The Blog  Hollywood's Great Constant  What the critical reaction
to "The Great Raid" and "The Constant Gardener" tells us about
the film industry's relationship with reality.  12:00 AM, Sep 7,
2005 • By EDWARD MORRISSEY Widget tooltip Single Page Print
Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts  POINTING OUT the sorry state of
filmmaking has become a summer tradition over the past few
years, usually due to the target market of the movies released
during this season. It seems as though half the films released
after Memorial Day have roman numerals following the title and
the other half are based on a comic books or defunct television
series. The story of Hollywood's box-office slump parallels the
decline in quality and original thinking.  However, two films
released this summer actually aimed at adults, and the
mainstream media's reactions to them provide insight into a
significant disconnect from reality demonstrated by the film
industry and the liberal media that covers it.  The first film,
The Great Raid, told the tru