I love Cate Blanchett but won't be seeing this film. Why would she act in something called "Truth" that is far from the truth. Of course the title is based on the book, but Mary Mapes was disgraced after this debacle and hasn't worked in television since. I'm disappointed Cate would agree to play this role.
shareI like Cate too and am disappointed she chose to participate in this film. I'm sure she was persuaded by Redford that this would be a prestige film, maybe garner some award nominations. She might be ultra-liberal, too and think she's helping the Left Cause. I dunno. But I don't see the film doing well at the box office or getting any awards either.
shareSadly, I would bet that it will get, at least a few awards. Libby's love to pat each other on the back... even if the movie and acting is tripe. This is a horrible attempt for the book's author to cover her tracks and re-write facts and history.
share"Sadly, I would bet that it will get, at least a few awards. Libby's love to pat each other on the back... even if the movie and acting is tripe"
Possibly, but most studios release their Oscar-bait, prestige films at the end of the year, not in October.
Uncle Dave: You reactionaries think you know liberals, and you don't know Shi-ite.
shareYour favorite Golden Age Hollywood stars would also pat each other on the back, you idiot.
shareToo bad you missed the point entirely - that Bush got out of Vietnam based on family connections while an actual vet like Kerry got smeared (which was the movie's point). Tools.
shareLet's see, the film was nominated for nothing. Feeling a bit stupid now? Of course not, you're too arrogant. Cheers.
"I don't want no white man lookin' at my Tampax!"
I agree that you shouldn't see this film. Truth is the furthest thing you need in your neat little world.
shareAny political movie that Robert Redford is in, will never tell the truth, if it goes against his ultra-socialist thinking(like how his movie Havana was all fantasy and no truth). Rather will probably come out of this as a victim, and Bush as evil or a coward.
I hate when a movie is too political to either side, or change facts to help their side.
Cate made an error in doing this movie. When you do a propaganda movie she should expect fallout.
shareGreg Kinnear did a fine job disparaging and maligning JFK in "The Kennedys," a TV mini-series that was supposed to be broadcast on The History Channel but instead ended up on Reelz.
shareI love Cate Blanchett but I hate uberpolitical movies like this. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.
And as a former journalism major, I don't need movies like this because they just make me more cynical than I need to be.
Agree to play this role? She probably took a pay cut to do it.
That's not to say she's some deeply political person. She probably rarely thinks about non-industry-related events. It's just that hating Republicans with the energy of a thousand suns is a cultural requisite in Hollywood. If she never picked up a newspaper in her life and couldn't tell you which is which between Iraq and Iran, she could still summon believable rage at the mere mention of Bush because politics is not a frontal lobe thing in Hollywood.
My point being that you can't hold it against her. If you appreciate her as a screen actress, you must also accept that she hates you for being the political other.
I love this post!
shareFor a textbook example of "projection", see jrobertfleming's post above. Quite helpful for those taking Psych 101.
share...which you apparently flunked.
shareNope. Wrong again, as usual. By now we've lost count of how many times you've proven your very existences is a mistake.
shareTook you all of two days to come up with that?
shareUnlike you, I have a life outside the IMDB boards and only check message threads sporadically. Ever thought about getting a life?
shareI'm doing just fine, thanks for your concerns. Ever thought about getting a clue?
shareFere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.
shareWell done Dan! Poor Dagwoodie is still scratching his head trying to figure out what you wrote, 7 months later... (the same schlub who got snarky after waiting for 2 days earlier). It may be easy to blow these *beep* out of the park with a bit of wit, but you did particularly well here.
Please click on 'reply' at the post you're responding to. Thanks.share
She's an Australian. She lives in Australia. She runs the Sydney Theatre Company and doesn't even have a nanny because she wants her children to have a 'normal' upbringing; meaning, in other words, that most of her time is spent in Australia. If you knew ANYTHING WHATSOEVER about her you'd know that she very obviously thinks about non-Hollywood events all the time, but what possible reason would she have to care about American politics?
We're from the planet Duplon. We are here to destroy you.share
It's just that hating Republicans with the energy of a thousand suns is a cultural requisite in Hollywood. If she never picked up a newspaper in her life and couldn't tell you which is which between Iraq and Iran, she could still summon believable rage at the mere mention of Bush because politics is not a frontal lobe thing in Hollywood.
My point being that you can't hold it against her. If you appreciate her as a screen actress, you must also accept that she hates you for being the political other.
hate Hollywood liberals like Gibson Schwarzenegger and Eastwood
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