"Brokeback Mountain" Pulled in Utah (choices, choice, hell)

[nutshell]

Click to read the msnbc.com story about a Utah theater pulling the controversial film "Brokeback Mountain" and participate in the poll. The poll answer choices are similar to that of msnbc's. I thought it would be interesting to compare the results. Thanks.

Link to story http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10759062/

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by nutshell

Click to read the msnbc.com story about a Utah theater pulling the controversial film "Brokeback Mountain" and participate in the poll. The poll answer choices are similar to that of msnbc's. I thought it would be interesting to compare the results. Thanks.

Link to story http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10759062/

I think Larry Miller (who owns pretty much all of Utah ) has the right not to show the movie in his myriad of theaters. I'm personally interested in seeing the movie, but then I'm one of those terrible liberal Mormons who actually see R-rated movies. I saw the previews; they looked good, so I'll probably go. We have independent theaters here that are showing the movie, and they'll do a good business. Larry Miller will go a good business without the movie. So I guess everybody wins.

[gnomon]

I agree with Katzpur.

A private theater has the right to show what they wish to show. In that sense it is O.K.

Do I agree with his decision? Not really. I think he is missing the oppurtunity to provide himself and his employees with some good business.

But personally, this movie, even with its subject material, does not really possess anything to rank up there with controversy such as Last Temptation did or basically any other movie. I think Miller might be creating more "to do" by his decision then actually exists. Which in the long run can only be good for the movie itself as goes the old adage....there is no such thing as bad publicity. Unless you are O.J. Simpson.

[Flappycat]

It's a free country, supposedly. As long as the foolhead Christians keep their censorship out of my hair, I give it a big, fat whatever. Perhaps if they understood they didn't have to see or show movies they don't want to, they wouldn't spend so much time trying to deprive the rest of us of good entertainment.

[fromthe heart]

I saw the movie and censorship is not the best way to handle some things.

[Flappycat]

Personally, I think that censorship is only dangerous if the foolheads enforce it through the government. Using the government to keep them from choosing not to show it would be just as bad as them using the government to ban this or that film. The government is not a toy. It's treated as one often enough, though.

[MdmSzdWhtGuy]

A privately owned movie theater should be able to show, or not show any movie that they choose to. If the owner wants to just show Cool Runnings on every one of his screens 24/7 it is his right to do so. If he wants to show every art house and Academy Award nominated movie, then that is, of course, his right as well.

B.

[Fluffy]

I ticked awful because whilst I agree that the theatre owner should have the right to do that if he wished, I still think he was wrong to do so. I just don't think he should be legally obliged to show the movie.

[michel]

Originally Posted by Fluffy

I ticked awful because whilst I agree that the theatre owner should have the right to do that if he wished, I still think he was wrong to do so. I just don't think he should be legally obliged to show the movie.

"Awful. It's an award-winning film and we need to be more progressive. "..........because I think the last thing you guys there need is censorship (especially about gay matters)

[Fluffy]

Does anyone think he should have been forced legally to show the film and if so how should it be enforced? ie how do you make sure that he doesn't just put it on in a single rubbish screen or whatever. Does it violate his right to freedom of speech?