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Thread #110039 Message #2305126
Posted By: Little Hawk
02-Apr-08 - 11:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Movie lovers- Westerns
Subject: RE: BS: Movie lovers- Westerns
You mentioned Brokeback Mountain, Rapaire. I wouldn't say it "sucked" at all. I'd say it was a very intelligently scripted and well-acted and convincing film. Everyone in it acted very well. Be that as it may, it wouldn't rank as any kind of favorite of mine or one I wish to see again, because I simply can't relate much to a serious film like that about two men having a sexual relationship. I don't object to it, I just can't empathize with it, that's all. If it was two women having such a relationship I could relate to it fine, but two men having a passionate physical relationship just does not compute in my brain for some reason...it's a little like watching two trucks having a sexual relationship, sort of. I go blank. I just don't personally get it. I can't imagine being there.
But I will say this. The acting was great. The script was great. The characterizations were great. It was a very well done movie. And as a story of a genuine (and tortured) love affair between two people over many years? Convincing.