), December 18, 1999.

I thought Jeff Bridges did a GREAT job (as usual.)

-- Anita (notgiving@anymore.com), December 18, 1999.

Dear Cherri, I'm not going to return trash with trash. I'm concerned when people do this on impersonal email lists. Probably nothing they'd do to people to their face. Kind of like road rage - people behave differently in their cars than they would face to face. One of the problems with email and lists. I'm sorry you don't seem to be a happy person. Now is an incredible time to make other choices. Just sorry...

-- Sheri (wncy2k@nccn.net), December 18, 1999.

Sheri,

I found it a very entertaining movie. Parts of the plot were stretched but for the most part believable. Personal opinion is that the .gov could pull it off.

-- Mr. Pinochle (pinochledd@aol.com), December 18, 1999.

Irving -- It's the other way around; scripts are based on political and sociological trends.

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 18, 1999.

entertaining flick. i enjoyed it.

i do, however, think it is interesting that the BAD GUY was a church going family man who was involved in scouting and had religious beliefs in addition to being a terrorist who hated the government because of what it did to his father, the farmer. seems to me that movies can definitely be used to convey viewpoints that possibly become another part of the viewer's overall perceptions. although i do think it was entertainment, i am concerned that there seem to be a number of these types of films/tv shows that are portraying the "right" or "conservatives" as potential terrorists.

-- tt (cuddluppy@nowhere.com), December 18, 1999.

A large number of the Hollywood films produced in 1940 and 1941, before Pearl Harbor, were specifically aimed at preparing the USA for the war -- with the British Empire and against the Axis. After Hitler invaded them, how to handle the USSR was a big problem and was usually finessed by the scriptwriter.

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), December 18, 1999.

First I became very angry then depressed.

-- Susan Barrett (sue59@bellsouth.net), December 18, 1999.

Art imitates life.

-- No Way Jose (lurkinghere@ho.me), December 18, 1999.

Hi SHeri. Have to rent it now. Jeff Bridges fan. "How the truth can be manipulated VERY FAST to make us comfortable." Kinda like the "lone nut" explanation. When the Warren Commission first sat down, Dulles, I believe, handed a book (may have been a novel) about a lone nut assassin to every other member on the Commission and said that the book would explain a lot about what had happened in Dallas.

Ah how we love our comfort. More than God.

-- johno (jobriy2k@yahoo.com), December 19, 1999.

Sherri--Yes I thought Arlington Road was a real sleeper. Very little publicity but a great 'conspiracy ' flick. As long as we're reviewing movies I urge anyone who liked "Pulp Fiction' and 'The Usual Suspects' to check out 'Blood,Guts,Bullets and Octane'-makes my 10 best of '99 list.

-- Get Real (gad@mindspring.com), December 19, 1999.