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Posted by Rolo Tomassi on 05/27/35 11:40
Gunther Gloop wrote:
> Nobody has broached this topic in here that I noticed. ...due on dvd
> at some point.
>
> I _was_ planning on going to see it in the cinema, but it only got a
> limited release here and by now I've more or less gone off the whole
> thing. I was telling a friend of mine I was going to go see it and he
> sniggered and told me to watch out who I sat next to. It appears that
> most (hetro) people I've talked to about it have a similar reaction
> -apart from women.
> Following all the hullabaloo and hype I'm not sure I could now watch
> it. Initially talk was about "a great movie that featured a couple of
> men that 'did it' in a field" -or someplace. Whoopdedoo. I can handle
> that. But by the time it arrived here it seemed to have been hijacked and
> triumphed-over by the 'gay sector', who eventually all seem to boil
> it down to "if you won't see it, you have a problem with your own
> sexuality"... and that type of 'argument' puts me right off ever
> sitting through it.
> Although I'm sure it's more than "a gay cowboy movie" (?), I only ever
> see/hear gay people defend/rave about it and/or "liberal media types"
> who are possibly a little too anxious to seem hip/cool.
>
> Apart from Hulk (which most people seem to have hated), I can't say
> I've _loved_ any of Ang Lee's movies to date (which most people seem
> to love). Still, I recognise his directorial talents and range and
> admire his difficult choice of topics at times.
> On the whole, they seem to be the types of movies I would normally
> love... but I appear to be missing that final piece of the puzzle
> that shows me the error of my ways. Some day I might appreciate them
> more -hope I do!
> But anyway, getting back to Brokeback... I'd like to hear some
> reasoned points on what's good about it, from a non-gay perspective?
>
>
> Have any hetrosexuals here seen it or have you all been afraid of who
> might be sitting next to you? Do you have difficulty with your
> sexuality? Are you as annoyed as I am about that phrase being thrown
> into the equation? ...Or why _haven't_ you seen it?
>
> Is there anyone left here to discuss it?
>
> -Kevin.
Mark Kermode on Radio 5 likes it but it got accidentally referred to as
Bare-back Mountin' and hasn't been able to be sensibly reviewed since!!
Rolo
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