TOTW 10/07: What's so funny, huh?

[serious crayons]

I strongly suspect you are half-correctly remembering an IMDb user who goes by the name "The_Naked_Librarian" who posted on a number of threads when the movie first came out.

Thank you, Bruce! I strongly suspect you're right. Now I don't feel so perplexed -- the Naked Librarian is even more burlesque than I'd remembered! 

[Shasta542]

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[TOoP/Bruce]

Although some threads are filled with profound observations and insights  , I must confess that some of my favorite threads are just fun and silly.

A few of my favorite humorous threads (hope you enjoy them too!): 

Brokeback Mountain Craft Corner http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10857.0.html

Linez =U= wont hear in BbM  http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,1100.0.html

Brokeback Pants  http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10586.0.html

Burma Shave  http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10331.0.html

Brokeback Fever Pitch, I 'Cowbot, and other sequels http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10611.0.html

Jack the Chupacabra  http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10401.0.html

Let's write a Brokeback Limerick http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,2147.0.html

The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10285.0.html

The BbM Wrong Answer Game http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,8731.0.html

[Toast]

It was early 2006 and all I had seen of Brokeback was the trailer.  The domestic American trailer.
I had read the novella, I had read the reviews and I was just itching to download the film.
The screener rip had not appeared yet and I was so impatient to see if this film could live up to Annie Proulx's words.

The trailer I had been watching seemed ok, but seemed a bit earnest and almost "unemotional" in a real human sense.

But then I saw the French trailer - as in France.
and I was so surprised to hear this Aguirre guy talking about scrawny asses
and one of the cowboys was doing this dance and collapses into the pots and pans.
And I laughed and relaxed, and I knew that Annie had made it into the spirit of the film.

The Oscar screener came online and I dowloaded the single CD version first
Then I discovered the double disk files giving more image detail to the movie.

Now I have the official full screen and wide screen versions, but my favourite scenes are those where Aguirre speaks Proulx(ian), and Jack does his dance for Ennis.

There are so many enjoyable scenes, but these two bring back that new warm feeling of a new great movie.

[Penthesilea]

It was early 2006 and all I had seen of Brokeback was the trailer.  The domestic American trailer.
I had read the novella, I had read the reviews and I was just itching to download the film.
The screener rip had not appeared yet and I was so impatient to see if this film could live up to Annie Proulx's words.

The trailer I had been watching seemed ok, but seemed a bit earnest and almost "unemotional" in a real human sense.

But then I saw the French trailer - as in France.
and I was so surprised to hear this Aguirre guy talking about scrawny asses
and one of the cowboys was doing this dance and collapses into the pots and pans.
And I laughed and relaxed, and I knew that Annie had made it into the spirit of the film.

The Oscar screener came online and I dowloaded the single CD version first
Then I discovered the double disk files giving more image detail to the movie.

Now I have the official full screen and wide screen versions, but my favourite scenes are those where Aguirre speaks Proulx(ian), and Jack does his dance for Ennis.

There are so many enjoyable scenes, but these two bring back that new warm feeling of a new great movie.

Loved your story, Toast 


And it reminds me of a very early Brokeback story of mine:

March 2006, I was on my way to the theatre to see Brokeback Mountain for the first time. Along with me came Kerstin; I had asked her if she wanted to come to the theatre with me and see BBM. On our way, she asked me what the movie is about. She said "I only know it's about two cowboys. They're brothers." - Boy was she wrong 

[LauraGigs]

Funny moment?  When Ennis is getting all sarcastic with Jack in the next-to-last camping scene.

"Yeah you're a real thinker there, Jack!  Jack fuckin Twist, got it all figgered out."    



The odd thing is that the more I see Brokeback, the more little odd moments I find to laugh at.

[southendmd]

I still love Lureen's little, barely suppressed smile when Jack tells LD off.

[SFEnnisSF]

I always get tickled when after Ennis gets thrown off the horse, and Jack is waitin' for him back at camp, when he hears Ennis comin' he gets a little smirk on his face, 'cause he's gonna razz him about supper not bein' ready.  (Even though he was truly worried about where Ennis was.)

[belbbmfan]

"We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat them.'

  

[tamarack]

"We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat them.'

This is my favorite line in the movie. I have it on a bumper sticker on my car and I still smile whenever I think about it. (I'm smiling right now    )

In fact, I love this whole "extended scene"  - from Ennis at the Basque Bridge through "I'm tired of your dumb ass missin'" There is so much to smile at, either because it's funny in itself or because it gives us further proof of Ennis' affection for Jack.
     
The Basque is looking at the new list of groceries and says to Ennis,
"Thought you didn't eat soup."
    E:  Yeah, well, I'm sick of beans." (No he isn't, Jack is. Ennis is still saying "mmmmmm" as he's eating his beans.)
    B: (with a little smirk on his face) "Too early in the summer to be sick of beans."
And then that great look that Ennis gives the Basque. The one that could be saying "Shut the f- up."

And then Ennis shoots an elk - an elk! - for the two of them to eat.

I love this whole section. In a movie that doesn't give us a whole lot to be laughing about, this is a gem.

(BBM Trivia: Ang Lee's direction to the Basque at the bridge, in regards to the "Too early in the summer..." line, was simply to look him in the eye and say, very quietly, "You know you're funny.")