Brokeback Mountain

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Originally posted by Dulcinea:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by The Big Sexy:
Did you happen to see "Crash"? It sucked. BBM was a masterpiece by comparison. One told a story; the other beat you over the head with an agenda.

I unfortunately watched Crash just before embarking on my recent journey, thinking I was going to have significant face time with a board member of Lionsgate Entertainment. I got the face time, but unfortunately the guy is no longer on the board.

I dare trav and gae to watch "Crash". It will be their most-hated movie EVER.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, I haven't seen Crash. I have heard it depicted as a movie that sends the message that we are all victims of, and on some level participate in, racism and bigotry. This is also a socially-aware theme, and for the large percentage of Academy members that live in L.A., its setting in L.A. and the themes of race, crime, prejudice and fear in America may strike more personal resonance and relevance than BBM, no matter how beautiful and well done BBM was.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I admit "Crash" is a movie that needs to be seen a second time; however, I don't know that I could put myself through it again.

The Academy shouldn't award best picture because a film has the best theme. It should award the film that best tells a story.

"Crash" was well-intentioned - I suppose - but after 10 minutes I found myself saying, "I GET THE POINT!"

It was too much crammed into one film.

If you think BBM was a sad film (one of the knocks against it), watch "Crash".

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Originally posted by Dulcinea:
Good news, everybody! Brokeback Mountain came out on DVD on Tuesday, April 4th. I signed in to Amazon and it was on my recommended list. It is scary how well their algorithms work.

Funny, when I was at the local Wal*Mart? on Tuesday, it was not on the rack with the new releases.

So, for only $16.98 you can own this and see it as many times as you like. In slow motion if you want.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Damn, you?re even more obsessed with gay love then Greg.

Something we need to know about?

Nik and I watched BBM last night, and we both pretty much had the exact same feeling by the end of it.

"So what?"

It was not a good movie. We found ourselves to be bored at most times, and just wondering why we were even bothering with it. I guess we just had to see it to understand why all the hype. As far as the homosexuality of it, HBO has more far reaching shows in primetime than BBM ever was. "Six Feet Under" has a gay main character, "Oz", the prison show, had everything offensive under the sun, and yet everybody made this huge big deal about BBM. I would rate it as 2.5 stars. Extremely average.

BTW, I think cincygreg could totally relate with Ennis.

For me the issue with BBM was not the gay theme it was all the innuendos that is you didn?t want to see it you were homophobic. I believe that if it wasn?t for the hype it would have fell on its face. Let?s see how it does in rentals and DVD sales.

GAE and I go to one movie a year, we chose to see Munich this year. It was mediocre and after tickets, popcorn and drinks I thought a waste of money. We chose this movie because of the historical aspect.

I am waiting for someone to decide that we are speciesist because we didn?t see King Kong.

Who the hell is Ennis and why would I relate with him?

Saw it last night, and all I could think was "what's the big deal"? The scenery was the most impressive part of the movie. I had to turn the volum WAY UP because I couldn't hardly understand a word Ennis said.

If anything, it was boring bordering on depressing.

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Originally posted by cincygreg:
Who the hell is Ennis and why would I relate with him?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ennis Del Mar is one of the gay cowboys who's uncomfortable with his gayness and there for pretends not to be gay.....even though he is.

Get it? [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rainbow.gif[/img]

Well, I guess I have nothing in common with ennis afterall.

Really dont appreciate that comparison either [img]graemlins/thumbs_down.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by LAKE:
Saw it last night, and all I could think was "what's the big deal"? The scenery was the most impressive part of the movie. I had to turn the volum WAY UP because I couldn't hardly understand a word Ennis said.

If anything, it was boring bordering on depressing.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Depressing yes, but to appreciate it, you have to look at it the way you view a baseball game. There's a *lot* going on that you don't know unless you understand the game.

BBM was as much about what wasn't being said as what was being said.

To further my point, the last three scenes of the movie could arguably be said to put many people into the "When is this going to be over mode", but if you followed closely, those same scenes were packed with interesting stuff.

First the phone call to Jack's wife, to find out the details of his death. That scene was so well done - and left one asking what really happened, what was going on in Lureen's head; why the tone in her voice.

The next scene, Ennis visits Jack's parents. Very slow moving scene, but packed with stuff. The father's insistence about the burial plot; the mother allowing Ennis to go upstairs and insistance that he come back; the shirt.

Then the final scene, where Alma Jr. comes over to say she's getting married. At first I thought this was scene was superfluous, but I've come to think there was significance to that final scene.

Yeah, at times it was gruellingly slow paced, but at the same time really full of stuff. Very thought provoking.

I thought it was outstanding story telling.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ April 18, 2006 09:55 AM: Message edited by: The Big Sexy ]</font>