[RonanTheBarbarian]

Just back in from seeing Brokeback Mountain in Dublin tonight

When i heard about so many people being in tears at the end of the film I was a bit sceptical that I would be so affected, as i tend to be slow to be moved to tears.

But the tears were rolling down my face at the end of this film.

Most people who watched it exited the cinema in a daze, almost.

It was an almost entirely gay/lesbian audience and i think they were all hugely affected by what they saw.

It really is a must-see film if you are gay. I have never seen a film that treats a gay relationship like this, never mind one with major stars in it.

The Ennis character was frustrating to watch for most of the film due to his inability to show his feelings fully, and act on his genuine feelings, and the fact that he was so imprisoned by straight society.

But I think gay men (particularly older ones), will identify with that issue so well, and so much. Because even if we are pretty 'out' ourselves we all know people who are as much in their own prison of the closet as Ennis Del Mar.

And the film shows so well the pain that that situation causes for the men themselves, the men that love them, like Jack Twist, and also the women that might find themselves in the position of being married to them.


Do not miss the opportunity to see this film.

I believe it opens in Bangkok on February 14th.

[My Pet]

Are there any scenes (nude, etc.) that might be censored out of this film when shown in BKK? I was dissappointed with the censorship in 'Kill Bill', which I saw first in the US, then took all my Thai friends to see here.

[Smiles]

Censorship in Kill Bill?

I first saw Kill Bill in Bangkok . . . loved it, and subsequently went to see it again when I arrived back in Canada (no censor!). I've also rented it on occasion to show friends. To my memory the movie was exactly the same in Bangkok as it was here .... no censoring of any kind that I could see.

Cheers ...

[Edith]

Just read: a Salt Lake City theatre owned by Utah Jazz owner has backed out of showing it. To make up for the loss, guess I'll have to see it twice. :D
Wonder what they will do re. Transamerica? :roll:

[homintern]

... banned in Utah. Shades of Advise & Consent

[wowpow]

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_010140016.html

SALT LAKE CITY A gay and lesbian advocacy group is responding the recent decision to pull a film from several local theaters. Utah's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is asking Utahns to boycott businesses owned by Larry H. Miller. The response comes after Miller canceled the film ``Brokeback Mountain.'' The R-rated film about Western gay romance was supposed to open Friday at the Jordan Commons Megaplex in Sandy. The group says treating homosexual people as "controversial'' is a bad business move. They're now asking Utah residents to not patronize businesses owned by Miller. They include Delta Center, Megaplex Theaters and several auto dealerships.

Vote on the link above. At the time of writing 52% agree with pulling the film!! VOTE!!!

[aot87]

Is this film going to show in thailand and if so ,when?

[macaroni21]

It's a pity that the audience seems predominantely gay/lesbian. The producers had aimed it for a straight female audience.

The acting by Michelle Williams (Ennis' wife) and Anne Hathaway (Jack's wife) is also superb. Their character development is so well told by their faces.

There is really very little reason for Asian censors to cut, though I couldn't be surprised if the critical 2 scenes - of sex in the tent - meet with disfavour. But if they cut them then the core of the story is lost. After all, Jake and Ennis never really discuss their sexual relationship verbally. If you don't see it, you won't know they had a sexual thing going. So if the censors snip those scenes, the story is as good as gone.

[Edith]

Religious leaders are "Outraged" (Surely one of today's ten most overused words...right after awesome.) that Brokeback was nominated for eight Academy Awards. Naturally; they didn't say which religious leaders?...The Terribly Tired Three: Pat Roberts'ass , Jerry Fartsmell and Popeye Ratsass the diddlysquat, one might guess--And I'll bet it's been such a long time since any of them have been to a movie, they don't realize they (Garbo Speaks!) talk now.


Suggestion...to make it all okay: Remove the music soundtrack; substitute:
Mothers, Don't Let Your Sons Grow Up To Be Cowboys.

[Doug]

My god! This review brought tears to my eves.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18712

[Smiles]

" . . . “Brokeback Mountain” has grossed US$32.1 million . . . "

. . . and a big money-maker as well (and not finished yet by any means) for Mr Ang Lee and the studio: "Brokeback Mountain" was filmed in the Alberta foothills in the shadows of the eastern Rockies at a cost of 15 million dollars.

I saw Brokeback last week . . . enjoyed it immensely, and also savoured one scene filmed with Ennis & Jack sitting together in the quiet evening beside a quiet lake, with the steep sides of Mt. Rundle as the background: somewhere just outside Banff.



Mt Rundle. Not sure if this is the lake where the scene was shot, but it could well be ... the angle seems close to that in the film.

Cheers ...