“I love to go to the movies with people, but a lot of the time it's me in a room with a bunch of other movie critics, which is fine.” PeopleRoomsFineCriticsBunchMovie Critic Author:Wesley Morris
“'Brokeback Mountain' is a sad love story about two people who can't be together, and the reason that they can't be together is because being gay is a stigmatized thing. It would be interesting to have the same movie in which the two guys weren't in the closet and there was no shame about them being gay and they couldn't be together for other reasons. I still feel like we're a long way from that happening.” PeopleWayFeelsLongStillsTwoReasonStoriesWould BeTogetherGuyInterestingGayMountainHappeningsShameLove StoryClosetsLong WayBeing GaySad LoveTwo GuysBrokeback Mountain Author:Wesley Morris
“Ultimately the social change has to come from the people who make the movies, so the people who make the movies have to look at the landscape and say to themselves, "Well, you know, these things are changing, and I'm okay with their having changed, and I think it's okay to start reflecting those changes through the movies we make."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsLooksSocialChangedOkayLandscapeSocial ChangeReflecting Author:Wesley Morris
“I don't see a lot of studio executives caring at all about what the culture is telling us. They think they make the culture. They're not out taking the temperature of things and using the results of whatever sort of cultural surveying they're doing to make movies. They're interested in doing things that people are already comfortable with, and taking those properties and filling them.” PeopleThinkingCultureResultsComfortablePropertyStudiosCaringExecutivesFillingTemperature Author:Wesley Morris
“The problem with a lot of movies when it comes to race is that they want to be moral, and they want to make the audience feel good about something that a lot of people don't feel good about.” PeopleWantFeelsProblemRaceMoralAudienceFeel Good Author:Wesley Morris
“I have a pretty good sense of when to express misgivings. And white critics are just as capable of pointing those things out and noticing them as people of color.” PeopleWhiteColorCapableCriticsPointingGood SenseNoticingMisgivings Author:Wesley Morris
“Everybody brings their thing to their criticism. I bring this wealth of opinions and feeling and knowledge about race and gender and sexuality. I feel like I have it, I may as well express it, and if it's applicable to what I'm writing about and I'm not forcing it, I should try to use it, because it's interesting. It speaks to more than some people.” PeopleIfsFeelsShouldWritingTryingWellsMayUseFeelingsSpeakWealthInterestingRaceOpinionCriticismGenderSexualityRace And GenderGender And Sexuality Author:Wesley Morris
“In the Mac vs. PC ads, Apple bills itself as the antidote to Microsoft. To love Apple wasn't to sell out. It was to buy in. Most people use PCs, but Apple has the mindshare.” PeopleUseBillsSellsApplesAdsAntidoteMicrosoftMacs Author:Wesley Morris
“Movies are visual, aural, they involve people, and life, and ideas and art, they are so elastic. They can hold anything, withstand everything, and make you feel anything. Other arts can do that, but movies are the only ones that can incorporate other media into cinema.” PeopleFeelsArtIdeasCan DoMediaCinemaVisuals Author:Wesley Morris
“Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller.” PeopleIfsHappensWantedSixCheerCopBangsThrillersDesktop Author:Wesley Morris
