Posted on 12/28/2005 8:28:19 AM PST by Zender500
You know what R-rated movie would make a lot of money for any producer with balls? A war movie like they used to make: One where the Americans are unambiguous good-guys fighting unsympathetic bad guys. To bad Hollywood would never allow it.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
I don't watch awards shows not out of any political sentiment, but mostly because after I passed age 15 or so it was very clear to me how absurd they were. I just find them boring. 'Stars being stars' appeals to the young teen in everyone, but that's about it.
"flat-out superb cinematography"
Ang Lee is famous for that. I read somewhere that he's a bisexual so no surprise he'd use all his skill making something ugly look good.
Unfortunately "Broke-butt Mountain" isn't approaching zero, it's sales increased and it still has one of the highest per theater averages.
When I was a young sailor, I used to watch golden globes on the beach as often as possible.
According to "Box Office Mojo"
Brokeback Mountain (Focus Films)
This Week: #13
Last Week: #8
Weekend Gross: $1,910,310
%Change: -23.8%
Theaters showing this week: 217
Change in # of theaters since last week: +148
Gross per screen: $8,803
Total Gross to date: $6,847,551
Cost to make: $14 million
Weeks in Theater: 3
So. . .despite nearly doubling the amount of theaters it showed in, weekend gross was DOWN nearly 25%, it dropped out of the Top Ten, it still is a money-loser, and only its' gross-per-screen is notable. . .
"Per theater" is the key to your spin. If they showed it in only one theater in the country -- and it happened to be in San Francisco and all the gays packed in -- you could get the very highest "per theater" boxoffice in history. This is a smoke-and-mirrors way to "calculate" its success.
$13 million is chump change. It's less than the cost of some larger homes in Beverly Hills.
I think brokeback will probably earn about as much as a midling porn flick.
Well, its been doing pretty well in DC. I wouldn't be surprised if it made some box office bucks.
Also, the "records" the media was speaking of was "per theatre." It was around $38k per theatre when it was only playing next door to bars like "the Man Hole."
Okay, that's quite enough jokes about Heath and Jake's privates.
Proves my point. It's doing well in one of the most unrepresentative communities in the country. It's doing pretty well in a city that voted against Reagan when 49 states were voting for Reagan. That's a sign of nothing other than its doing well in bizarroworld.
Someone could create perfect "Smell-o-vision" and
make a TV vesion of it..an't gonna make mer enjoy
watching movies/TV about back alleys, dumpsters, mass
graves, war, dead body scenes, factories, chemical
explosions..one bit better, that i cn smell them...In
fact, it would make most of my favorite movies, a
distictly unpleasant viewing expirience...Especially if i happened to be fixing or eating dinner.
Nope! No amount of Cinematography is going to turn
this pigs butt, into a silky camisol.
"two homosexual cowboys punching sheep, and each other" - Great Observation.
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