'Brokeback' a Box Office Success So Far

AP in Yahoo News ^ | December 29, 2005 | Sandy Cohen

[Ciexyz]

I'm looking forward to Narnia coming out on DVD. I don't go to the cineplex much nowadays.

I will probably see "Brokeback" sometime in the future, if I can take it out for free from my library. Just to see what all the fuss is about.

[A. Pole]

Giant Commie Robot sez:

YOU CAPITALIST, BOURGEOISIE FILTH! How little you see, plutocratic, homophobic scum. "Brokeback Mountain" is the height of aesthetic realism, and gay, robotic, Soviet artistic expression. You shall lap up our tendentious propaganda about gay sheep-rustlers eating the pudding of the proletariat, or YOU SHALL BE CRUSHED BY THE ONCOMING ONSLAUGHT OF THE WORKER-LABORER STATE! Fascist-capitalists who despise the heightened consciousness aroused by the brilliant, politically correct oeuvre of Kushner and Larry Kramer will have no place in our classless utopia. *buzz* *clank* *sssssst* DEVIATIONISTS MUST BE CRUSHED!!! *plonk*

Well said, comrade!

[denydenydeny]

The ads for this movie are hilarious. Scenes of Heath and Jake passionately embracing...women. Jake saying "I don't want to live without you," apparently to...a woman. All while the voiceover tells us how "The heartland has embraced Brokeback Mountain!"

It's probably the single most deceptive movie ad campaign in history.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It's SOP to quote the grosses as a per screen average. Anything over $3,000/screen is decent box office.

The point here is that this drivel will not carry over beyond the few large metropolitan areas where it's been released.

Sadly, this will not prevent gay reviewers from swooning over its putrid content. It might even get some Academy Award recognition (which has been rumored to be fixed ever since "American Beauty" won Best Picture.)

[The Foolkiller]

Yep. This probably makes over a hundred threads now-or at least, seems like it. I had the audacity to say on one of the many a while back, "Um, how many threads on this movie have we had now? About 96?" Somebody responded whith: "96 threads on this subject is a paltry sum." Yep. If this abortion of a 'movie' had simply been ignored....but, of course, the people behind it already knew this backlash would happen, and therefore, knew all the free publicity it would get-including the adoring praise from 'critics' like Ebert & Roeper, as well as the MSM.

[The Foolkiller]

It's probably the single most deceptive movie ad campaign in history.

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Million Dollar Baby ranks right up there with it. There's also a recent one with Sara Jessica Parker (can't remember title) that's really about promoting gays, but the previews push it as a straight family comedy. You've REALLY got to be wary anymore.

[wardaddy]

this is just a rehash of an article from weekend before last.


hype....AP hoping for a queer blockbuster....not gonna happen

[A CA Guy]

'Brokeback' the come from behind movie of the year?

[wardaddy]

Good...let locals make their own culture.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

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[theFIRMbss]

>It's probably the single most deceptive movie ad campaign in history

Naw, everyone knows
it's about gays. Remember
Julia Roberts

did a weird film called
"The Mexican" with Brad Pitt?
They kind of billed it

as romance, but then
film goers found out it was
"romance" between guys . . .

That was deceptive
advertising for a film.
Happens a lot, though.

[theFIRMbss]

>It's probably the single most deceptive movie ad campaign in history

Of the current films,
it occurs to me King Kong
is MOST deceptive.

The original
was fun and entertaining.
This new remake is

relentlessly dark,
manipulative and just
depressing all through.

These days, the best bet
is to skip theaters and
watch home DVDs.

Studios are like
guys after girls -- they will say
anything to get

us where they want us.
Once we buy the ticket then
they don't care if we

think they lied to us.
But when is advertising
ever built on "truth?"

[The Foolkiller]

Yeah, I saw the Mexican on home video. And I have NO desire to see Kong-it's still another unecessary remake. I have to admit Speilberg's (I usually don't care for his movies) remake of War Of The Worlds was fairly good. It stuck closer to the original story than the 50's version, but had some flaws. Worst part was putting it in modern times, IMO.

[theFIRMbss]

>I have NO desire to see Kong-it's still another unecessary remake. I have to admit Speilberg's (I usually don't care for his movies) remake of War Of The Worlds was fairly good. It stuck closer to the original story than the 50's version

Coming this summer,
Eisner's ("Sahara") "Creature
From The Black Lagoon."

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Breck Eisner Goes from "Sahara" to "Black Lagoon"

Scott Weinberg writes: "Breck Eisner made his debut with last April's "Sahara" for Paramount, and he'll soon be helming Universal's remake of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon." Gary Ross ("Pleasantville") will produce and contribute the first draft of the screenplay.

Breck Eisner is, of course, son of former Disney head Michael Eisner, but there's a lesser-known (and more interesting) trivia tidbit regarding this project. The original "Creature" was directed by Jack Arnold and written by Arthur A. Ross ... who is the father of Gary Ross. (How often does a son get to pen a remake of his own father's screenplay?)

From Variety: ""As a kid, I remember loving Jack Arnold's original version of this film," Eisner said. "What I really want to do is update an iconic image from the '50s and bring in more of the sci-fi sensibility of 'Alien' or John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' "

(The) original introduced Gill Man, who terrorized archaeologists exploring in the Amazon. Plans for the update call for shooting in the U.S. as well as a Central or South American location.""

[dpa5923]

Still not fair. KK and Narnia are open in more theaters which will dilute per screen earnings. If Narnia and KK were only open on the same number of screens as BB, then a comparision could be made. But the fact of the matter is more people (alot more) are going to see KK and Narnia than BB, but hell, let's not let the facts get in the way.

[murdoog]

What is it with people who think that when normal people are repulsed by the gay life style that they are afraid of it?

I don't think they really believe that. They just know that saying someone is afraid is a much better way to push people's buttons than saying they are repulsed.

I told a friend the other night I wasn't going to see Brokeback Mountain, and he said "what are you so afraid of?". I promptly informed him that I had outgrown proving I'm not afraid when I was in junior high school and that that argument wouldn't work on me.

[goldstategop]

More MSM lies. After their botched reporting of late, they're doing it again! No, I don't trust this headline. They just want to make us believe "Brokeback Mountain" is a box office winner. Folks, there's an agenda here.

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