So Dems Are Bigger Movie Goers Than GOPers-And Are You Surprised

This story is here just in time for the weekend and it pretty much exposes something that most of us already know.
That Democrats are more than likely to actually go to first run movies than Republicans. And Dems like certain movies more than GOPers. And-surprise-they tend to be rather anti-establishment, anti-American in nature.
But there is something surprising, too me, about this.
It appears that GOPers think about what they will see. According to the article, 35% of Republicans and 45% of Tea Party leaners will think about who is in a particular movie before forking out the $10+ bucks at the average movie house. Only 20% of Democrats give it a thought.
Part of that dynamic is simple.
Because the Democrats tend to know that most of the Hollyweird people are in their corner, they are less likely to think about a star or who is in a movie before putting down the ducats. Republicans/Tea Party leaners are very aware that many Hollyweidos are downright hostile to them and their point of view. Why fork out the cash to unappreciative stooges? Especially if they can wait until it is available for home viewing.
Which is another interesting insight of this article. That GOPers will wait to rent or watch a movie in the comfort of their own home. And not have to break a bank to take the family to the movie house. Or have a date night doing something more worthwhile than watching leftist stooges tear down the United States and or it's institutions. According to the article, in the last six months, Dems have seen 5.7 movies at the movie house while GOPers have seen less than four in the same time period. The theory is that Dems want to be cool and in the know. Not that GOPers do not want to be. It is just that once in a blue moon, we would like to see a cool movie about the United States and or its institutions.
And not every movie thrown out of Hollyweird is Dem-friendly.
There are some uplifting, positive movies that have shown some success. Some are the Chronicle of Narnia series. Soul Surfer about young surfer Bethany Hamilton and losing an arm while being attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawai'i. Another is the movie Secretariat about the horse that won horse racing's Triple Crown in 1973.
FTR, I saw all the Narnia movies and Secretariat and will wait to see Soul Surfer when it becomes available on Netflix.
But usually, these movies end up being panned by those who have a great deal of influence on movie watchers.
Movie critics.
The critics love the edgy movies that seem to attract a more liberal, Democrat audience. And as such, they will make them to be the greatest movies evah. Even if they actually suck.
Now one problem is what about those that are in the middle? People who don't care about a movie having an agenda? Yeah, there are actually a lot of people in that category. That would be Mrs. RVFTLC.
She just plain likes movies. All kind of movies. Foreign films, comedies, dramas. But she, and I, rarely go to a full-price movie in the evening. Usually the first showing of the day is the cheapest. Kaching! And she is the loyalist Netflixer out there.
Now, my movie watching is pretty selective.
I like a lot of mindless violence. I also like uplifting movies. And a lot of comedy as well.
But the fact is the movies have become one more aspect of modern life that is politically charged.
Thus it appears that there are not a lot of movies that both sides like.
Ahh, maybe I am wrong on that.
In a related link, it appears that both sides like such classic movies as Amadeus, Forrest Gump, The King's Speech, The Godfather II and The Deer Hunter.
But hey, it can't all be unifying, can it?
Dems liked The Departed, Crash, Kramer vs. Kramer and Slumdog Millionaire more than GOPers.
For the GOPers, we tend to like Chariots Of Fire, The Sting, The Sound Of Music, and Braveheart more than the Dems.
My take on all of this is that this solidifies what most on the conservative side believe about Hollyweird and what they produce. But there is hope and we on the conservative side must continue to engage and get the kind of movies out there that appeal more to us. And that Hollyweird needs to make some movies that are unifying in who it appeals to. Not divisive and money losing to score some political points.
Until that happens, look for less conservatives actually going to the movie house and liberals propping the Hollyweird industry. And it can only be so much that one side can do to prop a dying industry.