‘Expelled’: critical flop, good numbers
Was there even a critic that did like ‘Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’? Words as ‘propaganda,’ ‘insulting,’ ‘brainwashing’ and ‘hysterical’ were used to describe this documentary. Jokes about its subtitle and just plain ridiculing made this a movie nobody in their right mind would watch. Right? Wrong!
While it does have a metacritic.com score of 2.0, it still managed to make $6.6 million including last weekend. This makes it the 13th highest grossing documentary in the US. “It’s done exceptionally well when you look at it as a documentary film,” producer Mark Mathis said.
He blames the media for not getting more people to see his movie. “Michael Moore comes out with a film and Michael Moore gets large amounts of time on morning shows –- NBC, ABC, CBS, cable networks. He gets tens of millions of dollars of free publicity because Big Media see the world in general the way he does.“
Can you really blame the media for not picking up on what most describe as the worst movie of the year? He should be happy the little controversy made him the $6.6 million. I didn’t see the movie, but as I understand it, it wasn’t worth a penny of that $6.6 million. At least you can accuse Michael Moore of some objectivity.
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You wrote:
” I didn’t see the movie, but as I understand it, it wasn’t worth a penny of that $6.6 million. At least you can accuse Michael Moore of some objectivity.”
Wrong on both accounts. The movie was worth the price of admission and Michael Moore has no objectivity.
Just think about what he said, “NBC, ABC, CBS, cable networks. He gets tens of millions of dollars of free publicity because Big Media see the world in general the way he does.“
It’s true! How many critics think that Michael Moore’s films are “good” or “objective”? Please. They are gross perversions of the facts. But he is on the talk shows, front and center, while the producers of this film — now the 12-highest-grossing documentary of all time — don’t get on show *one*! It’s wrong and you know it.
I said >some< objectivity, imagine the wink. I’m not a Moore fan at all, I know how he does it.
But you really enjoyed this piece of cinema? I have the feeling you’re part of the crew? Are you Michael? Be honest.
Haha, no not Michael, just someone who thinks the polemic has reached a fever pitch and there needs to be some parity in the debate. You may not be old enough to remember, but I still recall what it was like to argue with the “consensus” that a command line interface (the C> prompt) was better than a GUI (Graphical User Interface). No one was listening and all the “experts” shouted down any dissent. It is that kind of smug, arrogant oppression that makes me sick, and Expelled is a great first step in combating that garbage.
That being said, I would have loved to have been a member of the crew when Dawkins started yammering on about how the universe may have been started by aliens. Now *that* would have been fun.