It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics.

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I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people...

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people...

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars...

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars...

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of...

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of...

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling...

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling...

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not...

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not...

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free...

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free...

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took...

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took...

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American...

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American...

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get...

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get...

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is...

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is...

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday.

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.