How could somebody who hates our country and its heritage with the burning hatred of a Leftist bring a wonderful tribute like "Band of Brothers" to the screen?
Or Apollo-XIII or
From The Earth to the Moon?Yes, the big govt program to put a man on the moon is right up a leftist's alley, but the stories Hanks tells of that adventure don't harp on that. Heck he even highlights
Apollo-8 - orbiting the Moon on Christmas Eve, with the Reading of Genesis ( yes the atheists back then made a fuss then too) as Men (including Lovell, who would return on Apollo-13) orbited the moon for the first time. The first time anyone saw this:
Its probably the last time a big Leftist program worked, and it worked because thousands of private individuals MADE IT WORK, and those are the stories he tells - of American Bravery, of American know how, and ingenuity. Of course Kennedy wasn't a hard core enough leftist , so they had him killed. The Moon program is simply one of the most Awe-inspiring things we have ever done as a nation ( just remember Sowell's lament - Whenever anyone says they don't understand how a country that put a man on the moon can't do ABC ( feed the poor, provide everyone healthcare, etc) remind them its because we spent the money we could have used on ABC on going to the moon. )
So Yeah, I am still on the Fence concerning Hanks. But then Joss Whedon just spouted a bunch of leftist crap and he produced Firefly.
Maybe some folks in Hollywood tow the line when they need to because they fear being blackballed, but still send us something wonderful from time to time.