[Dilbert San Diego]

Is Ang Lee a supporter of liberal causes? First Brokeback and now this?

[NormsRevenge]

[max americana]

> Based on a real-life memoir by New York writer Elliot Tiber, the movie counterposes the heady rebellious freedom-seeking times with the story of the motel-owner’s son, struggling to come out of the closet and break out on his own.

So it’s Brokeback, circa 70’s. Hope that answers your question.

[puroresu]

Ang Lee has been co-opted by the Hollywood establishment. He's a very gifted director. But when Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a hit here in America, it may have been a bad thing for him in the long run. That film is wonderful, and loads of fun, but its success brought him attention from Hollyweird. And he's increasingly a Hollyweirdo.

He gave us that Hulk film, which was just a bunch of bad CGI and modernistic angst. Then there was Brokeback Mountain, an attempt to normalize homosexuality while deconstructing the cowboy image. Back in Asia he made Lust, Caution, an admittedly excellent film, but he included some really graphic sex scenes involving Tony Leung and Tang Wei. He then encouraged people to believe the sex was real in order to boost cheap publicity for the film. Those scenes ended up overshadowing the excellent performances and the amazing recreation of WWII era Shanghai and Hong Kong in that film.

Now we get a fawning portrayal of the spoiled rotten brats who wallowed in drugs and sex for a few days back in 1969, along with an apparent side story of some guy "coming out of the closet", and Lee sees all this as a positive thing leading to the Obama era.

Sorry, Ang. You're a talented guy, but you're wasting a lot of your talent.