Brokeback Mountain

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I watched the film today.
A good film ,not as good as I expected and miles behind of what Ang Lee did with Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon(my favorite film ever).
 
Seven Samurai ,Kagemusha and Dreams are great .

I look forward to see more of him.


Of actual directors the 3 I am more interested in are:
Zhan Yimou,Ang Lee and Kar Wai Wong.
 
Seven Samurai is kind of seen as his best film, but Ran is better imo. A classic and one of the most beautifully shot films ever.
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Originally posted by Euronymous@Jan 22 2006, 10:37 AM
Seven Samurai is kind of seen as his best film, but Ran is better imo. A classic and one of the most beautifully shot films ever.
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Reminds me of my favourite horse. It's first name was 'Also'.
 
I saw a trailer for this when I took the kids to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Molly liked the look of it because it's got horses in it. There was no indication at all it was a film about gay cowboys. Now call me a prude, but I don't think a film about gay cowboys is suitable for children :brows: I was shocked when I heard on the radio what it was about, I had no idea until then. Up until then I had been planning to take her to see it. How on earth would I have explained homosexuality to a six year old?

Please don't think I'm homophobic, I'm not. It's just that my kids don't need to know about things like that just yet and it was obviously being aimed at children in the cinema.
 
Griffin - doesn't it have a 15 certificate? Accordingly , I don't think the embarrassment you fear would have arisen :lol: .

I haven't seen the film but the book of short stories it comes from is brilliant like most of Annie Proulx's work.

Derek - that was Carry on Cowboy
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Jan 22 2006, 06:49 PM
Griffin - doesn't it have a 15 certificate? Accordingly , I don't think the embarrassment you fear would have arisen :lol: .
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I just checked and yes, it is rated 15. So why show a trailer for it before a film rated PG? :confused: They must've known there would be small children in the audience.

And you'd be surprised at the questions that can be raised by a six year olds enquiring mind :lol:
 
I haven't/wouldn't read the book or watch the film but I can't help thinking the title is a deliberate play on words.
 
That displays a rather closed mind .

What next ? Won't read Shakespeare , Marlowe, Wilde or Byron ?

As for the play on words - for anyone who has read Annie Proulx's brilliant work about lots of different subjects it would be pretty clear that it is in your mind and not her's DO .

Griffin - I think you will find it is quite common to show trailers for films with a higher certificate so long as the trailer is say PG or U.

I recall many years back ( possibly 18 years ago ) being very surprised to see a heavily cut trailer for the very explicit Betty Blue before a PG film
 
As far as I'm told, the film (Brokeback Mountain) is far from a hymn to homosexuality. And they're sheep drovers, not cowboys, in the interest of fact. I like Annie Proulx's work, though my Mother found the book about - oh, come on, memory bank!! - what was it, Ardross? The 'life' of a violin?? - rather jolting to read because of the amount of f-words throughout. She's no prude at all, but she felt it reduced the intensity of the book, rather than enhanced it.

I enjoyed The Shipping News but I can't help reading critically, and I got as fed up with the constant, grating references to the hero's 'huge/giant jaw' as I did with The Remains of the Day's use of 'crucial' on every second page, and - in every blasted book on the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Mama Ramotswe's 'little white van'. Look, I've got the point, already! It's lazy writing and even lazier editing, and it drives me crazy.
 
There is nothing wrong with saying "i don't want to watch a film about gay cowboys".

Doesn't mean your a homophobe, it just means as a hetro guy watching gay cowboys isn't some peoples cup of tea, i'll give it a bash (pardon the pun) but totally understand people saying it's not one for them.
 
I think that's a fair comment: I don't want to see religious films, because I'm becoming more and more anti-religion, but I certainly wouldn't criticise anyone who wanted to, or who enjoyed them. I'm not crazy about war films, either, but millions are, even though they'd never want to fight in a real one. Each to their own taste.
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Jan 23 2006, 02:29 AM
Life of an accordion Krizon . Admittedly , not her very best work.
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That reminds me of my dad, the only person I know who can play an accordion :lol:
 
Originally posted by krizon@Jan 23 2006, 03:20 AM
I enjoyed The Shipping News but I can't help reading critically, and I got as fed up with the constant, grating references to the hero's 'huge/giant jaw' as I did with The Remains of the Day's use of 'crucial' on every second page, and - in every blasted book on the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Mama Ramotswe's 'little white van'. Look, I've got the point, already! It's lazy writing and even lazier editing, and it drives me crazy.
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That sort of thing drives me mad as well - especially as I find I am much more aware of the constantly repeated word/phrase so every time I read it I pick up on it & cringe!
 
I find that the American authors tend to be the worst; I find that when i read several books by the same author, they often use the same phrases in their books, and the American authors really do seem to be the worst.

The writing styles tend to be the same too - I find that after I 've read one or two books by an author I can generally predict "whodunnit" early on & with quite a lot of accuracy!
 
Thanks, Ardross - an accordion, not a violin, I see. I didn't really try my hand at it, I thought I'd find references to something over and over again, and I was still hacked off with The Shipping News! ("His huge chin...", etc.) Funnily enough, discussing this sort of tic with the head teacher on the jury today, she'd read the book and had also found it, and agreed it was so annoying, so I'm glad it's not just Shadz and me who are alone in our lazy-writing fume!
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Jan 23 2006, 11:09 AM
I find that the American authors tend to be the worst; I find that when i read several books by the same author, they often use the same phrases in their books, and the American authors really do seem to be the worst.

The writing styles tend to be the same too - I find that after I 've read one or two books by an author I can generally predict "whodunnit" early on & with quite a lot of accuracy!
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Have you tried James Ellroy? He`s a class above other Yank writers and is never predictable. If you`ve seen LA Confidential....his book is way better than the film...you must pick up a novel or two.
 
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