Out of all the movies listed for nomination, there was only one that truly deserves an award, and that is "March of the Penguins" for Best Documentary.
I am still wondering how a story about two married guys who get together for sex three times a year is a "love story" ...
Good, I hope it wins them all. Keep showing us how out of touch with America you are Hollywood, I am sure it will continue to help you boxoffice! LOL!
Passion made ten times more the office, yet sadly it didn't come out in this position in the Oscars. There's so much of a liberal 'pro-gay' bias in this movie that it's hard to imagine that roughly 1-2% of society deems great can compare what 33 million or so deemed even greater. The movie industry needs to be decentralized, and I personally would like to see a movie that didn't involve political postures.
Hopefully the internet will take back the movie industry within time, and we won't be subject to liberal propaganda.
The transpartently predictable isn't news.
I posted this on another thread, but my comments are just as appropriate here.
Full disclosure here: I am a gay, bleeding-heart, do-gooder liberal. I am not here to make fun of anyone's views, but I do think you will find my comments relevent to the discussion.
Hollywood has (almost) always pushed the envelope on social issues, but the reality is that movies are made to make money. Although I am sure they considered it a gamble, the producers would not have made Brokeback Mountain if they did not think people would want to see it. Judging by their less than $20 million budget they did not think it would have broad appeal.
Brokeback Mountain has now made $50 million in the US and $60 million total worldwide. My source is www.boxofficemojo.com. No, it is not as much as Chronicles of Narnia or King Kong. It is not a fair comparison. Those were big budget movies with huge marketing budgets.
It is not just gays going to see this movie. There just are not that many of us! It is showing in my hometown of Manhattan, Kansas. This Manhattan is not a hotbed of liberalism. I have been told, and I admit this is just anecdotal, that it is doing very well there. It is called the free market economy.
Rather than blame Hollywood, I have two other targets for your anger.
First, blame MTV. Sixteen years ago they premiered Real World. For the first time millions of teenagers met a real gay person and felt like they got to know him. Since then the Real World and other MTV shows have included gays and lesbians as part of the cast.
Was it an attempt to promote the "Homosexual Agenda?" I tend to think not. I bet they were just trying to appeal to teenagers and the teenage need to rebel against authority. The teens and 20-somethings who started watching the Real World 15 years ago are now 20 to 30 somethings.
Second, go ahead and blame me. When I was a teen I did not know anyone who was gay or lesbian. I was only aware of the swishy stereotype seen occasionally on TV. I have 11 nieces and nephews. They know me as their uncle who happens to be gay. I am the uncle who took them to Disney movies when they were little, played football with them at Thanksgiving and now talks to them about their jobs and families. They are just 11 of the millions of young people today who have a gay or lesbian uncle, aunt, brother, sister or good friend. They know us for who we are, not for a stereotype.
That is why Brokeback Mountain is being seen by more than just the gay and lesbian community.
The cowboy love story
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were a "cowboy love story"
Not this cr@p.
crtic's movie... proping it up.. bzzzap!
How amusing. Last year they shunned Mel Gibson's "Passion." Now they are falling all over themselves giving awards to a movie that is, objectively speaking, no better than Gibson's. They literally wrote off the 40 million people who bought tickets for "The Passion" while pandering to the four million(or fewer) who saw Lee's film. Who says that Hollywood is only about money?
Domestic distrib for 'Stay'
Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films took domestic rights to laffer "Stay." The two companies are partners in the IDP distributionIDP Distribution label.
"Stay" was being repped here by WMAWMA, and the domestic pick-up came just a day after French banner Gaumont acquired overseas rights to the pic. "Stay" follows a young, engaged teacher (Melinda Page Hamilton) who is haunted by an impulsive sexual encounter from her past. When she reveals her secret, all hell breaks loose. Pic was written and helmed by funnyman Goldthwait, and produced by Martin Pasetta Jr.
