[Incorrigible]

Ay Carumba!

Do these shrinks ever stop gazing at their.... navel?

[gondramB]

It's a chick flick but with naked men and no women...why do you suppose I'd want to skip that? sheesh...

[atomicpossum]

First to introduce the word 'sodomite' to this thread, but I'm sure I won't be the last.

[Echo Talon]

bareback mountin' :D sorry had to...

[Brett66]

Defining deviancy down. What's next, re-education camps?

[luvbach1]

All this bewilderment as to why heterosexual men are turned off by homosexuality. Sometimes there's an easy answer. Could it be that most of them don't like hairy backsides?

[BenLurkin]

I doubt if any straight women are interested in seeing this movie either.

[ClearCase_guy]

They've got to stop calling these homos cowboys! They have sheep, not cows. And we don't want to have anything to do with that!

[derllak]

I'm so tired of being called a homophobe just because I think their lifestyle is deviant and I don't want it in my face. Why aren't those little tutu-wearing fairies called heterophobes?

[numberonepal]

No thanks to Brokeback Mountain.

[Semper Paratus]

Homosexuality is no longer a disorder but homophobia now is.

Check.

[Servant of the 9]

What is it in this story of two cowboy pals in 1960s Wyoming

They are not cowboys.

They are sheepherders.

Guys that start out spending a little too much time around sheep are halfway there.

So9

[atomicpossum]

[Logophile]

Many Straight Guys Say 'No Thanks' to 'Brokeback Mountain'

Well, this straight guy just says "No!" (I won't say "Thanks.")

[Dutch Boy]

So those that have no interest in seeing a movie are homophobic? That has to be the longest conclusion jump in decades. I guess all those years in school should have been spend on studying instead of training for the long distance conclusion jumping team. Not liking or excepting something gay is a far cry from being phobic about it.

[ncountylee]

"I got hundreds of messages, most of whom hated me for just existing,"

How many were fathers with sons, I wonder? Years ago any preaching advancing a homosexual agenda would have resulted in a much more personal (and painful) message.

[SampleMan]

What is it in this story of two cowboy pals in 1960s Wyoming who find themselves in lifelong love -- yet go on to marry women -- that elicits this response from heterosexual males?

The answers are as complex as the plot.

Setting aside the whole "abomination to God" thing for a second, the reason that hetro men don't want to see this crap is that it sickens them. Why? Becasuse sex is like food. Someone may choose to eat live worms from a bowl, but it makes me want to puke if I have to watch them eat it.

Its really that simple.

[M203M4]

****back mountain ping.

:)

[Babu]

In a booming economy, Hollywood manages to have declining sales. No mean accomplishment, that ...

As Rushbo said, obviously what Hollywood needs to do, is to just make more movies with lesbian and gay themes (sarcasm was on ... )

[steelcurtain]

"This is a threat to most men because it opens up the possibility that two men who are friendly may become affectionate," Shary said. "That's something men just do not want to consider." Countless movies feature characters who marry (or are married to) someone but linger evermore over feelings for another -- think "Casablanca."

Um, Mr. Shary, are you aware that "Casablanca" was about a woman torn between her love for two men, one her husband, the other her former lover? There's no way to analogize that scenario to two homosexuals.

[Gay State Conservative]

To film fan Eddie Hargreaves of Stockton, Calif., it's more like the "ick" of romantic drama. "I'm not going to speak for everybody," he said, "but I don't know a lot of straight guys who said, `Oh, man, I can't wait to see "Bridges of Madison County,""' 1995's famous tearjerker.

That's Barbra Streisand! Many normal guys can enjoy Bridges just as they can enjoy Saving Private Ryan.

The "ick" factor comes from the fact that it's two guys "in love".Normal guys have as little desire to watch two guys in "love" as they do to watch two dogs in love.

It's a normal reaction for normal guys.