Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post) (Read 7236249 times)

ProwlAmongUs · « **Reply #5610 on:** August 04, 2006, 07:16:30 pm »

Dozens of critics and non-critics alike have performed xegesis on the short story and screenplay of “Brokeback Mountain.”

Def: an explanation or critical interpretation of a text

Toast · « **Reply #5611 on:** August 04, 2006, 08:38:58 pm »

As usual, Lee directs with subtle attention to detail, capturing both the awesome grandeur of the scenery and the telling flickers of a character's eye, from small outdoor adventures to heaving internal yearnings. theZreview: BBM

Fran · « **Reply #5612 on:** August 04, 2006, 08:53:01 pm »

Ziyi Zhang's tribute to BBM director Ang Lee, entitled "The Cross-Cultural Cowboy of Film," appeared in the May 8, 2006, issue of Time. Lee was rated one of the world's "100 Most Influential People," in the category of Artists and Entertainers. Ms. Zhang wrote:

"Because of Ang Lee, so many more people know about Chinese filmmaking and about Chinese films. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a Chinese-language movie, mesmerized Western audiences in 2000. And last year, with Brokeback Mountain, yet another unimaginable success, both with critics and audiences, he captivated the entire world and reached the pinnacle of moviemaking...."

Toast · « **Reply #5613 on:** August 04, 2006, 09:22:23 pm »

Round 203
Peroxide Chablis
Compliments of Lureen in Texas
A Toast from Little Ole
Wine Drinker Me

ProwlAmongUs · « **Reply #5614 on:** August 04, 2006, 09:24:59 pm »

Jack and Ennis’ first sexual encounter was as brief as it was abrupt.

Toast · « **Reply #5615 on:** August 04, 2006, 09:33:55 pm »

Ennis seems to have settled in for a bachelor life, with his spartan trailer and minimal furniture.

memento · « **Reply #5616 on:** August 04, 2006, 09:49:02 pm »

It's curtains for Cassie when Ennis realizes that their relationship just won't work.

Fran · « **Reply #5617 on:** August 04, 2006, 10:08:41 pm »

"The Basque is showing Ennis how to properly pack a mule. Deftly hitches on two packs, as Ennis watches." [screenplay]

Toast · « **Reply #5618 on:** August 04, 2006, 10:30:58 pm »

Anne Hathaway: He (Ennis Del Mar) can't access his emotions and be with the person he loves most in the entire world. [Production Notes]

ekeby · « **Reply #5619 on:** August 04, 2006, 10:59:15 pm »

The biker with the slop-bucket mouth is fat.

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Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post) (Read 7236249 times)

ProwlAmongUs

"X" is xegesis

Toast

"Y" is yearnings

Fran

"Z" is Zhang's

Toast

Round 203

ProwlAmongUs

"A" is abrupt

Toast

"B" is bachelor

memento

"C" is curtains

Fran

"D" is deftly

Toast

"E" is entire

ekeby

Re: "F" is for fat