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.
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
Book ,'Objects In Space'
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Zenkitty - Aug 08, 2006 2:01:42 pm PDT #3402 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 09, 2006 5:11:05 am PDT #3403 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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?
Steph L. - Aug 09, 2006 5:21:49 am PDT #3404 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2006 6:13:18 am PDT #3405 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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.
juliana - Aug 09, 2006 6:18:36 am PDT #3406 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2006 6:27:04 am PDT #3407 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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.
Hayden - Aug 09, 2006 6:31:25 am PDT #3408 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Glamcookie - Aug 09, 2006 7:49:37 am PDT #3409 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
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.
Polter-Cow - Aug 09, 2006 7:52:02 am PDT #3410 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
high-fives Gloomcookie
Frankenbuddha - Aug 09, 2006 8:14:20 am PDT #3411 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Deadwood: Heh, well maybe they WILL have Wu's army work Hearst's mines for a spell.