Abstinence and Michael Bay
I saw an interesting blurb on the IMDb news today. It read:
"Celibate Kids To Urge Studios To De-Sex Movies
"Celibate Kids To Urge Studios To De-Sex Movies
Under a banner proclaiming, "We raise the bar. We push the limits. We make things happen, and Hollywood will never be the same," a group calling themselves the Abstinence Clearinghouse (Rolling Stone last month described them as "The Young and the Sexless") said Wednesday that it will bring together 1,000 supporters in Hollywood next week to urge filmmakers to produce sex-free movies. The Sioux Falls, SD-based group said that it plans to hold its ninth Abstinence Leadership Conference from August 4-6 with the theme "Lights, Camera, NO Action.""
A list of recent sex-free movies, compiled from memory:
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2. March of the Penguins
3. Napoleon Dynamite
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. School of Rock
7. Madagascar
8. The Longest Yard
9. The Passion of the Christ
10. The Incredibles
I feel any further commentary, such as, oh, I don't know, pointing out that if you don't want to see a movie with sex in it, you can save your $9, or even, if seeing a movie with sex is too tempting, maybe abstinence just isn't for you, would be irrelevant. Of course, I can't blame them. They're from South Dakota, and as I understand it, SD is so boring that the only things to do are have sex, go to the movies, or make a point of not having sex.
Putting all that to one side, the big box office story of this week is the absolute failure of Michael Bay's new picture, The Island. This is the first Michael Bay picture to not open at number 1, and everyone's grasping for an explanation. One theory I haven't heard is my personal one, that the failure of The Island can be placed solely at the feet of "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker. Although critics have been hating Michael Bay for as long as he's been making movies, none have been so vocal as Parker was in the funniest movie of last year, Team America: World Police, in which he sang, "Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you." Now, maybe it's my imagination, but I honestly believe that that song was a catalyst prompting many film buffs to profess their hatred, or at least profound dislike, of Messr. Bay's movies, and so for the past 10 months I've heard more about how much Michael Bay sucks than ever before in my life. The Island is the first movie Bay has come out with since Team America, and it's his very first flop. Coincidence? Probably.
A list of recent sex-free movies, compiled from memory:
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2. March of the Penguins
3. Napoleon Dynamite
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. School of Rock
7. Madagascar
8. The Longest Yard
9. The Passion of the Christ
10. The Incredibles
I feel any further commentary, such as, oh, I don't know, pointing out that if you don't want to see a movie with sex in it, you can save your $9, or even, if seeing a movie with sex is too tempting, maybe abstinence just isn't for you, would be irrelevant. Of course, I can't blame them. They're from South Dakota, and as I understand it, SD is so boring that the only things to do are have sex, go to the movies, or make a point of not having sex.
Putting all that to one side, the big box office story of this week is the absolute failure of Michael Bay's new picture, The Island. This is the first Michael Bay picture to not open at number 1, and everyone's grasping for an explanation. One theory I haven't heard is my personal one, that the failure of The Island can be placed solely at the feet of "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker. Although critics have been hating Michael Bay for as long as he's been making movies, none have been so vocal as Parker was in the funniest movie of last year, Team America: World Police, in which he sang, "Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you." Now, maybe it's my imagination, but I honestly believe that that song was a catalyst prompting many film buffs to profess their hatred, or at least profound dislike, of Messr. Bay's movies, and so for the past 10 months I've heard more about how much Michael Bay sucks than ever before in my life. The Island is the first movie Bay has come out with since Team America, and it's his very first flop. Coincidence? Probably.
posted by tGP at 14:24
4 Comments:
alex is wrong for a change! haha!
march of the penguins includes penguin sex. damn that hollywood smut :P
So do the abstinence people want Micheal Bay to abstain? from movies? from sex?
The whole thing is silly. The '70s had a lot more sex in movies, and it usually was more explicit and completely gratuitous.
They want no sex but gratuitous violence is ok? Kindof a flawed argument. No sex makes Jack a dull movie - if they want sanitized films I hear Iran does a wonderful job at it...
you know what id like to see more of in movies...a bit of saudomy now and then
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