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| mychrissy | Feb 4 2006, 02:11 PM Post #31 |
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| pentax | Feb 4 2006, 02:14 PM Post #32 |
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How true, Wolfie - and I will admit to have seen a couple of those kind of movies in my younger (MUCH) days... Kinda brings up the "H" word, don't it? 
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| bikemanb | Feb 4 2006, 02:53 PM Post #33 |
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Bill, Rita and Chloe the Terror Cat For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. Benjamin Franklin | |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 4 2006, 11:23 PM Post #34 |
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I haven't seen the movie and don't plant to, but will comment anyway. I think it was nominated for PC reasons, as were the other nominations. If I do see it, it will be out of genuine curiosity not for entertainment. From what I've heard it is about two men who have a love interest in each other. Why would you marry a woman if you were gay? I suppose it does happen on rare occassions for religious reasons etc. Must be some gay fantasy about straight guys suddenly realizing they are gay. IMO if you are gay you know it. |
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| 5thwheeler | Feb 5 2006, 02:53 PM Post #35 |
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And so would a lot of women!
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History 101: When a popular myth is believed to be factual, teach the myth. Its not possible to underestimate the intelligence of the voting populous. Hummm, after seeing the results of the 06 election, I may have to modify my perception of the voting populous and refer to them as "Late Bloomers". 
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| justme | Feb 5 2006, 05:01 PM Post #36 |
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Brokeback gets some awards with low attendance and Passion of the Christ get no mention with a very high attendance. Am I missing something or are things getting weird. |
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| cmoehle | Feb 5 2006, 05:06 PM Post #37 |
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Awards are for artistry, not popularity--it's not like politics these days. |
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| Justine | Feb 6 2006, 03:48 AM Post #38 |
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I wouldn't see a cowboy movie regardless , not my cuppa. I am also not going to see the movie as I refuse to be polictically correct/safe and act like I just think a movie about gay man is wholesome entertainment. I do believe that gay men do marry women sometimes, and if the movie is set in the past, even 20 yrs ago, it would be far more common for a gay man to marry to" hide" , or ,because they didn't realize they were truly gay until after marriage. Nowadays , in most western countries , I think few gay men marry to "hide" their sexuality as it is considered very cool now to be gay. |
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| cmoehle | Feb 6 2006, 05:29 AM Post #39 |
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So what's wholesome entertainment, truth, or stories about the way you'd like the world to be? |
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| justme | Feb 6 2006, 08:32 AM Post #40 |
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Are you saying that a few who select the "artistry" are more artisitc than most. Then who is to say that those few are the right few to select what is art? If I remember my history most of the awards of the past were also very popular with the majority. I think the awards these days are a sick joke on so many by so few. |
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| abradf2519 | Feb 6 2006, 11:53 AM Post #41 |
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I think that most movies are about the world the way we would like it to be. The good guy gets the girl, the bad guy gets his comupance. Real life is seldom like this. Usually the bad guy gets the girl and the good guy gets screwed. No good deed should go unpunished right? Lets face it, we don't want to see movies about real life. This is why I prefer science fiction movies. There is nothing real about them at all, just entertainment. |
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| cmoehle | Feb 6 2006, 12:04 PM Post #42 |
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The awards have always been selected by those who produce art. The majority do not do that, don't know what art is, and likely don't care. Not that I'm an artist but the way I look at it is art is the medium, the form, the material, the weaving of the story, the tears in the fabric, and not the message that people get out of it, or better, project onto it. TS Eliot's "The Wasteland" is generally today recognized as a great conservative comment on the consequences of progress. When first published most people couldn't make heads or tales of it. I think you judge this by the message without seeing the medium. Again, just my way of looking at it. |
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| cmoehle | Feb 6 2006, 12:05 PM Post #43 |
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There are rewards for commericalism as well. Golden Globes are not Oscars. |
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| 5thwheeler | Feb 6 2006, 02:31 PM Post #44 |
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The Passion of Christ got what it deserved... absolutely nothing. The Passion of Christ was a sadistic horror flick with a 2000 year old story line, and absolutely no redeeming value. Plus, the abomination called the Passion of Christ was a foreign film and ineligible. On the other hand, Brookback mountain is not your standard Hollywood shoot-um up Cowboy film as some think, its a tragic love story about a love denied by hatred, and insensitivity of a society that hasn't a clue what the words "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in our Declaration of Independence really mean. |
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History 101: When a popular myth is believed to be factual, teach the myth. Its not possible to underestimate the intelligence of the voting populous. Hummm, after seeing the results of the 06 election, I may have to modify my perception of the voting populous and refer to them as "Late Bloomers".
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| Justine | Feb 6 2006, 05:53 PM Post #45 |
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Some consider the Passion of Christ a love story also. Selfless love. Sacrifice. the violence and gore in it is not to be the attraction( like in slasher flicks etc), but to show the sacrifice made on our behalf, willingly. Selfless love . Hatred and denied love? This is the original. |
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