One more politically-slanted "Alamo" review 

One more politically-slanted "Alamo" review

Alright, I'm not going to post EVERY review that tries to turn the "Alamo" box-office failure into a political tool, but here's one that actually makes a fair, intelligent and well-argued case for the right-wing side on this. Courtesy Don Feder and Frontpagemag.net:

http://www.frontpagemag.net/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12965

It goes without saying that I disagree with Feder's political assessment of the film (or, rather, of it's makers) but he's right that the film fails to carry any central message or "center," and that that is a BIG part of it's dramatic failings. It also shows that he's being intellectually honest in openly admitting that the John Wayne 60s version wasn't any damn good either, even as he takes the required shots at those who criticized Wayne for his politics then and now.

Frontpagemag.com is actually a pretty good source overall for intelligent, non-dogmatic journalism from the Political "Right." It's run by David Horowitz, one of the saner voices of the American conservative movement (you can see him on Dennis Miller's lackluster CNBC show off and on) who works to keep his site relatively free of the Religious Right pandering that taints most lesser right-wing sites. They have a link there to the weblog of Andrew Sullivan, who's blog I reccomend to all who are interested in culture/politics (even if they don't necessarily agree with the writer.)