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TOTW 18/08: The lines from the trailer
BelAir:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on May 19, 2008, 07:57:13 pm ---2 There are places
we can't return
That first summer together. That was so wonderful for them (until it was cut short). It's hard to return to the first thrilling throes of love and passion. The reunion was great, but not even close to what they had on Brokeback Mountain. That's one way I see that quote -- they couldn't go back to the way it was before descending the mountain.
Good topic, Chrissi. Very sad, sad, sad trailer.
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I thought the same thing.
Looked at the banner and thought, "Dang, looking at that image with that line, about as devastating as watching the whole movie."
Makes me think they spent their whole lives trying to recreate Brokeback, and failed. I think that is one perspective, but not the entirety of what happened.
I first saw the trailer knowing nothing of the actual story. I remember sitting in the theater, thinking to myself after they came down the mountain, "Well. What's going to happen now, I wonder?" So I think the trailer did a good job of being intriguing but not telling the whole story.
Katie77:
OMG watching that trailer really stirred up the emotions again. I wonder how many of us will get the DVD out and watch it again.
Watching the clips after the phrase "There are places we cant return".....the clips showing "normality", I felt the phrase meant more, that they could never return to the normal expected way of life, no matter how much they tried and no matter how much they made that kind of life for themselves, they were never going to be able to return to a "normal" way of life.
optom3:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on May 21, 2008, 06:40:08 pm ---OMG watching that trailer really stirred up the emotions again. I wonder how many of us will get the DVD out and watch it again.
Watching the clips after the phrase "There are places we cant return".....the clips showing "normality", I felt the phrase meant more, that they could never return to the normal expected way of life, no matter how much they tried and no matter how much they made that kind of life for themselves, they were never going to be able to return to a "normal" way of life.
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Oh no!!!
now I am in a dilemma,I was so sure it meant they could not return to,BBM,now I am not so convinced.They could not return to normal life either ,after BBM idyll.
Maybe as the plural is used,places,it encompasses both.Caught in between two worlds,BBM and "normality" never fully inhabiting,either again.It is the use of the plural that makes me think.If it was one or the other,would it not have been,there is a place we can't return to.
Brown Eyes:
I'm just popping in to say this is an awesome topic for a TOTW! I'll weigh in tomorrow after I watch the trailer again (to refresh my memory). I can't watch YouTube at home because I'm on dial-up, so I'll sneak a look while I'm at work.
Also, was there more than one trailer? Why do I feel like there were at least two?
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Fran on May 21, 2008, 04:59:43 pm ---I especially like the "we" in Nos. 2, 3, and 4. The lines could have been, "There are places they can't return," "There are lies they have to tell," etc. To me, the "we" emphasizes the universal message of the film. It speaks to everyone -- well, everyone who's open to the message.
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Just popping back to say, even before I re-watch the trailer tomorrow... that the use of the word "we" in the phrases in the trailer seems to be a very smart and very, very emotionally stirring decision. It really does immediately make the viewer identify with the gay protagonists.
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