Am I the only one who doesn't wanna see Brokeback Mountain?

I can see many people like to go to a movie for pure entertainment.  If a movie that has a stronge message behind it, or prompt you to think about something social/religious/philosophical, people would thing it's too "heavy". 

I don't really care for romance movies - people told me they cried when they watched Ghost or Titanic and I was like "ok....".  I saw Brokeback Mountain as another romance movie.  Nothing deeply moving, nothing too beautiful, but interesting. 

I don't wanna see it either.  Did you see the Western Montage at the start of the Academy last night?  oh....my...   too funny. 

Lets see...  no, I haven't seen anything except Narnia.  Saw "Walk the Line" last weekend, didn't think it was nothin' special.  

Why did  a song about a pimp get an award? What's the world comin' to?  Or do I miss something here?

oh, I forgot, I did see "March of the Penguins".   Talk about your endurance athletes, er, animals.

Another Wallace and Gromit fan here!  Our whole family loves those films.  I enjoy the subtle humor.  The kids love Gromit.  We even quote lines from the movies.  "Porridge today Gromit.  It's Tuuuuesday!"  I had to let my kids stay up past bedtime to see if they won the Oscar.

now, Derek, you got me all thinking.  I think I've seen most of these "best" movies now.  Hereeeee ya gooo.....

1971    Patton     

Heh heh.....

The only one I've seen is Crash.  Amazing movie if you want to made to think and face realities other than the one that you live in.  That's a big if.  Plenty of times I'm not in the mood for that much thinking.  But still, amazing. 

i usually hate the acadamy awards picks, so I never watch them.  That's why I watched Austin Powers last night instead of the awards.  Much more entertaining.

I'm a fan of movies that make you think, but not about some heavy moral implication.  I like the ones that are twisted and strange (basicly anything Quentin Tarentino).  One of my all time favorite movies is memento.  Just when you think you have it figured out, you don't and even watching it a second time, you pick up on new stuff.  That makes for a quality film. I also like the historical movies like Gladiator, the Patriot, Master and Commander, ect.

I don't think it was so much the blatant racism as it was the levels of racism, where it comes from, who exhibits it, and the fact that sometimes their fears are justified, sometimes they are not and sometimes they just don't matter.  ***Spoiler warning*** Matt Dillon starts out as the most vile character and becomes a true hero at one point.  Does that mean he's not a racist?  Then the rookie that is disgusted and offended by his behavior does his own reprehensible thing.  I didn't think the point of the movie was racism as much as it was that people, and our interaction with each other is complex and we need to figure out a better way to deal with it.  Even if you think you are fine with it all you still have to deal with people who are not.  Never in history has humanity had to deal with the collision of cultures that we are facing now and are still in the beginning stages of learning to cope.

I realize I sound like I'm drinking the "Crash" kool-aid and I don't mean to sound like I'm on a soapbox.  Sorry.

I want to see it because I don't like not knowing enough about something that people think is controvercial to have an opinion.   And, I often like "deep" movies.

I work with a lady who was saying she was glad it didn't win because of the homosexual themes and they are immoral.  She was glad that the Dolly Parton song did not win because it is for a movie that dealt with a transexual.   Of course, she never saw either movie.

I have to admit that I found the "pimp" song rather vulgar.  But I guess that just because something is not to my taste doesn't mean it is not without artistic merit.