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For a couple reasons,1, I’m not into love stories, to me it’s all the same no matter how you twist it.
2nd, I’m heterosexual and not interested in Gay movies.
This pretty much sums it up for me.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Vinyleer
Follow Ups:
gay doctors, gay policemen and firemen, gay politicians, gay actors, gay news commentators, gay athletes. gay auto mechanics, gay truck drivers, gay chefs, gay teachers, gay audiophiles etc. Do you get my point? I sort of doubt it.
When you can proudly (seemingly) proclaim such phobia as if you are wearing a badge of honor.It is saddens me further that some of the other postings seem to legitimate this type of hatred in any form. Imagine if you proclaimed you wouldn't watch any movie having blacks or hispanics in it because you don't believe in their social legitimacy.
Put bluntly, this is what our hobby isn't about.
Religious people tend not to see the link between being anti- Gay and anti-black -- they say something like "we love you but we hate your sin" or some such nonsense.But then those whackos' still think being Gay is a choice and the earth is 20,000 years old - and well that they hear God. Most people who hear voices are sent to asylums -- but the US elects them as president so I would not expect things to change anytime soon.
Just so they don't come to this asylum... :)Alas, I think you are right and the tolerance I yearn to see is lacking at this point.
I have been accused of not being tolerant to Religious people. So it spreads -- but I have a tough time being tolerant to the intolerant. Religion is 100% about control -- ministers priests evangeluists want to control others. Religious people want to be controlled - they want a book and a priest telling them how they should eat breath licve and most of all THINK. It's why Bush has to merely use God's will every speech and why the sheep lap it up. Remove any complex grey issue for the mere "he's bad let's kill him" approach. Proof? Well shoot first ask questions later. It'll be interesting to see now that his highly touted democracy push in Palestine has them elect a terrorist organization.The interesting thing is that a dictator is almost a matter of relativity these days.
Compare Castro to Bush. Castro has managed full health care and a much higher literacy rate without the ability to trade and basically no money. Bush -- well he can spy on anyone in the country tap your phones detain you -- He jsut keeps the citizenry pacified so they won't revolt. Fatten the people up enough so they won't want to risk what they have.
But hey behind all that is the one voice the one God telling him that his is the path of righteousness for God only blesses America - and thus God only blesses the American President. Ask Pat Robertson and he'll say Sharon is punished by God for trying to carve up God's temple -- now ask him to explaim Huricaine Katrina? If I were religious I'd think gee maybe that's a punishment for attacking Iraq for no reason. But nah -- that link would never be made.
I'm intolerant of religion because religion is intolerant of anyone who does not fit exactly the mold they require. Gotta go with Bill Maher on this -- "there are the people who voted republican and then there are the sane." :-0
Funny, I never felt my heterosexuality compelled me to be dismissive of non-heterosexual human emotions.
Now tell us what you had for dinner last night.
What’s wrong with not liking what’s on the menu?
Will I be labeled “bad” or “wrong in thought” for ordering something with out meat?
Films containing
Women?
Dogs?
Large apes?
Aliens?
The French?
buildings?
Nothing is wrong with not liking what's on the menu. You won't be labeled "bad" or "wrong in thought" for ordering something without meat. But if you feel the need to tell everyone in sight your food preferences you might be pegged as one who needlessly disseminates useless information.
Sheesh...
I, for one, refuse to watch Seabiscuit because:(1) I don't have any interest in horses; and
(2) I hate movies about people overcoming adversity
I am not sure, the following issues need to be decided:1. I am not a Native American, therefore I am not interested in Native American stories.
2. On the other hand, I am a heterosexual and the girl who plays a Native American looks pretty hot. And she is not really a Native American.It is a quandry, that's for sure.
***2) I hate movies about people overcoming adversityHow un-American of you! Between that and the slashers it covers 95% of Hollywood production. Af, sorry, make room for a few percents more - sappy feel-good trash deserves the right to exist too!
N/T
*** Q:Why's the chicken cross the road?
***A: Fats Waller: They don't, they all stay on my side now...***
... dinosaurs in that film.
NT
..thanks for letting us in on your phobia.
... YOU???
I guess you don't watch many films then.
Strange.
Pronated Palm of some gays have been applied too often as stereotypical behavioral characteristics in films, resulting in exaggerated caricatures of that group as a whole? ~AH
Think you are being overdefensive on what I considered a legit
question. ~AH
The defensive posturing remains your own.
Your 2-way answering was obvious. Of course, I will defend my motives when I'm accused of trolling by an overdefensive person. ~AH
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intellectual curiousity. ~AH
... your post, I found that I may well have misinterpreted your intention and thus been a little on the aggressive side...
