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[steroidmaximus]

So I was reading the news tonight when I came across this gem, and I got to thinking about how much I loved Bulworth, and how it is an example of what movies and television should be all about.

Which movies do you think have a strong noteworthy political/social message? Blockbusters like "The Day after Tomorrow" are ok.

I'll start with some easy ones:

Bulworth
Wag the Dog
Manufacturing Consent
Code 46
Bladerunner
That McDonalds guy

Add some more with commentary, educamate the masses!

[skinhead]

[steroidmaximus]

good stuff skinhead, thx. you said it much more eloquently than my alcohol soaked brain could manage at the time.

Anyone else?

[Paji eh Wong]

Fight Club did a nice job of blowing up the line between the personal and the political, if you can stomach the ghey ending.

The first Manchurain Candidate was pretty interesting too.

I liked Bulworth a lot.

[Hater Depot]

Skinhead, what did you think was political about Eyes Wide Shut? I suppose it could be seen as a commentary on shadowy conspiracies running the show, but I didn't even consider that possibiltiy until now. I've seen it about 10 times, I'm always interested to hear others' thoughts about it.

[Wrench]

Jarhead I think is going to be a good movie.

I loved Canadian Bacon, Team America, Corporation, Stupidity.

[joe_doufu]

I too loved "Canadian Bacon" and "Team America". I would add "Animal House" to the list. "The Interpreter" was interesting. oh and "Demolition Man". and "Blade Runner". anything that speculates about the near future probably.

[Hanson]

Sorry, I thought the interpreter was a terrible movie - worst Nicole Kidman movie (other than Moulin Rouge - urgh!).

My vote goes to Wag the Dog - 'I want the credit!' (Dustin Hoffman's character)

[khyber]

wag the dog was good.

I think that 12 angry men is a good sociological (though not really political movie).
it's an old back and white number with henry fonda but i don't know anything else about it.

day after tomorrow sucked. It made such a show of the prospect of global catastrophy as to discredit the point completely.
bah.

seem to remember the mission as a good piece of film...and uhm....that movie about the gay cuban poet...what was that movie again?

[Wrench]

[captain kirk]

Salvador. Frantic, volatile time and place with James Woods. Perfect actor for that (and Belushi).

[joe_doufu]

[joe_doufu]

Who could forget "Glory"?
For that matter, who could forget "Spartacus"?

[Nowhere Man]

Above all:

Dr. Strangelove

best appreciated by watching its counterpart-Fail safe

Second Place:

A Clockwork Orange

Both by Kubrick

Others:

Do the Right Thing

Matewan

Ghandi

Cry Freedom

Last Exit to Brooklyn

American Beauty

Magnolia
(Both of which deserved an Oscar over Gladiator)

Ordinary People

???

Easy Rider

Props to 12 Angry Men

[alicat_blue]

Do The Right Thing.
One of Spike Lee's early films and in (MY OWN OPINION) one of the best films ever made addressing the interracial tensions of the United States.