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Topic: 2016--Box Office Hit
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Ami Anne
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posted August 26, 2012 12:07 PM
  
That is why I wanted to go and be one small person who showed what we thought of this traitorous man. In my movie showing, it was 3/4 full and people were clapping at the end.No news will be good until, O'Bomber is sent packing. The popularity of this movie speaks volumes. It is the people's vote against that awful man. ------------------
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katatonic
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posted August 26, 2012 01:25 PM
from a blog talking bout it...which echoes my thoughts pretty well.While the media is quick to make a connection between box office numbers and ideological sway, historically, this has never proven to be the case. Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" tapped into anti-Bush fervor around the country, and grossed more money than any documentary ever, but Dubya still won the Presidency. Not far behind, "An Inconvenient Truth" became another one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time, and yet, have Americans done anything substantive to combat climate change? IP: Logged |
katatonic
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posted August 26, 2012 01:28 PM
i would hazard a guess that, like rush's listening figures, a substantial portion of viewers are people who are curious to see what the right is selling now, and the rest were never going to vote for obama anyway.glad you enjoyed the movie, ames. but don't set too much store by what it means that people watch it. the bourne legacy surpassed it in box office take, but i doubt that film will change people's habits much either. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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posted August 26, 2012 01:46 PM
It may be a box office hit but the reviews are less than favorable.
Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
70 Variety | Joe Leydon
While it's highly unlikely that anyone predisposed to championing Obama would be won over by the sound and fury here, there's no gainsaying the value of "2016" as a sort of Cliffs Notes precis of the conservative case against the re-election of our current U.S. president. Read full review
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The Hollywood Reporter | Stephen Farber
Although the film is unlikely to sway the undecided, it actually starts out as a fairly measured and informative recap of Obama's personal history. Read full review
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The New York Times |
Mr. D'Souza stumbles when interviewing George Obama, the president's half-brother, an activist who voluntarily lives amid squalor in Nairobi, Kenya. "Obama has not done anything to help you," Mr. D'Souza says. "He's taking care of me; I'm part of the world," George Obama replies. Read full review
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Boxoffice Magazine |
Even if 2016 is preaching to the choir, its fanbase is eager to tithe - it's spent this week as Fandango's #1 ticket seller. Read full review http://www.fandango.com/2016obamasamerica_157117/criticreviews
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juniperb
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posted August 26, 2012 01:56 PM
Washington Post
In ‘2016,’ Obama is fear itself
By Michael O’Sullivan
Friday, August 24, 2012
“I’m not trying to bash Obama in a crude way,” Dinesh D’Souza says in a TV news clip featured in the conservative writer and commentator’s new documentary “2016: Obama’s America.” It’s a comment recycled from one of D’Souza’s many media appearances in defense of his well-known, earlier attacks on the president, both in a controversial 2010 Forbes magazine cover story and two subsequent books, on which this film is based. One thing can be said for “2016.” It’s anything but crude. The best infomercials rarely are. And, make no mistake, D’Souza’s documentary profile of President Obama -- which is like his earlier writing attempts to portray its subject as not just anti-capitalist but anti-American -- is just that: a slick infomercial. As these things go, the movie seems destined to irritate the president’s supporters while mobilizing his detractors, even as it is doomed to win precious few converts. It’s a textbook example of preaching to the choir. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/2016-obamas-america,1230760/critic-review.html ------------------
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Ami Anne
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posted August 26, 2012 05:58 PM
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juniperb
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posted August 26, 2012 06:29 PM
As these things go, the movie seems destined to irritate the president’s supporters while mobilizing his detractors, even as it is doomed to win precious few converts. It’s a textbook example of preaching to the choir.
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