~AH
... what you have described is "camp" rather than "gay".
If you have some serious point it would be better not to cloak it in the (not so) subtle phrasing of a troll.
I could be wrong but your post doesn't read right to me.
Actually I have not noticed the pronounced stereotyping to which you refer. Certainly not in the last few decades.
you will miss out a good percentage of all movies, including some of the best ever. Of course, most movies with some sort of love story contain many other elements as well (Brokeback Mountain does and so does Casablanca for example) so it's not at all clear what exactly is a "love story" and what is not.Suit yourself. I'm sure it doesn't really matter to anyone else whether you see this or not. I'm not sure why you thought this was worth announcing.
***I'm sure it doesn't really matter to anyone else whether you see this or not. I'm not sure why you thought this was worth announcing.I think you are being too hard on him. People's reactions to movies, their likes and dislikes, what makes them want to see some and not others are all pertinent issues here, I think. Social agenda plays important role in some people's minds - remember the 911, the movie? - and therefore his position is relevant. Debatable, sure, but relevant.
I don't mean to be hard on anybody. Let me put it another way."what makes them want to see some and not others are all pertinent issues here"
I would agree, but if those reasons are superficial and insipid, I don't care to hear about them.
As an example, my sister will not go to see any foreign language movies. Period. I have argued with her, but she is adamant. And as you realize, most Americans will not go to see foreign language movies.
Now when a foreign language movie comes out, are we to be subjected to: "I'm an English-speaking American and not interested in foreigners who don't speak English."
This may be true for many people, but I know it already and don't need to hear it over and over. Similarly, everyone knows there are many people who will avoid a gay-themed movie. It's not news. It's not interesting, at least not to me.
Some things we do - or don't do - are meant to send the message to Hollywood... OK, not just Hollywood, but also the whole distribution chain.Today Hollywood seems to be on a mission. Some people there believe they can push their favorite subjects on the public with impunity. In that situation I think it is important to push back - by refusing to see their stuff, as I don't think they are qualified to be our mind controllers - something they are certainly attempting. Hollywood is INCREDIBLY sensitive to the bottom line, and that is where we can hit back.
While there IS some similarity between the case you cited and the one here, there is also great difference. "Foreign movies" encompass so much more than any particular genre that by refusing to see them one severely limits his scope. After all, as I usually say, about 95% of the world is "foreign" to Americans. There are "foreign" films on pretty much ANY subject one might wish to see or investigate.
Also, there certainly has not been any particular "push" behind them, no agenda, no mission.
Things are different with gay movies. Many consider their promotion extremely in your face, and there is good reason for that. Such active promotion calls for active push back, if one disagrees with it.
So in this particular case the position the poster took does get legitimacy.
I have not seen this movie (to put that aside at the start).I think I understand what you're saying -- vote with your money. You don;t want to see a Gay love story that is fine -- people make choices all the time about what they wish to see and what they don't for all sorts of reasons. The foreign press and most film critics seem to be saying about this particular film that indeed the non American Director is a symbal that these are the kinds of films they want to see (if the number of film critics has anything to say - including most foreign countires top film critics).
The stupid thig about all this is that this is HARDLY new. There have been so many films and tv that have gay characters in love in love stories that I can;t see this as being a "token gay love story" that "They" presumably Hollywood but Hollywood is not the THING from outer space it is made up of individuals from around the world, are trying to promote that "Gay is good, so be Gay."
Frankly, I wish a lot more guys were Gay -- that means there is a lot less competition for ME :-)
I'm libertarian leaning - I sure would rather spend a day with Hugh Hefner and Larry Flint than I ever would with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson...and if that means I'm going to hell -- GOOD -- because wherever pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell end up does not sound like Heaven to me!
Actually, me and a dude at work were joking about being seen buying tickets for it. Don't think we'll be sneaking into that one. I said earlier, the closest I'll get is a plain red wrapper (Netflix).
Fuhgedaboutit!
being seen going into a theater to see it, but from the safety of their homes....
N/T
*** Q:Why's the chicken cross the road?
***A: Fats Waller: They don't, they all stay on my side now...***
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Fuhgedaboutit!
Labeling Brokeback as a "Gay movie" is a convenient oversimplification, esp by someone who claims to have not seen it. The story certainly doesn't glamorize the gay lifestyle depicted.As far as I'm concerned, both of your reasons for not wanting to see it are personal preferences and nothing I can argue with. Consider however if you reverse your logic in reason 2; should gays not be interested in hetero movies?
BTW, I like your pun at the end of reason 1...you say you haven't seen the film???
heteros might be called 'sads', 'dulls', 'blands' etc. ~AH
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