"Brokeback Mountain"...awesome film.

[Hieronymus]

It's been sold out since opening, but I managed to get in today.:bounce:

[Lindsey]

1. I'm going this weekend...It's currently only showing in one theatre

in L.A. which is very unusual. It's supposed to get a wider release this weekend. I can't wait!

[Shine]

2. They say it's got "Oscar" written all over it.

It's definitely on my Must See list.
:hi:

[Hieronymus]

3. It's got a bunch of nominations for Golden Globes.......

including Heath Ledger for best actor and for best director.

[bluecrush]

5. It should be interesting to see if Oscar voters

embrace the story as much as film critics did with the Golden Globes.

[Guava Jelly]

4. the snl skit was pretty funny

whaddayah doing down there (talking to other miner under covers)..Just prospecten

[tjdee]

6. Well, remember it's directed by the Ang Lee, the guy who

did Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

I just realized that, which makes it that much better of a film.

I heard Heath was amazing. Yay!

[DS1]

10. What?

Because a director you like directed a movie you haven't seen it's even better?

Crouching tiger hidden bullshit.

[tjdee]

11. No....

Well, kinda.

I know that Ang Lee doesn't usually direct crap (um, except for The Hulk, which was HORRIBLE). So if I know he's attached to direct something, chances are it's better (in terms of character development, visual elements, movie devices) than if, say...Michael Bay directed it.

So the story sounds good, the trailer looks good...and on top of that, Ang Lee directed it.

[DJ MEW]

7. Is it worth a two to three hour drive to go see.

I live in southwest Michigan in the middle of nowhere and none of the cities around me were on the list of cities that were going to show it. Which means I might have to make the three hour drive to Chicago to see it.

[sui generis]

13. that would even add some extra meaning to it

short answer is yes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4439692&mesg_id=4460374

[doc03]

8. I will be surprised if it is played or even available on

DVD in this area.

[Canadian Socialist]

9. I can't say this too much

It was filmed here (Calgary). I'm hoping to go tonight. Those boys are beautiful :::sigh::: too old, and too married to be able to tap that.

[sui generis]

12. Saw it last night with Other Mr. Sui

It was very moving.

I was a little nervous - half the crowd was not "family" and the theatre serves alcohol so there was some twittering and giggling at the beginning that kind of put me on edge. I knew that there would be some racy scenes, and I was worried that they would not be done well or tastefully or perhaps too faithfully, but they were done just right in the context of the story. The second "scene" was not necessarily "sex" so much as this marvelous tenderness between two humans.

And once all that is out of the way, you have the whole rest of the film to see that "same sex" love isn't nearly just about sex, and sometimes you don't really get to choose who you fall in love with even when it's impossible.

Heath Ledger acted a part that any one of us who have rural relatives know was absolutely true and believable. I was blown away here, recognizing cousins and uncles, pieces of myself, and mannerisms of a time when displays of emotion other than anger were considered a sign of weakness in men, and seeing the power of those emotions here in much more subtle conveyances.

It was an exercise in humanity, in what it means to deal with what WE deal with even today. Nobody believes that cowboys or soldiers or firemen or emergency room doctors or judges or lawyers or CEO's or janitors can be gay and not be effeminate or weak or fit some other pre-conceived notion of anti-masculinity. It was a love story about two humans in love, at a time and a place in their lives that wouldn't let them live that life together, about bad timing and missed opportunities, how when enough of that happens it can be too late and all that's left is memories and regret and loneliness.

And you fall in love with them a little bit too - I found myself really really hoping that it would turn out differently, that it wouldn't turn out so damn real and believable, that there are always happy endings for people who are true to their hearts, because we know that's not always true.

It was a great movie, see it if you can.

[jonnyblitz]

14. your posts are always "must read".

:thumbsup: