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Stone blames 'moral fundamentalism' for US box office flop

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Stone blames 'moral fundamentalism' for US box office flop


At the UK premiere of his epic film of Alexander, Oliver Stone last night blamed "raging fundamentalism in morality" for the film's US box office failure.
"Sexuality is a large issue in America right now, but it isn't so much in other countries," the Oscar-winning director explained yesterday. "There's a raging fundamentalism in morality in the United States. From day one audiences didn't show up. They didn't even read the reviews in the [American] south because the media was using the words: 'Alex is Gay'."

Meanwhile, Colin Farrell, who plays the title role, helpfully added his own explanation for the biopic's commercial failure: "The film is a draining experience to watch. It's loaded with mythology, icons, symbolism and destiny. My friends have watched the film and said: 'Jesus Christ it's not exactly Gladiator'."

The £80m epic has so far cashed in around £18m at the US box office. The Platoon director previously defended his epic of the Macedonian conqueror, saying that it was too complex for "conventional minds". "The script was just too ambiguous, too questioning about an action-hero who was masculine/feminine. These are tough qualities in Hollywood," the Platoon director said last month. "It's just too big a life. It doesn't fit in into the Hollywood formula."
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So why didn't the 49% of unconventional thinking, not morally fundamental people in the country go see it?

This is loaded with good quotes...

Colin: 'Jesus Christ it's not exactly Gladiator'. Is that what your friends call you? 😀

Another funny article, he also blames the president & Iraq for the movie's failure:

Oliver Stone turns on critics of 'gay' Alexander


"Because Alexander at times sounds like George (W) Bush, (people) get the two confused," he said. "I think it makes people feel queasy about empire and the concepts that Alexander espoused but Alexander was not attacking the east in order to drain it of its resources. He stayed in the east."
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I'll wait till it comes on DVD...

US critics also questioned whether a world conqueror with dyed blond hair and waxed legs would be able to attract people to theatres, while one newspaper called it a case of Queer Eye for the Macedonian Guy.
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LOL
 
I wish there was A LOT MORE moral fundamentalism

like that is a bad thing?

She just shot herself in the foot.. what a dumbass..

 
Originally posted by: dahunan
I wish there was A LOT MORE moral fundamentalism

like that is a bad thing?

She just shot herself in the foot.. what a dumbass..
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She? Read the article. Its not Sharon Stone its Oliver Stone 😉😛
 
Originally posted by: Schrodinger
Originally posted by: dahunan
I wish there was A LOT MORE moral fundamentalism

like that is a bad thing?

She just shot herself in the foot.. what a dumbass..
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She? Read the article. Its not Sharon Stone its Oliver Stone 😉😛
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Ooops.. I should fill this page with thousands of these 😱

.. LMAO... I guess I am the dumbass today 😛
 
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Schrodinger
Originally posted by: dahunan
I wish there was A LOT MORE moral fundamentalism

like that is a bad thing?

She just shot herself in the foot.. what a dumbass..
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She? Read the article. Its not Sharon Stone its Oliver Stone 😉😛
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Ooops.. I should fill this page with thousands of these 😱

.. LMAO... I guess I am the dumbass today 😛
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Don't feel bad - I started out by posting "This from someone who made herself famous by uncrossing her legs". But I caught myself 🙂

 
Originally posted by: BBond
Stone's movie bombed because it is an awful movie. Period.
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My favorite snippet from all this is:
Stone also denied rumours circulating in the press that he was preparing to direct a biopic of Margaret Thatcher. :shocked::laugh:😱:shocked:
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Starring Arnold Schwartzenegger in his greatest cross-dressing role ever!

Get the director's cut on DVD for the infamous leg waxing scenes!

 
Slow and boring??? This movie is perhaps the one best action movie released in hollywood ever. Yes i know i'm a minority. Who cares if it's slow! While i think Stone has gotten paranoid or something, this is absolutely a fantastic movie, and there must be something wrong with people since they can't see that.
The worst part about the movie is the severely underplayed gayness of Alexander, that's the only thing i don't like.

Besides, he directed u-turn, so it can't really be a bad movie can it!
 
Originally posted by: Centinel
Underplayed his gayness? why even bring his sexual orientation into it in the first place?
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Why hide it in the closet?

Why do all kinds of movies bring the sexual orientation of heterosexuals into the film?
 
Originally posted by: miketheidiot
Originally posted by: Centinel
Underplayed his gayness? why even bring his sexual orientation into it in the first place?
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Why hide it in the closet?

Why do all kinds of movies bring the sexual orientation of heterosexuals into the film?
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Good question.
 
This is just stupid, it bombed because it was a sh!tty movie, period.

Not everything is a vast right or left wing conspiracy. Jeez people.
 
Originally posted by: Rainsford
This is just stupid, it bombed because it was a sh!tty movie, period.

Not everything is a vast right or left wing conspiracy. Jeez people.
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You know that. I know that. A few others know that....but many, many dont.

 
Originally posted by: Centinel
Originally posted by: Rainsford
This is just stupid, it bombed because it was a sh!tty movie, period.

Not everything is a vast right or left wing conspiracy. Jeez people.
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You know that. I know that. A few others know that....but many, many dont.
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Indeed.

We could make it a new reality show 😛
 
Originally posted by: Rainsford
Originally posted by: Centinel
Originally posted by: Rainsford
This is just stupid, it bombed because it was a sh!tty movie, period.

Not everything is a vast right or left wing conspiracy. Jeez people.
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You know that. I know that. A few others know that....but many, many dont.
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Indeed.

We could make it a new reality show 😛
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No, because it would be a left/right wing conspiracy. Or even a corporate conspiracy!
 
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