Who Wants to Take Me To See "Brokeback Mountain"?

[guacamole]

It's about two queer cowboys having violent sex in the mountains, despite the fact that they're married.

So they are gay, and they are adulterers. Wonderful protagonists, to be sure.

It's not anything Shakespearean, to be sure, but it's a valid examination of part of the human condition.

Oh, and they're not cowboys. They're sheepherders.

Do they ride horses?
Check.
Cowboy hats?
Check.

Cowboy's to me.

fwiw
guaca.

[gexv8]

What is that movie about anyways and what makes it so great? According to the westview paper a local paper here its "an enduring story about the homosexual love of two men". I stopped there.

[guacamole]

What is that movie about anyways and what makes it so great? According to the westview paper a local paper here its "an enduring story about the homosexual love of two men". I stopped there.

What is it about any movie that makes it great?

Giant monkeys, that's what.

But seriously, the acting and characterization is supposed to be top notch.

fwiw
guaca.

[gexv8]

What is it about any movie that makes it great?

Giant monkeys, that's what.

But seriously, the acting and characterization is supposed to be top notch.

fwiw
guaca.

King Kong was good. They do need more giant monkeys in films. I luaghed at all the dinosaurs tumbling over each other.

[gexv8]

King Kong was good. They do need more giant monkeys in films. I luaghed at all the dinosaurs tumbling over each other.

Is Heath Ledger gay? I don't know if he is or not. I think not. But if he isn't I wonder how he feels playing a gay part.

[guacamole]

Is Heath Ledger gay? I don't know if he is or not. I think not. But if he isn't I wonder how he feels playing a gay part.

I don't think he's gay, I haven't heard so (not that I've got my finger on the pulse of the hollywood gossip monster). He's acting, after all, I wonder if it feels much different that acting like anyone he's not.

[Rubia Warren]

I don't think he's gay, I haven't heard so (not that I've got my finger on the pulse of the hollywood gossip monster). He's acting, after all, I wonder if it feels much different that acting like anyone he's not.

One of the guys fell in love on the set with one of the chicks and IRL has a baby with her. I was thinkin it was Heath Ledger but I can't remember.

[Busheses]

What is that movie about anyways and what makes it so great? According to the westview paper a local paper here its "an enduring story about the homosexual love of two men". I stopped there.

That is what the movie is about but it is a great movie.

[bar Jonah]

That is what the movie is about but it is a great movie.

Any movie in which the protagonists are abominations to the Lord.... doesn't really qualify as a great movie in my book.

[Beanieboy]

It's more about the struggle to fight their love for one another.
That's why it's so fascinating to see so many christians making a fuss over it.

Maurice was about a love story of two gay men in England - a Merchant Ivory film.
Edward the II was about his historic gay relationship.

But this? This is more about their struggle to fight it.
And for that, people are upset - and most, without having ever seen it.

I have to question the opinion of someone who makes judgements without knowing what they are making judgements about.

[guacamole]

Any movie in which the protagonists are abominations to the Lord.... doesn't really qualify as a great movie in my book.

Do all protagonists have to conform to Judeo-Christian morality? Have ya got a problem with Shakespeare? How about Nathanial Hawthorne?

[The Laughing Man]

Anyone seen (or heard, as I did) the latest round of ads on TV? I thought I was going to be sick at how gooey sweet they are. Yuck! I wouldn't see any movie with ads like that.

[SteveF]

Despite the lack of giant apes, it is a masterpiece (I also thought Jarhead was pretty good). I'd highly recommend it. Here is what I wrote on another thread:

Have just come back from seeing Brokeback Mountain. It is absolutely wonderful. I'm probably doing the proverbial into the wind by saying this, but if you appreciate a good story, beautifully directed with pitch perfect performances, then I highly recommend it. I'd also add that you don't have to be a member of the chattering classes, an ivory tower elitist, to enjoy it; I'm not (at least not when it comes to film!). Its simply an intelligent film for intelligent people.

Here is the final summing up from a review I liked. It encapsulates the movie very well and, I hope, may whet some appetites:

Brokeback Mountain is the story of how most of our lives, gay and straight, are defined by one moment in which things go gloriously and naturally right, when everything falls into place, but which is then infected by the bacilli of wrongness. Ennis and Jack, flawed as they are, do their best to resist the encroachment of that infection; they fight not just against bigotry, but dullness and mediocrity. Their story is not tragic, but heroic.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Sto...1680094,00.html

[guacamole]

Despite the lack of giant apes...

pshaw... you lost me right there. Right before the three dots. At the end of the "s". Although it was pretty much forshadowed by the "despite".

It sounds like a movie to watch on video since there isn't anything exploding. On the other hand I thought Constant Gardner was sublime and that didn't have any really big explosions.

fwiw
guaca.

[SteveF]

I loved Constant Gardner as well. This is as good. Nothing explodes, though a wolf does kill a sheep.