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  Green Day - American Idiot | Review | - PlanetWisdom.com
“American Idiot” the single, was released August 12 at number 4 on the Billboard charts.
“American Idiot” seems to be referring to political brainwashing in particular, but the same principle applies to all aspects of the media.
We see sitcom and movie characters talking about or even engaging in premarital sex—so we start to think that it’s normal, and if it’s normal, it must be okay.
www.planetwisdom.com /music/reviews/greenday_americanidiot.php   (780 words)

  
  American Idiot (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Idiot is a planned film based on a alternative rock album by Green Day of the same name.
Almost immediately after the release of Green Day's album, American Idiot, there were rumors of a movie to be created.
The music video for "Jesus of Suburbia" may be related to the movie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Idiot_(film)   (217 words)

  
 American Dreamz (2006) Starring: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore - Three Movie Buffs Review
The plot of the movie involves a group of characters all involved with the television show American Dreamz, which is a not very disguised takeoff on American Idol, complete with smarmy and insulting British Host.
American Dreamz is obviously meant to be a satire of the American way of life and this countries seeming obsession with fame and money.
He is a complete idiot but is also one of the few sympathetic characters in the story.
www.threemoviebuffs.com /review.php?movieID=americandreamz   (1586 words)

  
 Josh Becker: "American Movie"
There is a little-known documentary that’s somewhat similar to “American Movie,” but quite a bit better, called “Demon Lover Diary.” A Michigan filmmaker, Don Jackson, made a horror film called “Demon Lover” and a documentary was made about the making of it.
In “American Movie” I particularly liked the character of Bill, Mark’s aged uncle, whom he keeps hitting on for financing.
“American Movie” is a worthwhile entry in the sub-genre of films-about-filmmaking.
www.beckerfilms.com /AmericanMovie.htm   (740 words)

  
 american idiot
Today, the American Dream is more of a marketing concept, whereby Madison Avenue and government alike, have convinced people that they have to have a certain standard of living such as a second home, a vacation in Europe, expensive jewelry and other toys in order to be happy and fulfilled.
The American Dream as we know it, is no longer something that is born out of need and lack but rather out of greed and desire.
Idiot cards are a way for performers to lose the respect of their co-stars.
www.featureblog.com /blogs/americanidiotonline   (19343 words)

  
 american idiot   (Site not responding. Last check: )
American Idiot is Green Day's ninth studio album and first rock opera, and was released in 2004.
American Idiot has sold 5.7 million units in the US as of August 2006,[1] excluding that American Idiot has sold 1 million digital albums over the internet, and has been certified as a platinum digital record.
Certain similarities exist in the music of American Idiot that have caused some to believe that Green Day "ripped off" portions of the album from other artists, although these similarities may exist simply because the songs served as inspiration, or even as references or tributes to the other groups.
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 N-Philes :: Forums - American Idiot.........The Movie?
Green Day are considering bringing their just-released album "American Idiot" to the big screen according to MTV.
A lot of comparisons are already being made to "Tommy", the 1975 movie based on The Who's rock opera of the same name.
Along with a fictional movie based on the album, which hit stores Tuesday, Green Day are also considering a documentary about the making of the album.
www.n-philes.com /forums/printthread.php?t=5183   (447 words)

  
 American Idiot The Movie? - The Superhero Hype! Boards
yeah, i agree that american idiot should be a movie, or at least some sort of theatrical thing.
American Idiot is about how he's lost in a world of confusion and how government is ****ing him over and such.
Anywho, this idiot of America is left with a loss of what to do, without a girl, without anything, back at home, but still in that "land of make believe that don't believe in me"....so that's basically it.
www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=142269   (1931 words)

  
 Green Day - American Idiot CD Review
While there has been much said about Green Day’s latest, there is no doubt that American Idiot is one of the best albums of the year and clearly one of the group’s best efforts overall.
The term rock opera has been thrown around with much glee and abandon concerning this release, and while American Idiot is clearly one major story, it is less operatic than say, Quadrophenia.
Focusing on a central character who leaves the suburbs for the city and then meets a bad seed who calls himself St. Jimmy, American Idiot portrays the frustrations and plight of the average American, with more than a few not-so-subtle potshots taken at the current state of the U.S. government.
www.avrev.com /music/revs/gd_americanidiot.shtml   (550 words)

  
 Meaning of the Green Day Album American Idiot
Now I know a lot of people are total idiots and didn’t catch that the American Idiot album tells a story.
“American Idiot” is the introduction of the movie, setting the stage, mood, and feel of the storyline.
JOS is the typical white suburban teenager, sick of growing up in his sheltered suburban surroundings, and he starts to question the lies that he’s been used to hearing all his life from his so-called rollmodels (Mom, Dad, Brad, and the government).
www.moviecodec.com /topics/11590p1.html   (1837 words)

