Brokeback Mountain

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:18 am

Glad you're back, Amy. We need more of your light-hearted ilk ... er ... ilking about. :-3

:-6

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:14 am

i just know i'm going to get in trouble for this, but it is freaking hilarious!!! http://www.wimp.com/wetback/

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:19 am

Carlos Mencia cracks me up! :wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:36 am

SnoozeControl wrote: I just watched it and sent you a rude email about wanting to nibble on that one guy's burrito.:p

Im sure his wife will find that very interesting.....God ! Your like a nympho or something with all this burrito nibling talk.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:27 pm

As one voice of purity and morality crying in this wilderness of corruption and turpitude... Children, children.... wash your brains out with soap instantly and go outside and play in the fresh air!!!! LC!!!! BAD BAD BAD!!!!:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat May 13, 2006 9:12 am

My wife rented BM. Its in the house. Its right there on the table. I dont know if I should watch it or not.

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Sat May 13, 2006 9:20 am

Nomad wrote: My wife rented BM. Its in the house. Its right there on the table. I dont know if I should watch it or not.

Be a devil! I just bought 'All The Pretty Horses' DVD today. I'm also reading the book at the moment.

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:06 am

Maybe because they had trouble sorting out the sub titles!:D

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:17 am

koochikoo wrote: How behind are we?:-2 BM has just come to our cinema this week!!

It goes like this.

Film distribution.

Hollywood

Eurpope

Asia

North Pole

Greenland

Congo Republic

Burma

Vyatka Russia

Phoenix Islands

then...

3 days in Oz.

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:23 am

JayDee wrote: Maybe because they had trouble sorting out the sub titles!:D

Only joking me old cobber!:)

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:35 am

koochikoo wrote: I realised that, me being from a more superior civilisation and all...

Must be in your genes!:D

Noticed you like Dan Brown books. Does this mean you'll have to wait about two years for the release of The Da Vinci Code??

JayDee · Post by **JayDee** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:49 am

Well there you go!! We don't get it till the 19th. Looking forward to it!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat May 13, 2006 12:05 pm

koochikoo wrote: How behind are we?:-2 BM has just come to our cinema this week!!

We can get it on DVD now !

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:26 pm

BMs in this thread and poo in the butter thread? Why so fixated, Nomad?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:50 pm

Accountable wrote: BMs in this thread and poo in the butter thread? Why so fixated, Nomad?

I dunno :-3

Anyhoo the movie was ok. I cringed a couple of times but all in all it was ok. The mountain scenery alone was worth the watch.

I give it 4 popcorn kernels.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:30 pm

Well, reading through this thread taught me a lot about you all! I loved this film and thought it exemplified the heartbreak which comes from denying one's essential self.

And guess what....it didn't turn me into a raving lesbian, either! :p

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:12 pm

Trying to draw chives out Lu ? He loves this stuff. *batting eyes*

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:18 pm

Nomad wrote: Trying to draw chives out Lu ? He loves this stuff. *batting eyes*

Long time no hear from . . . :-3

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:32 pm

cherandbuster wrote: Long time no hear from . . . :-3

Things are looking up.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:31 pm

Nope...I was reading them today & brought 'em up....seemed like interesting topics. Heavens....was I waving a red flag? :wah:

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:26 pm

I'm not so much against homosexuality, after all it is a birth defect, as I am against making it a mainstream choice for all our children.

My jury's still out on that. I don't know if it is a birth "defect" or if it isn't. If it is, then I see worse things that could have happened.

I'll be real frank here at the risk of offending some people although I don't mean to. I am more comfortable with lesbians than I am with gay men. Can't explain why. Maybe it's because there are only two places it can go and one is more preferable than the other. Please excuse my crassness. Women are by nature, (generally speaking) "lovey" creatures. I'm used to seeing women be affectionate and physical with other women. I am not used to seeing two men kiss in public (Imagine me in Italy!) and when I do, it grosses me out. I can't help this and I don't care to. This is how I feel. BUT I keep it to myself. I have had four gay friends that I am aware of, one man, the rest women. They were mostly good people and the ones who weren't, it wasn't their sexuality that did it, it was because they were barhopping white trash losers.

