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To: MoJo2001
Did you enjoy *Brokeback Mountain*? My hubby won't even discuss that as an option for viewing in our house.

Oh, I loved it. Easily one of the best films of the year (infintely better than the insipid but Oscar-winning Crash). But if your husband would rather not see it, I'd listen to him ;-)

Could you give a brief summary about *A History Of Violence*? Perhaps our Troops might want to see it. My brother recommended it, but I haven't gotten around to it.

It's a dark, unflinching examination of violence; its meaning, its consequences, and the lengths we go to justify it. I do not want to spoil the plot (easily done on a movie such as this), but here is a summation: A good man with a good family life performs an act of heroism. An act which leads certain people to believe that he is, in fact, someone else. Someone bad.

Caveat: The movie is both sexually and violently graphic. Presumably, this is not a problem for soldiers.

153 posted on 04/12/2006 7:28:20 PM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Wormwood

Thank you for the summary!!


165 posted on 04/12/2006 7:30:02 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)...)
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To: Wormwood

"Brokeback" was nothing like the hysteria portrayed it. It was a good story...the two leads were great and the women who played the wives were outstanding.

If anything...it was a good movie about the consequences of your actions...no matter who you are.


228 posted on 04/12/2006 7:45:21 PM PDT by paulat (If you)
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