Dana, I had no idea you hadn't seen it. Yes, it seems like a movie designed to shred you to pieces.
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Watched Brokeback Mountain. Am now in tiny, tiny pieces.
I did that a few weeks ago. My sympathies. I think I may not have broken so much in the theatre due to cultural considerations of not sobbing aloud like a small child in a public place.
I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain. I was spoiled enough that I knew I'd sob like a baby. I can't handle shit like that; it's too real to me.
Caught up on DEADWOOD, good calm-before-the-storm episode, or at least that's how it felt to me.
A couple of questions: 1) Did anyone catch the preview for next week and did that look like Al seriously stomping the shit out of Hearst? He was certainly stomping the shit of some poor cocksucker. 2) Wu has a gang (army?)? Is that what I'm to understand he was trying to tell Al? 3) The deal Hearst was talking over with Ned Ryerson (sorry, he'll always be that for me just on the voice alone) - am I interpreting correctly that Hearst is trying to bring in the Army to stuff the ballot boxes for the election?
Watched Brokeback Mountain. Am now in tiny, tiny pieces.
Want some weird cognitive dissonance? Now watch 10 Things I Hate About You. (It was on cable over the weekend.)
I did that a few weeks ago. My sympathies. I think I may not have broken so much in the theatre due to cultural considerations of not sobbing aloud like a small child in a public place.
The first time I saw it, I went into emotional lockdown in the theater and then had my vision swimming from tears on the drive home.
The first time I saw it, I went into emotional lockdown in the theater
Yes, this. I had already read the short story, so I thought maybe my muted reaction was due to knowing what was coming. And then I got home and Lost. It.
It was very conscious with me. I felt myself start to well up during the phone call between Ennis and Lureen, and knew the scene with Jack's mother would destroy me if I didn't get my funeral face on, stat.
I just saw Brokeback Mountain last weekend, and it was ok, but a bit Douglas Sirk-ish melodramatic for my tastes (although I'd take it over any Sirk picture in particular). Also I thought the scene with Ennis's ex was too "repression hurts people, mmmmkay?" bludgeony.
Deadwood: Saw no previews. Yes on points 2 and 3, although we don't know what Al is going to do about Wu's army. I'm presuming he originally intended them to work Hearst's mines, back when he thought Hearst was a halfway reasonable man.
I am Corwood. It's weird to not feel the love for a movie that most people that share my taste really really love. See also Lost In Translation.