Movie Review: Brokeback Mountain (SPOILERS)

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

When I was in college in 1995, I wrote an English paper countering the Hollywood propaganda that they provide graphic sex and endless violence because "that's what everybody wants to see." If that's true, then why did Apollo 13, Forest Gump, and Lion King do so well? My liberal English teacher wasn't happy and grudgingly gave me a B+ on it. I think she was hoping that my paper would say that Hollywood isn't the problem, movies are a reflection of society and that everybody wants to see Tarantino flicks with their 3 year olds.

[bmwcyle]

Don't care homo.

[mcvey]

Yes, it was a short story, but I thought it was plotted out by the writers and Lee in a very ham-handed fashion. This may be personal taste, but after the scene on the staircase mostly open to the street I thought Lee had decided to slip the bounds of earth (and reality) completely. The scene is in the story, but it does not say, staircase open to street.

Hence, I would argue that Lee has a major hand in making it stilted and blocky.

I am quite willing to blame Proux for her stereotyping, too.

McVey

[veronica]

Reminds me of a quote................. "Methinks thou doest protest too much."

Actually, the quote is "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." ---Hamlet (III, ii, 239)

Is it a compulsion, an obsession, or maybe a deeply repressed attraction driven by their secret private feelings.

Maybe for a few. For the vast majority I think it's just that they enjoy movies, and/or have an interest in the arts, and want to see for themselves what all the fuss is about, when a film gets an enormous amount of press, or is controversial.

[veronica]

I agree. It stretches credulity to think that they would be so careless.

[AmishDude]

Sounds like a Lifetime Channel effort.

Yes, but in a Lifetime Channel movie, you'd be able to call the "man" a sexual predator.

[WhiteGuy]

Thanks for the correction. I just couldn't remember and was too lazy to search.

You comment about the film is quite plausible. Thanks for that point of view too.

[doug from upland]

I didn't do it. I think I stole it from a post on one of my song threads.

[oyez]

That goes with out saying. I would also include people like Charles Bronson, Greg Peck, Bert Landcaster, Lee Marvin and Robert Stack.

[pissant]

What about Heath? We love Heath...

/sarc

[irish guard]

Ang Lee chuckling all the way to the bank? Hardly. For all the publicity, the movie is not drawing large crowds. Yes it was cheap to make and their margins will be impressive, but to date, I do not believe this movie has grossed $25 million....Even the bomb Rumor Has It has grossed that much.

The truth is most men in America....70% or more? are not going to go see that movie under any circumstance.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It's grossed leass than 9 million according to one article I read.

[Revolting cat!]

Not cowboys but rather Shepherds eating pudding.

A movie about shepherds eating pudding? Hmmm, might be interesting for those among us who enjoyed Andy Warhol's 8 hour epic about a man sleeping!

[Zechariah11]

The late Reverend Sam Kinison had some choice comments on the concept of bisexual men.

Is it possible to make your comment any more oblique?

[veronica]

It's grossed a little over 29m world-wide. Just opened in Europe though.

[irish guard]

$22 or $29 million is still a flop financially.

[Joe 6-pack]

I think I'll stick with the classic buddy films...

...Bareback Mountain is what you might call a "butty film."

[Casloy]

If it ain't Clint and Duke it ain't acting.

Actually, the Duke was a very bad actor, but made up for it with screen presence and a deep understanding of what makes a movie entertaining.

[OpusLifeJune]

It's true, it hasn't really grossed all the much (like 22.4 million), but's doing well in its average per theater gross http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movies/box_office.php?sort=gross_per_venue&rank_id=813. where it has been in the top five of that category for five weeks straight. It seems to be still picking up steam.

[mcvey]

Ok, I surrender on this one. Having said that, the sheer volume of publicity for a "B" grade film is not going to hurt Ang Lee at all. I do wonder how much the film cost to make.

McVey