God has graced us with yet another reason to pray for the San Andres fault to open up and swallow Hollywood.

This weekend two movies opened in box offices across the country. One was an age old story of childhood adventure from the pages of the greatest Christian allegory ever written. The other film has been so hyped by Hollywood elitists that they’ve already had the Oscars and Golden Globes engraved. It is the heart worming (sic) tale of lust between two queer cowboys. *sigh*

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is a beautifully rendered epic of nearly the same quality as the Lord of the Rings series. Tammy and I saw “Narnia” and my review is forthcoming. While there is no direct reference to Christianity in the movie, any Christian (or any non-Christian who knows anything about the Bible) should be able to easily see through the allegorical veil of this C.S. Lewis’ classic. It is because of this Biblical foundation (and the fact that LOTR has raised the bar so high for fantasy films) that film industry elitists have written off Narnia. No one in Hollywood expected it do much more than cover costs.

On the other hand, Hollywood was rolling out the red carpet for “Brokeback Mountain” before the ink was dry on the script. Entertainment rags, such as Varity, have been hyping the snot out of this film as the first “mainstream” success of a gay script. The tag line for the movie is “Love is a force of nature”. Yeah, well, so is explosive diarrhea, but that doesn’t make it something I want to see, much less embrace. Among others, USA Today ran a shameless plug article for Brokeback saying, “The film might find its place in history as a cultural landmark.” *hurk* Sorry, just typing that caused a little vomit to come up on me.

Now comes the refreshing part. Narnia just finished its second weekend of release and has grossed over $112 million. It released at number one and this week is number two behind the much anticipated Peter Jackson flick, King Kong.

The other film is in its second weekend of release (the first weekend was a limited release in only three theaters in liberal save havens of NY, LA, and SF). The gay cowboy show has now pocketed a whopping $3 million. That’s less than 3% of the box office Narnia is enjoying. Let’s hope the trend continues.

Now, I have no false hope for Hollywood. There is no question that the award shows will shower Brokeback with praise and adoration regardless of its financial (non)showing. But we can still hope that the movie execs that are the driving force behind what Hollywood makes will do as they are want to do and follow the almighty dollar. As much as the coastal media liberals want it to be mainstream and accepted, homosexuality remains a sin in the eyes of America and Americans will put their money where their mouth is.

Amen.