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In Reply to: Brokeback Mountain: whew! posted by tinear on January 9, 2006 at 14:50:56:

I really liked it as well. My girlfriend expressed some disappointments based on her expectations from reading the book but I thought it was one of last years best movies ... along with "Capote", "Goodnight and Goodluck" and "Grizzly Man".

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"Expectations from reading the book." Hmm... it was a short story. But besides that... - clarkjohnsen 00:02:29 01/10/06 (7)
...in my previous note (see below) I mentioned several internal implausibilities, to which I now add another: While a big deal was made by Ennis' wife about the unused creelbox, the director often chose to show the men camped out by a running river. Surely two guys who go horseriding and hunting would not fail to fish? Ang Lee accepted that plot point in the original story, but couldn't refrain from depicting gorgeous scenic backgrounds that contradicted it.
Again I repeat my refrain, we are (cinematically) a nation of set designers.
Apart from Heath Ledger's extraordinary accomplishment, I don't think the movie will go down in history. Only its oh-so-correct gay element gives it the buzz, and that element was far better treated in an altogether superior film, Mysterious Life.
clark
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- Hmmm- that's right , she said "story", not book... - Jim Campilongo 14:41:28 01/10/06 (6)
  I disagree with most your points and think you are nitpicking.
  The "buzz" isn't because this a "Gay movie", it's because "Brokeback Mountain" is a damn good movie. The fact they are having an"uncoventional" relationship brought the film to a deeper, dangerous dramatic level that had more possibilities then your average "heterosexual" drama.
  - "Brokeback Mountain is a damn good movie." Glad you liked it. - clarkjohnsen 16:47:19 01/10/06 (5)
    I certainly didn't regret the time spent, but as I said before, not for one moment did I believe in their relationship.
    To this day the portrayal of real sexual feelings between two men who identify as regular-guy masculine has not been done on the big screen or on TV. The short story was far better in that regard. But insofar as the film did somewhat break out of the envelope (in a PC-approved way, of course), it has generated interest.
    clark
    - Inside every bear . . . - JefferyK 16:22:42 01/12/06 (3)
      lurks a Goldilocks.
      Clark, what exactly do you mean by "regular-guy masculine"?
      You mean like Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire"? Oh wait--that was written by gay guy.
      Is possible for two "regular-guy masculine" guys to express "real sexual feelings" for each other and still be "regular-guy masculine," whatever that means?
      You do realize that all gender is role playing, a kind of drag? And that, since it is all drag, it is impossible for one role to be more authentic than another?
      Or are you just one of those self-hating femme types who still has a crush on the guy who pumped gas at the station on the corner?
      Sorry, I know it seems like I have picked on you a lot today, but you keep posting and you keep posting really stupid things.
      Jeffery
      - "You keep posting really stupid things." Thanks for the lecture, Teach. - clarkjohnsen 16:36:12 01/12/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Inside every bear . . . posted by JefferyK on January 12, 2006 at 16:22:42:
        
        Now go take that nasty mouse of yours and stuff it up where there ain't no daylight and pleasure yourself to tears.
        clark
        
        Your true colors . . . - JefferyK 17:06:42 01/12/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: "You keep posting really stupid things." Thanks for the lecture, Teach. posted by clarkjohnsen on January 12, 2006 at 16:36:12:
        
        . . . are beautiful, like a rainbow.
        Jeffery
        
        Folks, IT TOOK HIM THREE TRIES TO GET TO THIS. *THIS*! His snot-nosed, nebbish response. LOL!! Apply for the history. n - clarkjohnsen 23:10:02 01/12/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Your true colors . . . posted by JefferyK on January 12, 2006 at 17:06:42:
        
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    - I guess we'll have to wait for you to do a "Rocky" and write the - tinear 17:34:41 01/10/06 (0)
      screenplay with "real sexual feelings" and then act and direct.
      We're waiting...

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