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Posted by paulshancox on 02/23/06 21:41
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.
The only subject I can agree with Muslims on.
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