If you don't like the idea of the movie, just don't see it. If you don't like the idea of homosexuality then it isn't for you and I for one will not try to change you. I will however be pretty disgusted when your child grows up espousing the same malarkey I hear from you. Because it will probably be your child who beats up the gay homeless guy or cuts up the gay guy in the school locker room or or who abuses the lesbian girl in science class. It will be your child promoting hostility toward "different" people. Different in the same way you believe autistic, retarded, crippled or otherwise "defective" people to be. After all those are birth defects and God never made anything less than perfect, right, so those people must not be of God. They are "unnatural" and should be feared/pitied/reviled by you and your children. And the reason for this is because you fear homosexuality will rub off on them. And you fear that because it's different.

Making it a mainstream choice for kids is about the silliest thing I've heard in a while. Not every kid will be gay. This is another fear. That it could be YOUR kid.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:26 pm

Lulu2 wrote: Well, reading through this thread taught me a lot about you all! I loved this film and thought it exemplified the heartbreak which comes from denying one's essential self.

And guess what....it didn't turn me into a raving lesbian, either! :pDamn!

*puts the video camera away*

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:48 am

:yh_doh I'm so confused!

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:29 am

I live in a culture where hugging another man by way of greeting is just not done-indeed anything beyond a formal handshake is strange.

Many a poor frenchman in glasgow misunderstanding the cultural difference has been hospitalised by a traditional glasgow kiss for being too touchy feely and that is just from the women.

In many american tv series it seems to be commonplace for men to hug each other, especially italian and black gangsters for some reason. How can you take seriously a ganster that hugs his buddies?

Don't know where I am going with this just havering I think.

Is it true the porno industry has produced a lesbian version.

oh dear. Bring back spitting image!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:35 am

Gee....ya think it's possible?

As a side note....I have a file with the original short story, if anyone'd like to read it. The film added so much richness--scenery, faces, etc, that I'm awestruck by Ang Lee's vision!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:47 pm

gmc wrote: I live in a culture where hugging another man by way of greeting is just not done-indeed anything beyond a formal handshake is strange.

Many a poor frenchman in glasgow misunderstanding the cultural difference has been hospitalised by a traditional glasgow kiss for being too touchy feely and that is just from the women.

In many american tv series it seems to be commonplace for men to hug each other, especially italian and black gangsters for some reason. How can you take seriously a ganster that hugs his buddies?

Don't know where I am going with this just havering I think.

Is it true the porno industry has produced a lesbian version.

oh dear. Bring back spitting image!
What better way to frisk someone, than by a friendly hug?

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:56 am

SnoozeControl wrote: I watched this movie a few months ago and recently had the opportunity to buy the DVD, which I did.

What a beautiful movie... yeah, some scenes made me a little uncomfortable, but if anyone can watch this without crying at the end, then you don't have a heart. I think this should've gotten best movie at the Oscars.

the sex scenes early on also made me uncomfortable, but it was indeed a powerful love story and quite moving. i don't know about best picture though - while i didn't see 'capote' or 'good night and good luck', i did see 'crash' and 'munich', and as pure cinema, i think munich was the greatest achievement. crash was highly involving as well, but - well, it won because it was a story about L.A. - and the hollywood crowd simply cannot resist a film about themselves, so to speak.....

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:03 pm

I'm glad you saw it, Snooze/Anastrophe. Let me know if you'd like to read the story.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:55 pm

You're absolutely right, Snooze. I stopped watching that film about half-way through because I couldn't stand another cliche or obvious character.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:40 am

Lulu2 wrote: You're absolutely right, Snooze. I stopped watching that film about half-way through because I couldn't stand another cliche or obvious character.We had a little chitchat about Crash. LINK

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:16 am

ACCOUNTABLE "It was so obvious, at least to me, that the writer was deeply bigoted and could not imagine even the most heroic person to be free of hate for someone of another color. "

Well put! This film might've been shocking or perhaps innovative 20 years ago, but its message now is that nobody's changed and we all still hate one another.

Not true.

The only redeeming factor, I suppose, is that it showed prejudiced attitudes in "minority" characters, too.

Yavanna · Post by **Yavanna** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:28 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I miss Yavanna. Does anyone know what happened to her?

It's something my family's been wondering about for years

nah, just been on a break, until you reminded me to come back, snoozecontrol!

And re-reading this thread, you know what I'm really looking forward to now? South Park's version of Brokeback Mountain. Yeah. That would be so great......can't wait to see who they insult the most.....gay people, fundamentalists, the liberals or the goddamn cows.....:wah:

Yavanna · Post by **Yavanna** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:33 pm

Hmmm, depends how much I get picked on by the fundementalists......:sneaky: