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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 07:55 PM Original message |
Brokeback Mountain meant a lot to people like me.... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. It meant a lot to a lot of straight people, too, MonkeyFunk. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Right on |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Agreed. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's a beautiful story |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. In my opinion, it is (especially the ending) the most beautiful |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That scene was all about love. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yeah |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. You're absolutely right. |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. oh Monkey |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I cried at the end of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" too |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Kiss of the Spiderwoman |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I agree |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. I went with one of my good friends, who is gay |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, it did. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yep. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So did my bf and me. |
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VarnettaTuckpocket (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've always thought it's closest comparison is A Streetcar Named Desire |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I think Brando's performance |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. My best regards and condolences to you, Heath, and all that grieve for all of the reasons |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Deleted sub-thread |
begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ledger turned in a phenomenal performance as a man torn between his two lives |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. yup. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. When the lights came up in the theater... |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Same when I saw it. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I was just discussing Heath's death with my husband.. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Me neither. |
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VarnettaTuckpocket (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Me too |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. aww sweetie |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Me too. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. I didn't much care for the story (even though the author is one of my favorites), and |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. You should watch it |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. The movie is beautiful in every way. You should absolutely see it. |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. I had to drive 60 miles just to see it. My hometown theatre wouldn't screen it. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Oh man! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Let me also add |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Honestly, I was prepared for some of that silly childish giggling, etc. But it didn't happen. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. That's what you get for venturing into the armpit of California |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
83. good for you for speaking up like that! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Insulting Liberace and Paul Lynde, are you? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Shouldn't you be jerking off |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. ..... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. . |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. LOL |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Oh, good God. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. You have problems with gay people and always have |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. this thread is pure comedy gold. |
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VarnettaTuckpocket (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Right, in a jr high school, make fun of the gays way |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. LOL |
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VarnettaTuckpocket (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You know it's true |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Sure. |
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VarnettaTuckpocket (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You know you're only here to antagonize gay people |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. it shocks me that assholes like you |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Shocks the shit out of me too Monkey |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Me, three. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Shocks me, too. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. it is surprising, isn't it? |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. There are 2 times I cried in public other than funerals |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. aww |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
72. ... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. My Wife And I Watched The Last Part Of "Brokeback"..... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've not seen the movie |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thank you for your OP. "Brokeback Mountain" is, in my estimation, one of the all-time best |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. i've never seen it.... |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. You definitely should. The movie is AMAZING |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. you should have told me, honey |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. okay honey. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. I agree with you, MonkeyFunk. |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
61. I saw Brokeback Mountain in the movie theater with my mom |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
62. I really liked that movie. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
63. His performance(and also the film) should have received Oscars |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
64. I am a twenty something but I feel the same way |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
65. It means a lot to me too, and after reading through this thread I see that my experience is not... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. You're a sweet person, evidently |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
67. Heath will always be Ennis Del Mar to me. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
70. I could sense how much it meant to GLBT older than I |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
75. BTW - here trivia of who almost had the leading roles in Brokeback |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Who knew Marky Mark |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I thank my lucky stars Wahlberg didn't take it. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I have a long-lingering hate |
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MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. I hate that "I'm really straight" crap... |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. "Boogie Nights" Mark Wahlberg thought it was too sexually graphic? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. *snark* |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
82. a very sad love story, very well done. |
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MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
84. This 44 year old gay male agrees with you, MonkeyFunk |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Heheh |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
87. He was a man, take him for all in all, |
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