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Re: Brokeback Mountain

Posted by Tricky Dicky on 02/28/06 16:55

"Joe McC" <joe@dum-de-dum.com> wrote in message
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> "Tricky Dicky" <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> And bringing this completely back on topic - I am about 45 minutes into
>> the film and I cannot see what anyone would have to complain about - okay
>> we have had one bit of drunken bum fun and some kissing but it is filmed
>> exactly in the same way as if it was a hetero couple getting down. This
>> is not gay porn - which from what I have seen is nasty
>
> I agree. (although your "nasty gay porn" is a stranger to me)
>
> I'm unlikely to settle down with a tub of popcorn to watch
> emotional dramas of any ilk, but usually end up transifixed when I do.
> (Hollow event movies & classic escapism are my usual cup o' tea)
>
> BM was no different - well scripted, stunning scenery, terrific
> performances (mainly) & no more manipulative than, say, The
> Bridges of Madison County.
>
> What I've found pleasantly surprising is that most of the
> guys I work alongside have seen it (like me,with wives/girlfriends)
> & comfortably acknowledge having enjoyed the movie.
>
> The only people who seem convinced the average male
> is antagonistic to the gay aspect of the plot are the blinkered
> chattering classes who perpetuate these 2-dimensional myths.
>
> The tent tomfoolery made me a wee bit uneasy maybe, but
> hardly on the same level as 'Velvet Goldmine' or
> 'My Beautiful Laundrette'.

Just finished watching it. I was surprised to say the least by the denoument
but in reflection it was the only ending that could be possible. In any
other year it would have swept the oscars but unfortunately we have Capote
as well

Tricky

 

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