Brokeback Mountain Review and Response

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by sparky

After seeing something like this film, it is pretty impossible to think of gay people as subhuman beings who exist only to pursue sex, act like pale imitations of women, and be clowns on sitcoms. It humanizes gay men. In the lives of people who see this movie, they are not going to think the same way about the subject anymore.

I'm afraid the die-hard homophobes (and there are MANY still out there) will never be swayed to this kind of thinking. I wish you were right, I just don't have a lot of hope for humanity anymore, especially after giving the currrent jackass in the White House 4 more years to further f*ck up this country by propagating intolerance to anything that was not first ordained by God or Pat Robertson. Well, same diff right? .

[sparky]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I'm afraid the die-hard homophobes (and there are MANY still out there) will never be swayed to this kind of thinking. I wish you were right, I just don't have a lot of hope for humanity anymore, especially after giving the currrent jackass in the White House 4 more years to further f*ck up this country by propagating intolerance to anything that was not first ordained by God or Pat Robertson. Well, same diff right? .

I don't completely disagree, but their numbers are rapidly diminishing, and as many of those old ****heaps die off, there aren't that many to replace them.
God knows many of them have homos in their own families who are afraid to come out to them - that is what it takes.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by sparky

God knows many of them have homos in their own families who are afraid to come out to them - that is what it takes.

hmmm...that is very true!!!

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Anyone watching Oprah now?

Can I just say that Michelle is more beautiful than I ever thought she could be! Motherhood agrees with her!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Anyone watching Oprah now?

I have half a mind to track Heath down in New York and put a few hundred in his hand just so he can have his teeth bleached.

[sparky]

I watched the show and it was basically what I expected. Oprah's questions were SHOCKINGLY pedestrian. I think she is more perceptive than that and she underestimates the intelligence of her audience. If I have to hear the boys asked ONE MORE TIME about the horror and anxiety about kissing each other I am going to scream. I am certain they are too. The fact that this is all anyone can think about only indicates their own lack of intelligence and shallow thought processes. God Bless America.
I have to say that I was impressed by the actors. Jake is a total showboat and is so poised and natural he could probably run for office. Michelle is quite pretty and graceful. I wonder if that perfect little nose could possibly be real, but I don't particularly care. Heath impressed me the most. He totally shut Oprah down with her angle on how bad the "down low" aspect of the relationship was. He is clearly not into doing publicity, but when he says something it really counts. I expect one of these days he is going to shred someone for asking about the kiss again. As it is he says "It was kissing a human being. Love scenes are never comfortable." I love how he dismisses the teenage ick factor these idiot journalists keep going back to again and again. God knows, they are the ones desperate for conflict and controversy, just to have a dramatic tagline in their preview segments. The actors have it right when they approach it with such matter of fact reality. It is fantastic that both of the boys focus on the fact that it was at it's heart a beautiful love story.
That Anne Hathaway...she is a terrific actress. She is nothing like her character. I found her goofiness and sillliness to be extremely charming and endearing. It really cracked me up.
All in all, I am glad they were on the show. Okra called it one the best made films she had ever seen and told her audience to go see it. She wasn't jumping up and down, but that's okay. Mission accomplished. Next stop, Oscars noms.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by sparky

I watched the show and it was basically what I expected. Oprah's questions were SHOCKINGLY pedestrian. I think she is more perceptive than that and she underestimates the intelligence of her audience. If I have to hear the boys asked ONE MORE TIME about the horror and anxiety about kissing each other I am going to scream. I am certain they are too. The fact that this is all anyone can think about only indicates their own lack of intelligence and shallow thought processes. God Bless America.
I have to say that I was impressed by the actors. Jake is a total showboat and is so poised and natural he could probably run for office. Michelle is quite pretty and graceful. I wonder if that perfect little nose could possibly be real, but I don't particularly care. Heath impressed me the most. He totally shut Oprah down with her angle on how bad the "down low" aspect of the relationship was. He is clearly not into doing publicity, but when he says something it really counts. I expect one of these days he is going to shred someone for asking about the kiss again. As it is he says "It was kissing a human being. Love scenes are never comfortable." I love how he dismisses the teenage ick factor these idiot journalists keep going back to again and again. God knows, they are the ones desperate for conflict and controversy, just to have a dramatic tagline in their preview segments. The actors have it right when they approach it with such matter of fact reality. It is fantastic that both of the boys focus on the fact that it was at it's heart a beautiful love story.
That Anne Hathaway...she is a terrific actress. She is nothing like her character. I found her goofiness and sillliness to be extremely charming and endearing. It really cracked me up.
All in all, I am glad they were on the show. Okra called it one the best made films she had ever seen and told her audience to go see it. She wasn't jumping up and down, but that's okay. Mission accomplished. Next stop, Oscars noms.

I agree with just about everything you said.

That is the one good thing about Oprah, you know...like her or not, if she gives something (be it music, movie, book, or hell even a person) the PEOPLE WILL LISTEN! She just has that much impact.

Also, Josh did you happen to see the previews for upcoming shows...Anderson is going to be on soon.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by sparky

I watched the show and it was basically what I expected. Oprah's questions were SHOCKINGLY pedestrian. I think she is more perceptive than that and she underestimates the intelligence of her audience. If I have to hear the boys asked ONE MORE TIME about the horror and anxiety about kissing each other I am going to scream. I am certain they are too. The fact that this is all anyone can think about only indicates their own lack of intelligence and shallow thought processes. God Bless America.
I have to say that I was impressed by the actors. Jake is a total showboat and is so poised and natural he could probably run for office. Michelle is quite pretty and graceful. I wonder if that perfect little nose could possibly be real, but I don't particularly care. Heath impressed me the most. He totally shut Oprah down with her angle on how bad the "down low" aspect of the relationship was. He is clearly not into doing publicity, but when he says something it really counts. I expect one of these days he is going to shred someone for asking about the kiss again. As it is he says "It was kissing a human being. Love scenes are never comfortable." I love how he dismisses the teenage ick factor these idiot journalists keep going back to again and again. God knows, they are the ones desperate for conflict and controversy, just to have a dramatic tagline in their preview segments. The actors have it right when they approach it with such matter of fact reality. It is fantastic that both of the boys focus on the fact that it was at it's heart a beautiful love story.
That Anne Hathaway...she is a terrific actress. She is nothing like her character. I found her goofiness and sillliness to be extremely charming and endearing. It really cracked me up.
All in all, I am glad they were on the show. Okra called it one the best made films she had ever seen and told her audience to go see it. She wasn't jumping up and down, but that's okay. Mission accomplished. Next stop, Oscars noms.

In Venice, at the press conference at least, nobody asked about the kisses. Now that I think of it, it's quite strange there were no questions like that (after all there were also American journalists there ). I agree on Gyllenhaal he's a perfect PR actor, but Ledger did quite well too. I didn't care much about the boys though since my eyes were only on Ang Lee. I'm so glad he's having this triumph, since he's one of the best directors around.

Romy