Feel good movie of the year. All you right wingers will love this one. Its about cowboys.

12/13/2005 12:45:05 PM

that want butt sex

12/13/2005 12:46:38 PM

dont spoil it for me

12/13/2005 12:48:12 PM

12/13/2005 1:01:49 PM

nobody's going to go see that garbage no matter how much the media talks about it to try to get people interested

12/13/2005 2:05:42 PM

Ang Lee totally redeemed himself for the Incredible Hulk with this one.

12/13/2005 2:10:09 PM

I'm surprised that they couldn't talk Clint eastwood into starring.

12/13/2005 3:22:32 PM

it doesn't shock me that salisbury is a homophobe

12/13/2005 5:59:56 PM

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

So, Brokeback Mountain has barely made half-a-million dollars, yet it is being acclaimed as the best of the year? I'll bet all of that money came from the critics.

Funny how the media is propping it up when noone has seen it (as opposed to Walk the Line, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia.

Wait, I know why it hasn't made any money. Because there aren't a whole lot of gay people in the US, but there are a lot of Christians.

stupid Christians...

12/13/2005 7:57:40 PM

yes, just because a movie is good it's going to be monetarily successful...

or just because a movie is monetarily successful it must be good...

oh wait, neither of those work...

dammit...

[Edited on December 13, 2005 at 8:21 PM. Reason : disclaimer: haven't seen the movie, don't have an opinion about it]

12/13/2005 8:21:23 PM

I have as much desire to see this movie as any other movie where romance is central to the plot-- none.

12/13/2005 8:30:32 PM

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"Wait, I know why it hasn't made any money. Because there aren't a whole lot of gay people in the US, but there are a lot of Christians."

because the whole point of art is not to be abstract

12/13/2005 8:40:25 PM

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"I have as much desire to see this movie as any other movie where romance is central to the plot-- none."

that and i cant much relate to homosexual desires or the struggle that surrounds them. i dunno it looked liked it was trying too hard when i saw the preview at constant gardener, but im sure it aint a bad flick.

12/13/2005 9:09:57 PM

of course hollywood is sucking this movie's dick because it is about homosexuality, but that doesn't mean it's a bad movie

12/13/2005 9:17:38 PM

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" Brokeback Mountain has barely made half-a-million dollars, yet it is being acclaimed as the best of the year? I'll bet all of that money came from the critics. "

ITS PLAYING IN TEN THEATERS

half a million dollars on a few screens is AMAZING

its the highest per-screen average EVER

a love story is a love story

12/13/2005 10:49:28 PM

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"ITS PLAYING IN TEN THEATERS half a million dollars on a few screens is AMAZING its the highest per-screen average EVER a love story is a love story"

Five theatres. And it's actually only the ninth highest per theatre average, although it is the top non-animated.


But still, it's a remarkable feat.

Quote :

"So, Brokeback Mountain has barely made half-a-million dollars, yet it is being acclaimed as the best of the year? I'll bet all of that money came from the critics. Funny how the media is propping it up when noone has seen it"

The people who are spread all the acclaim have seen it though. And since studios screen movies for critics, they typically don't buy too many tickets.

12/13/2005 11:01:47 PM

yeah, i knew it was the top live action (Evita had the record before? wtf)
i just forgot that part in my flury of rage

mmmmmmm

rage mcflurry

[Edited on December 13, 2005 at 11:08 PM. Reason : woodfoot for entertainment mod]

12/13/2005 11:08:02 PM

evita was one of, if not the only movie, i slept through in the theaters.

12/13/2005 11:10:27 PM

are these gay cowboys eating pudding?

12/14/2005 12:16:56 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10342237/

12/14/2005 12:28:59 AM

This movie looks like The City and the Pillar for Dummies, complete with some sappy overtones. It's done well on Rotten Tomatoes though, so I'll probably check it out.

I will say, though, for the record: it's amazing that movies that involve rampant killing aren't controversial, but a movie about two gay guys is. That's America for you.

12/14/2005 12:34:27 AM

Quote :

"So, Brokeback Mountain has barely made half-a-million dollars, yet it is being acclaimed as the best of the year? I'll bet all of that money came from the critics. Funny how the media is propping it up when noone has seen it (as opposed to Walk the Line, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia. Wait, I know why it hasn't made any money. Because there aren't a whole lot of gay people in the US, but there are a lot of Christians. stupid Christians..."

As a few other people have shown, you may be simply retarded.

12/14/2005 12:41:52 AM

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"I have as much desire to see this movie as any other movie where romance is central to the plot-- none."

I tried to explain this to a friend of mine and of course, all he could say is "OMG, you must hate gay people!!"

12/14/2005 1:10:45 AM

i love boondocks cartoons

12/14/2005 3:19:27 AM

^agreed


I just don't understand why they named Brokeback....



I mean come on.... seriously.....


.....

12/14/2005 4:15:55 AM

Who here is gonna see this movie?