  
 "American Dreamz" (2006) / review and/or viewer comments - Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Movies like Wag the Dog, Fahrenheit 9/11, and to a lesser extent Primary Colors may not have been extraordinarily accurate, but they were at times undeniably funny with some of the cheap shots they took at powerful political figures.
The American public begins to ask questions regarding the President when three weeks have passed since the election and there is no public sign of him.
I thought that it was going to focus more on the cultural phenomenon of more Americans voting for a reality TV show contestant than their elected officials.
www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2006/americandreamz2006.html   (2060 words)

  
 Green Day - American Idiot Review - sputnikmusic
American Idiot is essentially one giant metaphor, and that's blatantly obvious from song to song.
"American Idiot" is the overture of a brilliantly demented take on the angst that riddles the youth of the world today, whether it be the truth or not.
American Idiot is fine album aside from it's forgettable conclusion, and one that I recommend everyone should hear.
www.sputnikmusic.com /review_8547   (2514 words)

  
 Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Daily » Blog Archive » Who’s Sad Enough to Play Gerard Way in “The ...
According to Sound Generator, Green Day’s American Idiot is reportedly soon to be a screenplay, and My Chem frontman Gerard Way thinks a similar treatment is warranted for his band’s rock opera.
American Idiot can work if Jamie Bell, Evan-Rachel Wood, and Lou Pucci are in the film like they were in the music videos.
American Idiot movie could be brilliant or terrible.
www.rollingstone.com /rockdaily/index.php/2006/11/01/whos-sad-enough-to-play-gerard-way-in-the-black-parade-film-adaptation   (1331 words)

  
 Green Day Hits the Big Screen
American Idiot isn't their best work, but it contains more emotion for me than any other record does.
the only person i care about..thats y i like american idiot and songs like jesus of suburbia,wake me up when september ends, letterbomb,shes a rebel,saint jimmy,give me novacaine,homecoming,well hell all of them.
but y dont ppl like ever talk about kerplunk...or 39/smooth..."the forgotten albums" i gess cause ppl only talk about american idiot and dookie hmm o well thoose albums were their biggest.....
www.topix.net /forum/entertainment/TBVHAF24L9UN7V09J   (895 words)

  
 Stealth Movie FA-37 Talon w/ Jessica Biel as Kara Wade
With lightning speed, the rumor-mill went into overdrive, and speculation went wild that this new aircraft was some type of fighter/bomber/interceptor capable of speeds in excees of Mach 4.
The only lead we're given from the photos is the pilot's name, "Lt. Kara Wade", shown emblazoned below the cockpit glass during what was claimed to be a "dry run" fitting to ensure that the aircraft could be launched from a carrier deck.
The movie is a Columbia Pictures/BackBreaker Films Production entitled "Stealth", due out in May 2005, and starring Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, and Jamie Foxx (produced by Rob Cohen).
www.americanantigravity.com /stealthmovie.shtml   (629 words)

  
 The Official Green Day Thread - Page 154 - Offspring.com Forums
While the band cast off many of their early stylistic limitations with that release, it took another four years for the ambitious rock opera of American Idiot to hit stores.
The band is also continuing to work on their film version of American Idiot, which the band originally announced in 2004.
I seriously can't wait for the new album, but this whole idea about an american idiot movie is fucking ridiculous.
www.offspring.com /forums/showthread.php?p=827062   (507 words)

  
 Green Day : American Idiot - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
The aforementioned rock opera, American Idiot, isn't anywhere near as bad as it could have been, but it's a far cry from the post-punk, critique-of-American-society Tommy that Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was so clearly aiming for.
American Idiot is one of Green Day's best Albums, but I still love all of their other albums.
American Idiot is a very exciting c.d to listen to, and all of the songs are great!
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,2970213,00.html   (2880 words)

  
 Jesus of Suburbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His real name is unknown (it is a good guess however that his name is Jimmy, because in the full version of the video, Whatsername calls him Jimmy), but the name "Jesus of Suburbia" may just mean he is the savior of the rebels in suburbia.
Jesus of Suburbia is one of two songs on American Idiot to follow this form, the other being Homecoming.
He directed clips for the first four singles from American Idiot, and is quoted as saying that he hopes the final video from the album will be a fitting swan-song to the videography of the album.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jesus_of_Suburbia   (695 words)

  
 American Idiot - Movie, TV & DVD Forums
If you have the new Green Day CD called American Idiot, then you have probably realized it is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) punk rock album ever made.
St. Jimmy and a girl called Whatshername take up the topic of many of the songs, and their story is deep and distburbing.
Not only would making a movie out of a CD be awesome, because there has only been one other ever done (Have you ever seen the rain, starring Tom Berenger, named after the Credence song), but this could be a great DonnieDarko-style teenage coming of age movie with a Punk Rock feel to it.
www.movieweb.com /forums/showthread.php?t=10259   (528 words)

