Brokeback Mountain

[winter]

I know it's late, but in this backwater, Brokeback Mountain just premiered yesterday.

I think this movie can be summed up by three sentences: Wyoming is pretty. Jack is pretty. Ennis is dumb.

I can't point to any particular scenes or points that clenched it for me, but I liked it. There's a timelessness to it that makes it a story of star-crossed lovers, period, not particularly tied to any period of time or space except maybe the macho mythos of men-don't-cry and extrapolating from that, men-don't-have-any-emotions-except-anger (see: Men Are Dumb). It felt soft and quiet and real, and I walked out of the cinema with a sad smile.

(Also: this is the director of Hulk and the star of A Knight's Tale. Just for the transformations, Oscars for both of them, please :>)

In other news: a very happy belated birthday to kiraboshi - sorry luv, completely slipped my mind :S

Comments

[lanthirel.livejournal.com]

It was a lovely movie. I would say see it in the theatre, simply because of the beautiful breath-taking landscapes. I really wish that I could remember more of my childhood. We lived out West for a few years, just before I started school. I have dim memories of deep snow, stange pine trees (the ones here in the East are different species), and mountains floating on the horizon, just at the edge of vision.

I did like his direction of S&S, in fact, that's one of my fave movies ever. I even bought Emma Thompson's book, the one with the script, but found the set diaries to be utterly fascinating. :)

[winter]

Oh yes. It's perfect Wyoming tourist propaganda, just like LOTR is an advertisment for New Zealand :) It looked a lot like our Tatry mountains, only larger scale and with cowboy hats instead of górale.

I still have to watch his S&S, alas. For some reason, it totally passed me by.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Actually it's perfect Alberta propaganda, as that's where it was filmed. (Although since most people probably aren't aware of that, Wyoming will no doubt get most of the benefit.)