“Brokeback Mountain” this month won the Golden Globe award for best motion picture drama and top honors from the Producers Guild of America. Through Sunday, it had earned $42.1 million and had been remarkably successful in the conservative, red-state towns and cities that helped reelect Bush.
“Brokeback Mountain” is showing in at least two theaters in Waco, Texas, the closest city to Bush’s home near Crawford. And it is doing quite well, said Ben Reynolds, manager of the Hollywood Jewel 16. It was the second most popular film in the complex last week, he said.
But Bush on Monday gave no indication that he intended to see the film when a young man raised the issue near the end of a lengthy, unscripted question-and-answer session.
Imagine that!George Bush has no intention of seeing Brokeback Mountain! How can this be you say? You know what, I am speechless and out of sarcastic remarks on this one. I mean for the life of me, I can’t figure why anyone has any desire to see a friggin gay cowboy movie. I don’t even really object to it as much as the whole thing looks sooo boring and silly to me.
Why is this news? Who gives a @&*(?
EXACTLY my thoughts when I first saw this news story? Even so, what did the media expect from our president? Like he EVEN has time to watch this stuff.
Newspeople. huh.
I have been thinking about getting a group of guys together to go out for beer, then go to a screening of Brokeback Mountain, sit scattered throughout the theater and make audible “eeew!” “yuck” sounds whenever the naughty parts come on. Then, we can look at each other as we walk out of the theater and say things like, “that film was pretty gay.”
I read the short story online and man oh man was it depressing–gay storyline aside, this is a film about infidelity first and foremost, and the story at least, was utterly sad and I don’t want to put myself through that. I actually was interested in seeing this film, as I have family and friends that have experienced very similar situations with their ex-spouses. Basically, I wanted to see whether the wives’ side was portrayed sympathetically. But considering what I’ve read, I think I’ll pass for now. :^0