I just read this article at Breitbart.com.

Hollywood is casualty of war as movie-goers shun Iraq films

It basically discusses why people are not going to watch movies about the war in Iraq. It mentions that people don't want to pay for what they can get for free on the news. It also mentions that they are just not entertaining enough and that the subject is still too fresh in people's minds.

I think people don't watch the films because most Americans don't share the same anti-war sentiments as the far left Hollywood film makers. I believe that they are out of touch with the rest of America.

Producer Steve Bochco said "Iraq films remain a difficult sell for audiences because of the swirl of confusion surrounding the rights and wrongs of the conflict..."

He also said that "World War II was hugely romanticized in terms of its fiction. There were unambiguous villains, and the feeling we were fighting the right people over the right issues, as opposed to this war, which many people feel is misguided."

I didn't know there were ambiguous villains in the current conflict? I don't think it's the movie viewing public that has a problem getting around the "swirl of confusion". I think the movie industry has a problem realizing that mainstream America understands the war and wants to win it.

Maybe they should try making a film about the good that the troops are doing over there. That would be a good way to test their theories. I bet they would make more money too.

I think that film-makers underestimate the power of the people sometimes. They think if they jump on a bandwagon and make a movie about a 'popular' topic they will make an easy buck off all us zombie consumers. What they don't understand is that:

A. most movies made about the Iraq war thus far (aside from documentaries) have been terrible (acting, entertainment factor, plot, etc.)

B. people don't want to pay $13 to watch the same thing that CNN/Fox has been covering all day every day (like you said Canto).

C. I honestly don't believe most movie-goers really want to have to 'deal with' an obvious political motive when trying to be entertained by a movie.

That last bit is hard for me to prove since Michael Moore movies tend to do well (but then again they're *cough*based on fact*cough*). Everyone knows they are going to see a movie about the *cough* truth. I don't know about you, but if I'm paying to see an entertaining film I don't want to have the director's/producer's/writer's political opinions shoved down my throat while I'm watching it.

I guess movies like Black Hawk Down do well because they aren't politically based, but just telling a story and leaving all the beurocracy out of it. If someone could just make an entertaining movie about Iraq I might watch it...if I want politics I'll watch CSPAN (which is entertaining sometimes)

I think it is mainly that Americans don't want to see movies that put the U.S. Military in a negative light. The public knows that the troops are generally good and do the best job that they can.

I bet that a good movie about the troops will do well. The reason Black Hawk down did well is because it showed the true heroism of our military.