Brokeback Mountain

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Brokeback Mountain; Warning: Story Line Revealed
Tweet Topic Started: Feb 1 2006, 03:46 PM (2,180 Views)
Frankjake	Feb 1 2006, 03:46 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 97 Group: Members Member #67 Joined: July 23, 2004	As some of you already know from reading my past posts, I support gay rights and the gay community. With that being said, I didn’t care for the movie (Brokeback Mountain). First off, the movie got off to a slow start. Next, the two guys didn’t seem too much like real cowboys, a little more like a California boys on a dude ranch for a weekend. The part I really didn’t like is when Ennis found out that Jack had died and Jacks wife is telling him about it. Then comes that “flashback” and the audience understands that Jack had been beaten to death. Since Ennis had seen this done to a man when he was a kid, what’s the chance it would actually happen again, but even more close to home. All in all the movie wasn’t bad, but it sure didn’t live up to all the “hype” in my opinion. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it just seemed like something was missing. Any comments on the movie?
	Frank


Linda	Feb 1 2006, 04:01 PM Post #2
Member Posts: 114 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: December 4, 2004	Umm.. It would have been nice if you had posted something in the title about this being a spoiler.



pentax	Feb 1 2006, 04:31 PM Post #3
Kamloops - BC Interior Posts: 6,649 Group: Members Member #16 Joined: June 21, 2004	Well, I'll tip my hat to you, fj - unlike (I suspect) almost all the folks who are kicking up such a fuss about this movie, at least you bothered to SEE IT!
	(thumbnail) "Kirk to Enterprise - Very funny, Scotty.... now beam down my clothes!"


roscoe	Feb 1 2006, 04:38 PM Post #4
Member Posts: 1,142 Group: Members Member #53 Joined: July 17, 2004	Anyone wan't the winners of the next survivor.



spikefish	Feb 1 2006, 05:56 PM Post #5
Spike-Gulf of Texas Posts: 127 Group: Members Member #248 Joined: December 30, 2005	Why would anyone want to see a movie when the subject matter is something they don't approve of? Just as I do not think that one would have to see "Deep Throat", to determine that it is pornography. BTW--I read the reviews, and they main characters were not cowboys, they were sheepherders.
	Gulf of Texas


Frankjake	Feb 1 2006, 07:27 PM Post #6
Member Posts: 97 Group: Members Member #67 Joined: July 23, 2004	Why would anyone read a review about a movie containing subject matter they don't approve of?
	Frank


spikefish	Feb 1 2006, 08:09 PM Post #7
Spike-Gulf of Texas Posts: 127 Group: Members Member #248 Joined: December 30, 2005	To be informed. I deduce that you do not read papers, watch TV news, listen to radio, etc. Jeesh! My previous post was in reply to Pentax's post, "at least you bothered to SEE IT!" I have also not seen any of the "Faces of Death" videos.
	Gulf of Texas


TexasShadow	Feb 1 2006, 08:39 PM Post #8
Jane Posts: 5,534 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: June 26, 2004	re not bothering to see it.... sorry, the subject doesn't interest me. I can't imagine anything more boring than listening to a couple of men (or women) agonize over their sexual attraction to each other. my sympathy meter just doesn't work for them.
	"A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking."


pentax	Feb 1 2006, 09:22 PM Post #9
Kamloops - BC Interior Posts: 6,649 Group: Members Member #16 Joined: June 21, 2004	My point is the WAY some people are jumping blindly on a bandwagon, that they know nothing about. Don't like something? Fine, just carry on. Let the Market decide. It's no different than picking what TV you want to watch, or whether you spend your vacation at Mardi Gras. But I have no truck for those that would like to bring back "book-burning" - if they are allowing others to make up their minds for them. Let them watch Fox and leave others alone.
	(thumbnail) "Kirk to Enterprise - Very funny, Scotty.... now beam down my clothes!"


pentax	Feb 1 2006, 09:45 PM Post #10
Kamloops - BC Interior Posts: 6,649 Group: Members Member #16 Joined: June 21, 2004	I hope nobody minds but the topic is getting more serious than Campfire's usual fare (due as much to me as anything else), so I moved it to Soapbox.
	(thumbnail) "Kirk to Enterprise - Very funny, Scotty.... now beam down my clothes!"


Frankjake	Feb 1 2006, 11:17 PM Post #11
Member Posts: 97 Group: Members Member #67 Joined: July 23, 2004	Guys, before this gets out of hand. I wanted to say that I knew the basic content of the movie and that is NOT why I posted this topic. I posted this because I just can't see why this movie is up for so many awards. I mean it wasn't a terrible movie, but it just lacked something and I personally didn't like the way one of the characters "ended up". I am not complaining about the content of the movie at all. And, I hope this doesn't offend anyone. That is not my intention.
	Frank


cmoehle	Feb 2 2006, 05:17 AM Post #12
Chris - San Antonio TX Posts: 36,959 Group: Members Member #1 Joined: June 6, 2004	Don't worry about it, Frank. People like to gripe. Amd some are hung up about the topic. I'll probably wait for it to get to the video store, like all other movies. McMurtry i a great writer and screenwriter and seems to have taken a lot of pride in this movie. So I will see it. Maybe it was your expectations about what a western is.
	Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order. --Barry Goldwater


abradf2519	Feb 2 2006, 09:10 AM Post #13
Member Posts: 1,317 Group: Members Member #122 Joined: November 19, 2004	Frankjake Feb 1 2006, 11:17 PM Guys, before this gets out of hand. I wanted to say that I knew the basic content of the movie and that is NOT why I posted this topic. I posted this because I just can't see why this movie is up for so many awards. I mean it wasn't a terrible movie, but it just lacked something and I personally didn't like the way one of the characters "ended up". I am not complaining about the content of the movie at all. And, I hope this doesn't offend anyone. That is not my intention. Thanks for the assesment. I had no intention of seeing the movie, unless they edit out one of the guys and replace him with Jessica Simpson in shorts (like in Dukes of Hazard), then I might be tempted to go see it. I suspected that it wasn't that great of a movie, but knowing Hollywood, I wasn't supprized when it started winning all kinds of awards. Just pandering to the Gays.
	Alan Milan, New York, USA


roscoe	Feb 2 2006, 09:57 AM Post #14
Member Posts: 1,142 Group: Members Member #53 Joined: July 17, 2004	Somebody has to like the movie's being made today. They make a bundle.



abradf2519	Feb 2 2006, 10:51 AM Post #15
Member Posts: 1,317 Group: Members Member #122 Joined: November 19, 2004	roscoe Feb 2 2006, 09:57 AM Somebody has to like the movie's being made today. They make a bundle. Not quite.... "Brokeback" is near the bottom in 2005 sales. See: Movie Sales It made about $52 million. Since it had a budget of about $14 million, it made money.
	Alan Milan, New York, USA


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