Todd’s Movie Blog

With the election coming up, it is a time to start weighing pros and cons on the candidates, Obama or McCain, Democrat or Republican, stances on the War, the economy, who looks more presidential, etc., etc..   Then I was reading an interesting article on Roger Ebert’s web site and found that there is another way of deciding who my vote should go for.  According to Facebook, Obama’s favorite movie is Casablanca and McCain’s is Viva Zapata.  So now it comes down to would you rather have a Bogart fan or a Brando fan running the country.  Tough call!  Checking out the Vips doesn’t help, neither Biden or Palin list favorite movies on any web pages. I know, you think I’m being sarcastic and a little silly, which I am.  But considering the state of our country right now and how doubtful that it can be fixed within the time span of the next administration, regardless of who wins the election, picking a candidate by what their favorite movie is, is as good a way as any.  My choice? Not saying, both were great actors. Now if one of them had said Raiders of the Lost Ark or Ed Wood, that would be a different matter.  Interesting side note: the article also lists former President Clinton’s favorite movie as High Noon and current President Bush’s as Field of Dreams.  Make of that what you will.