Michael Medved reminded us today that last year they pulled the same stunt with "Million Dollar Baby" by not going anywhere near the real subject of the film, knowing that a lot of people would be turned off by it.
Go here to read the whole plot, and the ending, of this movie and other new films, so you won't be fooled by the glitzy (and misleading) ads:
http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/brokebackmountain.html
Except your wrong about Million Dollar Baby, the movie was about the relationship between the Eastwood and Swank characters. That is what the trailer showed and that is what you got. Anyone who thought they were getting something like Rocky instead of something more like Raging Bull wasn't paying very close attention. Everything else was people with a chip on their shoulder looking for something to get offended at.
"Michael Medved reminded us today that last year they pulled the same stunt with "Million Dollar Baby" by not going anywhere near the real subject of the film, knowing that a lot of people would be turned off by it."
It was a good film ($1,000,000 Baby). The end was a surprise. I can deal with the issue. I went because of Eastwood. He is a first rate director.
I'm glad there is no "surprise" with Brokeback. Just not interested, so I will not go.
But I went to Capote, knowing full well the man was a homosexual. He was also a well known writer and public figure for years.
The acting was great, but the story was, quite naturally, very dark.