  
 American Idiot The Movie? [Archive] - The Superhero Hype! Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was a group of guys who really liked American Blues and Jazz and one of them was true hippie who went nuts and one was a very sensitive guy who happened to be able to write some amazing lyrics.
the thing about this american idiot album is people keep going "it's such a great story, green day is great." but the songs on the album aren't that great.
However, "American Idiot" is a great album by Green Day and one of their best in my opinion.
superherohype.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-142269.html   (6273 words)

  
 American Idiot - Movie, TV & DVD Forums
The song sucked the movie would suck and you need to stop being addicted to Bam it's kind of creepy.
And paintballer...there are tons of movies that have been based on songs.
As far as American Idiot...the movie, it was allready made...
www.movieweb.com /forums/showthread.php?t=12303   (500 words)

  
 Jesus of suburbia - St Jimmy <sittinonmycrucifix>
The song, in keeping with the American Idiot album, is left open to interpretation by Green Day, with the band rarely discussing the record's themes and stories in detail.
Last year Billie Joe wrote a treatment for the movie (a general plot of the movie), and has given it to a screen writer who is in charge of turning it into and actual screen play.
there is gonna be a movie it will be called american idiot not st. jimmy greenday wont apear though they will make the script and direct it.
bebo.com /sittinonmycrucifix   (908 words)

  
 American idiot - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au
"I was interested in making a film about a core aspect of the American identity, the idea that we are all supposed to have a dream, and I was intrigued by the questions of, 'Why are we watching shows like American Idol?'" Weitz says.
In the interests of polarising the folks in the heartland, he rigs the show to ensure a Hasidic B-boy and an Iraqi immigrant with an unnatural love of show tunes make it to the final three.
The last finalist is a perky, all-American blonde, played to the hilt by Mandy Moore as an American Idol stereotype.
www.smh.com.au /news/film/american-idiot/2006/04/19/1145344159242.html   (403 words)

  
 :: American Angst ::
So anyway, I hear them discussing the movie and I am disappointed to hear them both complaining about how 'sad' the movie will be and how they likely won't see it.
Vikki wailed that she absolutely wouldn't see it because she just didn't think she was 'ready' to be upset and went on to imply that the people who made the movie are scum for doing so, though, to be fair, she didn't say that outright, so it may not be how she really feels.
We honor them by seeing this movie, by crying for their loss and that nightmare, and remembering them and their loved ones.
www.americanangst.com /may72006.shtml   (1831 words)

  
 Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Rated R for some violent and disturbing images, and for language.
Moore interviewed American contractor Nicholas Berg, who was later kidnapped and killed by insurgents in Iraq, but removed the interview from the final cut.
He said that the interview would not be released to the media and dealt privately with Berg's family.
imdb.com /title/tt0361596   (1134 words)

  
 American Idiot: The Movie [Archive] - Movie Discussion Forum & Message Board
Singer/guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong revealed that he's taking on some of the writing and production roles for an upcoming American Idiot (2004, Reprise) (read Aversion's review) film.
The movie, which will revolve around the rock-opera presented on the Berkley pop-punk band's latest album, will, quite unsurprisingly, take its cues from The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia.
But I do want to take this time to say that American Idiot is an amazing album.
www.cinemablend.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-22162.html   (204 words)

  
 American Idiot: Encyclopedia II - American Idiot - Track listing
American Idiot, American Idiot - Instruments, American Idiot - Movie Adaptation, American Idiot - Plot, American Idiot - Track listing, American Edit, a mash-up version of the album that became a cause célèbre, Amazon.com's Top 100 Editors' Picks of 2004
American Idiot: An introduction to the album, this song sets the stage for the story, describing the political climate of America from the all-encompassing "redneck agenda" to reality television to the media coverage of the War in Iraq.
The entire opera is very similar to The Catcher in the Rye, a favorite book of Billie Joe's, telling the story of a young boy who leaves home and school for the city but finds himself spiralling in depression because of the nature of the adult world.
www.experiencefestival.com /a/American_Idiot_-_Track_listing/id/5582594   (1165 words)

  
 Green Day to make American Idiot movie | The Movie Blog
He does go on to say that the acting will be left to the professionals, although there is the hint that you could see them in cameo roles, as he does say “starring roles”.
As for the movie, their latest (12 minute!) video &#8216;Jesus of Suburbia’; gives a hint of what the movie could be like: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2682403
Yeah, we all know it is so much more American to lie our country into a war against another nation not a threat to our own than it is to speak out against such traitorous acts.
www.themovieblog.com /2005/11/green-day-to-make-american-idiot-movie   (1581 words)

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