RepMaj04

I'm glad somebody else noticed the inconsistent story line too. I asked my wife, "How could he be dead if he came back to Walnut Grove as a doctor later?" Other than that one error, I love this look back at a time before the American people were spoiled and soft, and knew the importance of God and country, hard work, and REAL hard times. Patriotism and unity were the American stronghold. It's sad to think that there may be no more Michael Landons or Victor Frenchs' in Hollywood, to remind us of who we are and how we got here.

I never get tired of Little House, or many of the old re=runs from the golden days of TV.

I was sure that Mathew Labeatereaux would go on to become a renown adult actor, but I called that one wrong. What happened to him?

I found this movie an insult to the southern culture, and like all Altman movies, an arrogant jab at anyone living between the two coasts. I remembered when this piece of crap premiered, I heard the good people of Nashville were mad as hell at the obvious insult to their city and state. So I went to see it just to see if they were over reacting. They weren't. Altman and his ilk, think all of us who live in the "fly over" states are a bunch of backward rubes who just don't get it, cause we vote republican.

The casting was a joke, and the music worse. This was Hollywood country. This had nothing to do with Nashville or the country music culture. This was Country as seen through the eyes of the Hollywood culture. Why cast a bunch of yankees and west coast "progressives" to portray southerners, unless you're satirizing them. All I saw was a bunch of second rate actors dressed up as clowns, pokin fun at the backward hillbillies of Tennessee.

Just as M*A*S*H was a jab at the military culture, Nashville was no more than a laugh at the country music culture of the South. So yuk it up while you can. Hollywood and the mainstream media won't always wield the power of influence over our culture.

If you didn't know who Bobby Darin was when you started this movie, you still don't know. My wife and I were big fans of Darin and Dee, but when we finished this movie, we were crushed.

How dare Spacey take liberties with their legacy, by injecting his own myopic view of the era. The fifties and early sixties was an innocent time, and Sandra Dee reflected that innocence. However, if you believe Spaceys rendition, both of them were arrogant intellectuals, who were above their addle minded audience, much like todays Hollywood.

Yeah, I heard Darin turned activist later in his career, but calling the President of the United States a "liar", I'm sure, came from Spaceys own experiences with todays "patriotism is not chic" Hollywood crowd.

This movie is a prime example of why we watch the older classics, and try to avoid the recent releases at our house. It affected my memories of Darin and Dee, the way videos took the imagination out of music.