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TOTW 15/07: Short story or movie, which one do you prefer?
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: Artiste on November 21, 2007, 07:30:11 pm ---Thanks brokeplex!
Right, I say to you first sentence as well as to your second one:
Do you mean that in that Jake and Heath do not resemble the descriptions of Jack and Ennis in the short story?
Or do you mean that in the movie the two actors do not show the signs of age that we would expect?
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Even if both the book and the movie are important: Jake, I say, is too cute, as Jack! So is Heath as Ennis! That seems so according to Annie's book descriptions??
Let us start with that?? (Tackle the other sentence later, as to aging??)
Hugs!
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I agree with you Artiste. The descriptions of Jack and Ennis in AP's short story are a bit different than the appearance of Jake Gyllenhaal (easily the handsomest man in the known universe!) and Heath Ledger (Jake's close runner up in the handsomness contest)
But, how does that affect the telling of the Brokeback story? Does it make the story any less believable? You have brought this up...tell me why I should care about your argument. Many movies have used very handsome men or stunningly beautiful women that do not match in appearance the description in the source story or screenplay . I can give you dozens of examples dating back to the 1920's. In all cases I believe this is done for marketing purposes. Many people will pay for a movie ticket to see an actor with a handsome face. Would you have rather seen Danny Devito and Fred Thompson cavorting up and down Brokeback Mountain? As an ex-political consultant, I wonder just how politically catastrophic such an appearance would have been for Fred, he really couldn't screw up his campaign any more than it is already.
brokebackjack:
LMAOOO!!!
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on November 23, 2007, 01:42:31 pm ---Would you have rather seen Danny Devito and Fred Thompson cavorting up and down Brokeback Mountain? As an ex-political consultant, I wonder just how politically catastrophic such an appearance would have been for Fred, he really couldn't screw up his campaign any more than it is already.
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Artiste:
You need both??
Or we need a continued Annie's story, in order to have also BM II ??
Hugs!
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: Artiste on November 29, 2007, 08:02:37 pm ---You need both??
Or we need a continued Annie's story, in order to have also BM II ??
Hugs!
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Lets euthanize the idea of a BMII, BM stands alone and should continue to stand alone. It is entirely sufficient for my heart and my imagination.
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