Brokeback Mountain has phenomenal opening

I stand corrected. Bald Mountain, eh? Must have been named after oneself. I do have a cousin who was deeply disappointed to find that Lord of the Rings was not a cinematic piece of gay pornography

Sorry did not mean to differ: some translations say, "Bare," some say, "Bald." Therefore, you can say you have a piece (Of music) named for you.

BTW: One of 'those' rings was the only wedding band I ever had!...And the cheap SOB gave me an imitation (Unborn naugahide.) leather one! Not that I should complain: it was a double-ring ceremony--But mine had to be cut off: he was even to cheap to spring for one with snaps!...But he was a ten: divorce number ten. I dumped the other twenty-two. In South Dakota. A long drive but there's a lot of deep pits there.


PS:
Smiles, I didn't claim credit for Buttcrack Mountain--And, yes, nothing is sacred. Umm...Hedda?... Hedda who?

PPS:
There was an earlier gay cowboy movie--But maybe one had to be gay to spot the relationship between John Wayne & Montgomery Clift in Red River. (Though it's been told, those who worked with them spoted the off-screen 'goings on.')

A gay mag (Advocate?) ran an article claiming Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid were lovers--But after seeing their photos the first thing that came to mind was, 'Love would have to be blind!'
And then you turn the page--And there's a photo of the real-life Emma! Suddenly the story wasn't so ludicrous: that old broad could cook naked in a logging camp full of serial rapists!

From Late Night with David Letterman.

"Top Ten Rejected Titles For 'Brokeback Mountain'"

10. "Not-That-There's-Anything-Wrong-With-That Mountain"

9. "How The West Was Hung"

7. "For a Few Dollars More We Can Make It a Threesome"

6. "Go West, Young Man...Now South..A Little More To The South... Oh God, Yes! Right There!"

5. "Clint Eastwood's Nightmare"

4. "The Good, The Bad and The Fabulous!"

3. "Broke My Back Mounting Him"

2. "Oklahomo"

1. "Fun With Dick In James

"We didn't want to sit there and go through the motions. The rest was just convincing ourselves of the love and committing to it 100%. Anything less wouldn't have done justice to the story."
тАФHeath Ledger on his role
in Brokeback Mountain,
The Advocate, January 17, 2006

Some journals post early some post late.

We didn't want to sit there and go through the motions

Oh, so it's "scat" movie

Thats the type of movie for you Hominterm or whatever your ridicilous name is. A scat movie for a scat.

[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.

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 ...

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.
Wonder what they will do re. Transamerica? :roll:

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