Box Office Blahs: Blame It on (Fill in the Blank)

Washington Post (WashingtonPost.com) ^ | December 30, 2005 | William Booth

[Arizona Carolyn]

We started watching Alexander on HBO Saturday night -- all I can say is the media totally underplayed how much Gay stuff was really in that movie -- it is truly one of the top ten bad movies of all time (JMHO)...

[Arizona Carolyn]

I enjoyed Kong, like Narnia more.

[dalereed]

They can't blame it on me since I haven't been in a movie theater in 50 years except to build or remodel them when they weren't showing movies.

[RayChuang88]

The problem with Alexander is that scholars are still arguing whether Alexander the Great was actually gay or not. I think people forget that the ancient Greek definition of close friendship is quite different than the modern definition.

[RayChuang88]

I think the big issue with Brokeback Mountain is that they could have toned down the explicit homosexuality of the movie quite a bit and it would still not lose its emotional impact.

[earlyamerican]

Why won't Hollywood do the Rick Rescorla story?

[mattdono]

The target of my comment (i.e. filmmakers) was, perhaps, the only inaccurate part of my comment. The artsy-fartsy writer that wrote the story was, I'm certain, aware of the allusion to the Good Sheperd and the mockery that 2 gay sheperds might have for a Christian.

And, don't kid yourself, I am certain that the filmmakers "got it" too.

If you tell me, all the filmmakers did was completely recreate the short story, fine.

If you tell me, that no one involved didn't happen to think "let's write a story about 2 gay sheperds" and not notice/be aware of the historical reference of Christ as the "Good Sheperd", then your dumber than you already sound.