DVD : Sweet Liberty

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Rating:

- Easy going comedy
Light hearted comedy - I miss the Alda movies of the 80's - glad to find this and The Four Seasons available on DVD - he should have made many more films. Fun performances from many 80's stars - too many to single any out.

Enjoy

Rating:

- Hawkeye Writes a Historical Book
Never once did I see Alda playing this college professor in a small North Carolina town. I saw Alda playing his MASH character for 2 hours. Shows how much Alda loved his tv character that he resurrects everything about Hawkeye for this one. The humor, the irreverence at the film's battle scene conclusion, the womanizing. Surprised not to see Harry Morgan make a cameo appearance but then he was probably sitting in jail after beating up his wife and couldn't make it. Another reviewer here mentioned how terrible the music was and I just laughed. Although released in 1986, the music reminds me of the post disco era circa 1980 and really dates the film with its techno pop keyboard work and closing credit vocal. Just terrible! If you are going to watch this one, I recommend turning down the sound when the credits roll at the end.

Rating:

- Ohhhh, it's all true! It's all true!
If watching The Patriot made you want to pull the hair out of your powdered wig, you will roar with laughter and appreciation for Sweet Liberty.

Thanks to Alan Alda, now immensely popular with reinactors, you will see up close and personal just how Hollywood and its evil spawn view history. Believe me, its strictly a don't-let-history-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-story world, filled with contempt for the truth, and contempt for the audience.

At least we can have KARMA pay them back at the conclusion of Sweet Liberty, but we need more voices as eloquent and influential as Alan Alda to bring that payback into the real world.

Rating:

- history is fun
I always enjoy Alan Alda and he didn't disapoint and I enjoyed the young MIchelle Pfeiffer. Fun take on how history is interpreted in the movies.

Rating:

- How Hollywood Distorts History!
While perhaps somewhat exaggerated, this amusing film is not far off the mark. Hollywood takes considerable license with how it portrays history in all its films. Today, with all their hi-tech wizardry, films seduce audiences into thinking that the events being shown are accurate. Mel Gibson films in particular are guilty of this fault. A comparison of this film and "The Patriot" would make for a good example.

Viewers must always take any Hollywood film today with a grain of salt. If a good movie inspires someone to go and learn more about a subject then at least some good comes from the expereince. Most viewers do not bother however. The result is movie adiences come away from a film thinking "wow, thats how it really was"!

This film eagerly shows the egos involved in most film production. The ego of the director is often matched by the leading actors. After these supreme egos get down with a film, there is often little left of real history! I love to see historical drama, but I always check out a book after the movie. You should too! And this cute little movie should reinforce that habbit. I liked most things about this film except Alan Alda. I have never been a fan of his. He wines and complains too much! Otherwise, the cast are good in this cute film.

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