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Was There a 'Brokeback' Backlash?
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| 7 March 2006
Posted on 03/06/2006 5:35:10 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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Seems members of the Academy still believe in Rule 1...
To: Aussie Dasher
Crash was simply a far superior film in terms of story, acting, writing, and editing. Brokeback was the most overrated film since the Accidental Tourist (a film that was nominated but didn't win).
I bet a friend that Crash would win, and that the best Bareback could hope for was Best Director.
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:37:57 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...)
To: Clemenza
I stopped paying attention when "Titanic" won !
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:42:52 PM PST
by
Mears
(The Killer Queen-caviar and cigarettes.)
To: Aussie Dasher
There were no "cowboys" in Brokeback Mountain. They were "sheep herder boys".
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:43:39 PM PST
by
Banjoguy
(I refuse to 'Google' anything at anytime.)
To: Aussie Dasher
A little souvenir from the brokeback Oscars:
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:44:58 PM PST
by
demkicker
(democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
To: Aussie Dasher
The people who place so much emphasis on every "message film" don't understand that many people have real thoughts and real impressions that may not follow neatly "on message"...... also, even within the illustrious "Academy" there may be a lot of people who just met the subject with a BIG YAWN....... like who really cares about some artificial story of two sheep herders banging each other in a tent?? I mean, who really gives a flying XXXX?
I was so tired of the hype that if I'd been in the Academy I'd have been ready to vote for "Anything but Brokebutt Mountain" just out of disgust at being told by the PC-mavens how to vote........
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:45:29 PM PST
by
Enchante
(Democrats: "We are ALL broken and worn out, our party & ideas, what else is new?")
To: Aussie Dasher
"Brokeback Mountain" was written by the writers of "Lonesome Dove", the television miniseries.
If it weren't for the gay element (which gives relevance to the movie), it would just be a soap opera, like "Lonesome Dove", "Knots Landing", etc. Not even as good as "Dallas" or "Desperate Housewives."
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:45:42 PM PST
by
nj26
To: Aussie Dasher
We chatted about it, joked about it, argued about it, spoofed it. "Brokeback Mountain" was everywhere in our popular culture - yet it lost the big Oscar it was supposed to win. something something something coitus interruptus something something something
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:47:45 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
(Colossians 4:5)
To: Banjoguy
They were "sheep herder boys".
Cowpokes.
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:49:23 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:49:31 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(HELL IS TOO GOOD FOR OUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA)
To: Aussie Dasher
Like someone said, "the five films didn't gross together ($250M) what Narnia did by itself. ($800M) And, now the directors of StumpBrokeSheep are claiming "rural discrimination" against the academy! That's funny!
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:51:11 PM PST
by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Who wants to go see a movie about two cowpokes having anal sex?
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:51:22 PM PST
by
skateman
(Bush good, demonrats bad.)
To: Aussie Dasher
In my mind, the problem was that their entire marketing campaign was "We're being oppressed by these hateful people that don't want you to see this movie!"
I saw a couple dozen "news" articles saying how intolerant types were protesting the movie, threatening etc, and one article that actually found somebody that had something actually bad to say about the movie. And all that was was the principal of the religious school that one of the actors attended said the school didn't approve of the movie or the actors choice to appear in it. OOOOOH!, what venom.
Anyways, typical Hollywood. All flash, no substance.
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:51:32 PM PST
by
MichiganMan
(Thank Michael Moore for 2004!!)
To: nj26
At least the Brokeback 'screenplay' was written by the 'Lonesome Dove' writers. The Brokeback 'book' was written by someone else.
To: nj26
It sounds like they just cloned "Same Time Next Year" and gayed it up.
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:52:50 PM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Banjoguy
They were "sheep herder boys".As they rode past the flock one day, all they heard was "daaaaady, daaaaady"!
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:53:37 PM PST
by
Road Warrior ‘04
(Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
To: Aussie Dasher
He noted that "Brokeback" and "Crash" both dealt with "tough issues like indifference and intolerance." What kind of intolerance? Were the sheep bleating "faaags, faaaags, faaaags" throughout the entire movie?
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:54:03 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Aussie Dasher
The Hollyweird element still seems to be saying, "We're here, we're queer and we're in your face." On top of which they add, "You have to like us and BE LIKE US."
Well, we don't.
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:54:20 PM PST
by
stboz
To: Bushbacker1
Like someone said, "the five films didn't gross together ($250M) what Narnia did by itself. ($800M) And to think, just this weekend I read a review of this past year's blockbusters, that claimed Narnia's earnings were only mediocre at best. I'm sure the folks at Disney and Walden Media have been crying all the way to the bank :D
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:55:48 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
(Colossians 4:5)
To: Aussie Dasher
"It's just a crapshoot," Walter said. "You go to Vegas and you put your money on number 17.How do you do that in craps?
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posted on
03/06/2006 5:56:12 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
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