I think we've already discussed Larry Miller (Utah Jazz owner) pulling Brokeback Mountain from the megaplex theater he owns. (news link) While Miller has not made any comments, it is likely that the movie was pulled because of his personal moral beliefs or his anticipation of the moral indignation of his audience. Without rehashing that debate, I sincerely want to know whether you find that Brokeback Mountain is the most morally offensive movie Miller's megaplex could be showing right now. Here are some other movies that may be objectionalbe: Memoirs of a Geisha: Some may argue that it glamorizes slavery and sexual predation of children. Hostel: Violence and gore Harry Potter: You know, that witchcraft stuff. here is a complete list of movies it is showing: Casanova Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Chronicles of Narnia Family Stone Fun with Dick and Jane Grandma Boy IMAX 3D Magnificent Desolation Reserved IMAX 3D Polar Express Reserved Seating IMAX- Magic of Flight King Kong Last Holiday Munich Producers Ringer Rumor Has It Syriana *** Note I'm not saying Larry doesn't have the right to do whatever he want with his theater. But I'm just curious as to why Brokeback was deemed to be the most offensive of all the movies his theater has shown. Too bad I can't check what other movies his theater has shown over the years. I'm sure other more offensive movies can be found.
he may have pulled it off for financial reasons. A movie like Brokeback Mountain isn't exactly a mainstream box office hit.
It's grossed over $22 million since it's release, and it cost $13 million to make. Not a mainstream box office hit, but certainly not a money-losing flop either.
Hostel Just from the trailor I'd say it is worse then watching a male love story. Tarantino is sick one sick puppy. His day job must be as torture expert for the CIA.
That may be true. And until Miller comments on the subject, we'll never know for sure. What we do know is that Miller broke a contract with Focus Features when it refused to honor its agreement to show the movie. Does this happen all the time? If it is common practice for theaters to break contracts in order to show more profitable movies, then langal you may well be right. However, in the articles below, Focus Features said Miller's breach of contract was a "deplorable business practice." Obviously from Focus Feature's point of view, this is not a common industry practice. If money is the issue, does pissing off a film distributor make financial sense? Focus Features is not a major powerhouse, but it is part of the NBC Universal family. It's credits include Monsoon Wedding, The Pianist, Lost in Translation, 21 Grams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and the new Pride and Prejudice. Sure these are artsy films, but these are mainstream artsy films, and some of them have made a lot of money. In other words, Focus Features is not someone you would lightly piss off. Moreover, if Miller frequely shuffles movies around for financial reasons, he could've easily released a comment point that out. He hasn't done so.
Hmmm... I thought about a "none of the above" option for the poll, but I figure most people will vote on that one. I guess I'm asking that if you HAD to pick one has more offensive than the others, which one would it be.
I guess I would vote for Memoires of A Geisha then, just because I don't like the way it uses Chinese women playing the leads as Japanese women. I don't know why it slightly annoys me, but it just does. If it was doing so and attempting to be funny, it wouldn't be so bad, but the fact that it is serious, it kind of bothers me.
*Geisha spoilers* . . . . . . . . . . . Really? That bothers you more than the fact that the Chairman picked the little girl to become a Geisha? That creeps me out to no end.
i dont let myself get offended by any movie. if its not appealing to me i just ignore it. the only movie on the list i saw or was even interested in was harry potter. the lame school dance part which ate up a good half hour of an otherwise decent movie was pretty offensive, but thats just me. why does it have to be some bigger social/political commentary? why cant it just be a story? like that clint eastwood/hillary swank movie - all the right wingers got all upset b/c they thought hollywood was promoting an assisted suicide agenda. i was listening to rush when he went off for a good half hour on the hollywood liberals who are trying to shove assisted suicide issues down our throats. now those hollywood liberals are trying to ram the gay agenda down our throats (PUN INTENDED).
I don't really get offended by movies. Or much of anything for that matter. One time a friend of mine told me my bass guitar was ugly. I was genuinely offended. It's not ugly.
I haven't seen any of the movies on the list and the only one I will probably see is Brokeback Mountain so I don't know if they offend me yet. I will say on the basis of principle the most offensive movie on the list of movies playing at Miller's Megaplex is Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Bad music offends me. Really. I have always loved going to flicks since i was a kid, and we went about 3 times a week. (my Dad was a movie fanatic. I'll never forget seeing Blowup with the whole family when I was pretty damn young. The orgy scene is great!) Bad music? I feel that far more personally.
Not usually, but it was slightly offensive when Jude Law, and Nicole Kidman played southerners in that Civil war film. Like I said, offend is really the wrong word. It just slightly annoys me. In the case of the Jude Law, Nicole Kidman picture it annoyed me more than the Geisha one.
