brokeback mountain (2 Viewers)

[icecreamdisco]

yay for boobies!

anyway, the hype and controversy really hurt the movie. it wasnt that i had high expectations, or whatever, i liked it, although i seem to be raving about munich more than brokeback mountain, and whatever reason it is, it says something.

It didnt touch me enough. And don't we all know that we love getting touched.

Brokeback Mountain is good, but not memorable.

wanna go out?

i was also disappointed; found little subtext or depth to it, and thus couldn't relate their relationship outside of the context of the film. all the dialogue seemed really deliberated and emotionally inert. however, heath ledger was as good as they say, and considering he's one of my least favorite actors, that's saying something. and michelle williams was excellent too. donnie darko's performance suffered from the unintentionally hilarious pornstache he sports in the film's latter half.

anyway, nice acting, nice scenery, nice twangy music theme, little else.

 

[dead cactus]

tulipa - thanks, that was bugging me! i can't believe i didn't pick it at the time... bad deadcactus!

icecreamdisco - the pornstache was bad, ill grant you that, lol!

 

[Markazzo]

it just felt... like there was so much between them that you didn't get to see enough?

I totally agree, the fact that several key moments in the character's lives are shown only briefly or not at all added, to me, a layer of mystery around the whole thing. Particularly in finding out that Jake Gyllenhaal's character had taken on another lover towards the end of his life, and in what he had said to his parents about this relationship with Heath Ledger's character. I got the distinct impression from the film that what the audience gets to see really is only the tip of the iceberg, which I found intriguing.

 

[miss_ripcurlgir]

i didnt like the movie. a lot of the time, heal ledger was barely audible due to his accent, and i found that the movie didnt produce an intense atmoshere at all in the movie.

i think the movie didnt live up to the trailor either, thats just my opinion anyways

 

[erawamai]

I thought it was nicely done. Personally the first half was a bit flat. However towards the end it actually started to hit its straps.

Both the direction and editing were excellent. I think it would have been less of a movie if it was directed by someone else or edited by someone else. I really hope that Ang Lee wins best director. He has a diverse resume and all of them are well done.

The acting was also good with no dud performances. I think Anne Hathaway was very good in her small but important role.

Overall it is a very sad story and probably not a totally unrealistic story.

 

[icecreamdisco]

best re-edited trailer since the shining one that started it all:

brokeback to the future

 

[Benny_]

Eh.. the Shining one was a heck of a lot better than this. Have you got any others icecream?

 

[Markazzo]

Hahaha, I literally fell off my chair laughing. Can someone post the 'The Shining' link?

 

[walrusbear]

i was also a little underwhelmed but found it to be a well made movie.
heath ledger actually doing a good job was the best part for me

 

[walrusbear]

best re-edited trailer since the shining one that started it all:

brokeback to the future

hahahaha
you have any more of those?
'shining' was genius

 

[icecreamdisco]

for the guy who asked, here's the shining one.

hahahaha
you have any more of those?
'shining' was genius

there's heaps floating around, but these are the only ones i've liked (in addition to shining and brokeback)

west side story

big

se7en

 

[AlleyCat]

that west side story one is the single greatest thing i have ever seen in my whole life...

"they had to fight against...the infected!" (cut to everyone dancing crazily)

 

[Some_Guy]

so.....was it hot?

 

[jest]

i haven't seen the movie but i've read the book. the book's pretty good and i think the only difference between the book and the movie is that jake's character is supposed to have buck teeth

 

[GemmaHavok]

I was seriously disappointed with the film. It was tehnically good but in whole, was just another chick flick.

 

[ur_inner_child]

I was seriously disappointed with the film. It was tehnically good but in whole, was just another chick flick.

weird to say it was a chick flick

 

[Benny_]

I was seriously disappointed with the film. It was tehnically good but in whole, was just another chick flick.

The chick flick genre must encapsulate a heck of a lot for you huh?

 

[nwatts]

Saw this last night. What an outstanding film. It doesn't let go of you. Best of the 5 nominees for best picture.

And I think it would have been more affecting if I knew nothing about it before I watched. I remember going to an advance of Million Dollar Baby, knowing little more than it was an Eastwood film about female boxing, and walking away an entire emotional wreck. I think that if i'd walked into Brokeback knowing nothing about it, I would have felt more. But because of the millions of rave reviews, and the word-of-mouth it's spread, it didn't take me as a surprise.

Just a thought. Some films really are enhanced from a grounding within the film/film's setting - this one wasn't.

 

[Benny_]

Here's a very good article on Brokeback that's worth a read

 

[something_funny]

Saw this last night. What an outstanding film. It doesn't let go of you. Best of the 5 nominees for best picture.

And I think it would have been more affecting if I knew nothing about it before I watched. I remember going to an advance of Million Dollar Baby, knowing little more than it was an Eastwood film about female boxing, and walking away an entire emotional wreck. I think that if i'd walked into Brokeback knowing nothing about it, I would have felt more. But because of the millions of rave reviews, and the word-of-mouth it's spread, it didn't take me as a surprise.

Just a thought. Some films really are enhanced from a grounding within the film/film's setting - this one wasn't.

same here. it was a great film and everyone in the cinema was drawn to it. but becuase i already knew about it from the book and reviews it's affect on me was limited.