'Brokeback Mountain' tops Oscar bets

Yahoo! Reuters ^ | Dec. 22, 2005 | Arthur Spiegelman

[Nathan Zachary]

Indeed.
Spielberg always was a cowardly type of person, but he had been given a pass on that... until now.
His true color has finally surfaced. It unwraps a recluse who has lived for decades in his darkened, bared up basement for far too long, living within his own schizophrenic hallucinations, which has produced some fantastic fictional books and movies. We as readers and movie fans never thought that they were anything more than that. Clearly, he thinks they are real. He needs mental help it's plain to see. He wouldn't be the first to go over the cliff, and in hindsight, we should have known he was dangling on the edge for quite some time now.

[Auntie Mame]

Smart woman, your wife.

[Richard-SIA]

Huh, the Oscar favorites are ALL movies I have not, and do ever intend, to see!

And Hollyweird wonders why their numbers are down?

The really sad thing is that I know some screen writers, there is no lack of interesting screen plays, just a biased agenda from Hollyweird that shuns them.

[x_plus_one]

Brokebutt Mountain is one movie I sure wont be renting or seeing anywhere at all.

[Always Right]

Hollywood gives all the attention to an amoral movie that has grossed $3 million. Meanwhile a moral film that has grossed $113 million in the last two weeks is not even mentioned.

[Always Right]

It's not going to be "huge" - it's not going to make $300 Million. But it's going to make a massive profit. It'll do at least $50-$60 Million domestic box office, and rake in a few hundred million when overseas and DVD gross is factored in.

I still think it will be lucky to top $20 at the box office. It will make some money when all is said and done, but that is only because the actors and directors basically worked for free and the movie has recieved millions and millions of dollars of free publicity and hype. I just can't see straight guys and women going to this movie. Unless they are just flaming liberal and want to make a statement.

[OKIEDOC]

Damn shame that perverts both the political liberal and gay have been allowed to divide this country in such a divisive manner.

I don't know about the rest on Free Republic but the choices offered on cable movie channels tells me that I have not missed anything.

I have saved by not wasting money on attending politically correct propaganda aimed at changing opinions more than trying to entertain.

I like a good western, however, serving up a Goat Roper movie and calling it a cowboy western shows Hollywood's total ignorance.

But to make that so called western about two perverted married men who like making love in each others anus is blatant in your face stupidity.

This movie plot was around Hollywood for many years but no one in their right mind would touch the script.

Well just go's to show that when given the opportunity Hollywood will always opt for it's lowest common denominator.

It is no wonder that sick liberal Democrats are so tightly (ha) tied to Hollywood studios and the MSM.

[napscoordinator]

If out of those three...I hope it is Ellen. Although, her old tv show was very pro-gay, she is really being considerate of others with her new show...it seems to be very "family oriented." Only my opinion of course.

[NeonKnight]

Weekend Box Office Actuals (U.S.) Dec 16 - 18 weekend

Archived Charts:

This Wk	Last Wk	Title	Dist.	Weekend Gross	Cumulative Gross	Rlse Wks	# of Theaters
1	-	King Kong	Universal Pictures Distribution	$50,130,145	$66,181,645	1	3568
2	1	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	$31,837,683	$113,169,644	2	3680
3	-	The Family Stone	20th Century Fox Distribution	$12,521,027	$12,521,027	1	2466
4	3	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros. Pictures International, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	$5,952,452	$252,598,259	5	3185
5	2	Syriana	Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	$5,605,167	$22,462,362	4	1775
6	4	Walk the Line	20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Releasing	$3,688,031	$82,607,528	5	2664
7	5	Yours, Mine & Ours	MGM Distribution Company, Paramount Pictures	$3,511,110	$45,202,963	4	2723
8	15	Brokeback Mountain	N/A	$2,508,494	$3,474,311	2	69

[napscoordinator]

Because it cost 200 million to make.

[bronxboy]

I never watch the Oscars. They give awards to each other for movies I will never watch. I wonder how they can continue to afford making these award winning flops.

[bronxboy]

You assume that if the movie was in 700 screens, it would make 10 times the money. I doubt it. The 70 screens were carefully picked-in areas where democgraphics support this type of movie. If the Hollywood crowd thought this movie had universal appeal, it would be everywhere. The movie doesn't; it would fail miserably in most venues.

[Beagle8U]

"Basically, it's going to make money in this case because the budget is low - and because this thing scores through the roof with the female demographic all across the country."


What the hell are you talking about ? You think women like watching two queers pork each other ?

[Jim Noble]

Faggot films aren't chick flicks.

The progress of gay male themes in TV and film is entirely dependent on their appeal to straight women.

Why? Who knows?

[Bear_Slayer]

AS if the title change is any better.

Brokeback Moutain creates unwanted images of homosexual violent rape.

They should have titled it:

Two Homo Cowboys In Love.

At least it would have been intellectually honest.

[Jim Noble]

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

Just another version of the eternal question.

Who the hell knows?

[Bear_Slayer]

It's not going to be "huge" - it's not going to make $300 Million. But it's going to make a massive profit. It'll do at least $50-$60 Million domestic box office, and rake in a few hundred million when overseas and DVD gross is factored in.

So basically it will pay for itself as a propaganda piece.

[Bear_Slayer]

they seem to think its existence will "turn" people gay

What it does is reinforce the gay lifestyle and helps move sexually undecided young men further into a deadly, immoral, decision.

In that sense, it makes men gay.

[Jim Noble]

You think women like watching two queers pork each other ?

Women love anything in which guys act, talk, or think like girls.

Have you ever forced yourself to sit through 30 minutes of any popular soap opera? (Don't worry, I've done it on your behalf, so just listen).

Yes, they are stupid. Yes, they are boring.

How can they succeed?

Every single line coming out of the male lead character's mouth is written for a female character, that's how.

What are they feeling, what do they think about some relationship, what are they going to buy, what's happening with their SO, what is the SO feeling or thinking, etc, etc.

I don't know if girls like them porking each other, but they are probably willing to sit through that to get the good stuff, which is more guys acting like girls.