Best screening on a Jumbotron: Honor Flight.Honor Flight set a new a Guinness World Record for the largest film screening of all time when the filmmakers packed Miller Park baseball stadium with 28,442 viewers.
Best explanation of what makes charity possible: The Dark Knight Rises. When Bruce Wayne asks Alfred why the Wayne Family Foundation is no longer contributing to the boys’ home, Alfred explains that contributions are made possible by the profits of their company. ”No profits, no charity.”
Best adaptation of an impossible-to-adapt book: Atlas Shrugged: Part II. The rare sequel that improves upon its predecessor, Atlas Shrugged: Part II does an incredible job of showing both the terrible destruction of big government and the incredible power of the individual.
The DVD you need to rent TODAY: Won’t Back Down.Overlooked by some filmgoers, this powerful school choice story angered unions almost as much as it motivated audiences.
Best one-liner with a Sudanese diplomat: U.N. Me. When filmmaker Ami Horowitz asks a Sudanese diplomat what caused all the deaths in his country, the man tells him — with a straight face — that they were caused by global warming, rather than by genocide. Horowitz then asks if the solution to the death in Sudan is…more hybrid cars!
Best performance as a publicist for Arab Oil: Matt Damon in Promised Land. Damon’s anti-fracking film was funded by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Best one-dimensional portrayal of wealth and poverty: Titanic 3D.Nearly every wealthy person in the film is one-dimensionally greedy, self-absorbed, and evil, and every poor person is kind-hearted and well-intentioned.
Best waste of a good idea: Red Dawn.For fear of offending the Chinese government (and losing the Chinese box office) the filmmakers used CGI to replace China with North Korea as the villain in this disappointing remake.
Best propaganda piece for toddlers: The Lorax. The writers of this film turned Dr. Suess’ story about conservation into blatant anti-capitalist propaganda aimed at children.
Fan Favorite: The Hunger Games.MPI supporters demanded an award for this dystopian tale of an evil centralized government that forces its teenaged citizens to kill each other for sport.
Honor Flight set a new a Guinness World Record for the largest film screening of all time when the filmmakers packed Miller Park baseball stadium with 28,442 viewers.
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