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quinn222 at 03:44pm on 21/01/2006
quinn222 at 03:44pm on 21/01/2006Now that this film is finally moving into wide release everyone will be posting about it. I'm not going to review it. You've all heard how wonderful it is and maybe read the story. I'll just say I totally agree and that the film, Ang Lee and the actors should all go home with Oscars. What I'm going to do is review the audience.
My state is listed as a red state. We actually voted blue but it was counted red. Go figure. Anyway, the theatre where I saw it is in a solidly republican town. It was packed. At least half the people in there were men. The largest group of people there were heterosexual couples over 60. There were also younger couples, gay couples and women. Also it seemed as though many of the theatre employees were trying to see some of it from the aisles. In terms of M/F I'd say it was 50/50. I was really pleased to see that. Especially older couples. And you could tell from the reactions that the men really did feel for Ennis in particular. Or maybe just becuse they got more of a chance to verbalize for him.
When Ennis' wife said something particularly hurtful to him you could hear this huge reaction from the men in the audience. I loved that. I loved that they didn't care who he was in love with. They cared about him and felt for him when she said that.
Go see it. It probably seems like the kind of film that would translate well to the small screen but you'll miss a lot. The contrasts between their claustrophobic lives and the wide open spaces of Brokeback are not going to move well to a small screen.
My state is listed as a red state. We actually voted blue but it was counted red. Go figure. Anyway, the theatre where I saw it is in a solidly republican town. It was packed. At least half the people in there were men. The largest group of people there were heterosexual couples over 60. There were also younger couples, gay couples and women. Also it seemed as though many of the theatre employees were trying to see some of it from the aisles. In terms of M/F I'd say it was 50/50. I was really pleased to see that. Especially older couples. And you could tell from the reactions that the men really did feel for Ennis in particular. Or maybe just becuse they got more of a chance to verbalize for him.
When Ennis' wife said something particularly hurtful to him you could hear this huge reaction from the men in the audience. I loved that. I loved that they didn't care who he was in love with. They cared about him and felt for him when she said that.
Go see it. It probably seems like the kind of film that would translate well to the small screen but you'll miss a lot. The contrasts between their claustrophobic lives and the wide open spaces of Brokeback are not going to move well to a small screen.
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My state is solidly red, although living in Las Vegas, one would think it to be considerably more liberal than it is. But I saw it the day that it opened at the only theater on my end of town that was to carry it, and it was pretty much packed, which was pleasing to see.
I only noticed a handful of gay couples, but the couple next to us was two older gentlemen, well into their late 60s/70s, and it was just really refreshing to see them, their banter and affection.
But generally speaking, I"m so thrilled that this movie is being received as it has, especially with the Golden Globe wins, and I really REALLY hope there is more to come with the Oscars.
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Me too!
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I totally agree
It really made me understand what my dad went thro back then being gay and in love with a man while he was married to my mom, but I can also understand my mom and the pain she went thro now. She was also a young mother with two small girls when my dad left her for a man- and later on killed himself. I wasn't expecting to come back from this movie understanding my own family more. Amazing!!
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This is what makes this film and also Far From Heaven so unbearably sad. You can't comfort yourself with, "It's just a movie." It isn't. It's the lives that thousands of people, millions probably had to live and still have to live in some places.
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Reactions to Brokeback
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I found it wonderful, moving to tears. Although I must say I had some difficulties catching up the dialogues between Jack and Ennis, I had to read some of the subtitles !
It's a superb story, I didn't know about Annie Proulx at all, and now I quite curious of reading some of her writings.
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