With the whole Brokeback thing going on, I was kinda reminded of another movie that caused a huge stir back in the day...


Kiss of the Spider Woman

I can't recall any other movies off the top of my head that caused such a ruckus......funny how it was an even 20 years between them.  

I have not seen either, I remember parts of KOTSW from clips, but I was a whole 11 years old when it came out and my parents did not allow us kids to watch rated R stuff back then.

Any others?

I remember that when the first Species film came out, the whole Christian community went completely apeshit. I was fairly young (in my teens), but that I do remember as I wanted to see it.

Also "Wild Things" and "Showgirls"...

And I remember how the show "Ellen" went from "hot stuff" to "nobody watching" in a matter of days after she gayed herself...

Quoted: I remember that when the first Species film came out, the whole Christian community went completely apeshit. I was fairly young (in my teens), but that I do remember as I wanted to see it. Also "Wild Things" and "Showgirls"... And I remember how the show "Ellen" went from "hot stuff" to "nobody watching" in a matter of days after she gayed herself...

Jesus, showgirls was a disappointment to say the least...I could not even watch it long enough to get to see any body parts is was so bad.

Basic Instinct was blown out of proportion. All you see is pubes

Controversial to the lefties:

Passion of the Christ.

Also the Narnia movie was dislike by the atheist- liberal left.

The Dems do not like films that have religious ties

what was the movie from the late 80s  early 90s when Mary comes back to earth and marries a cabdriver in NY?
I rember a shitstorm over that one  

I can remember "The Last Temptation of Christ" being very controversial when I was young.

Quoted: I can remember "The Last Temptation of Christ" being very controversial when I was young.

Yeah, I remember stories of angry Catholics vandalizing movie theaters where it was playing.  

"The Life of Brian"

Protested by local Christians in front of the movie theaters.


Steve

Cannibal Holocaust.

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