12/14/2005 8:11:09 AM

A couple people from teh blue counties:

12/14/2005 8:56:35 AM

nobody is protesting the love story in King Kong

12/14/2005 9:13:45 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051213/ennew_afp/yearusfilm_051213173239

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"Plummeting 2005 box office sparks Hollywood crisis Tue Dec 13, 2005 LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Even a much-hyped giant gorilla, a geisha and a schoolboy magician won't be able to create a happy ending at the US box office, as Hollywood ends its most disappointing year in nearly two decades. [...] Ticket sale revenues dropped five percent in the first 11 months of 2005 while the number of Americans going to the cinema fell by 6.2 percent compared with the same period in 2004, according to box office trackers Exhibitor Relations Co Inc. The result is Tinseltown's most disappointing box office performance in 15 years as audiences, dazzled by their entertainment choices and disappointed by the mediocre films on offer, turned away from the cinema in droves."

And maybe I wrong, but I seem to remember that Hollywood has seen declining box office numbers for at least a couple of years now. It's a steady decline.

Comment:

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"The problem is all the films Hollywood makes that are not entertainment but are clearly propaganda films serving various interests. These films are given huge budgets but show little return from an audience that is tired of the same messages being forced at them over and over. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ "

Propaganda films such as Brokeback Mountain aren't going to help. A sinking economy and rising inflation, fuel costs, etc, certainly contribute also.



[Edited on December 14, 2005 at 9:26 AM. Reason : `]

12/14/2005 9:23:05 AM

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"The problem is all the films Hollywood makes that are not entertainment but are clearly propaganda films serving various interests. These films are given huge budgets but show little return from an audience that is tired of the same messages being forced at them over and over."

Yup, that describes CINDERELLA MAN, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, STEALTH, THE ISLAND, DUKES OF HAZZARD, BE COOL, DOMINO, THE BROTHERS GRIMM, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, IN HER SHOES, ELIZABETHTOWN, THE MAN, XXX: STATE OF THE UNION, MISS CONGENIALITY 2, THE WEATHER MAN, SERENITY, THE JACKET, and THE LEGEND OF ZORRO perfectly.

12/14/2005 9:29:11 AM

The reason I don't go to the movies as much anymore is the substantially higher ticket price. What was $4.25 seven years ago is now $6.00. Last I checked, the price of milk isn't that much higher, neither is the price of bread. As such, I have shifted consumption away from the cinema towards the internet.

Of course, mission valley is still cool but they don't play everything.

12/14/2005 9:47:32 AM

I went to screenings of king kong and brokeback yesterday.

Kong manages to throw in a bunch of damaging societal stereotypes, and brokeback mountain has lots of boobs.

Very exciting.

12/14/2005 10:08:11 AM

I can't wait to see it.

12/14/2005 11:05:51 AM

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"nobody is protesting the love story in King Kong"

Does the bible say anything about bestiality with oversized apes?

12/14/2005 11:17:18 AM

it does kinda

12/14/2005 12:05:04 PM

oh whoops. missed that part.

is it in the back somewhere?

12/14/2005 12:07:25 PM

its in the front

12/14/2005 12:09:49 PM

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"I have as much desire to see this movie as any other movie where romance is central to the plot-- none."

This is about 85% of the reason why I don't want to see this movie.

The other 15% comes from the fact that while the concept of homosexual emotional relationships is not objectionable to me (save in the context of religion), I find actual images of gay men "doing stuff" extremely unpleasant. They ruined "Kinsey" for me, at any rate.

12/14/2005 12:14:41 PM

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"and brokeback mountain has lots of boobs."

Man boobs?

12/14/2005 12:22:12 PM

^^ i thought the nasty old women having sex was a rather gross too.

12/14/2005 12:26:06 PM

most of the sex scenes involve women, actually.

women with really nice breasts.

12/14/2005 12:26:14 PM

^^True.

^Not enough of them, I'm afraid.

12/14/2005 12:38:50 PM

1 penis requires at least 10 breats or 3 vaginas to counter.

12/14/2005 12:42:50 PM

stupid intarweb. either way, i might rent it, but probably not going in the theater.

[Edited on December 14, 2005 at 12:43 PM. Reason : .]

12/14/2005 12:42:50 PM

they don't show any penis.

12/14/2005 12:46:26 PM

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"Wait, I know why it hasn't made any money. Because there aren't a whole lot of gay people in the US, but there are a lot of Christians. stupid Christians..."

Of course. The Christians are the only people that don't like homosexuality.

12/14/2005 1:27:19 PM

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"Does the bible say anything about bestiality with oversized apes?"

wow

you're more clever than i expected

no wait

replace "clever" with "of an idiot"

12/14/2005 1:32:22 PM

^ That was sarcasm.

But yes, I am.

12/14/2005 1:33:55 PM

O RLY

12/14/2005 1:48:01 PM

What pisses me off are the advertisements they show now.

So, let me get this straight.......I pay for the privilege of watching a Coke commercial full of emo kids.


/hangs self

12/14/2005 2:26:55 PM