02 March 2006
Trying to get my family to see Brokeback Mountain: An Exercise in Futility
I've seen it twice, and will be first in line to buy it when it comes out on DVD. It's a wonderful, beautful film. Mom, Dad, Soto: You should go see it! It's good!
Ok, so Dad & Soto, you straight boys are uncomfortable with the guy/guy kissing. What about you, Mom? A lot of straight women enjoy that stuff. No, you think it's icky, too.
So set aside the fact that the story is about two men being in love. It's a well-acted, well-written, beautifully shot movie. It's moving and emotionally powerful. I have co-workers who went to see it with their (straight) boyfriends and brothers-in-law, and they thought it was good.
No, huh?
It really is good! When I buy the DVD, you can borrow it, or come over to my place and watch it with me, or I'll come to you and we can watch it......... sigh.
So you're going to miss seeing one of the best movies of the year, and one my new favorite movies, all because you're uncomfortable with the idea of watching to men fall in love.
I guess it's lucky that I'm the one who turned out to be queer, and not Soto...
Ok, so Dad & Soto, you straight boys are uncomfortable with the guy/guy kissing. What about you, Mom? A lot of straight women enjoy that stuff. No, you think it's icky, too.
So set aside the fact that the story is about two men being in love. It's a well-acted, well-written, beautifully shot movie. It's moving and emotionally powerful. I have co-workers who went to see it with their (straight) boyfriends and brothers-in-law, and they thought it was good.
No, huh?
It really is good! When I buy the DVD, you can borrow it, or come over to my place and watch it with me, or I'll come to you and we can watch it......... sigh.
So you're going to miss seeing one of the best movies of the year, and one my new favorite movies, all because you're uncomfortable with the idea of watching to men fall in love.
I guess it's lucky that I'm the one who turned out to be queer, and not Soto...
# posted by mamurd @ 1:01 PM 
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Dear Mamurd, IMHO, you are not queer, in either sense of the word: 1. an unusual person, weird, not normal; 2. A homosexual male.
My reasons for not wanting to see the movie are not based upon the man-man kissing. I don't want to see the movie because it doesn't sound funny. I don't enjoy a good cry.
Um, if it's the kissing that turns you off, you might be comforted to know that it's accompanied by some rough struggling and punching. And they do other manly things like neglect their families and wives and drink too much. And they don't get to ride off into the sunset all in love or anything.
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: 4:12 PM
: 4:12 PM
Soto: Ok, fair enough. Tofutti Cutie and I were talking the other day about how movies all seem to be sad & depressing or potty-humor comedies. Not much of a choice!
Ped: Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer) says: "Queer has traditionally meant ‘strange’ or ‘unusual’, but is currently often used in reference to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities."
Ped: Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer) says: "Queer has traditionally meant ‘strange’ or ‘unusual’, but is currently often used in reference to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities."
# posted by : 10:55 PM
: 10:55 PM
Nope. Don't like violence. I also don't watch horror movies or read dark fantasy novels.
I see your point, though. On the other hand, I'm very familiar (and comfortable and knowledgable) with Christianity. Can you say the same about same-sex relationships?
I see your point, though. On the other hand, I'm very familiar (and comfortable and knowledgable) with Christianity. Can you say the same about same-sex relationships?
# posted by : 8:36 PM
: 8:36 PM
Big opportunity to expand your mind! This Sunday night, a new HBO tv series will begin, called "Big Love".
From the HBO website:
Think having three wives is a dream come true? Meet Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a modern-day Utah polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives, seven children, and a mounting avalanche of debt and demands. The owner of a growing chain of home improvement stores, Bill struggles to balance the financial and emotional needs of Barb, Nicki and Margene (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin), who live in separate, adjacent houses and take turns sharing their husband each night. While managing the household finances together and routinely sharing "family home nights," they try to keep simmering jealousies in check and their arrangement a secret — polygamy is illegal in Utah and banned by the mainstream Mormon Church. Adding to Bill's woes are a series of crises affecting his parents (Bruce Dern and Grace Zabriskie), who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah, and his ruthless father-in-law, Roman (Harry Dean Stanton), the powerful head of the polygamist commune where his parents live. Bold, funny and wholly original, Big Love explores the evolving institution of marriage through a typical atypical family.
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From the HBO website:
Think having three wives is a dream come true? Meet Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a modern-day Utah polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives, seven children, and a mounting avalanche of debt and demands. The owner of a growing chain of home improvement stores, Bill struggles to balance the financial and emotional needs of Barb, Nicki and Margene (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin), who live in separate, adjacent houses and take turns sharing their husband each night. While managing the household finances together and routinely sharing "family home nights," they try to keep simmering jealousies in check and their arrangement a secret — polygamy is illegal in Utah and banned by the mainstream Mormon Church. Adding to Bill's woes are a series of crises affecting his parents (Bruce Dern and Grace Zabriskie), who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah, and his ruthless father-in-law, Roman (Harry Dean Stanton), the powerful head of the polygamist commune where his parents live. Bold, funny and wholly original, Big Love explores the evolving institution of marriage through a typical atypical family.
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