Amazing! This Oscar season the most honored films were those that celebrate homosexuality -Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, Capote, and display the bleeding-heart liberal mentality - Syriana, Munich. But the box office says a different story...the real picture of what the American movie-goer likes.
All Best Picture nominees ranked in the top 100 dollar movies of 2005, but none of them made the top 25. "Brokeback Mountain" ranked 26th in $'s with "Munich" 69th, "Good Night and Good Luck" 90th, and "Capote" 97th.
The top five box office films of 2005 were "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "King Kong," "Star Wars," and "War of the Worlds."
Leslie Unger, a spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told CNSNews Service, "What we do and how our awards are determined has absolutely nothing to do with how a film does in terms of box office, so that's nothing that we would offer any comment on."
If you missed the Oscars, here's the list of the Winners
But if you want some really good reading see "Oscars for Osama" by one of my favorite commentators, Charles Krauthammer
Plus, my show today with James Hirsen on Hollywood and it's Left Coast liberal politics helps put things really into perspective. If you missed it you can listen online...
Hear the show (See 3/6/05)
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