Tony Curtis Blasts Brokeback Mountain. Like he's in any position to talk.
Posted on 02/11/2006 2:20:27 AM PST by AmericaUnite
The current batch of Oscar nominations underscores the notion that now more than ever Hollywood is out of touch with America.
The simple fact that twice as many people have seen the documentary "March of the Penguins" than have seen any of the five nominations for Best Picture ("Brokeback Mountain," "Crash," "Capote," "Munich" and "Good Night, and Good Luck") drives the point home.
The combined audience total for all of the Best Picture nominations is less than the number of moviegoers who flocked to see "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
Another indication of the growing chasm between Hollywood and the rest of the universe is the scarcity of bona fide movie stars; those who enjoy that special combination of box office success and larger-than-life personas.
Long associated with the term "movie star" is the name of Jamie Lee Curtis's dad, Tony Curtis. Tony recently told Fox News's Bill McCuddy that he hadn't yet seen "Brokeback Mountain" and had no intention of doing so. He claims that other Academy members feel similarly.
"This picture is not as important as we make it. It's nothing unique. The only thing unique about it is they put it on the screen. And they make 'em [gay] cowboys."
Curtis reminded folks that his contemporaries wouldn't have cared for the highly acclaimed Best Picture nominee. "Howard Hughes and John Wayne wouldn't like it," Curtis said.
Curtis's favorite flick of 2005 is one that, judging by the box office take, a lot of Americans would place on their list as well: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
The Left Coast Report points out that while Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon may have donned women's clothing for their film roles, at least they shaved their legs for the part.
This movie is about creating the perception that semi hard core homosexuality is acceptable at the box office. I think that money is flowing in from a pre-established fund. The numbers this movie is generating do not justify the continuing ad campaign. Hollywood has gone past "We're going to create a blockbuster" and has moved to "We're going to make this movie to push our point, and continue to pump funding into it during the box office run in order to create the perception that it's a blockbuster." What would people be saying about "The Passion of the Christ" if it had been out over two months and had generated a total of $62 mil, with an ad campaign that exceeds the market saturation of a Star Wars flick?
I'm for making Mel Gibson Czar of Hollywood....if he don't like it it don't get filmed!
Hollyweird has turned into a gaybent communal hot tub with a bunch of turds floating in it.
What next, Gay Star Wars? I doubt it.
The movie has been seen by almost no one. The attendance figures are totally bogus too.
SAYS IT ALL FOLKS!
Yes! That's been my thought about it too.
You must think this through.
Studios are owned by BIG
global companies.
From their point of view,
the market-role of movies
is to generate
advertising hooks
and attention-getting "buzz,"
both of which support
the over all scene,
that is, the much larger scene,
the total market.
The revenues of
this or that one-off movie
are incidental.
Just as departments
within a company don't
all create profits
(but all contribute
to the larger enterprise
which does make profits)
Hollywood-at-large
doesn't have to "make profits"
because it's a part
of much larger things --
the global corporations.
Hollywood is just
one "department," and
if they make money, that's great,
but if they do not,
that's great too, if they
continue to contribute
advertising and
buzz and star-making
and all the side-effect crap
Hollywood's great at.
Tony Curtis Blasts Brokeback Mountain. Like he's in any position to talk.
He has a series of thrillers made before and after Bridges that are good.
Christ did say something about a perverse generation. It's here and everywhere, wonder what is next?
The Academy had to be shamed into recognizing Pete Jackson and Lord of the Rings. Amazing that they had enough sense to honor it even with their noses pinched or lose any hope of credibility with America. They seem destined to be as hopelessly irrelevant as the UN. And that would really unhinge them.
I have a t shirt that says that!!!!!
Blockbuster??? Was he constipated???
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