No happy ending in '05 for Hollywood, as ticket sales drop again

Christian Science Monitor ^ | December 24, 2005 | Daniel B. Wood

[SkyPilot]

What? You mean this Hollywood gem isn't making millions of dollars at the box office?

I wonder why?

[Melas]

He wasn't bad in Daredevil, but that part required a sneering Irishman, which is apparently the only part he plays well.

[marajade]

He was also good in the Minority Report as the nemesis of Tom Cruise.

[Ninian Dryhope]

Leo DiCaprio is a girly man.

[marajade]

I also liked him a lot in Gangs of NY.

[Windcatcher]

Waaaay before my time, but The Third Man is a New Year's Eve tradition at our house. One of the best films ever made.

[jamesm51]

The bad news is that audiences did not exactly go ape over the rest of 2005's cinema offerings...

In other news, Brokeback Mountain leads the Globe awards...

[marajade]

Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor is out on DVD... give it a rental. Its incredibly good.

[William Terrell]

Start showing a Bugs Bunny cartoon before the feature.

[Right Wing Assault]

These fools don't realize they don't have nearly enough homosexual, lesbian, and pedophile priest, minister, and rabbi films. Make them and they will come. I hope they aren't listening in, because I don't really want them to know this secret to success.

Heh, heh.

[TatieBug]

We're telling them why by not going to the movies but they just don't get it...think more Bush Bashing will help...so far, I'd have to say that's not working...tee hee...Merry Christmas and God Bless America!

[purpleland]

Could be. Too bad most of the money still comes out of wallets with testosterone. I think that the game is up for Gollywood for a lot of reasons. Will Smith thinks he's cool, but cool was way better with Bogart and Grant and the Duke. He can try, though.

*I like Will Smith (in the TV play *...Degrees...*) and think he is very talented compared to the Brad Pitts teen-types, pie-faced DeCapriosos, et al. These little guys are not men nor do they represent manliness, cannot even "act" manliness. The maturity of Bogart, Grant and Duke set their credibility. Who in the heck wants to watch little boys who haven't grown up to be men? It's all contrived crap on the casting couch. BORING! Doesn't relate to life.

Rather read a good book, or even a mediocre one.

Merry Christmas and have a joyous holiday.

[purpleland]

Ha, reminds me. They have a Bareback Mountain commercial out that presents it as a "Great American Love Story". The commercial only shows the guys with their wives, but no showing at all of what the movie is really about. Schmucks.

*Cowardly and devious Schmucks!

[headstamp]

Nope, typical suburban mall, upstate NY.

[purpleland]

And send a copy of this critical thread to the phony film reviewers!

[FeeinTennessee]

What's Syriana about?

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http://syrianamovie.warnerbros.com/

[Right Wing Assault]

Yeah, a few of these Hollywood boys and athletes should enlist in the military, go get theirs a$$e$ shot at for a couple years and then come back and pick up their careers. That's what happened back in WWII. Even Elvis did it. Sort of. Then came Cassius Clay/ Mo Ali. The end of an era.

And then came Pat Tillman, RIP.

[FeeinTennessee]

They know the kind of movies people want to see. That they don't produce them is beyond me.

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Because they are increasingly left-wing and have an agenda to push on film.

[purpleland]

The Treasure of Sierra Madre! CLASSIC!

Worth seeing the original a hundred times over.

[FeeinTennessee]

I caught Alexander the Great, with Richard Burton the other night. It was made in 55 or 56, I can't remember which. Comparing it to say "Troy" all I can say is, "Thank God for computer generated effects." because it was pretty pitiful without them.

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Yeah, but that's when you get to laugh hysterically about the pitiful special effects from yesterday.

Troy was ok, but Hollywood goes overboard with the effects ...it's not needed. I'd enjoy a movie with a decent plot and leaves you wanting to see it again. Something gripping.