I see what you mean. But then of course, let's not forget the power of the dollar. No matter what, money from this movie is going to Card, and I'm sure (just like with Chik-fil-A) that he could foreseeably donate a large chunk of that to some anti-gay cause. Not to mention this sends the message not to bother with any more of Card's works (which slowly turn into stark raving looney author tracts... Ender's Game is pretty much the innocent book). If it wasn't for the possibility that this could give positive light to a crazy person who stopped writing stuff enjoyable for everyone, and that he could use that money for nasty things, I would indeed separate the art from the artist. But then again, there are a LOT of right wing comic book authors who aren't batcrap insane tools. Iron Man was created specifically to tick Hippies off. I love Iron Man.Sure, the guy's probably a jerk. I'm not defending him. And if people boycott him, that's great, that's our right as Americans. I'm just thinking of the big picture, a lot of authors and artists are horrible people. That doesn't mean people are evil for enjoying their art. I've talk to very liberal friends who support gay marriage but also like this story and don't want it to suffer just because the author's a jerk.
The disappointment is that an actor, especially one who's adamantly opposed to the NRA (again, scathing Funny or Die skit) takes their same pass the buck views on entertainment. Sick people will kill anyway, no matter what they watch, be it Rambo or Barney the Dinosaur. I'm no fan of action stars supporting the NRA. Sylvester Stallone actually came out against having assault weapons legally available when the other action stars played good little automatons.I completely agree. Violent movies are not what causes school shootings. Period. I can't think of a bigger waste of time than vilifying action movies.
Still, at the risk of this being a Jim Carrey bashing thread, it doesn't really seem to matter. Jim's not as big as he used to be, and his presence kinda hurts movies. The last successful thing he did was Horton Hears a Who, and that was just his voice.