Brokeback Mountain

[puddingcat]

For a film in which nothing happens, it's amazing. And has the distinction of being the third film (that I can think of) to make me cry.

I had the same reaction to it as I did the first time I read "To Kill a Mockingbird"; a mix of horror and desperation and disbelief that people can be so horrible in such an ingrained way that someone who's slightly different doesn't see anything wrong in ghiding that difference. Because of course they'll be lynched if people find out. What else could possibly happen?

I knew that one of them died, but I hadn't read which one; I was convinced all the way through that it would be Ennis. So, when it wasn't, it smacked me across the face a few times & left me open-mouthed. Finding out how he died had me welling up, but what turned me into a pnk-eyed snivelling machine was Jack's parents' reaction. It could all have had a happy ending.

I'm not sure whether I'll buy this when it comes out. It's an incredible film, but there wasn't much of a feelgood factor to it.

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[neilhist.livejournal.com]

I went to see it today. I thought it was really touching and beautiful. It made me feel very sentimental, I have to confess.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*Nods* In some ways, I'm very happy about how far things have come since the 60s / 70s, but I'm still very disappointed about how much that bigotry is accepted in so many places, still.