Sex Doesnt Sell At The Movies
Well it looks like sex isnt selling at the movies any more according to Yahoo news
Look at the numbers on sexy movies. The list of boxoffice casualties is long. Both versions of “Lolita” died at the boxoffice, along with “Striptease,” “Showgirls,” “Henry and June,” “Crash,” “The Brown Bunny,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “Crimes of Passion,” “Wonderland” “and “Original Sin.” Boosted by raves, the 1998 porn-world flick “Boogie Nights” topped out at $26 million. Even when Warner Bros. Pictures sold “Eyes Wide Shut” as a groundbreaking sex event movie starring Tom Cruise (news) and his then-wife Nicole Kidman, audiences blinked.
The old adage “sex sells” no longer applies to the movies. “Sex will not make something that is otherwise not entertaining sell,” producer Tom Pollock says. “Movies work because they make you laugh, cry or (be) scared. Audiences won’t go to a movie because of sex.”
Jeez. I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that we can find sex right in the comfort of our own homes without having to shell out 35 dollars after popcorn? And hey I can masturbate here.
Sex in a GOOD movie is great. Sex alone on the big screen? Christ, do you know what 7.50 can buy you on the internet these days? A lot more than what they showed in eyes wide shut, that’s for sure.
Another strike out for the MPAA! 
After these fuckers screw me out of 10 bucks at the theatre for a ticket, 20 bucks for a DVD, and make me sit through commercials on EITHER of those products…. well, i’m kind of glad they’re taking a loss.
March 21st, 2005 at 10:57 pm
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