{"id":477752,"date":"2021-05-06T10:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=477752"},"modified":"2021-05-06T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:35:51","slug":"10-more-movies-that-snuck-conservative-themes-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-more-movies-that-snuck-conservative-themes-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"10 More Movies That Snuck Conservative Themes On Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F10-more-movies-that-snuck-conservative-themes-on-screen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=477752&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-135424270.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Real life, Stephen Colbert once snarked, has a \u201cwell-known liberal bias.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Colbert got it oh, so wrong. Again. In fact, the proof is in Hollywood\u2019s pudding. The industry is unabashedly liberal and yet conservative themes still crop up with regularity beneath the stories in play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s been like this for generations, but it\u2019s even more fascinating to see it of late given the industry\u2019s commitment to hard-left sermonizing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s why we\u2019re sharing 10 <\/span><i><span>more<\/span><\/i><span> movies with stealth conservative themes. They vary in quality and age, but one element remains true: real world conservatism makes more than a cameo appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The 40-Year-Old-Virgin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s one of the funniest R-rated comedies ever made, but liberal director Judd Apatow still inserted some old-fashioned values into the yarn. Steve Carell is the main character, a nebbish who can\u2019t manage a real romance, let alone sexual intimacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He finally meets the right woman (Catherine Keener), and they fall in love between bawdy sight gags. Do they rush into the bedroom, eager to update the film\u2019s title? Nope. They wait until their wedding night to consummate their relationship, a discipline celebrated by the film and its key players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shane<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This 1953 western, one of the genre\u2019s best efforts, hit theaters decades before the current culture wars \u2026 or even that \u201880s moment when Alan Alda represented the ultimate male figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShane\u201d showcased masculinity in all its technicolor glory along with the beauty behind a faithful marriage. Alan Ladd\u2019s Shane rides into town, hoping to escape his gunslinging past. When he learns of homesteaders being harassed, and even killed, by a local cattle baron, he sacrifices his dreams to keep them safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shane stands tall alongside his new friend,\u00a0Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) despite a strong attraction to Joe\u2019s wife (Jean Arthur). Both parties realize it would be devastating to their loved ones if they acted on their impulses, a nod to keeping a family healthy and intact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Need more conservative flourishes? Shane instructs young Joey (Brandon de Wilde) about the power, and responsibility, required to use a gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dear Comrades!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This 2020 release got lost in the Oscar season melee. What a shame, since it captures the horrors associated with Soviet-style Communism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The story starts before the 1962 massacre in the Russian city of Novocherkassk, a government attack which killed up to 80 people for the sin of protesting food price hikes. We follow several government employees who understand the pain felt by the locals but still cling to Mother Russia\u2019s greatness. Or they\u2019re too afraid to think for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a sobering look at how Communist-style governments control their citizens, something we all should think about as leaders cling to science-free restrictions meant to control our thoughts and actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Lives of Others<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This 2006 gem would make the perfect double feature along with \u201cDear Comrades!\u201d It\u2019s another cautionary tale given the waves of snitching Karens roaming our countryside, eager to tattle on those who don\u2019t do the government\u2019s bidding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>East Germany\u2019s secret police are always watching, listening, eager to pounce on anyone sharing an independent thought. That leaves a talented playwright (Sebastian Koch) under a suspicious cloud as some question his party loyalty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s hard not to re-watch this Best Foreign Language Film Oscar without thinking of our current age of social media punishments for having the wrong opinions, let alone a White House eager to listen to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/03\/biden-admin-may-use-private-firms-to-monitor-extremists\/\"><span>even more of our private missives<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Death of Stalin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Not every glimpse at repressive regimes is stone-cold serious. This brisk satire looks at the Soviet Leader\u2019s final days, a historical chapter filled with fear, backstabbing and jockeying for power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those qualities can be found in most government systems, but they flourish in socialist bodies in near-farcical ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cStalin\u201d is purposefully over the top, and often brilliantly orchestrated. It still showcases a political system dependent on absolute power, cronyism gone wild and a suppression of freedom made possible by its collectivist zeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chappaquiddick<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Ted Kennedy\u2019s political career should have ended the moment he walked away from a sinking car and its doomed passenger, campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne, on that fateful 1969 day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We all know that didn\u2019t happen, but this sly 2018 film showcases all the qualities Kennedy should have displayed \u2026 but didn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Courage. Sacrifice. Humanity. Humility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The filmmaker\u2019s sense of restraint is palpable, leaving viewers to sympathize with an overmatched Kennedy, a tragic figure who couldn\u2019t live up to the family\u2019s legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Hammer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This \u201cRocky Jr.\u201d tale comes courtesy of Adam Carolla, the common-sense hero whose personal life fueled his screenwriting debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Carolla\u2019s character, Jerry Ferro, is a former boxer making a meager living in carpentry. A chance sparring session, and one lucky punch, finds him back in the sport again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His character endures a series of personal attacks that would fell most woke warriors today. Not Jerry. He doesn\u2019t let his advanced age slow him down, either. Jerry uses failure after failure to fuel his comeback story. He\u2019s no quitter, even though he realizes his second chance at fame will be fleeting, at best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Hammer\u201d didn\u2019t give Carolla a \u201cRocky\u201d sized franchise. It did show his faith in the American dream could yield a film with a big, beating heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Trainwreck<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Apatow once again marries hard-R high jinks with deeply conservative themes. This time, it\u2019s woke princess Amy Schumer falling for a decent bloke (Bill Hader) despite her best intentions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schumer\u2019s \u201ctrainwreck\u201d of a character craves a hedonistic lifestyle free of worries and commitments, and for a while she lives down to that description. Her heart has other ideas, though, after interviewing Hader\u2019s lovable sports doctor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Team Apatow once again connects happiness to commitment, a theme previously shown in his hilarious 2007 comedy, \u201cKnocked Up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Team America: World Police<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Social conservatives will squirm through every minute of this marionette raunch fest. They\u2019ll still giggle as the plot turns on Hollywood, Inc. via a major plot twist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Like most projects from \u201cSouth Park\u201d creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, \u201cTeam America\u201d smacks all sides around with their signature humor. Still, seeing Hollywood liberals like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Michael Moore get pounded with disrespectful gags is a conservative\u2019s fever dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Hunt<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This horror-thriller is the least engaging of the films gathered here, but it\u2019s still worth noting for two striking reasons. For starters, conservatives got it all wrong when news outlets started sharing the news about the movie\u2019s plot. Many were outraged to see a film featuring liberals hunting conservatives like a distaff version of \u201cThe Most Dangerous Game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What those critics didn\u2019t realize, beyond the concept\u2019s First Amendment protections, was that the conservatives in this film scenario were the good guys. Audiences, as a result, would be rooting for their survival (except rabid MSNBC watchers).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More importantly, \u201cThe Hunt\u201d is the rare Hollywood product eager to mock liberal pieties and progressive souls teeming with hate in their hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Hunt\u201d made sure to vilify some conservative characters \u2013 ah, dramatic balance! Too bad the story itself starts strong but gets sillier, and less authentic, as it nears its stupefying finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real life, Stephen Colbert once snarked, has a \u201cwell-known liberal bias.\u201dColbert got it oh, so wrong. Again. In fact, the proof is in Hollywood\u2019s pudding. The industry is unabashedly liberal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277441,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-135424270.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"10 More Movies That Snuck Conservative Themes On Screen","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-135424270.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"10 More Movies That Snuck Conservative Themes On Screen","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}