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Posted by Tricky Dicky on 02/22/06 17:13
"Temsonic" <dim.sp@miau.diolch> wrote in message
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> "Tricky Dicky" <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "Rolo Tomassi" <abc@defgco.kr> wrote in message
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>>> 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!!
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>> <LOL>
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>> Did Simon Mayo start coughing & spluttering?
>>
>> Kermode is one of the more entertaining people you hear and sometimes see
>> giving opinions - wish there were more like him
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> Actually it was Simon Mayo who said it and Kermode who did the cough and
> splutter bit!
Now I am shocked. Born again Christians referring to anal coitus, whatever
next <g>
Tricky
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