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Baked Bean Mountain... errr Brokeback Mountain

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ALthough I didn't think the first part of the relationship between Jack and Innis was that convincing, the overall film is very good.
I feel sorry for those who have felt the need to express their homophobia here as this isn't even the core of the film.
The central theme is that it isn't who you love but how you love that defines you.
Jack is exhuberant and giving but Innis is withdrawn and unresponsive.
Right to the end, Innis cannot just plain cannot open up even to his daughter.

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Re: Baked Bean Mountain... errr Brokeback Mountain - TomLarson 11:51:09 02/07/06 (1)
Well, he indicates that he will attend her wedding. That's meant (in the movie) to be a positive thing.
- actually, you are right... - dave c 12:05:03 02/07/06 (0)
  ... but it shows how much he has lost in his life and how seperated he has been from his true feelings. Whether or not this is meant to indicate that this is because he has never really admitted his homosexuality (maybe bi-sexuality) to himself is not clear as it has cost him as much with his wife.
  Thinking for a second, perhaps this is all a criticism of the strong silent type of male figure so common in old style westerns an perhaps common in extreme rural areas. Perhaps of the emotional repression from which American men have traditionally suffered (remember where Jack's father-in-law says something about boys needing to watch football).
That's pretty much what I said too. And now, a Brokeback shopping list. - clarkjohnsen 11:50:34 02/07/06 (1)
WEEK ONE
Beans, Bacon, Coffee, Whiskey
WEEK TWO
Beans, Ham, Coffee, Whiskey
WEEK THREE
Beans, Bacon, Coffee, Whiskey, K-Y
WEEK FOUR
Beans, Pancetta, Coffee (espresso grind), Whiskey, 2 tubes K-Y
WEEK FIVE
Fresh Fava beans, Jasmine rice, Prosciutto, approx. 8 ounces, thinly
sliced, Medallions of veal, Porcini mushrooms, 1/2 pint of heavy whipping
cream, 1 Cub Scout uniform, size 42 long
5-6 bottles good Chardonnay, 1 large bottle Astro-glide
WEEK SIX
Yukon Gold potatoes, Heavy whipping cream, Asparagus (very thin), Eggs,
Lemons, Gruyere cheese (well aged), Walnuts, Arugula, Unsalted Butter, Olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, 6 yards white silk organdy, 6 yards pale ivory taffeta, Case of Chardonnay, Large tin Crisco.
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It came from a gay buddy so STOW IT!
clark
- Tres amusing. - Harmonia 23:23:00 02/09/06 (0)
  I passed this on to a gay (male) friend.
  Pretty good.
What no one here has mentioned is the complexity of the - tinear 06:40:57 02/07/06 (0)
family relationships which Jack and Ennis's romance affects. The wives, the kids--- all very effectively portrayed and superbly acted.
The scene near the end with the girl in the trailer exquisitely is filmed.
I'm guessing a lot of viewers were so shell-shocked by the earlier scenes that their axon to dendrite firings were short-circuited for the rest of the film.

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