Posted on 03/07/2006 9:22:24 PM PST by george76
The divide between conservative and liberal America was on full display at the Oscars, with both the winners and losers championing social and political topics heralded by the left.
Across the United States, in blogs and on call-in radio talk shows, conservatives seethed that their point of view was not represented in the choice films honored with nominations -- let alone among those given awards.
"This year's Oscar nominees include stories of homosexual sheep herders, a transvestite and Japanese prostitutes," ...
American conservatives are accustomed to frowning at liberal Hollywood, but they were more disaffected than ever by the left-of-center themes of this year's Oscar nominees.
the conservative Concerned Women for America (CWA)...complained that the few Hollywood films it approved of had loads of popular appeal and impressive box office, but "got the cold shoulder from Hollywood elitists."
Conservative America long has been at odds with liberal Tinseltown, championing films with religious overtones like the blockbuster "Passion of the Christ," which was snubbed at the 2004 Oscars.
This year another hit with Christian overtones was the film "The Chronicles of Narnia...which has raked in more than 637 million dollars in ticket receipts around the world...
Narnia's ticket sales nearly equaled those of the five best picture Oscar nominees combined.
"This year's anticipated Oscar-winning movies, reviewed in light of their box office appeal, reveal Hollywood's true motives.
They are far less concerned about entertaining people than they are with trying to shape the culture and advance a political agenda."
"If you want to be truly courageous and take actual risks then make a movie that gives conservatives a fair shake or, God forbid, make a movie where a Liberal is the bad guy."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Even in a tux, the man looks like a slob. Check out the bow tie.
On this local forum, this local nutjob said that he admired Michael Moore and wanted him to run for President.
Wondered the same really; I just see 'red'. . .
. . .beyond that; their ignorance meeting 'stupid'; is easy to ignore. . .
From experience, I can tell you that 90% of promotional costs are incurred with the theatrical release + DVD rollout.
I've worked for almost 20 years in Marketing, PR & advertising. I buy media and I know what it costs.
But there's a market out there composed of people who'd like to know that there are others out there whose lives are more %&^$%'ed up than their own. IMO.
I think the prior poster's point was simply that Crash doesn't quite belong in the same boat as the other four movies, not that that distinction should make you like it any better or want to see it.
From experience, I can tell you that 90% of promotional costs are incurred with the theatrical release + DVD rollout.
Theatrical release where? Domestic market or international market? They can keep promotional expenses going indefinitely. I'm no expert, but apparently it's one of the tricks they use in their accounting games to show a movie isn't making money.
Mmmmmmm.........I don't think so. Having been "there" myself, I must disagree. You prefer to believe people operate in a vacuum and there may, in fact, be a couple flaming altruists in the entertainment business, but they are few and far between. Many, many more use the various media to proselytize a left-wing agenda. The contempt for conservatiism is wrtten on everything they produce for public consumption. The snubbing of Mel Gibson and his blockbuster film, "The Passion of The Christ," is proof-positive.
Interesting referring to this movie as BM... very appropriate.
This movie has not been a box office success. If this were Narnia or Passion we were talking about the libs would be calling it a failure.
.....when a preposition becomes a proposition......LOL.......
I'll be glad to go see movies in theaters once they figure out how to be entertaining.
Somewhere between the car crashes, gangsta thugs, neoMarxist tripe and stuntmania instead of character-driven stories, Hollyweird lost its way.
Here's what we have to look forward to: more remakes of remakes and six different versions of Beowulf.
Michael Moore gives new meaning to the expression
" Crotch Face."
I didn't say that they operate in a vacuum or that they're altruists.
It's a business, so there are few professional altruists. Some of them have their charities that they give to without publicity and some lend their names to charities, but I would assume it happens no more or less than in the "real world."
As for operating in a vacuum, yes, I know they'd be shocked if they realized the impact of their product.
...and by-products.
The old re-runs are great.
Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne...Lonesome Dove...are all good.
There actually was acting and a plot.
Now...just garbage. I will save my time and my money.
Lonesome Dove written by the same guy who wrote Brokeback...
NOT cowboys--SHEPHERDS.
Just wearing a hat and boots doesn't make you a cowboy.
WOW.
I learn something new every day.
Cowboys NEVER bleat!
This year another hit with Christian overtones was the film "The Chronicles of Narnia...which has raked in more than 637 million dollars in ticket receipts around the world...Here here! We know Hollywood purposely ignored the Passion and now Narnia. It's not the quality of the film, acting, or even box-office revenues that drive the bigwigs, interest groups, and lobbyist in pursue of the Oscars, but their political-agenda driven films.Narnia's ticket sales nearly equaled those of the five best picture Oscar nominees combined.
"This year's anticipated Oscar-winning movies, reviewed in light of their box office appeal, reveal Hollywood's true motives.
They are far less concerned about entertaining people than they are with trying to shape the culture and advance a political agenda."
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