I think I am probably the only person who hasn't seen BBM cause it is a romantic tragedy. (You know how I adore angst.) I'll probably eventually sit down and watch it cause it's obviously a good movie about a subject I like.. (ROMANCE) just like I did watch "Love Story" and "Romeo and Juliet" eventually although nobody could drag me to the theatre to see them initially cause I hate bawling my eyes out in public. I also just really don't like too much sadness in one place.. or too much injustice.. ( Well.. you know that. LOL!) I am a bit leery too at having the homophobia card flung on me cause of my opinion of SLASH or BBM or anything else. That's not nice or fair.. and as overly introspective as I am.. believe me, I would have ferreted THAT out and admitted it to myself by now at least privately (and probably kept my liberal mouth shut about the whole subject and you wouldn't be reading this.)
If BBM gets people on the Gay Rights bandwagon then Yes Yes YES!!! It has been a force for good. There is just no two ways about that issue in my opinion. I was proudly born and raised within easy driving distance of Hollywood for heaven's sake and lived on the outskirts of San Francisco. I have lifelong friends who are openly gay that I love, disagree and agree with and support. I stopped watching the Academy Awards or caring about them many many moons ago. (I didn't even watch LotR's night of triumph!) Awards of any kind sort of inherently torc my oyster. Some people tend to rely on them too much as a gauge for worth instead of judging for themselves. However, I think you have a very tolerant and just point of view here that screaming homophobe looks bad even if it is undoubtedly true in some cases. It is below the belt.. so to speak. I will likely never see Crash just because the subject matter does not interest or entertain me. And that, is why I sit down and watch any movie at the end of the day.
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Date: 2006-03-10 05:23 pm (UTC)I am a bit leery too at having the homophobia card flung on me cause of my opinion of SLASH or BBM or anything else. That's not nice or fair.. and as overly introspective as I am.. believe me, I would have ferreted THAT out and admitted it to myself by now at least privately (and probably kept my liberal mouth shut about the whole subject and you wouldn't be reading this.)
If BBM gets people on the Gay Rights bandwagon then Yes Yes YES!!! It has been a force for good. There is just no two ways about that issue in my opinion. I was proudly born and raised within easy driving distance of Hollywood for heaven's sake and lived on the outskirts of San Francisco. I have lifelong friends who are openly gay that I love, disagree and agree with and support.
I stopped watching the Academy Awards or caring about them many many moons ago. (I didn't even watch LotR's night of triumph!) Awards of any kind sort of inherently torc my oyster. Some people tend to rely on them too much as a gauge for worth instead of judging for themselves. However, I think you have a very tolerant and just point of view here that screaming homophobe looks bad even if it is undoubtedly true in some cases. It is below the belt.. so to speak. I will likely never see Crash just because the subject matter does not interest or entertain me. And that, is why I sit down and watch any movie at the end of the day.