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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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