Pirates of the Heart

Nobody’s Opinion: Well, hurray for Disney! I can’t tell you how relieving and fun it was to go to a movie and not feel like I was getting a politically correct brainwashing, wrapped inside a plot, innocently disguised as entertainment! The Pirates of the Caribbean had nothing but fun.

And movies are supposed to be fun. With all the political nonsense and news blasted at us 24/7, all the terrorist and sadness of more people dying everywhere, a person can get overwrought with hopelessness.

People go to movies to escape for awhile, to imagine, and to feel lighted. A really good movie, can give you an escape from reality. It can actually have a medicinal tonic on a whole nation.

It’s no wonder that Pirates of the Caribbean outsold all records. It was lighthearted, and romantic, with great special effects, and wonderful characters.

Why in the world don’t they do this more often?

Movie makers have always known this. Shirley Temple was the great joy during the depression. She was a walking little genius of joy and love, reminding you constantly what really mattered in the world. Shirley Temple got millions of Americans to forget the miseries of their own world and go to a move and enjoy life.

Disney, the genius that he was, saw the need people had to be uplifted. Just why did a mouse start an empire? Because he bought so much joy.

And movies have always had their “politics” propaganda in it. It’s nothing new.

Still, there were better stories back then, and the stars did not talk about their hatred of America in real life. What stars don’t realize is that when people hear the nastiness of remarks from them on the news, then go to see them in the shows, no longer can we escape and pretend that these people are actually the characters to take us away. No matter how well they act, we are being reminded of real life…and the “escape” is gone. The thrill is over.

Johnny Depp, either because Disney put it in his contract, or he just got smart, stopped putting down America. Remember, he moved to France because he didn’t want to live here anymore? He took it back before the movie came out.

After all, he has talent…why deprive himself of creative work and we of his talent with some political remark that makes him feel better for a couple of days on the news?

They may not like it, but the profession they have chosen, to which they make very good wages, is in creating dreams. And if the customer doesn’t buy the dream, then lots of big money is lost. Just ask Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg

After watching some of the shows on television this week, I was beginning to think that Hollywood has lost their way.

Have you seen “HEX?” The BBC sold it as a supernatural story. You get teased with cool special effects of a devil guy…but at least 80% of the show is about the sweetness of lesbians. You keep waiting for the “supernatural” fun, but it never comes.

Then on the Dead Zone this week, we got a liberal lecture inside the story of a white raciest supremist who was filled with hatred for a homosexual Arab.

What do they do? Does the writer come into a room and say, “Hey, we’ve got orders from the top to write a story this week showing that white people shouldn’t hate Muslims and homosexuals. We’ve only got an hour, so let’s just make the Muslim a homosexual.”

I hate to tell them, but there’s only so much of this stuff America can take. No wonder the reality shows are so popular.

Disney has gotten back on track. (Thanks to Roy Disney) Michael Eisner, for all his worth as a great money-making CEO, was not Disney. Even the Disney parks were starting to look like just another theme parks…Walt Disney’s would have winced in pain. In fact, the ride the young boy died on last had not a smitthen of the magic Kingdom. it was in my opinion, a ride worthy of a six flags, not even worthy of the great Walt.

Well, to be fair, I am a bit prejudice. Years ago my favorite ride in Disneyland was “Pirates of the Caribbean” They can now update it…the magic is still there.

And that’s good news.

So yo-ho-ho…pass the rum.

Nobody’s Perfect; Now in case no one has told you, you might want to think twice about taking really little ones. Some of the bad guys in this movie are excellent nightmare potential.

Nobody Knows; I’ve often wondered just whose decision it was to build Disneyland in Paris. How many years did it lose money before they fixed it?

Nobody Cares; Walt Disney, it is rumored is on ice somewhere…just waiting to be cloned or resurrected. Hopefully, before they resurrect him, they will go into all the gift shops and throw out all those stupid looking pink, yellow, and lime green Mickey Mouse dolls, or more than one Disney employee would be walking the plank.