The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Fran]

"Memoir of A Geisha  is not the only film slammed by Chinese censors.  Brokeback Mountain, the gay cowboy love story that is enjoying unending accolades in the American film award season, is reported to also have been banned.  That was after the director, Ang Lee, just praised Asia for having a more open mind about sexuality.  In fact, A Date With Lu Yu (Lu Yu You), one of the most popular talk shows in China, praised Brokeback Mountain  for its love-conquers-all theme in a rare gay special in November 2005." 

-- Tian Yi, Global Voices 

[memento]

"The next morning I was pretty hung over. After a quick lunch, we went to see Brokeback Mountain. It's only showing in 3 theaters here. Every single show is sold out hours before and the lines to buy tickets or to be seated often went outside and down the street. One of the most beautifully told movies about two people in love that I've seen in a long time. It's not about gay love. Not about gay cowboys. Just about the love between to individuals. Don't miss this one." Zeitzeuge

[memento]

Round 334


We Still Have More Words In Store

[opinionista]

Ennis said the kind of riding that interested him lasted longer than eight seconds and had some point to it. Money's a good point said Jack, and Ennis had to agree [story]



=aside= Fran, Sandy, Dre

Thanks for the welcoming. I'm trying hard not to make mistakes, but like I said I'm not an native English  speaker. Dre: No, I hadn't played this before, but I did follow it for a while. I do remember you from IMDb.

[Meryl]

Jack tried to sweet talk Jimbo into a date, but he came up with bupkis.

def. - slang for nothing

[Toast]

Heath Ledger committed to play Ennis Del Mar for Ang Lee without having met or spoken with the director.   [Production Notes]

=Welcome= Opinionista
It's a pleasure to have you and your smart posts here.
We all make mistakes, but our ABC Moderators are very helpful.
I've been posting here for 7 months and I still need corrections.

[opinionista]

When Aguirre went up the mountain to tell Jack about uncle Harold's illness he didn't bother to dismount.

=aside= Toast
Thanks! I'm glad to be here too!

[Fran]

"Alma ... is a small town girl whose life’s ambition was to be a wife and mother.  She has no frame of reference for what she saw pass between Ennis and Jack.  She cannot process it, and from that point forward, we see Williams’ Alma evolve like a butterfly from its chrysalis.  She’s been protected her entire life from the realities of the changing world.  And with one embrace, one kiss, a renewed sense of energy and joy in her husband, all that changed." 

-- Amy Lamare, Hollywood Stock Exchange

[Toast]

Just your average Marlboro men -- who fall in love Ledger, Gyllenhaal: two cowboys who can't admit they're in love (A review)

It's possible that if these fellows had never met, one or both would have gone through life straight. That's one way of looking at the movie, though only one. In any case, because their attraction is not defined as some inevitable consequence of sexual orientation but as something that just happens to them, we see them as irreplaceable to each other -- like Romeo and Juliet. There's no notion that either could go out tomorrow or 10 years from now and find someone else.     

[Meryl]

The God-fearing citizens of Riverton were known as "that fire and brimstone crowd" in the Del Mar household.