"I've never encountered a film that so intelligently combines raunchy humor with warmth and emotional truth," said Eric d'Arbeloff, who heads Roadside with Howard CohenHoward Cohen. "Bob Goldthwait's film is going to draw people for its outrageous premise, but they will leave the theatre surprised how much it touches them."
Acquisitions exec Peter Goldwyn brought the film into Goldwyn Films; pic is in current release with "The Squid and the Whale," which Goldwyn bought last year at Sundance.
What is the origin (and full meaning) of the phrase 'walk the line'? My questioner thinks it originates with the sobriety test police give to drivers. Me not think so.
Further ripping and unraveling of the moral fabric. They wont be satisfied until its all gone.
They don't call it Hollyweird for nothing!!!!
Broke Butt Mountain gets the nod from Hollywierd....thanks for pissing off the rest of the world even more.....fagism is a desease...lets even throw American history at it. What next....A movie about gay Civil War soldiers???...I'm sure it will be soon.........
Next year the academy will have awards for best pitcher and best catcher.
So the Oscars is now just another daisy chain.
I hope that they all bathe, at least.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
At least they didn't put Felicity Hoffman in this category. It's between Hoffman (Capote) and Ledger (Brokeback). I was thinking it would be a Brokeback sweep to give it the big push that it needs for DVD sales, but I think they'll share the wealth and give it to Hoffman. "Walk the Line" is being snubbed totally.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney's politics beats out Gyllenhaal's homosexuality.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Felicity Huffman wins by default because "Walk the Line" is being snubbed. The rationale will be "Hello? It's Reese Witherspoon." (So they'll go with a Desperate Housewife). (sidenote: the movie probably would have been more interesting if the lead was a male actor.)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Didn't see any of them. (Actually, I haven't seen anything from any of the categories, so far, but you really don't need to to know how the voting will go. You only need to see them to know how they should go.) The women in Brokeback are an afterthought, but the actors won't win, so Michelle Williams will win. Rachel Weisz, however, will be the hottest one of the five there that night.
Best animated feature film of the year
I only saw "Corpse Bride" but I'm thinking "Howl's Moving Castle" wins. I don't know why, but I am. (I have to rent W&G.)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
I have come to believe that the technical folks actually value their craft more than their politics, so I won't hazard many guesses because I've seen few of the films involved. King Kong will probably be tossed one and Geisha, which had been an Oscar contender not long ago, will probably get the costumes. Makeup will go to Star Wars or Narnia (which had nice period costumes, too, but wasn't nominated).
Achievement in directing
Ang Lee, straight off his directing of "The Hulk" is a shoe-in. ("Straigh off", heh heh, I crack me up.)
Best documentary feature
“March of the Penguins” was such a wonderful little picture that it probably won't win. At least there isn't a Moore film in the category. I don't really know the other movies in the category, so no further info.
Best documentary short subject
Based on the title alone, the winner is “God Sleeps in Rwanda”.
Achievement in film editing
Brokeback isn't nominated, so they'll toss this one to Munich. Walk the Line will be snubbed.
Best foreign language film of the year
Italy usually does well in this category, so that's “Don’t Tell”, but don't count out “Tsotsi” from South Africa.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Another “Brokeback Mountain” win
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
For once, I haven't been hearing the songs on the radio, so I know little about them individually. Gut-check tells me to go with the pair of Dolly Parton and Transamerica.
Best motion picture of the year
Duh. “Brokeback Mountain” will repeat from the Director category.
Best animated short film
No information. Not political.
Best live action short film
No information. Not political.
Adapted screenplay
“Brokeback Mountain”. Granted, there's a lot of PC crap to spread the manure around, which might allow for a surprise.
Original screenplay
"Good Night, and Good Luck.” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov is just about a lock. It'll be funny if Clooney loses out to Syriana, but they wouldn't do that to him.
And that's the way it'll be, Oscar Night 2006.
TS