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Why are we like this?
opinionista:
I think it is because Brokeback Mountain is one of those movie that has a mirror effect (I don't know if that's correct). What I mean is that we all find ourselves represented in Ennis or Jack, or both and in their tribulations, fears, doubts, pain, happiness and unhappiness. It doesn't matter if we don't share their sexual orientation. At least in my case, I haven't seen a movie that depicts a love story so close to real life, as this one. Love is not about falling for a perfect person and living happily ever after, as it is shown in many Hollywood movies. Love is imperfect and hard to deal with. It's a struggle, as Jake Gyllenhaal puts it, and that's what Brokeback Mountain is about, among other things of course.
Front-Ranger:
That was very astute, opin! I've noticed that I don't necessarily identify with the protagonist in movies or with the person who is most like me, or even with someone who is the same gender as me. With Ennis and Jack, it was very easy to identify with one or both of them and slip into their character. Does anyone wake up after dreaming that they were Ennis or Jack, like I do? Or Alma or Lureen??
serious crayons:
Oooh, good question, F-R! In "real life," I identify with different characters at different times, depending on the situation. But when dreaming, oddly enough, I'm not usually one of the characters -- I dream I'm just watching the characters, as if they were in a movie!
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on June 16, 2006, 05:08:28 pm ---Oooh, good question, F-R! In "real life," I identify with different characters at different times, depending on the situation. But when dreaming, oddly enough, I'm not usually one of the characters -- I dream I'm just watching the characters, as if they were in a movie!
--- End quote ---
Same here. When I used to dream about Ennis and Jack every night, it was as if I were just an extra in the movie watching them. And we were all always in a bar or roadhouse or at a party at someone's house, for what that's worth.
gattaca:
As a gay man (does it matter? I don't know why I felt I needed to say that), this film impacted me more than any other film I have ever watched. I am reeling.
I identify so closely with Ennis I feel like I've met my doppelganger. It reached into my heart and squeezed until it burst. I stuff feelings just like Ennis does. It's like Annie Proulx snuck into my head while I was sleeping and willed Ennis into existence.
There's more - a lot more - but I'm at work, so I'll need to elaborate a little later.
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