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Keith

Brokeback Mountain

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deleted because it was not appropriate for Bonfire.

I started a new thread in SC for my opinion.
People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

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I will be seeing it tomorrow. It just opened here last night, so ... be patient. Opinion coming soon. :)
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I'll be patient as long as you hurry up :ph34r:



I have plans to see it tomorrow afternoon, I promise! My friend and I have been talking about seeing it for months; we even tried to go last Tuesday till we realized it only opened in a few cities (and Seattle wasn't one of them).

I'm a little disappointed that they're only showing it in two theaters on Capitol Hill (Seattle's gay neighborhood). I guess they're just assuming that it's going to have a limited audience, which makes me sad, because it sounds like such a great story. [:/]

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I'm a little disappointed that they're only showing it in two theaters on Capitol Hill



Yeah I heard somewhere they were releasing in only 25 additional theatres each week until it's fully released early next year. Marketing ploy or caution I dunno.
Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

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I'm going to open up a can of freefly whoopass



Is freefly whoopass just like regular freeflying, where you only have to get within six inches of the other guy to call it a success?

Can't believe you would not want to do RW. Just think of all the other men you get to touch.:P
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By the way narci where's all the gay porn you promised? :|



I've had this musical gem sitting around for 4 years and never found a good occasion for it before

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"Brokeback Mountain", also known as...

"Steers and Queers" :S:D

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That being said, I thought Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger did a superb job of depicting the sacrifices taken and the prices paid when two men have to hide their deep love for one and other in backwards rural America. It’s definitely a film worth seeing



Not to start a fight, but how is rural America backwards for not accepting two cowboys loving each other?

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You saw it? What is your honest opinion? Don't be afraid, I don't bite . . . much ;) And they didn't smoke crack :S they smoked pot so perhaps you meant 'Smoke Pot Mountain' :P;)



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Well...okay...if ya promise not to bite!:P


I thought it was a fairly well written and VERY well acted screenplay.

As a remedial student of theatre my assessment is that it has all the elements and they're in the right place for a commercially successful movie.

The cinematography is top drawer, which is probably why I went in the first place. I think the story could have been stronger in a few places regarding character interaction between the main subjects as well as those around them. I don't think there was enough time spent on character development, which no doubt accounts for the 'at times' shallow interaction.

From a gay person's point of view, you mentioned that you thought they didn't elaborate enough on that aspect of their personalities....
From my straight perspective, I really didn't see that as a plot point of the movie at all. Instead, I thought the story was more about living a life of personal compromise, trying to fit in, and how living a 'lie' cheats not only you but those around you.

To that end, the movie could have easily been about interracial marriage or white collar drug addiction...the 'loving male' relationship angle generates more interest and reaction, therefore is more marketable...after all..Hollywood!

Not really 'my' kind of movie...I've seen worse, but I think it could have been better.







OUCH!!!!!!

Hey! You said NO BITING!!!:ph34r:










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