Posted on 12/22/2005 8:26:10 PM PST by rightwinggoth
I can see why it wasn't popular. Imagine going to town and seeing THAT show, with a fellow bunk mate.
So why did the theater owner show that movie? Was he pressured by the studios?
To be fair, it's only in 70 theatres. To make 2.5M in 70 theatres is phenomenal. It's 4-5X what would be considered good. That being said, those theatres are in hmostly urbadn areas and gay friendly places like NYC, LA, and San Francisco. I don't know how well it will do in wider release. But I don't think it can be called a failure just yet.
Why are women drawn to a story of men that deceive them and lie to them and are drawn to other men as opposed to women. I mean, it's not like a Ghost or anything where the woman can imagine the guy falling in love with her. Here, the guy isn't even interested in her.
That said, if Hollywood came out with a female version of this with Salma Hayek and Catherine Zeta Jones I don't think too many guys would be complaining.
True, but if that were the sole reason Farenheit 9/11 would have been nominated. I mean what were LOTR's politics? Braveheart and Gladiator both won big and they certainly weren't liberal movies in any sense.
I think BM may suffer from backlash. I don't know if the Academy wants to be seen as casting it's lot with the gay agenda. I think it'll get nominated, but I think something else will win.
Narnia is worth seeing.
Contracts I would assume. I'm not familiar with his business, or how it works. All I know is that he gets all the new movies at the same time as the big city theaters. I guess He's syndicated along with the rest of them. He has to follow the play-list I suppose.
jeltz25 Don't you think that by showing the movie in select, targeted High "gay" density area's that it would not skew the attendance numbers? Like others said, and I point out, It doesn't seem to do well in "normal" little redneck towns and cities. Even if there is a hidden gay population in them, they will wait for the rental. Better movies have suffered that fate.
No surprises here. The Oscars continue to grow more meaningless by the year. They're nothing more than freak awards voted on by freaks.
Best picture I've seen this year, and one of the best I've EVER seen: WALK THE LINE. On a 5-star scale, I give it 5.1.
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Totally DISGUSTING!
Well I just saw the ad on TV and saw 2 cowboys hugging into the sunset and a wife and children-wonder if he was Hiv and gave something to his wife..
spielberg should live in Israel and fight for the IDF sometime and THEN let's see what his views are....
spielberg should live in Israel and fight for the IDF sometime and THEN let's see what his views are....
I think it's safe to say that this "show" is degrading to real cowboys, and was deliberately made to be to a slap in the face to real men in general.
Proud to say I have not given Hollyweirdos any money for 20 years. The worst book is better than the so-called "best" movie.
The ad I saw showed them walking in the sunset with arms around the backs of each other-billed as a real winner-sickly looking wife and child.Love story as it was advertized-did not say homosexual love story.
The Rump Rangers Ride Again!
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